The 'Perrot letters' are a collection of papers which have been
stored, folded, in a rectangular black tin box, engraved with
'John Le Bailly'. There are sixty-one letters, mostly written
to Rev. Francis Perrot of Jersey, with the earliest dated 1805
and the last 1849. There are also some extra papers relating to
the Perrot or Le Bailly families. Photocopies of the papers have
been sent to the library of the Société Jersiaise
in St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands.
Francis Perrot was born in 1782 in St Helier, Jersey, the eldest
son of François Perrot and Elizabeth Hooper. He became
an Independent minister in Jersey, and studied at David Bogue's
Theological Academy in Gosport, Hampshire. In 1811 Francis married
Susannah Maria Sharp in Romsey, Hampshire. Susannah bore five
children but died in 1819. Only two of Francis and Susannah's
children lived long enough to marry, and both married Le Bailly
brothers: Susanna married Josué Le Bailly in 1834, and
Eliza married Jean Le Bailly in about 1849.
Francis' younger brother Clement also became an Independent minister
and studied with David Bogue. Clement is mentioned often in the
letters, and is sometimes the writer or recipient.
The letters were brought to New Zealand in 1883 by Henri Jean
Le Bailly, the son of Jean Le Bailly and Eliza Perrot.
The letters have been transcribed, with any doubtful interpretations
marked with '[?]'. My comments are in italics or square brackets.
I have used spellings, abbreviations, punctuation and capitals
as in the original, but have replaced the old double 'ss' with
the modern 'ss', and have sometimes separated words for clarity
where they had been run together. My apologies for any misinterpretations.
Any corrections or background information would be very much appreciated.
Glenys Lawrence,
Auckland, New Zealand.
March 2001.
glenxysl@paraxdise.next.nxz
My correct email address is the above, minus the'x' characters
(I am sick of junk mail)
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Perrot Letters - the letters:
1. To Francis Perrot, Jersey from David Bogue, Gosport, Hants,
10 Dec 1805
2. To Francis Perrot, Jersey from David Bogue, Gosport, 13 Feb 1806
3. To Francis Perrot, Jersey from David Bogue, Gosport, 26 Jul 1806
4. To Francis Perrot, Jersey from George Perrot, Titchfield, Hants, 29 Jul 1806
5. To Francis Perrot, Jersey from David Bogue, Gosport, 13 Oct 1806
6. To Francis Perrot, Jersey from J.S. James, Birmingham, 5 Dec 1808
7. To Francis Perrot, Jersey from David Bogue, Gosport, 27 Jan 1809
8. To Francis Perrot, Jersey from David Bogue, Gosport, 2 Jun 1809
9. To Francis Perrot, Jersey from David Bogue, Gosport, 29 Jun 1809
10. To Francis Perrot, Jersey from David Bogue, Gosport, 2 Oct 1809
11. To Francis Perrot, Jersey from David Bogue, Gosport, 15 Dec 1809
12. To Francis Perrot, Jersey from Clement Perrot, Guernsey, 1 Jan 1810
13. To Francis Perrot, Jersey from David Bogue, Gosport, 6 Feb 1810
14. To Francis Perrot, Jersey from David Bogue, Gosport, 30 May 1810
15. To Francis Perrot, Jersey from David Bogue, Gosport, 14 Jun 1810
16. To Francis Perrot, Jersey from David Bogue, Gosport, 13 July 1810
17. To Francis Perrot, Jersey from David Bogue, Gosport, 12 Sep 1810
18. To Francis Perrot, Romsey, Hants from David Bogue, Gosport, 19 Oct 1810
19. To Francis Perrot, from Joseph Reyner, London, 1 Feb 1811
20. To Francis Perrot, Jersey from David Bogue, Gosport, 21 Feb 1811
21. To Francis Perrot, Jersey from David Bogue, Gosport, 8 Apr 1811
22. To Francis Perrot, Guernsey from David Bogue, Gosport, 17 Jun 1811
23. To Francis Perrot, 'Norman Cross' from Joseph Reyner, 'Mark Lane', 12 Aug 1811
24. To Francis Perrot, Jersey from David Bogue, Gosport, 7 Nov 1811
25. To Francis Perrot, Jersey from David Bogue, Gosport, 26 Nov 1811
26. To Francis Perrot, Guernsey from David Bogue, 10 Dec 1811
27. To Francis Perrot, Guernsey from David Bogue, Gosport, 13 Feb 1812
28. To Francis Perrot, Jersey from Joseph Reyner, London, 20 Feb 1812
29. To Philip vivian Esq from Clement Perrot, 13 Mar 1812
30. To Francis Perrot, Jersey from David Bogue, Gosport, 30 Mar 1812
31. To Francis Perrot, Jersey from David Bogue, Gosport, 28 May 1812
32. To Francis Perrot, Jersey from David Bogue, Gosport, 30 Jun 1812
33. To Francis Perrot, Jersey from David Bogue, Gosport, 14 Jul 1812
34. To Francis Perrot, Jersey from David Bogue, London, possibly Aug 1812 (ans. 19 Aug 1812)
35. To Francis Perrot, Gosport from Joseph Reyner, London, 14 Oct 1812
36. To Francis Perrot, Gosport from Moi? Steven, London, 27 Oct 1812
37. To Francis Perrot, Guernsey from David Bogue, Gosport, 25 Dec 1812
38. To Francis Perrot from David Bogue, Gosport, 1 Jun 1813
39. Probably to Francis Perrot from Claude Guiot, Stapleton, near Bristol, 15 Jul 1813
40. To Francis Perrot Jersey from David Bogue, Gosport, 17 Jul 1813
41. To Francis Perrot from Clement Perrot, Guernsey, 11 Sep 1813
42. To Francis Perrot, Jersey from David Bogue, Gosport, 16 Sep 1813
43. To Francis Perrot from David Bogue, Gosport, 27 Oct 1813
44. To Francis Perrot, Jersey from David Bogue, Gosport, 1 Feb 1814
44a. Small fragile piece of paper folded and included within letter 44.
45. To Francis Perrot, Jersey from David Bogue, Gosport, 14 Jun 1814
46. To Francis Perrot, Jersey from David Bogue, Gosport, 23 Jun 1814
47. To Francis Perrot, Jersey from David Bogue, Gosport, 6 Sep 1814
48. To Francis Perrot, Paris from David Bogue, Gosport, 12 Jan 1815
49. To Francis Perrot, Jersey from David Bogue, Gosport, 27 Mar 1815
50. To Francis Perrot, Jersey from David Bogue, Gosport, 22 Jul 1815
51. To Francis Perrot, Jersey from David Bogue, Gosport, 12 Jul 1816
52. To Francis Perrot, Jersey from David Bogue, Gosport, 20 Sep 1816
53. To Francis Perrot, Jersey from Mary Le Couteur, 'Belle Vue', 1 Sep 1819
54. To Clement Perrot, Guernsey from Matthew Habershon, and John and William Beatson, Rotherham, 20 Dec 1828
55. To Clement Perrot, Guernsey from Joseph Read, Sheffield, 20 Dec 1828
56. To Clement Perrot, Rotherham from ? Joseph, Worksop, 14 Apr ?
57. To Clement Perrot from Deacons at Masbrough, 25 Jan 1829
58. To Clement Perrot, Jersey from Robt[?] Hatfield, 23 Jun 1836
59. To Clement Perrot, Jersey from Henry Walker, 'Clifton House', 4 Apr 1837
60. To Clement Perrot, Jersey from W. Beatson, Rotherham, 30 May 1837
61. To Jean Le Bailly from Mary Le Bailly,
Jersey, 27 May 1849
Perrot letters - other papers:
62. Verses on the death of Madame Perrot, July 1810.
63. Francis Perrot's licence for preaching, 25 Oct 1803.
64. Death of Susanna Perrot, 1819.
65. Letter - research into le nom de Perrot, 1864.
66. Perrot and Le Bailly death transcriptions.
67. Sketch of the life of Mr W. Sharp, 1810.
68. List of Le Bailly births 1706 - 1777, undated.
69. Document confirming the death of Louis Le Bailly in 1808, dated 1823.
70. Passport for John Le Bailly, 1860.
71. Passport for Henri Jean Le Bailly, 1875.
72. Poem, 1837.
73. Document, old.
74. Article, from Methodist Magazine for October 1803.
75. Possibly a sermon?
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1. To Francis Perrot from David Bogue, 10 Dec 1805. Letter folded
with address on front and stain from sealing wax.
Francis Perrot has not yet been ordained. References to his brother probably refer to Clement Perrot, who also became an Independent minister in Jersey. Francis' grandmother probably refers to Susanne Perrot, born Jeanne Susanne Harrivel.
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Address panel:
Revd Francis Perrot
St Helier
Jersey
written sideways:
10 Decr 1805
......
Gosport 10th Decr 1805
My dear young Friend
I was favoured with your Letter by your Brother, and have had the happiness since to hear of your welfare & prosperity. A succession of events which have laid claim to my time has prevented me from writing you so soon as I intended.
It gives me great pleasure to find that you go on so well, & meet with so great encouragement in the preaching of the Gospel. I hope you will soon have the pleasure of seeing a Church of Christ formed[?] & increasing from time to time to the Glory & praise of God, & the salvation of many precious Souls.
I need not recommend it to you to go on in a quiet and peaceable manner, making no unnecessary noise, & endeavouring to give offence to no one. I wish Mr McKay had attended to this, & rather have yielded for a season than have set himself by main force against this great Man. I am afraid the Decision of the Court will be against Him. We have nothing to expect from the Spirit of the world: & instead of standing up boldly against them, & challenging them to do their worst, it is far better for us to be mild & gentle, & if possible act in such a way as that They may let us alone. If there be any possibility of Mr M's affair not being brought to a decision, I would most earnestly recommend it. A decree passed against Him may injure others: but if the affair be allowed to go to sleep, He may in a year or two be allowed again to begin to preach. And when preaching has become common, & they see you Pastor of a Church, They will let you all alone to follow your own ways. Try therefore what can be done to put off Mr M's business sine[?] die[?].
I hope you endeavour so to arrange Matters that you find leisure for carrying on your Theological studies as well as for preparing for the pulpit. Remember it is proper to begin in such a way as that you may be able to persevere in the same course from year to year. Prepare carefully for the pulpit: & let your sermons be short, & your services short. The Person who preaches three times a day will do well to bring each service within the compass of an hour & a quarter. Be sure not to preach oftener than your health will permit, without sustaining any injury.
It will be necessary for you to act with great caution so as not to offend the good plain man who used to preach in the country, & Mr V. No man loves to be outdone by another: therefore use all prudence in abstaining from giving them any offence. Encourage them to preach in the Country places where their talents suit the people, & appear there rather to assist than to supersede them. Do every thing in your power to prevent a spirit of Jealousy from rising in their breasts. Treat them with much affection & respect.
At the same time endeavour to keep on as good terms as possible with the Church of England People. Demean[?] yourself with much humility & meekness; have nothing to say against Them or the Clergy, & preach in such a way as if no such people existed. Do not appear to set up against them or to rival Them.
Perhaps the Methodists may be the most difficult of the three to deal with. But let Them alone, & go on in your own way, & let Them go on in theirs. You cannot have much intercourse with Them. I have observed that they are always aiming to Draw every thing into their own party. Let Those who will, follow Them, & let your people be distinct from Them. Treat Them with respect: but you can have no intimate friendly intercourse.
Early in the next year I think it will be proper for you to form the pious people into a Church. If there be three or four pious Men, who know the world, & mankind, & are respectable in their conduct, They would do well for Deacons. One of your uncles at least should be of the number. If they gave you a call soon after, every thing could be prepared for your coming over to England in the beginning of Summer to be ordained, bringing one of your Deacons with you, to represent the Church, & to act in their name.
Have you found out any young Man who would make a very good Student for the Academy! There is room for one from Jersey, if you can find one: but let it be a good one. I value one whose native Tongue is french, far above an English Man.
I suppose your Brother has informed you concerning Mr Cadaret who is now removed to Luneray about nine miles from Dieppe. His Congregation consists of about 1600 people, & I think he is likely to be both useful & comfortable among them. I think you should correspond with Him. A Letter addressed to Him, "Ministre De sainte Evangile a Luneray Departm' de la Seine inferieure" will find Him if you can get the letter into France.
Mr Paige is at Milbourne p..t[??] near Sherborne engaged for a twelvemonth. Mr Luke goes on well at Alten & Mr James at Birmingham. Mr Maslen[?] has received an unanimous call from a Church at Hertford where he is likely to do much good & be very comfortable. I have as many applications for preachers, as there are young Men to go out, so that according to present appearances, as soon as Mr Winchester, Mr East, Mr Banister, & Mr Isaac are ready to go, there will be places waiting for them to labour in. Poor Mr Morphar[?] is still very ill, & I have but little hope of his recovery. - Your Brother goes on well, & is very attentive to his Studies, & makes very commendable progress. I hope the Classics occupy some of your attention. You should seek to be Master both of Latin & Greek. A little every Day is a good rule. - I was pleased with the diposition[?] which your Good Grandmother made before a Notary: & I hope it will be of service to you at some future time. If you & Clement could have been more particularly disimilar as to your employment & pursuits it would have been well, but I suppose it could not be done, & might have excited suspicion. God will, I hope, be with you, & bless you, & direct your steps.- I shall be happy to have a long letter from you soon giving me particular information[??illegible] every thing you are doing, and purpose to do.
Mrs B desires to be kindly remembered to you, & is much obliged to you for your kindness in getting the stockings for the Children. They answer[?] exceedingly well. I have paid the money to your Brother. Remember me very affectionately to your Grandmother & Uncles & all Friends, & to Mr Mackay. I earnestly pray that the Lord may be with you, & give you a double portion of his Spirit & make you an able & faithful minister of the New Testament - & I remain with great affection My Dear Sir very truly yours
David Bogue
Have you made inquiry what the printing of the Assembly[?] catechism in Jersey would cost? ......[?] .....[?] .....[?] - say 2000 copies.-
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2. To Francis Perrot from David Bogue, 13 Feb 1806. Letter folded
with address on front and stain from sealing wax. There is mention
made of a bit concerning 'Mr M' that could be torn off - no part
of the letter was torn off.
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Address panel:
Revd Francis Perrot
St Hiliers
Jersey
written sideways:
13 Feby 1806
......
My dear Sir,
I had the pleasure of receiving your Letter of the 4th, & am exceedingly happy to learn that matters are in so prosperous a state at St Hiliers. The spirit discovered by Mr M is by no means lessening[?], but you see what man is: and his reluctance is of no consequence as to the main object in view. Your mode of proceeding at St H I very much approve. It is pleasing to find so many serious People, who I trust will rapidly increase & I think you will have more comfort in your new Deacons than you would have had in the old ones. I think it not improbable but they will come in, but their coming in afterwards will lessen their consequence. In the close of the letter I shall say something concerning Mr M. If you think it proper you may tear it off & send it to Him.
Your next work I think is your ordination, & that should not be put off beyond the End of April: & if you come over here about the 20th of that month, Matters can be arranged here for your ordination. We are generally so much hurried[?] at the association that I think we shall be able to have it done more comfortably at Gosport in the same manner as Mr Pedyeans[??] On the other leaf I have sent you the questions which you will be required to answer & to which it will be proper for you to write answers. As you have been present on such occasions, I need not say any thing for your direction. Your uncle I suppose will accompany you as the representative of the church: & I hope your exercise of the Pastoral office at Jersey will be the p...[??] ......y[?] unto salvation to many precious Souls.
I greatly rejoice in your success & in your prospects. It is of the utmost consequence zealously to improve such a season of divine mercy & love. Be diligent in your Studies & seek[?] & .....[?] an increase of Biblical & Theological knowledge. Your capacity of reading the best English Writers, & then preaching in French is a great advantage to you. Diligently improve it & be sure that the Good people have weighty[?] edifying discourses from you. Give them the mass of english solidity of Sentiments[??] & Dreams[??] with the animation and fire of French representation. I suppose I need not urge you not to make your Sermons long. That is especially improper for a new Congregation. Let them go away without being weary. -
Above all things see that life of diligence be growing in your Soul, that you may speak to the people with a heart ignited[??] with a sacred fire from the altar of God, & with a pure & fervent zeal for his Glory & the salvation of precious souls.
I have just received a letter which Mr Cadaret wrote in the month of Decr to a Gentn at Paris wishing[?] a supply of Bibles &c. He is now at Luneray in the neighbourhood of Dieppe. I expect to hear from Him soon. I have got a young Parson with Me as a Missionary Student whose Parents were of this Country but he was born in Calais & lived there the first six[?] years of his life. His parents quitted it about the year 1792. With your Brothers aid, I hope He will acquire the French language, which ......[?] forgotten, & being a Citizen of France be able to preach the Gospel in some[?] one[?] of the large cities in Belgium: & I hope Jersey will furnish some Parsons for the same service. The Missionary Society's Bibles printed at Paris are compleated, & are circulating among the Churches in that Country. Have you any pious Italian in[?] Jersey? I want such a Person to carry the Gospel into his native Country & sell bibles & good Books.
We have had letters from Mr Laveless[??]. He was preaching at Madras. Messrs Cran[?] & Desgrainges are gone to Vizigapatnam [? could be Vizakhapatnam] about 300 miles north of Madras[?]. The Town[?] contains about 20,000 Idolaters. They preach to the British at the Court house in the Fort & have a Salary from Government for doing so. - I heard lately from Mr Paige[?] who is going on well & from Mr Jan......[??].
My wife [?hole in paper] & the Children unite in kind regards & will be happy to see you in England. Remember Me very kindly to your Good Grandmother & Uncle & all Friends. The Students send their kind regards.
Sincerely wishing you health & happiness &a double portion of the Spirit of Christ I remain with great regard My Dr Sir
affectionately yours
David Bogue
Gosport
13th Feby 1806
Questions to be answered by Mr. Perrot
1. What reason have you to conclude that you are a Mr [?could
be short for Minister?]?
2. What reason have you to conclude that you are called to the preaching of the Gospel?
3. What reasons have influenced you to desire to exercise the ministerial office?
x
5. How do you purpose (with the assistance of Divine grace) to exercise the Pastoral office?
6. What are your views of the leading Principles of the Gospels?
x4. From what considerations was you
led to cons...[??] to take on you the pastoral Charge of the Church
of St Heliers in Jersey?
A question to be answered by your Uncle as representative of the
Church is as follows
"What steps have been taken by you in order to the settlement
of Rev Francis Perrot among you as your Pastor?" - The answer
can beread in English by your Brethren or some other Person.
As to what you mention of the French
Assembly Catechism & the expense of printing it, I beg leave
to mention that the whole is comprized[??] in one Sheet. The one
I have is 24 pages in twelve which is just a sheet,: but perhaps
you may wish to defer it till you come to England.
I do not wish to put Mr Mackay to the expence of a letter but
I beg you will inform Him that I am exceedingly pleased with the
way in which his affair has ended & account it a very merciful
dispensation of God to the Church in Jersey. I am glad he goes
on again preaching in the Country &c. I wish him seriously
to consider[?] whether He designs to give Himself to the work
of the ministry, or to be qualified for being Pastor of a Church.
For I make a great difference between a person being qualified
to preach so as to edify plain People & being pastor of a
Church. A great deal of knowledge is necessary in the latter case
which is not in the former. If Mr M has such views, I think he
ought to spend a year or two in Theological Studies, that He may
acquire that knowledge of .........[?paper torn] Scriptures which[?]
will enable Him to bring out of the Treasure of his heart new
things & old, & to build up the Church in knowledge, &
in holiness & consolation[?]. With such acquirements He might
prove an extensive blessing, where the Great Head of the Church
might see most[?] to place Him. I wish Him to lay this matter
very seriously to heart. Present my kindest regards & Mrs
Bs to Him & Mrs Mackay. I hope the Lord will sanctify their
affections & bless Them with prosperity both Spiritual &
temporal.
I have just received a Letter from Mr Lauder[?] saying that it will be necessary to have the association at his place on the Wednesday before the third Lords day of April instead of the following week as proposed. Your ordination can therefore be in the following week namely before the 4th Sunday. Adieu.
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3. To Francis Perrot from David Bogue, 26 Jul 1806. Letter folded
with address on front and stain of sealing wax.
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Address panel:
Revd Francis Perrot
St Helier
Jersey
By favour of
Mr C. Perrot
written sideways:
26 Jul 1806
......
My Dear young Friend
I received you Letter by Mrs[?] King, & bless God that you are enabled to go on in so comfortable a manner. It pleases God sometimes to chain up the Adversary, & hinder Him forever hurting the flock of Christ. Praise Him for it, & go on with prudence & zeal united endeavouring to give no offence in any thing that the ministry may not be blamed.
You have great reason to bless God for the pouring out of the Spirit in so abundant a manner. Labour diligently while that is the case, & improve the gracious dispensation by bringing many to Christ Jesus. Such seasons in the course of a Parson's ministry occur but now & then: & should therefore be improved to the utmost.
I rejoice to hear that you have got a new place in the country where you are going to begin. Your Brother will be able to help you & can give Them a word on the Lords day while He remains. I am happy to say that He goes on well & is exceedingly promising, & makes considerable progress in his Studies, & will I hope be an able & faithful Minister of Jesus Christ.
Continue to make progress in the knowledge of Divine things. Be diligent in Study & be laying up a precious Treasure of divine Truth for the benefit of future years. Let it be your sacred ambition to be an able & faithful & successful Minister of the New Testament. Endeavour to acquire peculiar skill in the Elegances of the French Tongue. That might be of no great consequence in Jersey but it will be of the utmost importance in France. Besides I consider the Translation of English Books into French to be an employment which is likely to fall to your lot, & an employment of the first importance for the advancement of the course of Christ. Your Brother is applying to the French for this purpose with very commendable diligence.
Look out for pious & able young Men to undertake the Christian Ministry. It will be a great honour to Jersey to have the Gospel sounding out from it into the French Empire.
I am exceedingly sorry to find that the New Testament has such faults[?] Can any ......[?] have put a hand to it? I will make particular enquiries & let you know. In the mean time it may be well not to push the sale.
I am grieved to hear that Mr Mackay has fallen into these dreadful notions which are at present the scourge of the Church of Christ. It is dangerous to have any communication with such a Person. I hope He will not be permitted to persue[?] your People with his errors[?]. He should be warned of his danger. You are the best Judge how it can be most properly done. Mr Dex[?] let .....[?] should[?] be spoken to, & the evil of his sermons[?] pointed[?] out in the spirit of Love. They had both much better leave off preaching, than[?] propagate these dangerous notions.
My wife unites in kindest regards to you & Mr La Perrelle, & your Grandmother & Great aunt & all Friends. Write Me by your Brother. I wish you a Double portion of the Spirit of Christ & much communion with the Lord Jesus, & remain Dear Sir yours with much affection
David Bogue
Gosport
26 July 1806
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4. To Francis Perrot from George Perrot, 29 Jul 1806. Letter folded
with address on front. The writing is generally very clear, but
he often runs words together, and doesn't bother much with accents
or punctuation. The letter is in French so my transcription will
have errors.
George was one of Francis' younger brothers.
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Address panel:
Revd F Perrot
St Helliers
Jersey
......
Titcfield, le 29 Juillet 1806
Mon Cher Frere
Ceci est pour te faire savoir letat de ma santé, qui est tres bonne Grace a Dieu, esperant quil en soit de meme de toi et de toute la famille. Je men? vais te donner un detail de mon voyage, nous aimes un tres beau passage, dans 14 heures nous fumes en vue des aiguilles, nous passames la nuit a Yarmouth, et le lendemain matin a 5 heures nous arrivames a Southampton, mai je n'allai pas a terre auparavan[?] 8 heures, car je dejeunai a bord, ainssi[?] tu peux bien penser que je netois pas trop malade, quand j'arrivai a terre, je men allai au Vine, Je navois pas eté 5 minutes que Mr Dieraide[?] entra, et il me priat valler[?] manger chez lui le temps que je serois a southhampton, en effet j'ai eté manger chez lui le temps que je ai eté qui a eté d'environ 30 heures, ce fut lui qui mé trouvat une place dans le Van. dont je lui en scouvai[??] toujours gré[??], nous portames de southton vers les 11 1/2 heures quand nous fumes environ a moetié chemin, Mr Le Hardy descendit de la voiture, et un Dame Demanda Indirectement, si etoient[??] la un jeune Sudiant d'Oxford sur quoi je repondit que non, et que cétoit ..[?] un jeune homme de Jersey, la meme Dame me Demanda, je suppose que vous etes Jersiois aussi? je lui repondai que oui, sur quoi elle me demanda si je conoissois une famille du nom de De La Perrelle, je lui repondai qui oui elle me dit quelle avoir une jeune Demoisselle de ce nom, je lui dit que jetois son cousin, sur cela nous nous reconnumes un pour etre Perrot, et l'autre pour etre Miss Hide tu peux penser quelle fut ma joie a cette rencontre, nous arrivames a Titchfield vers les 3 heures et je dinai chez Miss Hide, ce fut elle qui M'introduit chez Mr Dodd, car Mary Ann etoiet encore a Gosport, & le lendemain qui etoit le Jeudi nous partimes Miss Hide et moi pour Gosport (ou jy restai jusque au Samedi) ou je vit Clement, et Mary Ann, le meme jour jallai a la faire de Portsmouth et l'après midi, nous allames prendre le thé, chez le Revd David Bogue ou ils me firent milles amities, et le lendemain jallai a L'Hopital d'Hosler qui est un tres bel edifice, et le samedi nous retournames Mary Ann et moi a Titchfield, et le lendemain jallai diner chez Miss Hide, et le lundi je commençai lécole, ou je me plais beaucoup japprends le latin l'Arithmetic, a ecrivinet[?] et a lire, Mes amities a Mon Cher Oncle & a ma chere Tante De La Perrelle a Ma Chere Grande Mere, a Ma Tante Marguerite a Elys & Sophie, Cos Du Chemin a George surnommé le bon a Mrs Du feu a John Gallie, efin a tous les a amis en General car lenumeration en seroit[?] trop longue
pas davantage pour le present, et songe que tu nauras[?] jamais a rougir de ton frere.
Je Demeure avec l'amitié la plus pure ton cher frere
George Perrot
NB Mr & Mrs Dodd tefont bien leurs amities, et Miss Hide aussi
tu auras la bonté de dire a Mon oncle de payer sinq shellings
que Captn Nicolle en la bonté de me preter, quand jallai
a terru[?] a Yarmouth, car je navois pas un liard dans ma poche,
tu diras aussi a Mon Oncle que je mis la letre de Mr Galor[?]
a la postre car je né savois[?] le chemin chez lui,
Je tonvois[?] cette lettre par Mary.
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Attempted translation of letter from George Perrot to his brother, Rev Francis Perrot.
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To the Rev. Perrot St Helliers Jersey
Titchfield, 29th July, 1806
My dear Brother,
This is to let you know the state of my health, which is, thanks
to God, very good, hoping that it will be the same with you and
all your family. I'm going to give you a description of my journey,
we had a very good passage, in 14 hours we saw the spires (?)we
spent the night at Yarmouth and the next day about 5 o'clock we
arrived at Southampton, but I didn't disembark before 8 because
I breakfasted on board, thus you may well think that I .....?,
when I disembarked I went to Vine. I hadn't been there 5 minutes
when Mr Dieurude came in and he invited me to eat at his house
during my stay in Southampton - and indeed I did eat at his place
as long as I was there, about 30 hours - it was he who found me
a place in Van, for which I will always be grateful to him(?)
we left Southampton at about 11.30, when we'd gone about half
way Mr Le Hardy got down from the coach and a lady asked indirectly
if there was a young Oxford student there, to which I replied,
no, and that there was a young man from Jersey, the same lady
asked me, I suppose you are from Jersey too and I replied yes,
upon which she asked if I knew a family by the name of La Perrelle
- I replied that I did, she told me that she had a young lady
of that name, I told her that I was her cousin - upon which we
recognised that one was Perrot and the other Miss Hyde, you can
guess my joy at this meeting, we arrived at Titchfield at about
3 o'clock and I dined at Miss Hyde's - it was she who introduced
me to Mr Dodd, for Mary-Anne was still at Gosport, the next day
which was Thursday we left, Miss Hyde and I for Gosport (where
I stayed until Saturday) where I saw Clement and Mary-Ann, the
same day I went to the Portsmouth fair, and in the afternoon we
took tea at the Rev. David Bogue's where they were very kind and
the next day I went to the Hospital of the Hosler[?] which is
a very beautiful edifice and on Saturday Mary-Ann and I returned
to Titchfield, and the next day I dined at Miss Hyde's and on
Monday I began school, where I am very happy, I'm learning latin,
arithmetic, to write and to read. My fondest greetings to my dear
Uncle and my dear Aunt de la Perrelle and my dear Grandmother
and my Aunt Marguerite to Elys and Sophie, Cos du Chemin, to George,
nicknamed the good, to Mrs du Feu to John Gallie and finally to
my friends in general for naming them would take too long.
I won't say any more now, and hope that you will never be ashamed
of your brother.
I remain in purest love
your dear brother,
George Perrot
NB Mr and Mrs Dodd send their regards and Miss Hyde too, please
be so good as to tell my uncle to pay 5 shillings that Capt Nicolle
lent me when I landed at Yarmouth for I didn't have a coin(?)
in my pocket, you could tell my uncle also that I posted his letter
to Mr Gabor , for I didn't know the way to his house..
I am sending this letter with Mary-Ann
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5. To Francis Perrot from David Bogue, 30 Oct 1806. Letter folded
with address on front and black sealing wax.
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Revd Francis Perrot
St Helier's
Jersey
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30 Oct 1806
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Gosport 30th Oct 1806
My Dear Sir
I am favoured with yours of the 24th instant, & send you an answer by the return of the Packet.
The evil spirit which has begun of late to show itself, was naturally to be expected. Satan will not allow his kingdom to fall without making all the opposition in his power. The method which has adopted to injure you has more in it of spleen than of real hurt: & submission becomes a duty.
As there is no Law of the Island which exempts a Protestant Dissenting Minister from being subject to arm in the Defense of it, He must necessarily submit, if the Government require Him to learn the Military exercise.
If you were to refuse & to be banished from the Island, it would be extremely difficult for you to procure a return; because the Magistrates have broken no law of the Island: on the contrary they have been acting according to the Law. They will therefore have much to say in their own behalf, & they will use all their influence to keep you out of the Island, & by that means undo all that you have hitherto done. I would therefore entreat you by no means to expose yourself to the Danger of expulsion.
I think you have done properly in showing your license &c to the Col.....[?] & if in addition you state to them that by the Act of Toleration in England, Protestant Dissenting Ministers are exempted from serving in the Militia, & that you consider it but reasonable that you should enjoy the same liberty & privilege in Jersey, you have then done all that you can do: & if this be stated in a firm but respectful manner in writing, if it have no influence on their minds, it will be useful to lay before Friends in England who may perhaps try application to the Ministry be able to procure your redress.
I would therefore advise you, if They will pay no regard to your remonstrance to submit, & perform the Military exercise. This submission will do you more good than harm as to your Congregation. The illnature[?] manifested in it will do more injury to your Enemies than you: & it is more likely to increase than to diminish the number of your hearers[???]. Besides it is a duty to the redeemer to submit in such a case, & leave the issue in his hands. He can bring good out of evil, & make the present inconvenience to work for the furtherance of the Gospel. Perhaps when they see you submit, They may relent & let you go free. If They should not, you can send Me over the statement of your case, & I will endeavour to have it laid before those who have it in their power to grant redress.
In the mean time act with great caution & prudence. Do not make it the subject of your conversation except with judicious Friends. Especially never make the remotest allusion to it in the pulpit. Remember this above all things. The more patiently you bear the cross, the more will they find their ends defeated, their conduct blamed. God will, I trust, bring all to a happy issue. Trust & confide in Him, & endeavour to keep the minds of your own congregation from being exasperated.
I rejoice in the continuance of your Success. Be much in prayer at this time.
My wife unites in kind regards. Remember Me kindly to your Grandmother, Uncle, Aunts & all Friends. I sincerely wish you that wisdom which is from above to direct your steps & remain with great regard DSir
Your affectte Friend
David Bogue
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6. To Francis Perrot from J.S. James, 5 Dec 1808. Letter folded
with address on front and tear from red sealing wax. Mr James
had been a student with Francis at Gosport.
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The Revd Francis Perrott
Jersey
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Birmingham
Decr. 5. 1808
My Dear Brother,
When I look at the date of your kind affectionate letter which I received thru[?] the medium of Mr Hughes I am really quite ashamed. Such expressions of regard, and such effusions of piety, deserved an earlier reply. It would be vain to apologize for I really know of no excuse that will be admitted as sufficient - one thing however I will say that my silence did not proceed from a want of regard for you - for to say all in a word - I do love you - and most heartily do I rejoice in the intelligence which reaches me from time to time of your success, by all I can learn God is preparing for you a brilliant crown of glory - by making you the happy instrument of turning many to righteousness - go on my dear Brother - your work is honorable &[?] delightful and your wages[?] tho' gracious &[?] unmerited[?] will be immensely abundant - Oh the thought of having the eye of our gracious redeemer looking down upon our unworthy labours: approving & commending - God hath highly honor'd us in calling us to labor in his vineyard. Oh that we may be found faithful. The glory of God in the salvation of immortal souls is the only object to which our whole labours should be directed - besides this there is nothing worth the attention of a minister of Jesus Christ, it is beneath the dignity of a heaven born mind to scramble for popular applause among the crowd - my brother let our aim be higher - let us seek to approve ourselves not to the ear, but to the conscience and to God - the conversion of one immortal soul will pay us infinitely better than the mere applause of the whole universe could we obtain it -- let us think of that object which drew the saviour from the skies and nailed him to the cross, and make that the theme of all our sermons. The end of all our studies - let us like the great apostle of the Gentiles determine to know nothing else but Jesus Christ and him crucified - The cross. The cross, my dear Brother should be the only thing in which we allow ourselves to boast[??] - every sermon should be stamped with this emblem of our religion - In my opinion as Christian ministers we ought never to lead our people out of sight of Calvary - Into whatever field of disquisition we lead them, it ought never to be at such a distance from this lovely interesting spot as that they should not see the great object of christian vision - a bleeding dying saviour.
I know not how you feel it, but I find it to be one of the most difficult things I have to perform, to keep burning the secret[?] fire of personal religion - I find it less difficult to preach in the pulpit than out of it - a minister ought to be the first man in his church or congregation not only in knowledge, but in holiness - and this Oh ...[hole in paper] difficult -- We are so much in the habit of thinking, speaking, writing on divine things ex officio as students, that it is frequently difficult to come home to our own conscience, and feel all the spiritual, practical influence of these things - I am more & more persuaded that holiness blazing out in ardent zeal for the glory of God, and melting pity for immortal souls is the first qualification of a minister of Jesus Christ - Oh for more of this -
I have reason to bless God on several accounts for sending me to Birmingham - I am placed over a godly united and respectable church, which I have been the means[?hole in paper] of building up I hope in some measure when I came first [?hole in paper] church consisted of about 44 members, now it has nearly .....[?hole in paper] .....[?] 100. Many of these I repeat[?] with gratitude are the se...[?hole in paper] of my ministry - Our place of worship is large the dimensions are 72 feet by 46 -- it is not yet full - indeed when I took the charge of it firstly[?] the congregation did not consist of more than 150 persons -now in an afternoon we have generally between 5 and 600 - I find myself often sailing between these two temptations of a minister, which are the Scylla & Charabdis of our office. I mean pride arising from success on the one hand and discouragement arising from the want of it on the other - both are injurious and need to be well watched - Another reason of gratitude in my heart for being sent to Birmingham is that I have met with one of the most amiable of women for a wife - if you recalled our tutor used in laying down directions for a wife to give us five Ps to guide our choice - do you recollect them? If not I will repeat them as a description of the dear partner of my sorrow & my Joys - Piety. Prudence. Portion[??] Parts[??] Parentage. I assure you they all concentrate in my wife - we have been married nearly 2 1/2 years - we have no family as my wife was delivered once of a still born child, and had a mishap besides - however I find God can make us happy without children.
As I am so far out of the way of all my Brethren I hear little about any of those who studied with us at Gosport, so that I have no news to send you - Well here I must conclude, and you will be obliged to acknowledge from the length of my letter that I have paid my debt with interest - I hope to hear from you again, and to have a whole history of your circumstances and success up to the present time - Give my kind love[?] to your brother when you see him or write to him for I do not know where he is - and desiring for you every ...[?] ....[?] Blessing.
I am with sincere affection & regard
Your brother in the L.J.C.
J.S. James
P.S. Great Haste
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7. To Francis Perrot from David Bogue, 27 Jan 1809. Letter folded
with address on front and stain and tear from sealing wax.
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Revd Francis Perrot
St Helier's
Jersey
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27 Jany 1809
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Gosport 27th Jany 1809
My Dear Sir
I have received several kind letters from you & one from your Brother, all of which have given Me much pleasure. I have likewise received the Cask of Cyder for which I am very much obliged to you; & Mrs Bogue unites with Me in cordial thanks for your kind & very acceptable present. The Cyder is exceedingly good.
I rejoice greatly in the success which the Lord Jesus has been pleased to give to your abundant labours & what reason you have to praise the Lord who gives such testimony to the word of his Grace, & calls so many souls by your Ministry to the obtaining of salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ. It is a singular honour which the Lord confers upon you & your Brother.
Such a season of divine influence should be very diligently improved. It is evidently a more than common season of the pouring out of the spirit of God upon your labours; & the diligent improvement of it is exceedingly important. More than ordinary labour is suitable to such a time, because it is labour attended with such delightful effects. Personal conversation especially is peculiarly proper; & those who are under convictions[?] receive singular benefit from it. Those ministers who have been honoured with such a season of Grace as you, have afterwards spoken with great earnestness of the importance of making the most of it.
Permit Me to warn you to be much on your guard against the temptations & devices of Satan to put a stop to the work of God. This He often affects by turning the mind to religious controversy, by producing quarrels & disputes & parties[?] among the people, & by the introduction of some new notions[?].
I have been always afraid lest poor Mackays whims should get in among them, which would prove very pernicious. It requires therefore the utmost caution in you to keep the people at a distance from Him & his sentiments. The less they know both of Him & them so much the better.
With respect to yourselves continue to preach the pure simple doctrine of the Gospel, just as if there were no other opinions in the world. Let your preaching be on the great things of the Gospel, & keep the souls of your people wholly fixed on Christ & Him[?] crucified & the Great principles & precepts of the Gospel.
Keep your Converts[?] fully employed in doing Good, & give Them no time for speculation: this is of much importance & is the most effectual means of their being preserved from error, & from[?] evil[??].
Endeavour to keep your people away from Mr M & his adherents, & if You find them insinuating Themselves into the acquaintance of your people warn them of their danger, & exhort them to shun such persons, as being the Enemies of Christ. If nothing else will do, it will be necessary for you to reprove them sharply as the Enemies of God, & of the Gospel. It is my earnest prayer that the Lord may preserve you from all Satan's devices, & keep you pure humble & united[?] in love[?].
I am very glad that you have conducted your financial matters with so much wisdom & success. It was good for you to begin with giving the people an idea of their duty to provide funds for the maintenance of the Gospel. Its happy effects will be felt in time to come.
I am very happy to hear so good an account of your young Men. I hope many of Them will prove useful Men in the Church whether in public or in private stations. It gives Me pleasure to hear that there is one who you think possesses radical qualifications for the Ministry, namely unfeigned[?] piety & good natural abilities. If you & Clement & the Good people of your Church recommend Him, I shall be very happy to see Him here for trial as a Student, whenever you may think proper at lady[?] day or else at a future time. Please to give Me particular information concerning Him. Has He any thing of his own to help Him in buying Clothes, for washing &c? As you know the funds which are allowed to each Student you know what is necessary for his comfort or rather his support.
I hope some[?] of the other young Men w...[?hole in paper] in time be found qualified for the Min...[?hole in paper, could be Ministry] I have little doubt but the Missionary Society will be willing to assist Them in their education with a view to their future employment in France. Therefore bring them forward as much as you can in the rudiments of learning. I want to see a good minister or two in Guernsey.
The funds of the seminary at Gosport are very low: any assistance to them therefore will be peculiarly acceptable.
I intend to send you some more copies of Dr Doddridge's rise & progress, & along with Them I will send a Letter to Clement - The two first Volumes of the History of the Dissenters are printed, & will be ready for distribution in a forthnight.
I am quite reduced to Bankruptcy in the Seminary & even Missionary Students are gone to London to be ordained & equipped for foreign stations. Messrs Putchell[??] & Brain[?] for the Burman Empire, Mr Hand?] for Madras, Messrs Wimmer[?] & P....[?] for the Cape of Good Hope, Mr P....[?] for Tobago, & Mr Adam for Demarara.
Mrs Bogue & Charlotte ..........[?] & Thomas & David all unite in kind regards to you & Clement. Remember Me to all your Good people. Sincerely wishing you the divine presence & blessing I remain My Dear Sir with great regard very affecty yours
David Bogue.
Write me frequently. I feel great interest in your proceedings. I bless God that the waters[?] of your Island have been so favourable to your cause. Continue to depend on the great head of the Church for his aid: & be as peaceable & harmless as possible. I cannot tell you how much I was pleased to hear of your new Chapel being so well attended.
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8. To Francis Perrot from David Bogue, 2 Jun 1809. Letter folded
with address on front and stain and tear from sealing wax.
Mention of Francis' brother being a prisoner may refer to Pierre Perrot, who was a prisoner in France for several years until 1811 (ref. Balleine's Biographical Dictionary of Jersey). Francois' 'young friends' at Dr Bogue's academy may be Francois de Faye and Jean Le Gros (ref: de Faye journal, April 1809, quoted by Ray Le Pivert). There are frequent mentions of these two young men in subsequent letters.
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Revd Francis Perrot
St Helier
Jersey
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2 June 1809
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Gosport 2 June 1809
My Dear Sir
My last Letter was to Clement, & my last Letter was from Him. Your Two young Friends conduct Themselves with great propriety & modesty & I hope will be good Ministers of Jesus Christ. As it is but young Days I am not able to speak with certainty concerning their talents. They do not pronounce so distinctly the French Tongue as I could wish. I hope They will improve in it.
Yesterday a Young Man full of life & fire called on Them. I was happy to hear from Him of your welfare & success. I observe that He used the word Mon Dieu very much in conversation. Is that accounted proper in Jersey. Your prospects of increase in your Church are I find still very considerable. I doubt not but you use the greatest caution, & endeavour to be fully satisfied as to their Christian experience & characters.
May the Lord continue to keep the adversary chained, that He may not hinder you in your work & produce strife among you. Be much in prayer for this inestimable blessing, & highly prize it while you continue to enjoy it. May the sacred Spirit also continue to shed[?] abroad his divine influences & to bless your labours with still greater success.
I yesterday sent a Box of Books to Southampton addressed to you, & paid the carriage to that place. It contains fifty copies of Doddridge rise & progress, Thirty french Testaments & an Italian, a Spanish, & a Portuguese Testament for your & Clement's use. There are three copies of the History of Dissenters, & a Funeral Sermon for Mr Nayler[?]. The Price of the History to Subscribers is 8s/[?] a volume. The Sermon you will do Me the favour to accept. If you send 1s/ for the Doddridges, & 1s/6d for the thirty Testaments it will cover the expences of the Society which published Them.
How are you off for Good Books? I wish Bostons fourfold state was translated into French with some abbreviations: it would be a treasure to the People. Mr Bennett has long talked of correcting it for Translation. Whether He has done it, I do not know. Are there any books which you think of for this purpose? Have you abundance of Testaments? For if you are in want of Them, I could speak to .....[?] Lucas[?] in the Bible Society to let you have any quantity you may need, at the lowest price. It is of much importance that the people should be supplied with the word of God in abundance. In consequence of your preaching, I suppose there are many more readers of the New Testament than there were before.
I was in London at the Missionary Meeting. The Congregations are as large as ever. The collections larger. £1070 Pounds were collected at the doors of the places of worship. Nine Missionary Students left Me in the course of the last Twelvemonth. Five set sail in the End of April for the Cape of Good Hope. Mssrs Wimmer[?] & Parott[??] are to continue there. Mr Hands[?] goes to ......patam[??], & Mr Pritchett[?] & Mr Brain for the Birman Empire. Mr Wray at Demarara has laboured with good success. Upwards of 150 of the Negroes appear deeply concerned about their eternal salvation, & fifty of them He hopes are truly[??] converted to God.
Have you heard any thing lately of Mr Cadaret? Is your Brother still a Prisoner? I saw your Brother George in London He is very well. Mr Gordon is labouring at Yonghall[?] in Ireland with prospect of success.
My vacation commences early in July. I am going to preach at York Street Chapel in Dublin for six weeks. I suppose your young Friends will not think of visiting Jersey till next year. I leave Them however to their own decision. They may improve their time here very profitably in writing Lectures, & learning the latin tongue.
Mrs B & the young Folks unite in kind regards to you & Clement & all your Good Family. I wish you the divine presence & blessing & remain with great regard My Dear Sir
very affectionately yours
David Bogue
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9. To Francis Perrot from David Bogue, 29 Jun 1809. Letter folded
with address on front and stain and tear from sealing wax.
Francois' 'young friends' at Dr Bogue's academy may be Francois de Faye and Jean Le Gros (see letter 8).
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Revd Francis Perrot
St Heliers
Jersey
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29 June 1809
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Gosport 29th June 1809
My Dear Sir
I was favoured with your Letter enclosing a draft for £35 9s 8d on Messr Ode[??] we are very much obliged to you for your liberal Collection for the Seminary, as it will afford us a very seasonable supply. Your young Friends go on well, & I hope will prove Good Ministers of Jesus Christ. They appear humble & diligent.
I expect to see Mr Bennett next week, & will speak to Him concerning Mr Bostons Book. It would be a Treasure in the French Tongue as They have nothing like it. It is an experimental system of divinity.
Your method of dealing with these members of your church who do not marry in the Lord displays your zeal for the purity of the Church. But it is difficult to bring everyone to feel its importance. In the Apostles' days an union by marriage of a worshipper of the true God with a Devotee of Jupiter & Juno had something in it at which the mind revolts. But at the present time when most people profess to have the same object of worship, & attend worship at the same place, the case is not so plain, & Love makes the person suppose the object of affection to have some religion[?] when He has none, or if He has not some now, He soon will have it. I think it very proper for you to testify against such marriages as contrary to the injunctions of the Sacred Scripture, & to point out all the evil consequences of them. If you know of any Individual Member who has thoughts of marrying in that way, it is your duty to warn her against it, as[?] a[?] dangerous step & pregnant with the greatest evil to herself & her Children. If She will not listen but does marry, & warning is still proper, but I would not expell her. Evils I think may arise out of such a measure, which you will afterwards be sorry for. Gentle conduct with warnings will have a better effect; & is likely to humble the Person, & make Her seek with greater earnestness the conversion of her husband. These softer means will, I hope, work a powerful effect.
I am happy to hear of your success at St Aubins & Goise[??]. May the Lord continue to build you up & exercise you. The method the court has taken is certainly very favourable for you. They pay homage to your superior sanctity, & I hope will drive many into your conversation[?].
On Monday 10th July I purpose D.V. to set off for Ireland, & to spend six weeks, preaching at York Chapel in Dublin. The vacation will be favourable to your young Friends for writing Lectures &c. They improve in the English Tongue. I have sent forth Twelve Labourers into the Lords harvest, the last Twelve month: nine for Missioners, & three for home Service. But I am left very poor, & find it extremely difficult to rub[??] through the vacation.
I admitted three young People this Evening into the Church two of whom were Sarah Burnett & Betsy Laws whom Clement will remember. The third is a young Student of mine from Kidderminster who is here on his own foundation. I expect two more such after the vacation. I have heard nothing from France of a long time & do not know what is the state of religion in that Country. Have your eye upon the most promising young Men of your Church with a view to future usefulness in that Country. When you find any one remarkably good, let Me know. Perhaps some Friend may be found to assist Him.
I sincerely wish you & Clement the Divine blessing. Continue to depend on the Lord Jesus, & be strong in the Grace which is in Him. Be humble & zealous. And may the God of love & of peace be with you - Mrs B & the Family, & your young Friends unite in kindest regards to you. Remember Me cordially to all the Brethren, & believe Me to be with sincere regard
My Dear Sir
very affecty yours
David Bogue
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10. To Francis Perrot from David Bogue, 2 Oct 1809. Letter folded
with address on front and stain and tear from sealing wax.
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Revd Francis Perrot
St Helier
Jersey
By favour of
Lieut John Bogue
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2 Oct 1809
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Gosport 2 Octr 1809
My Dear Sir
The Bearer of this letter is a Nephew of mine who is a Lieutenant in the 94th Regiment. He is come to defend your Island against the wicked French. I shall be much obliged to you if you will give Him good advice, & expect Him to attend to the best things, & warn Him against the temptations to which He is exposed.
I shall be happy to hear from you & a long letter. Excuse haste or I would have written you a longer letter. With best wishes that you may enjoy the Divine blessing I remain
My Dear Sir
very affectly yours
David Bogue
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11. To Francis Perrot from David Bogue, 15 Dec 1809. Letter folded
with address on front and stain and tear from sealing wax.
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Revd Francis Perrot
St Helier
Jersey
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15th Decr 1809
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Gosport 15th Decr 1809
My Dear Sir
As the answer to your last Letter did not depend on myself, I have not been able to answer it till now.
It gives Me pleasure to inform you, that on your recommendation the Gentlemen are willing to receive Mr Sohier on the foundation of the County Fund. As He is married they will allow Him Thirty five pounds, which is five Pounds more than Mr le Gros has. They wish they could do more, but their funds are low.
Mr Sohier may come when ever He pleases. We fully confide in your & Clement's Judgement of Him as to the sufficiency of his talents, as well as to the fervour of his piety.
It gives Me great pleasure to hear of Mr De Faye's recovery. He is a very excellent young Man, & I hope the Lord will make Him an useful Minister of Christ. Mr Le Gros goes on very well.
In whatever manner you may see it proper to live in respect to Mr Mackay I am confident you will find his being here of great service to Him & you. I trust it will utterly destroy all tendency towards antinomian & high preaching. He conducts himself wonderfully well. I never had a more teachable Student: & He is a great favourite with all the rest. I repeat my opinion that whether you may judge it best to labour entirely distinct from each other, or to have any kind[?] of connection or intercourse, you will find his being here an advantage both to Him, & you, & the course of Religion in the Islands.
I rejoice greatly to hear that the spirit of God still continues to breath with peculiar energy on your labours & that you have peace & love, & no dissensions[?] as to religious sentiments. Do all in your power to preserve this pleasing state of things.
Mr Tracy was here and gave us a pleasing account of your labours & success. If you can spare Clement two or three Sabbaths for Guernsey I think it may do good to the French People. I hope to see a French Congregation there, as soon as a Labourer can be found. One place of worship would serve both the English & French.
I am sorry that Great haste obliges Me to send you a shorter letter than I could wish.
Mrs B is in London. All here unite in kindest regards to you & Clement & all Friends at Jersey.
I wish you every blessing & remain with great Esteem My Dear Sir
very affecty yours
David Bogue
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12. To Francis Perrot from Clement Perrot, 1 Jan 1810. Letter
folded with address on front and stain from sealing wax. Clement
appears to be in Guernsey.
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To the Revd Francis Perrot
Jersey
January 1st 1810
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My dear Brother
I eagerly seize the opportunity offered by the return of Captn Bichard to write you a few lines to inform you how we have done till now. I met Mr Adams, who was not yet gone, who gave me all the information which he could respecting the affairs & the people of Guernsey. He sailed for Southton on Saturday. While here he administerd the Lords Supper to 14 Persons, not only, as he intended, to those who had been in Church fellowship before, but he admitted those whom he judged really serious. He has been very useful in reviving the old members and stirring them up to more diligence. I have seen them all and conversed with them but I did not find half a dozen whom we should have admitted in Jersey. During his stay the congregation decreased very much. I fear he acted with too much respect to the worldly respectable people of the congregation - Indeed they all seem strangers here to that decided prudent firmness, which goes straight forward without fearing or courting the world. We ought not to reason and calculate as to influence of the Gospel, as we should in regard to human affairs. The energies of the Spirit and the care of the great head of the church, must and ought to be taken into the account. Here, however, to every bold plan which might be proposed, and which is pursued in Jersey, the answer would be, 'what will the world say' and the probabilities would be weighed as if the Truth as it is in Jesus, was a commercial Speculation. How often have we observed that no dependance is to be placed on the Spirit of the World. Here the serious people do not raise above 40Pounds; the rest of the subscribers are strangers to the power of the Gospel some have already diminished their subscription and even paid less than they promised. Still there is much good doing; there appear to be a few young persons under serious impressions - and a valuable pious, active young Gentleman has joined the Church, who should there be a French Minister here would be a pillar his name is Prelats[?] de Crousar he is great grandson of a famous minister of that name in Swisserland. -- Thus I have told you all I know about them[?] as yet, I shall communicate all information as I gain it - I am staying at Mr Tirrels[?] and George at a Member of the Congregation where he is very well - he is active and has already done, I hope, some good. I preached on Sabbath morning to about 200Persons, more than had been there at all. My text was Acts 11.23. I felt much of the divine presence and assistance. Several persons were in tears, and one most powerfully affected, when we returned the people seemed very much surprised at the power of the Spirit which was certainly felt and displayed. - Had I believed the English people I should not have preached in French in the Afternoon, they indeed almost discouraged me, observing that there was French service both at Church and among the Methodists every Sabbath aftern. After making it a matter of Prayer, I resolved should there be but 10 to declare to them the word of life. To my great surprise, and that of every one else I found about 200 people assembled to whom I preached from "Unless a man be born again O[?]" There was much attention and seriousness. A minister of a ...tution[?tear in paper] and stronger zeal, who could preach in both languages would here find a most important field of labour, and a most encouraging prospect of extensive usefulness. The evening the place was crammed; and many went away. We had such a season of it as we have sometimes had on the long room. I addressed them from Ps 90.13. There must have been 500Persons. O that the word may be carried home to the hearts of those that heard it. May the time to favour Zion be come. To night I shall preach to young people. Tomorrow at Miss Cheminants. Wednesday in French in Town. Thursday in English. Friday in an other part of the Island & c. & c. so you see I shall not be idle. - I need work to keep myself warm for in comparison of Jersey this is cold indeed, to the exception of the people where I stay and the poor - they are neither friendly nor civil. - The Testaments I make no doubt of selling - as there are none in the Island, but Martin's edited by Durand[?] (such as we had first) which they sell 4/ and those you sold young Moison which they sell 5/-. The Hymn Book is more doubtful, as to the Tracts they cannot be sold, as the Tract society has sent some to Guernsey, which have been carelessly given away no matter to whom. However I shall try. I have not felt my soul very comfortable, but I hope as I work more and get a little reconciled to the place, I shall feel uneasiness wear off. Write soon - Give my best love to our family & ...[?] Friends
I remain
Your affectionate Friend Brother
Clement Perrot
Jany 1st 1810
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13. To Francis Perrot from David Bogue, 6 Feb 1810. Letter folded
with address on front and stain and tear from sealing wax.
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Revd Francis Perrot
St Helier's
Jersey
By favour of
Thomas Bogue
2 D C
written sideways:
6 Feb 1810
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Gosport 6th Feby 1810
My Dear Sir
You will be surprised at having this letter delivered to you by my Son Thomas. Ill health obliged Him to leave his situation in London for a season: & as Mr Mackay who was coming to preach for four sabbaths at Guernsey invited Him to accompany Him & stay with Mrs Mackay, we with pleasure accepted the offer as hoping it would be favourable to his health. You will frequently see Him. Give Him your best advice.
I was favoured with your letter lately & am happy to find that Mr De Faye & Mr Sohier may be soon expected here. It gives Me great pleasure to find that Mr De Faye's labours meet with acceptance: may the Lord render Them eminently useful.
Present my kind regards to Clement & tell Him I am much obliged to Him for his letter from Guernsey, & greatly delighted with the prospect of success among the French people. I am very desirous that there may be a preacher of the Gospel in the French Tongue in that Island.
Mr Mackay's visit, I hope, will be useful. I have mentioned that his preaching has been found very acceptable at Mr Griffins, Southampton, Mr Tyerman's[?], & Mr Bruce's[??] in the Isle of Wight and I could find no one who would do so well at Guernsey as Himself. In both Islands He will warn the people must earnestly against everything approaching to antinomianism, to the evil affects of which he is feelingly alive.
I hope there will be friendship among you, whatever the degree of union in Congregations may be: of that I leave you to judge. I am happy to hear that the Missionary Society has it in view to print Three Thousand copies of "Doddridge's rise & progress" in the French Tongue: & that Mr Burder[?] is looking over Boston's fourfold state to see if it can be abridged with a view to its being translated into French. It would be a great acquisition, if well done.
I am glad to find that you have two other young Men in view for the Ministry. Your congregation will I hope be a nursery for France in future years, & amply repay the benefit of that refuge which Jersey has afforded to some of her persecuted Children.
I was very sorry to hear of your Good aunt's death. But to her it is gain[?]. Remember Me very affectionately to your Grandmother to Clement & all the Friends of Christ. Mrs B & the Family unite in most cordial regards & I remain with earnest prayers for the continuance of your success My Dear Sir
Yours very affectly
David Bogue.
Tell Clement that Mr Helm...[?] has received an invitation to settle at Kidderminster.
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14. To Francis Perrot from David Bogue, 30 May 1810. Letter folded
and enclosed in outer wrapper, folded with address on front, a
further 4 lines of letter, and tear from sealing wax.
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Address panel:
Revd Francis Perrot
St Helier
Jersey
written sideways:
30 May 1810
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Gosport 30th May 1810
My Dear Sir
It gives Me always pleasure to hear from you & I rejoice that the Lord continues to bless your labours with success, & to add new Members to the Church. May that divine influence which has hitherto breathed on the hearts of Linnus[?], still continue & increase. Remember it is of great importance to maintain deep humility, close walking with God, much wrestling with God in prayer, lively dependence on the Spirit's aid & see that God have all the Glory of the success.
At the same time watch attentively that no root of bitterness may spring up & trouble you. Satan is a busy Enemy & He will try in one way or another to spread error or strife among the people. I consider it as a very remarkable instance of divine Goodness, that you have been hitherto preserved in love & peace.
Your young Friends are well. Mr De Faye is in pretty good health. He is a very diligent student, & makes considerable improvement. Mr Sohier goes on well, & promises fair to be a good Minister of Christ, & I hope will be fit for a superior sphere of labour. Mr Le Gros is a diligent student, but his Talents are not equal to those of his two Brethren. However I hope He will be useful in the Church of Christ. When there is a pure intention & great zeal, God is often pleased to make persons exceedingly useful in their labours, who do not possess distinguishing Talents.
One Grand end of your success on Jersey I conceive to be, that you may furnish a Company of preachers to spread the Gospel not only through the Islands, but in the French Empire. Therefore mark every Man that you think well qualified for the office of the Ministry: & when you think they are sufficiently tried as to stability, & the radical Gifts & graces, let Me know, that if possible, we may get them educated, & as soon as possible in the field of labour. If any of Them can do any thing for Themselves, it would be well for Them to do it, in order to extend the education more widely. Let Me therefore hear your report concerning your young People who appear likely to serve the Lord Jesus Christ in the work of the Ministry.
I am desirous that you should occupy Guernsey. A French Congregation at St Pierre is an exceedingly desirable thing. If you could be there for a season to lay the foundation of it, it might be of great service. But I feel the difficulty of your keeping up the preaching constantly till the Students here are ready to help. Can you contrive any way? One Chapel would serve both the French & the English Congregation. But the present place should be retained till there is a prospect of a French Congregation being established. Then will be the time to think of a new Chapel, by the united efforts of the two Congregations.
The Missionary Society is going to print or has almost compleated a new Edition of Doddridge's Rise & progress in French. I spoke on your behalf, & you may have what number you please, I imagine at the cost price: & I think it will be worth your while to secure a supply for all your Islands. They may well be sold at a profit, which if you can find no better use for, you may apply to the support of the Seminary & the Students.
I am sorry that Mr Mackay & you are at variance. If it continue, I am afraid Satan will enter in at that door of strife. Whatever may have been the case formerly, all ideas of his being inclined to antinomianism now are groundless: & He has no tendency that way. I have said, if you think it improper to preach for each other, let it be so, but live in harmony & peace. If you do not, I am confident it will be injurious to the cause of religion in the end.
Provoked at what He conceived your inattention to Him I find He has written you a letter. Allow Me to advise you to send Him an answer to this effect? That all circumstances considered, you think it would not be to the general benefit to preach for each other, but that you should remain separate as you have hitherto; & if you choose you may add that I approve of that measure. But that you will be happy to live in peace & friendship in a private capacity as Christians: If his letter has been improper as I fear it has, let yours breathe the spirit of kindness & not have a harsh word in it. You will find good resulting from such a step. I wish you to read Clements letter before you give it Him. I remain affecty[?] yours
David Bogue
[more on address sheet]
PS I have sent you two copies of the third Volume of the History of Dissenters. Mr Sohier has had his, & He says you will settle for Him.
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15. To Francis Perrot from David Bogue, 14 Jun 1810. Letter folded
with address on front, and tear and remains of sealing wax.
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Address panel:
Revd Francis Perrot
St Helier
Jersey
X post
written sideways:
14 June 1810
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Gosport 14 June 1810
My Dear Sir
I was favoured with your Letter enclosing forty seven Pounds for the Seminary. We are greatly indebted to you & your Good People for your great liberality, & return you all our most cordial thanks. May the Lord make all Grace to abound towards you, & abundantly supply all your wants according to his riches in Glory by Jesus Christ.
I am delighted to hear that the Lord Jesus is still so remarkably carrying on his work among you. There is infinite reason to adore[?] the mighty working of his power in the souls of the people. May it long continue & spread wider & wider. Your itinerancies & preaching in the open air are exceedingly calculated to awaken an attention to the people to eternal things. I wish the number of your labourers was increased, but I do not see how it can be done. God I hope will strengthen you till the young Folks now with Me are ready to come to your assistance. They deserve great praise for their diligence & good conduct.
Your two young Friends whom you mention as desirous to be Students, I hope we shall be able to find room for at this place in one way or another. Though the Missionary Society may not take any entirely under its patronage, yet I am in hopes of obtaining assistance for such as will engage when their education is compleated to go & labour in France or the Great Cities in Flanders. So that you may still be looking out for suitable young Men for the Ministry: & I hope one design of God in granting you so remarkable success is to provide a body of labourers for preaching the Gospel in the French Empire. A church of Christ in Paris, will I trust, yet be the fruit of your exertions. Consider yourself as called of God to spread the Gospel of Christ among those who speak the French tongue as extensively as possible. After planting it in the Islands, you will afterwards have the honour of planting it on the Continent. I expect very little from the French Protestants, & think it highly probable that God will raise up a new class to people in that country to advance the cause of Christ.
I have just received a Letter from the Directors mentioning that they have voted Twenty Pounds as a present to Mr Cadaret & desire it to be forwarded to Him. As you have the best opportunities, will you be so kind as to do it, & draw on Mr Hardcastle for the Money.
I wish the Good Man may not preach the Gospel with too much harshness & severity. Give him a hint on this subject & exhort Him to preach the Gospel in the Spirit of the Gospel, with all its Gentleness, & abound more in invitations & promises than in threatenings & Terrors.
I sent you two Copies of the third Volume of the Dissenters by Miss Biswill[?]. I know not if she has sailed. Letters were likewise enclosed. I again recommend civility & good neighbourhood with Mr Mackay. In preaching you need have no intercourse with Him, if you think that expedient.
I am sorry to hear that a young Man from Winton is gone to your Island. Have nothing to do with Him. I am compelled to have the worst opinion of Him. He runs in debt every where, & disgraces religion. Warn every body not to heed Him. At the same time say as little about Him as you can, as He may wish to rise to consequence by quareling with you.
Mrs B & the Children unite in kindest regards to you & Clement & all Friends. Thomas, for your civilities to whom I am much obliged to you, is in London with Mr C......[?]. He is quite well. Jersey did Him a great deal of Good. I am going to spend my vacation in an itinerancy through Lancashire & Yorkshire for the Missionary Society. I hope at some future time to be able to come & see you at Jersey. That the Lord may continue to bless you both in body & Soul is the earnest prayer of My Dear Sir
Your affectionate Friend
David Bogue.
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16. To Francis Perrot from David Bogue, 13 July 1810. Letter folded
with address on front, and tear and remains of sealing wax.
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Address panel:
Revd Francis Perrot
St Helier
Jersey
By favour
of D. Bogue
written sideways:
13 July 1810
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Gosport 13th July 1810
My Dear Sir
I was favoured with your Letter, & rejoice greatly that the Lord continues to prosper your endeavours to advance the kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ. Your itinerant labours will, I hope, be accompanied with glorious success.
I am very happy to hear that the two young Men are desirous of becoming Students. Their way will I trust soon be directed to this place. But it is necessary first that I should see the Directors, & settle matters with Them. That may not be till the close of the vacation, as I may not have an opportunity of meeting Them till then. And I think they will desire to have an account of their experience sent over to Them, with proper certificates of the purity of their conduct as Christians.
In the mean time they may be profitably employed in learning the rudiments of the latin Tongue & in writing the Lectures. As to the other young Person who has the means of proceeding his own education He may come whenever He pleased, indeed the sooner the better, as He will be the sooner able to assist you.
Mr Defaye & Mr Sohier are both making very considerable progress, & will be very good preachers. Of Mr Le Gros you will judge. He is a very pious & diligent young Man but not equal to the others; but[?] I hope He will be useful & will more & more improve.
My Son David will deliver this to you. He is going to spend his vacation in your Island. I wish to see Him in the Ministry if it be the Lords will. I beg you will give Him a serious exhortation to personal religion.
We had yesterday a very interesting ordination here of Mr Mackay & two Itinerants in our County. There has not been such a Day here for some time. I repeat my wishes that you & Mr M may live in terms of Civility & Friendship. As to preaching, do as you please. I assure you there never was a Student who left the Academy with greater affection both of the rich & poor at Gosport & in the neighbouring Congregations. I am therefore anxious that you should live in peace & love. I have got Clement's letter to Him in my possession, & I beg you to send over his to you that I may keep them both. My love to Clement & tell Him tho I so much disapprove his letter I still love Him, & have the most ardent desires for his happiness & usefulness. We are much indebted to Him for his zeal in procuring so liberal a Collection for the academy.
David will give you an account of the journey I am going to take for the Missionary Society. I have just received a letter from Mr Desgrainges[?] with very pleasing tidings. Mr Hands[?] ...[?] are arrived at Madras.
Excuse great haste. With kindest regards to all Friends I remain
My Dear Sir very affectionately yours
David Bogue
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17. To Francis Perrot from David Bogue, 12 Sep 1810. Letter folded
with address on front, and tear and remains of sealing wax. The
letter includes Bogue's advice on how Perrot should secure his
future wife. 'X' is probably short for 'Christ', and 'S.S.' is
probably for 'Susannah Sharp', who married Francis Perrot in August
1811.
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Address panel:
Revd Francis Perrot
St Helier
Jersey
X post
written sideways:
12 Sep 1810
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Gosport 12 Septr 1810
My Dear young Friend
I was favoured with your Letter by Mr Picot whom I am happy to receive, & who from the little I have seen, I hope will do well. I return you & Clement very many thanks for your kindness to David who is greatly delighted with his visit to Jersey, & exceedingly grateful for the kindnesses of his Friends.
My proposal respecting Mr Brun & Mr Blit[?] is that the Missionary Society should allow Them Thirty five or forty pounds a year for their Education here; & that they in return shall engage to go to propagate the Gospel in some part of the French Empire. And that if at the close of the term they shall choose to be at their own disposal, they shall be free from their obligation on repaying the Society the expenses which the Society has incurred for their education, & that they came under a written agreement for this purpose.
This I conceive will appear both to Them & to you exceedingly reasonable: & if you all approve it, then favour Me with a brief account of their experience, age, character, & Talents in a paper which I may send to the Directors, signed by yourself, Clement & your Deacons. If you use despatch, I hope the young Folks may be able to come over in the course of two or three weeks. I wish Them to be contented with the smallest sum from the Society that they can possibly do with, as I hope it will encourage the Society to take more.
There is another subject, my Dear young Friend, on which I must be very earnest. You must not lose the prize which was providentially presented to you. There are few such in the world as S.S. A true Missionary in Spirit & determined to devote self & all that hers, to promote the cause of the redeemer. You will never meet with such another. To lose such a jewel would be an unpardonable offence. Write to as follows & write immediately.
"I am devoted to X it is my purpose to give myself & all I have & am to promote his Glory. In the Event of peace it is my determination to go to France the Country of my Forefathers to do all in my power for the salvation of the Souls of the people.
The partner I wish for is one who will co-operate with Me in this great work, & spend[?] & be spent[?] for the redeemers Glory. You, I consider, as devoted to the cause of X & souls: & therefore having[?] been delighted with your Conversation & sentiments, I am emboldened to solicit your partnership & aid in the Great work I have in view. May I hope you will not refuse a correspondence which will lead to a more intimate & enduring acquaintance. Especially, as the Redeemer's Glory is the great object we have in view I recommend this affair & myself to your most fervent prayers & I assure you mine shall be daily presented for you to the God of all Grace."
I believe I speak the language of your heart: & in the cordial display of such sentiments, I shall be very much mistaken if your application is not crowned with success. You must take no denial[??] Write without delay.
I have assigned you your office in France. It is that of Professor of divinity. With your, & her large fortune could support twenty Students & live comfortably too. What a glorious prospect. Let not a whisper of my name be heard in this matter: but go forward & after you have in this manner prepared the way, could you not come over to our association at Havant[?] on the 10th of next Month. A few weeks relaxation will do you good. - The new place at Guernsey must be equally for both the French & English congregations, or else it will come to nothing. From a letter which Mr Tracey has had from Guernsey I see there is some mistake in the business. Shall I propose to Them that the place should be equally for both, & an equal number of Trustees of Each & equal contributions for the building from both? - I have left room only for our love to Clement, & to say that I remain very affecty yours
David Bogue
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18. To Francis Perrot from David Bogue, 19 Oct 1810. Letter folded
with address on front, and tear from sealing wax. Romsey, Hampshire
was where Francis' future wife, Susannah Sharp, lived.
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Revd Francis Perrot
Romsey
written sideways:
19 Oct 1810
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Gosport 19th Octr 1810
My Dear Sir
I am sorry that I shall not have the pleasure of seeing you again. I had many things to talk over with you.
I have enclosed the papers respecting the meeting at Guernsey. If your Friends can find you a place for the present, it will answer the purpose till you can have constant preaching there. By April next, I think it will be time to send over the young Men to succeed each other after a service of two Months. While this will be of service to the cause of Christ, it will be a benefit to the young People, as they have no opportunities here of preaching. It will also give you & your Brother an opportunity of exchanging with Them for a Sabbath or two.
I wish you on your visit to G-y to form the pious people into a Church & dispense the Lords Supper to Them. Let them meet[?] regularly for pa....[?] worship & pray using Hymns & read sermons to the people. For their encouragement let them know that ...[?] half a year They may expect constant preaching. This will animate Them & keep Them together & contribute to their increase. Aim of Gifts will I hope, be raised up.
Go on diligently with Boston. Let Clement apply to the improvement of the Hymns. I hope your visit to England will be of service to you & that you will go back with fresh ardour to the work of the Lord. I am much disappointed in not seeing you again to have an Evenings conversation. But you must attend to duty, unless you could stay over another week. I shall be happy to see the young Men as soon as convenient.
With kind Regards to Clement & all Friends
I remain My Dear Sir very afectly yours
David Bogue
[on reverse]
The morning hours which the Guernsey English People claim render an agreement with them impracticable.
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19. To Francis Perrot, from Joseph Reyner, 1 Feb 1811. Letter
folded with all sides of paper covered and no envelope surviving.
The writing is very hard to interpret, being faded, and with the
cross of the 't' extending for miles. Joseph has a tendency also
to abbreviate, so 'strengthend' instead of 'strengthened'.
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London Feby 1, 1811 -
Dear Sir,
I have been favoured with yours of the 19th of Decr and 17th ....[?] the latter covering[?] a Bills[?] on S. Dob.....[?] for £40 - the accnt of the 500 Copies of Dodderidge at 15-[?] say[?] £31.5 - the remaining an account of Bibles and Testaments sent you from the British and Foreign Bible Society. -
I thank you for your Care and attention to these returns, they strengthen the hands[?] of the faml[?] and Friends here; and enable them to diffuse more extensively the Scriptures and in the case of our Friends, other Books. -
I have nothing yet further to inform respecting the French Prisoners of Chan - the peculiar State of the Members of Govt here - for some time has been such - that I thought it most prudent to look on - for the present. Should any change take place, it is probable - that our Interest may be Strengthend in the support of Such an Application. I am hopeful - that others will be led to consider - as you do - the case of these[?] claiming fellow Men[?]. I hope their case will be more felt - and become the object of daily remembrance - especially by British Christians.
The offer of your - or your Brothers personal Services in Case the Door of access is thrown open - would be indeed desirable. I fear only its taking you from the Field in which you are Labouring - and I trust with the Holy Spirits influence? on this ground I have difficulty, which, I bring before my Valued Friend - and his Brother whom I also love - tho' not personally however. -
I perceive your attention to the Translation of Boston's four fold State into French. - I know no one here Suitable to aid you - and think it will also be more complete - as a whole - to proceed from yourself.
I have had for sometime some Tracts and Reports ready, which I intend to accompany your Brother (whom I purpose sending this by) and am expecting his Call in a Day or two.
I perceive your intention of visiting Guernsey Soon - when you expect to distribute - largely[?] of Tracts - as well as to increase the circulation of Testaments - I rejoice with you in the Spread of the Gospel - in your and neighbouring Isle - that a Chapel is abt. being built by the Wesleyan Methodists in the Lords vineyard - there are Labourers calld by Men - by different Names, - but if ownd by Him, they shd be dear to each other. "Those that are not against us, are for us" - in a fuller and brighter dispensation - when We shall see Eye to Eye, - and know as we are known & the motes[?] which we See now in each other, Shall disappear. -
We have here a measure of ..t....d[?} suffering, that I have not before witnessd, as a Commercial[?] Station, whether it shall be still increased - or soon, lighten'd, - is with the Lord. - This punishment is just, Gain[?] has been the Idol almost all have Worshippd, and Riches have produced a Spirit of independence and forgetfulness of God, - nor has the manner - in which commerce has been for years pursued, been Such as was just - or honorable to the Nation, - from the the use of assimilated Papers, false Clearances, &c, - which have finally terminated - in the punishment of those that have Used them, by the Seizures of the French, and those Powers with which She[?] Stands[?] connected. -
In the exertions of Christians, I see cause for hope, - and ground for rejoicing - on every hand - greater exertions are making Individuals as well as Churches, - are bringing to the Treasury - their different Talents, and the influence (I trust) of Truth, is silently pr..ding[?] the different order's of Society, from the Cottage to the Palace. - Feby 7th -
The desire you express for the Country of your Forefathers, is already answering by way of Basel[?] - a large Supply of the Scriptures (thro' the Basel Society) are continually entering France - and at our meeting of the Genl[?] Come[?] on Monday last, of the British and Foreign Bible Society, a Communication was made - to this effect, - that a Book Seller had lately arrived from Paris, - bringing with him French Books, - stated to be with the express Sanction of the Emperor who it was Said, was willing to receive Books from hence - (I understand) without restraint. I expect soon, further information on this front - and should it prove an opening from hence for the Wider[?] Circulation of the Scriptures in France - I will inform you.
I am also looking now to the application - for greater access to the French Prisoners of Chan, by persons known and accreditted by the Transport board, which I shall also acquaint you with our Success in. - I wish some able pen[?] would, by Stating the Case of these poor Men in one or more of our Periodical[?] Ch....[?] (say the Evangelical Magazine - Christian Observer &c -) lay it more on the mind of serious persons - that their remembrance might become as it were general. Such papers - would require the exercise of great prudence, least it should tend to make the difficulty of access still greater. -
I hope to hear Soon that you are Wanting a further Supply of Testaments by May if not sooner - the whole of the New and Old Testament will be completed when you can have as many Copies as you may find are Wanted. - I beg affectionate remembrance to your Brother Clement, and in the hope that your Labours shall continue to be ownd[??] of the Lord,
I am truly and affectionately yours
Joseph Reyner
Revd. Francis Perrot
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20. To Francis Perrot from David Bogue, 21 Feb 1811. Letter folded
with address on front, and tear and stain from sealing wax.
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Address panel:
Revd Francis Perrot
St Helier
Jersey
X post
written sideways:
21 Feb. 1811
ans. 26 Feb. 1811
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Gosport 21 Feby 1811
My Dear Sir
I received a Letter from you some time ago, but it had been on the way more than a month. I was happy to hear of your health & welfare & continuing success.
I hope the Lord is still blessing you & spreading his Gospel wider & wider. When you was here & I believe[?] since[?], by Letter, I mentioned that in order to have constant worship in the Chapel at Jersey I would send one of the young two months by turns. That plan you may consider as fixed. Mr Sohier I purpose as the first. It will be very grateful[?] to Him to see his Family: & I hope you will find that He gives satisfaction to the people. He is, I believe, to labour in Jersey, & you are to arrange the affairs of Guernsey. I think there is a fine prospect there for a French Congregation.
You will let Me know when you wish to have Him. Let Him stay Here till there is an indispensable necessity for Him.
Mr De Faye makes great improvement. Mr Picot is a very promising young Man & discovers good abilities. There is an ardour & zeal in Mr Le Brun with which I am pleased; but his ignorance of the English language has been a hindrance to Him. Mr Le Gros is diligent & is well spoken of by the English Students. I hope they will all be useful in their generation.
When does Mr Billot come? I have been looking for Him every day for these two months past.
What progress have you made in the translation of Bostons fourfold state? Had you a treasure of Good French Books to circulate among the people, it would greatly to their spiritual edification.
We have nothing very remarkable here in the way of news. Every thing is going on in the usual course: one week of labour after another: & I hope the blessing of God accompanying it. Have you heard any thing lately form Mr Cadaret? I am sorry for his uncomfortable situation.
I am very busy with the fourth Volume of the History of Dissenters, & hope that it will be out in three or four months, to compleat the work.
When may we hope for the pleasure of seeing you in England? Mrs B heard a few days ago from the Elect Lady all well.
Tell Clement that He is a letter in my Debt & that I expected to hear from before this time, a long letter & all the Ecclesiastical News of Jersey. I suppose you miss your Good Grandmother & your aunt very much. To find such affectionate Friends is not an easy thing. However bless God that you have found one who will be to you as Rebecca was to Isaac of old by whom He was comforted after the death of her mother Sarah.
I hope you are labouring diligently at your studies, to increase your measures of divine knowledge, & abounding in prayer for the divine blessing in your soul & in your labours. Write Me a long letter, & let Me know all that is going on in relation to the kingdom of Christ among you.
Mr Gray one of my Students who has just left Me is going over to Guernsey to preach for a season. It is probable He may be there at the opening of the new chapel. Does Clement think of ordination in order to assist you? It may be more necessary now on account of the Guernsey Chapel. I beg to be very kindly remembered to Clem' & all Friends at Jersey & sincerely wish you the divine blessing & remain with great regard My Dear Sir very affecty Yrs
David Bogue
Mrs B. & all the Family unite in kind regards. The Students send their respects. Are there any more promising young Men in your Congregation likely to prove good Students? French tongues that can preach Christs Gospel are much needed in the world.
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21. To Francis Perrot from David Bogue, 8 Apr 1811. Letter folded
with address on front, and tear and stain from sealing wax.
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Address panel:
Revd Francis Perrot
Jersey
By favour of
Revd C Perrot. 2.[?]D.C.
written sideways:
8 April 1811
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Gosport 8th April 1811.
My Dear Sir
I am very happy in having had the pleasure of Clement's company for ten days. The account He gave of Himself at his ordination gave great satisfaction to all. And from his conversation I am exceedingly happy to find that He has spent his time so profitably both in the pulpit and in the Study. If He goes on with the same vigorous application to his books, He will be no ordinary Man.
You have reason to rejoice at being favoured with so zealous a fellow labourer in the work of the Lord, & your united labours will, I hope be eminently blessed, & that God will continue the influences of his Spirit with your preaching. That is the great thing to be sought by you.
I have great hopes from Guernsey, & hope the Lord will there raise a large & flourishing Church of true Believers. Let all your good people abound in prayer for this blessing.
Mr Sohier comes to you with my best wishes, & hopes that He will be a Good Minister of Jesus Christ. His improvement since He came to Gosport has been very considerable both in Theology & in the languages.
It gives me great pleasure to say of all your Eleves that they are very devoted young Men & very diligent in their studies. Mr Picot will make I think a considerable Man. Mr De Fayes improvement is great. In a few years you will I hope be surrounded with your own spiritual children preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ, & also conveying it to the Continent of Europe.
Clement will tell you all the news of this part of the Country. I shall be happy to hear from you at your leisure, how Mr Sohier makes it out & how things go on at Guernsey, as you will be able to have always one of your number there.
I hope to have the pleasure of seeing you here in autumn: & may the Lord bless your errand for his Glory & the salvation of many Souls.
I am preparing for the press a funeral Sermon for Mr Cran[?], Mr Desgrainges, & Mr Brain.
I sincerely wish you every blessing & remain My Dear Sir
very affecty yours
David Bogue
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22. To Francis Perrot from David Bogue, 17 Jun 1811. Letter folded
with address on front, and tear and stain from sealing wax.
The 'important occasion' which is to bring Perrot to England is probably his wedding to Susannah Sharp in August 1811.
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Address panel:
Revd Francis Perrot
Guernsey
By favour of
Messrs[?] Defaye 2[?]
written sideways:
17 June 1811
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Gosport 17th June 1811.
My Dear Sir
I have just had the pleasure of hearing that you are busied[?] in preaching in the high ways to compel[?] farmers to come in to the Saviour: & I hope it will be found that your endeavours are crowned with success.
I am pleased to hear from Clement that you find a promising appearance of letting your seats in the new Chapel. I expect great things from it.
I expected to have been able to keep the young people till the beginning of next week, but as the Vessel was to sail to morrow for Guernsey, & it was not likely there would be one for ten days to come I thought it most advisable to let Them go. I hope you will find them all improved. God will I hope, crown the first fruits of their labours with gracious tokens of his approbation.
Be so good as to let Mr Sohier return at the conclusion of the Vacation which will be about the Second Lords day of August, & keep Mr De faye for two months in his place. After that the other young Folks, if agreeable to you, will take it in turn.
We are very much indebted to you & the Jersey Friends for your liberality to the Seminary. May the blessing of the Great Head of the Church who does not ....[?] such offerings with indifference, rest upon you all.
I purpose to set out on my journey to Scotland either next week or the week following. Favour Me with an interest in your prayers, that I may go in the fulness of the blessing of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
I hope that after my return if the Lord will, I shall have the pleasure of seeing you here, when you come on an important occasion, which will also, I trust, be a very happy occasion.
I am very much pleased to hear from Clement so favourable an account of Mr Sohier & his preaching. I hope the Lord will make Him a good Minister of Jesus Christ. I hope Mr Bellot will be able to accompany Mr Sohier to Gosport.
It is a very high honour which the Lord has conferred on you to make you the instrument of sending forth so many labourers into the Lords vineyard: May they be your crown & your joy in the day of the Lord.
Your Sister is now with us. She is well & sends her love & duty[?].
Remember Me very kindly to all Friends. May you have the Lords presence at the opening & ordination, & great grace be upon you all, with sincere regard I remain My DSir
very affectly yours
David Bogue
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23. To Francis Perrot from Joseph Reyner, 12 Aug 1811. Letter
folded with address on front, and stain from sealing wax. The
writing is very difficult to read, and badly faded in parts.
......
Address panel:
Revd Francs Perrot
Mr. Gardiner's
Norman Cross
......
Mark Lane
August 12. 1811
Dear Sir,
On receiving your Lines of yesterday I proceeded to Fleet Street, and took with me Mr Houre[??] to the Transport Office, where we found Sr. Rupert George - who will cover[?] your Letter to Mr Percival[?], and when we have his answer - which I hope will not be long delayd - I will ....[?] ....[?] ......[?] immediately.
I cannot account for the objection of the Genl[?] if his apprehension arose from what you mention of the distribution of Tracts, it is I judge no more than the most trifling incident[?] wd. occation[?]. I juge this to be the case as if there had been ground for alarm, Captain Presland[?] would have known this and Communicated to the Board.
Whatever the accution[???] may have been - I trust no ground of blame, - or indiscretion will attach to yourself, but I am apprehensive it may have arisen from another quarter (that which you were guarded against) which is the more probable, as the notice you had given of Publicly addressing at a Certain hour - exceeded that which had been allowd to the Catholics. The point before us - is important, and I hope that our discretion here - as well as with you - Shall be Such - as to Secure access, in the Way most useful to the poor Captives whose moral State we deplore - and desire to aid.
I recommend your offering no opinion - or giving the least occation[?] - for those who may watching for it, you can pursue[?] the best mode of private instruction, which is left to you, in which the distribution of Tracts, Doddridge, the Testaments, and remaining Bibles will form a part.
I have desired Mr Collins to forward you - the new French Tract as Soon as Printed.
I have pressd[?] Mr Hoanes[?] to visit you, which he will reflect on, but till there is something done here - perhaps it is less important.
I have been with you (in mind) daily, - and in our family Meetings - your Mission is not forgot. I have confidence it shall not be in vain and not less so - from the opposition that is ....[?] to your Publicly addressing the Prisoners. Continue to look for that aid - that can be alone effectual - and I trust that the result shall be, that which our hearts desire, the Eternal health and Welfare of many of those poor Captives.
I am always
truly yours
Joseph Reyner
I am joined in kind regards by my family, to Mrs P and yourself.
I think it may be well to consider this Letter as to yourself
as I fear any thing transpiring of the means pursued here.
Revd Francs Perrot.
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24. To Francis Perrot from David Bogue, 7 Nov 1811. Letter folded
with address on front, and tear and stain from sealing wax.
......
Address panel:
Revd Francis Perrot
St Helier
Jersey
X post
written sideways:
7 Nov. 1811
an. 13 Nov. 1811
......
Gosport 7th Novr 1811.
My Dear Sir
I am favoured with yours of the 29th Inst[?], & am exceedingly happy to hear of the prosperous state of things in your favoured Isle. So long a continuance of the communication of the influences of the Spirit in so abundant a degree is very uncommon: & the internal peace of your church during all the time without separation or division, as it is uncommon too, so it is a signal instance of the Love of the Lord Jesus Christ to you. Seeing the Lord is working so abundantly, see that you work abundantly too: & may the Lord continue to work with you. So great an addition to the church as you mention, is very delightful, & peculiarly encouraging.
The young Folks begin in a good School; for to see so eminent a blessing accompanying the word, falls to the lot of few: besides it leads them to expect great things, & to wrestle earnestly in prayer to God for Them. I am very happy to hear that Mr De Faye & Mr Sohier are so acceptable. They are both very diligent Students. I hope They will both be very useful in the Church of Christ. As to Mr Le Gros I am often entreating Him to attend to the French Tongue & shall urge Him to attend to it more & more. Mr Picot & Mr Le Brun are both very diligent, & I hope will be good Ministers of Christ. Mr Bellot[?] has been so long expected that we don't know when He will come.
I suppose you wish Mr De Faye's successor to be with you by the first Lords Day of December. But when shall I send? Pray let Me know, & He shall be sent.
It gives Me great pleasure too to hear that Clement goes on so prosperously at Guernsey. An addition of 24 at once was a Church of itself. Should He continue to prosper in this manner, it will be delightful indeed: & I hope God intends to furnish a host of labourers from your Islands for France.
We are very much obliged to you for your liberality in assisting the Seminary, & return you a thousand thanks for the draft which I handed[?] over to our Treasurer. I wish we had but twenty such generous characters in England.
I am exceedingly happy to hear that you intend to establish Sundays schools in all your congregations. I have no doubt but you will find the happiest consequences resulting from the measure, by an extensive diffusion of divine knowledge among the rising generation.
How do you go on with the translation of Bostons fourfold state? It will be a great treasure to your people, & is likely to do extensive good in the Islands. Remember that a little done every day will bring you to the end at no great distance of time.
I am very glad to hear that Mrs P. is well, & I hope is as active as Miss Sharp was in endeavouring to do good. On a change of condition it requires attention & the exercise of wisdom to make a transition from one degree & method of doing good to another. Some fail in this & lose the spirit of activity which they possessed before. But I am confident it will not be so in the present instance.
I had a letter indeed three Letters from Mr Sabanadiere[?] the protestant Minister at Caen, wishing Me to procure the release of a Prisoner here. Mrs B is endeavouring so to accomplish it. He is a man of fine Talents, is an elegant french Scholar I understand, but I am afraid has not these views of the Gospel which I could wish. I will cultivate his acquaintance as He may be useful to us on some future occasion in promoting the cause of Christ. He mentions that there are Students at Geneva, 100 at Montauban, & 100 at Strasburg. But I think it highly probably that the regeneration of France must come from another quarter. I say this from what I know of the Spirit & temper of both Pastors & people - I hope you are adding to your Theological knowledge from day to day. This is of the highest importance. - Remember us all here in the most affectionate manner to Mrs B, & all our Friends with you. May the Lord continue your prosperity & your health. I wish you every blessing especially a holy humble zealous heart & remain with great affection My Dear Sir
very truly yours
David Bogue.
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25. To Francis Perrot from David Bogue, 26 Nov 1811. Letter folded
with address on front, and tear and stain from sealing wax.
......
Address panel:
Revd Francis Perrot
St Helier
Jersey
By favour of
Mr le Gros 2[?]. D. C.
......
Gosport 26th Novr 1811.
My Dear Sir
I was favoured with yours of the 13th, & another by Mr Bellot[?]. It gives Me great pleasure to find that you are going on in so prosperous a manner. Your Sundays School will add much to the diffusion of divine truth & the eventual propagation of the Kingdom of Christ.
I shall be happy to see Mr Durell at the time you mention. By & by I hope all the Islands will be fully evangelized, & furnish a still greater number of labourers for the countries abroad which speak the French Tongue. This I hope is the divine plan in giving so great success to your labours in Jersey. I trust the people will learn the duty of providing for the support of their Ministers. This is a thing of great consequence in present circumstances; & likewise for their own future benefit. Inculcate the duty upon them as you can find opportunity.
I hope your Brother Clement will take great pains with Mr Le Gros & correct his faults, we are not unmindful of these things here, but in the pulpit They will be more clearly seen.
Mr Sohier is exceedingly averse to leaving Gosport before He leaves it altogether. If this can possibly be accomplished, it will give him much satisfaction. I hope Mr Le Brun will be able to make it out for two months. There will be animation[?] enough, for He has a great portion of energy in his nature, & I hope will be a very useful Minister of Christ.
How does Boston go on? He will prove a great blessing to your Islanders & tend much to promote a work[?] book[?] of conversion & establishment among the people.
We have nothing new in these parts. The history of Dissenters I hope will be compleated in six weeks. Mr Blomfield sailed a week or two ago for Malta where I hope He will be very useful. Do you ever hear any thing of the French Protestants? any thing of Mr Cadaret? Mr Sabanadiere[?] laments greatly the death of Mr Pontavice[?], & He speaks respectfully of the piety of Mr Mahé[??]. Is He recovered from his derangement. He has a Son in France with an aunt who is ill able to support Him, & He says that when He grows up He is likely to be made a Soldier, & He asks if his Friends in the Islands can do any thing for Him.
Remember Me very kindly to Clement whose labours I hope will be eminently blessed at Guernsey. May you both be prepared for more extensive labours.
Mrs B & all the young Folks unite in the kindest regards to you & Mrs P & all Friends. I earnestly wish you a double portion of the Holy Spirit & remain with sincerest regard My Dear Sir
very affectionately yours
David Bogue
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26. To Francis Perrot from David Bogue, 10 Dec 1811. Letter folded
with address on front, and tear from sealing wax. This letter
is about half the size of most of Bogue's letters to Francis,
and looks as though it may have been torn off the bottom of a
larger sheet. The writing is more cramped than Bogue's usual writing.
......
Address panel:
Post paid [crossed out]
Revd Mr Perrot
St Pierre
Guernsey
X post
......
My Dear Sir
I think I mentioned that I mentioned to you I had received several letters from Mr Sabonadiere[?] the Protestant Minister of Caen concerning a French Prisoner Mr Hiroult[?]. The above is a draft from him according to Mr Sabonadiere's direction. Please to present it, & get Me if you can a draft on London at a short[?] date or if you get the Money you can send Me one on your Banker. I have given Mr H part of the Money.
I wish you to write to Mr Sabonadiere[?] & to inform Him that I have received his letters, & will do every thing I can for the young mans liberation. We have written to the Board; but it is extremely difficult as the French Government will not send over any of our such[?] Prisoners. But if it can be accomplished, it will be done. We have got Him into the hospital among the sub[?] from which prisoners are sent home, & perhaps He may be sent. We cannot promise much, but what we can do shall be done. To Mrs B They will be more indebted than to Me.
I think a correspondence with Mr S may be useful to you. He is the consisterial[?] Minister of the Church. He is a good natured easy man & willing to oblige Mr Caderet says. He spoke highly of Mr Pointavue[?] & Mr Moché[?] for his piety & let Him have a congregation under his wing. But I fear not so serious as He should be. But I think He may be useful to you in future[?] you have now a good opportunity to begin a correspondence which I wish you to do immediately with my kindest regards to Him. Mr Heroult is very poorly in his health.
Mr Le Gros left us a forthnight ago & we are look for Mr De Faye daily. My kind regards & all ..[hole in paper] Familys to you & Mrs P & I remain
My dear Sir very affecty yrs
David Bogue
Gosport
10th Decr 1811
[added sideways to same side of paper as address panel:]
I was going to pay the Post but as it is a labour of love both ways, & I have paid four letters from France on the subject I shall leave you to pay this.
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27. To Francis Perrot from David Bogue, 13 Feb 1812. Letter a
foolscap sheet folded with address on front, and tear and stain
from sealing wax.
......
Address panel:
Revd Francis Perrot
St Pierre
Guernsey
X post
Single Sheet
......
[at top, as a postscript]
I think you should not say to Mr Sohier
that you design Him to be minister at Guernsey. When you have
a full supply it merits consideration whether[?] Clement should
not be the first Minister of Guernsey & Mr Sohier his Fellow
labourer.
Gosport 13th Feby 1812.
My Dear Sir
Your Letter enclosing Ten pounds for Mr Herout[?] came safe to hand, & I return you many thanks for your Trouble. Your Letter of the 8th I have also received with pleasure. I am sorry that a press of business has prevented Me from writing to you sooner.
The proposal in your letter to go to France, I imagine must be deferred till the return of peace. At present there is no safety in entering the Country. It is well that it was in your heart, but I think it must be deferred till God restores peace to the nations. God has given you so much work to do where you are, that you need not move till the Door is open into the Country of your Ancestors.
Your wish to devote yourself to the service of the French Prisoners is very praiseworthy, & it is certainly a very important field. But at present you are tied by the leg, & cannot move till the end of July. The remarkable pouring out of the Spirit both in Jersey & Guernsey is certainly a call to you to labour there till your place can be properly supplied. To leave it would be forsaking[?] the path of Duty. There are Ministers who have been preaching to ten times the number of people, who have not converted one tenth part so many souls. This is a very important consideration, & teaches you that the little Island must not be neglected.
But in the end of July when Mr Sohier, Mr De Faye, & Mr Le Gros leave Me & return home you will then be at liberty to undertake the service. But I would not have you then to give up your relation to the people of Jersey, but to go on an itinerancy for three or four months. At the end of that time you will see what prospect there is of success. At the end of that time it may be a proper subject of consideration whether the Mission to the prisoners ought to be continued; & if it should be continued, whether you ought to remain in it, or whether you ought not to return to the Flocks in the Islands & let Clement take it for three of four months, & then you relieve Him, or perhaps Mr Sohier succeed Him for three months, & you after Him. Permit Me to say, that at present you should go no farther in mentioning your plan than for three or four months itinerancy. Leave the rest to be arranged according to circumstances; but do not mention it to a single Individual that you have thoughts of leaving your charge at Jersey, for much evil may result from it. Lay the matter often before God in prayer for direction & a blessing. Considering the great multitudes of Infidels among the French Prisoners it is a great pity[?] but the directors would publish an edition of the Essay on the New Testament; for Books on the Christian[?] Doctrine[?], while they continue Infidels, they will not read. If you think fit strongly to recommend it, it would be done.
Clement wrote Me lately wishing Mr Le Brun to be sent over immediately to Jersey; but I very much prefer your plan, that Mr Le Gros should stay till Easter & then I will send over Mr Le Brun to continue till the Vacation. Will you have the Goodness to mention this to Clement, as I may not be able to write Him for some weeks, & He may be expecting Mr Le Brun to be coming to Him.
Mr Billot was very troublesome to Me for some time, & told Me if he could not have more[?] than 40 pounds, He would go home again. I told Him He was extremely welcome to go immediately, & since that time I have heard no more on the business, & He remains quiet.
Be so kind as to take the first opportunity of writing to Mr Sabaradiere[?]. Let Him know that the difficultys of getting a prisoner released, is very great, & is of late increased.
Have the goodness to put a wafer into Mr Gray's letter & send it to Him. Read it first. If you can send it without letting him know it comes from you it will be better. I make it part of yours to save Him postage. Excuse the liberty I take.
I hope God continues to bless your labours, & pour[?] down of his Spirit upon you & upon the people. There is infinite reason to bless the Lord for the long season of refreshing from the presence of the Lord which you have enjoyed in the Islands. May it long continue & may it increase.
Mrs B & all the Family unite in kindest regards to you & Mrs P & best wishes for your prosperity & I remain My Dear Sir very affecty yours
David Bogue
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28. To Francis Perrot from Joseph Reyner, 20 Feb 1812. Letter
folded with address on front, and tear from sealing wax, with
sealing wax complete. This letter is more faded than most and
hard to read. I have had difficulty attempting to reproduce Reyner's
punctuation as he seems to use symbols which I can't identify.
......
Address panel:
Revd Francs. Perrot
Jersey
Written sideways:
20 Fev. 1812
......
London Feby 20th. 1812 -
My dear Sir,
I have to acknowledge the receipt of your Letter of the 8th Inst, - which I should have answerd sooner - had not the opinion you ask - on your future conduct, appeard to me so important? your desire to ...[?] the Lord's ....[?] I trust shall have his direction; and your path made plain - and your mind relieved from anxiety.
The claim of the French Prisoners of Chan, on British Christians we have both thought is great; that it has been - and continues to be - neglected, that (excepting about 4000 on the Medway - which you have visited) the whole remains without Spiritual Instruction, - except that derived from the Scriptures (which have been partially distributed) with Tracts - and some Copies of Dodderidges Rise and Progress, the present Number I find to be upwards of 55,000 - of these poor Captives. The consideration that affects yourself is indeed important: your path has hitherto been made clear, the blessing of the Lord has accompanied your labours, many souls have been given to your Ministry: the vineyard in which labour still needs cultivation, - and the tender Plants to be ......ten'd[?], nor does it appear from your last Lines, that the Holy Spirits influence is withheld. - Under these important considerations, I dare not advise your leaving Jersey.
On many other grounds it would be desirable - your personal interest, its influence on others, as well as the claims of these poor perishing men, but cannot other Instruments be found? where are those you thought so promising and likely to be soon disengaged? are there not others to be found qualified for this Labour? The Wesleans[???] have the honor of leading in this Service - Mr Touze[?] and (a French Noble) his associate are labouring together at Chatham, - and from Dr. C.....[??] (whom I have seen) it is probable - that one or more will be obtained from Guernsey to enter Some other Field?
I find on a conference[?] with Sr Rupert George - that there are near 16000 - in the Prison Ships at Portsmouth, and 4000 at Plymouth, also in Ships - that these Prisoners are more immediately under the Control of that Board, than those at the ...nte...[?] Depot ..[?] Coutances - well disposed to the object - and will at least with his personal Interest ..d[?] the moral improvement of these poor men. I have conversed also with a friend at the Admiralty, should there be accation[?] to apply there - as this board Controls that of the Transport.
Mr Houne accompanied me to Sr Rupert, - and Continues to extend his Care and assistance to this great Object.
I wish you and your Brother - (with such friends with you as can aid in advice) to weigh well what steps can be taken - what means brought to bear upon this mass of misery within our reach - and in a Situation the most favorable for the reception of Truth. bring this before your praying members - and heaven[?] - lay it upon their Minds - I need not say that prayer is .......[?] as a ......[?], and what we are .......ted[?] to hope, to expect the largest fruits from?
I perceive that the translation of Boston's Work[?] continues to go forward - I concur with you - in the desirableness of Mr Bogue's Essay being also printed for the French Prisoners. I hope some Friend will take this in hand - mine are full! You will have pleasure in hearing that there is a prospect of getting into circulation - the French Bibles and Testament - the Italian Testament and Mr Bogue's Essay (now in Paris) into circulation - already the Missionary Society have voted £200 to be remitted to .....[?] under the care of the C...[?] at Basle, aided by Mr Le...[?] (now in Paris) which Sum is a fourth part of the Sum due to the Printers - on about 12,000 Copies together, and by this means I trust the whole of the precious Seed, - "the Word of God", will spread - soon even that barran Soil France?
I have since writing the above heard that the Dairy[?] mans[?] Daughters in the French will be out - the next Check[??]. I hope it will excite a fresh interest amongst the poor Prisoners whom it is chiefly intended for.
you will have seen the increasing interest taking in the Bible Society - and with what ....ity[?] Auxiliary Societies have been raised[?] - and Continue - almost daily raising[??]! that these have now the attention of a new ......tion[?] of character with us, the higher Ranks - Gentry and Clergy: and that our very news Papers may be now considered as aiding (by their Reports of .....[?] meetings - the Circulation of Truth; blessed heaven, which shall one day - (to the Eyes of Truth - not distant) Leaven the whole Lump.
Our Missionary Accounts continue on the whole encouraging at Madagascar - if not at the Isle of France; a Missionary Station we know has been form'd, from our friends at the Cape - under the direction of Dr Van der Kumf[??], but whether he is gone there, we are yet without certain information.
I beg to be remember'd affectionately to your Brother Clement - my family unite in kind remembrance to yourself and Mrs. P. with dear Sir
Yours truly,
Joseph Reyner
Rev. Francs. Perrot.
Should you not have Seen any of the Papers - of the Bedford Cambridge
and other Meetings of Auxiliary Societies - I wish you to see
them -
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29. To Philip Vivian Esq from Clement Perrot, 13 Mar 1812. Letter
folded with address on front and tear and stain from sealing wax.
There is a 'Guernsey' postmark on the front. The letter is in
French so the transcription will be full of errors.
......
Address panel:
Philip Vivian Esqr.
Revd. Frans. Perrot
Jersey
......
A Messieurs P. Vivian. J De La Perrelle.
E. Brasford. J. Le Bailly. G. Le Gros & J. Le Sueur. - Anciens.
Messiurs.
Je n'entrerai[?] pas dans le détail, qui seroit inutile, des motifs quie mórt parti a vous addreser cette lettre. Vous saver si après avoir servi l église de Jersey comme je lai fait, sans epargner ni ma peine ni mon bien, si jen ai reçu les dedominagemens convenables? J'en supporté pour quatre années des fatigues, des peines, des dècourageiniers qu'il seroit inutile de vous detailer. Je ne mén repens pas, mais, au contraire, je benis Dieu de m'avoir au..rdé[?] la plus consolante de tontes les recompenses; - celle d'avoir ser..[?] a la conversion des pecheurs, & a ledification des saints. - si c'etoit ici le lieu de nommer ceux dont la conduite et les dispositions ont tendre en quelque mesure a aliener mes affections de Jersey; je n'aurois que trop de personnes a placer sous un point de vue quie ne seroit rien moins qu'honorable. J'aime mieux les laisser aux seuls reproches de leur conscience & a lamendement sincère que je leur souhaite. En même teins[?] quil me soit, permis de sous dire que celui que decourge ministre du sanchiaire, commet sin péché dont toute laggravation ne sera connue qu'au jour du jugement. J'aimerois ici a m'étenore[?] sur ceux aux quels je dois plusieurs des plus heureux momens de ma vie. Dieu est témoin de la sincerité avec laguellle je dis. " Le Seigneur be[?] nisse leur maison. Aussi longtems que mon coeur sera capable d'aucune emotion damitié & de reconnoissance: les noms de Bailly. Jos: Picot. Sullivan. Brasford. Le Bichi. Le Gallais. Le Gros. Valphy. Mesurier. Neel. F. J. & E De Gruchy Mallet &c me reppeleront toujours ce que l'amitié a de plus tendre et la piété de plus sincère. Je connois la difference qu'il y a entre des amis dont l'attachement est éprouvé, et ceux qui ne le sont encore que par profession. Vous anticiper sans doute le point ou j'en veux senir. Il me conte a ecrire. *La resolution má bien coûté a prendre. Je vous prie donc de communiquer a l'église. - Que je me demets de la charge de paster de l'église, Independante a St Helier, Jersey: que desormais je n'en[?] attends ni selaire ni emolumens: et que je prie le clef[?] de l Eglise de me rempleuer par un autre plus pieux plus capable & plus utile.* Ma resolution est inalterable ainsis j'espère que vous daignerer[?] recevoir ma demission, et m'épargner le refus[?] d'aucune offre que vous me pourvier faire. Je servis très fâché que vous interpretassier cette resignation de la charge pastorale comme un chargeme ..[?] daffection, Au contraire j'espère vous visiter quelques fois; et en echangeant avec vos pasteurs contribuer, selon mes faibles moyens, a votre edification dans la très sainte foi. Jôse vous recommander mon très cher ami Monsr J. Sohier pour me remplacer. Et je tous recommande quel que sirt[? celui ...[hole in paper] vous choisirer, qu'il n'ait pas a se plaindre ...[hole in paper] a l'égard de son salaire. - Je vous prie d'agréer ...[hole in paper] humbles prières pour votre bonheur temporel & spirituel & celui de l'eglise; et
Je demeure
Messieurs les Anciens
Avec la plus haute estime
Votre très Hble[?] & très Ob..[?] Serviteur
Clement Perrot
Daigner me communiquer votre resolution
[written at angle]
Mars le 13. 1812.
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30. To Francis Perrot from David Bogue, 30 Mar 1812. Letter folded
with address on front, and tear and stain from sealing wax.
......
Address panel:
Revd Francis Perrot
St Helier
Jersey
By favour of
Mr Le Brun
with a parcel
Written sideways:
Ans. 13 Ap. 1812
......
Gosport 30th March 1812
My Dear Sir
Though I am not in your debt I cannot let Mr Le Brun go to Jersey without expressing my best wishes for your temporal & spiritual prosperity. I understand you are returned again to your native Isle, & I hope, with joy of heart that God rendered your labours prosperous in Guernsey. I shall be happy to hear particulars by Mr Le Gros who, I hope, will immediately return to his Studies.
Mr Le Brun is a plain good ardent young Man. His abilities moderate, but his zeal & devotedness will, I trust render Him useful in the Church of Christ. By being under your eye He will receive much benefit in what relates to public labours. He is diligent, & nothing that diligence can do will be wanting. Remember he has not been a year & a half at Gosport.
I have had letters from Mr Gray & Mr Burnell[?] of Guernsey wishing me to patronize[?] begging[?] for their new Chapel. It would be of little avail. I see no way of relief for them, but by the French Congregation having half the property of the Chapel, & paying half the expence of the building &c. I hope you will have no objection to this. If the English do not consent to it, they deserve no encouragement, & they will be ruined. Let me know your sentiments on the subject.
I have sent you two copies of the fourth Volume of the History of Dissenters. The third Copy, Mr Sohier said, was a present to Him & he has had it. If any of your Friends in the Island wishes for a copy of the Work, I will let them have the volume at the subscription price.
I am much obliged to you or your Brother for executing the commission of six pair of Stockings for Me. There was no account of the price accompanying them. Be so kind as to let Me know what[?] I am in your debt: if the measuring stocking which was not returned, be not lost, Mrs B will thank you to send it by Mr Le Gros.
Mr Sohier & Mr De Faye go on very well, & by the middle of July will be ready to return to their labours in Jersey. They are both very diligent Students, & will, I hope, be useful Ministers. I wish Mr S.s temper may be so mild & tractable as you could wish: but this is 'entre nous'. I object strongly to you & Clement giving up the pastoral charge of the Churches of Jersey & Guernsey at St Helier, & St Pierre, till you finally leave the Islands.
When the young Folks are returned, I think a three or four months itinerancy among the French Prisoners in England may be productive of the happiest consequences. Your young Folks can then succeed you. Dont you think of breaking up the fallen Ground[ of ill..[??] when you have hands.
By a letter from Mr Thompson[?] from the Mauritius, we are entreated to send out a preacher to that place which is totally destitute, as He thinks it presents a very promising field of labour.
I have sent you & Clement the 23d Number of the Missy Transactions, & some interesting extracts from American Sermons.
I beg my kindest regards to your amiable & good partner & kind respects to all Friends & remain My Dear Sir with great esteem very affectionately yours
David Bogue
I hope you feel no evil influence from wealth but that activity,
zeal & humility have suffered no diminution; & that plans
of expenditure to do good are commensurate to increased ability.
Remember the necessity of looking up to God for grace suited to
your day & your circumstances.
God is graciously carrying on his work among us more abundantly than in former years. Pray for its continuance & increase. Mr Burnell[?] was here a few days ago at the laying of the Foundation stone of Mr Griffins new Chapel which will be the largest Independent place of worship[?] in England. Your Friends at Romsey are all well.
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31. To Francis Perrot from David Bogue, 28 May 1812. Letter folded
with address on front, and stain from sealing wax.
......
Address panel:
Revd Francis Perrot
St Helier
Jersey
X post
Written sideways:
28 May 1812
Ans. June 11. 1812
......
Gosport 28th May 1812
My Dear Sir
I was favoured with yours of the 5th. instant & am happy to hear of your & good Mrs P's welfare. May God in mercy continue it, & bless you with his best blessings both in providence & in Grace.
I received the thirty Pounds on Mr Sohier in account from Mr Hardcastle on your draft. It is a great honour conferred on Mrs P. to have educated such a Man for the Ministry. Both He & Mr De faye are beginning to think of their future destiny; & I see it lyes[?] with peculiar weight on Mr Sohier's mind how He is to be supported & employed when He returns to Jersey. If you were to write Him what are your intentions respecting Him when He returns home, it would remove a very heavy burden from his mind. It will be best not to notice that you have heard from Me on the subject; but that as the time draws near for his & Mr Defayes return, you think it proper to disclose your plans which, you hope, will meet with their approbation. As Mr S. is a married Man, I suppose you design Him for Jersey, & as Clement is young, Mr S would do better to be with you than Him. The sooner you write Him, the better.
Have you any plans respecting the French Prisoners, after the Young Folks have come to you? A Mission among them by you or your Brother might do them much good. I am just going to put to the press the French copy of the Essay on the New Testament. There is a Section of the English one on Antichrist which was left out in the Paris Edition, in order to give no offence to the Roman Catholics in France. Do you think it should be left out in an edition printed in England? From what you know of the Sentiments of the French Infidels & your Jersey infidels, what would you advise. As it exposes the corruptions of Christianity, it cuts off one of the objections which Deists raise against the Truth. I am inclined to include it. If you think so, I must beg Clement or you to translate it, & as much in the spirit of the rest as possible. I believe I shall likewise add two new sections, for which I must request the same favour.
I thank you for Mr Cadaret's letter. All his letters are in the same strain, complaints of the badness[?] of the people, & disagreement with Them. No account of his labours, his catechising, his private means of promoting religion. I have written several letters but they have not reached Him. Pray reprove his evil temper & point out the sinfulness of indulging it. Show Him what his spirit & preaching & conduct ought to be. I am afraid He lets the worldly spirit of his people who are at heart enemies to the Gospel cut out the life both of his personal religion & his zeal & affection for the people. Warn Him of his danger, & exhort Him to preach faith fully, to behave kindly to the people, & to leave the issue to the Great Head of the Church. Exhort Him to lay aside that evil temper which He is indulging, as it will be injurious both to his peace & to the cause of religion. It is quite unbecoming a Minister of Christ. If you think as I do on this point, let Him know that it is my opinion as well as yours. If He could find another situation He had better leave Them.
I am sorry to find that the English People in Guernsey are so foolish. If they drive away the French, it will be their ruin. I intend to write to Mr Terrell[?] on the subject as soon as I have a leisure hour. Desire the French to have patience for a season.
Poor Mr Le Gros is very ill. I am afraid He is in a decline. He is at present in the Country for the air.
I am happy to hear of your itinerant labours. May the Lord greatly bless & prosper them.
We had a very pleasing meeting of the Missionary Society. You will see a fuller account of it in the Magazine than I am able to give you. - I have just got a Student from the Cape of Good Hope, the Son of a Merchant there. We shall be happy to see your young Friend after the vacation which will, D,V, commence on the latter part of July. - I wish you a double portion of the Spirit of Christ - in your .....[?] & on your labours, & on your dear Partner. May She have the Lord's presence in the trying hour.
Mrs B & all my Family unite in kindest regards to you & Mrs P & all Friends & I remain with great affection My Dear Sir
very sincerely yours
David Bogue.
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32. To Francis Perrot from David Bogue, 30 Jun 1812. Letter this
time consists of two sheets, folded with address on front of one,
and stain and tear from sealing wax.
......
Address panel:
Revd Francis Perrot
St Helier
Jersey
X post
Written sideways:
June 30. 1812
Ansd. July 4. 1812.
......
Gosport 30th. June 1812.
My Dear Sir
Your last gave Me much pleasure. I am sorry that I have been prevented from answering it till now.
The arrangements you have made for the young Folks give perfect satisfaction.
On the whole I think on weighing every circumstance, that it will be best for both of them to be ordained before their return to the Islands. Their labours will I hope through divine grace serve to keep them humble. There would be a necessity of their coming over again which might be inconvenient. If Mr De Faye alone was to be ordained, Mr Sohier as the elder Man might have his mind hurt by it. So that I think both had better be ordained, & will be the last for which there will be occasion as there will be from henceforth, a sufficient number to perform the work among yourselves. But I will not proceed to it without your approbation. I therefore beg an answer by the return of the Packet, whether it is agreeable to you or not. If it is, it may be proper for your deacons to write a letter certifying the Church's choice of Him as Assistant Minister to you. If an ordination take place, I would have it the week after next, as the vacation will begin on the week following.
I rejoice greatly in your continued success, & in your itinerant labours. The increase of labourers will I trust still more widely spread the knowledge of the truth.
It is both a pity & a shame that there should be no preaching to the French Prisoners. The young Folks could preach every Lords Day; but there will be nothing done till you come & arrange every thing yourself & set the work agoing. That I hope you will be able to do in the course of the autumn.
It will give Me pleasure to hear that Mrs P is safely over the hour of Trial. May the Lord be with Her & you, & send you a real comfort.
I have been so extremely busy that I have not yet been able to compleat the sections for the Essay, but I hope to do it very soon, & to send it by the young people.
David was so kindly treated last time He was in Jersey, that He is much disposed to pay it a second visit during the vacation. I will beg the favour of you to talk to Him very seriously on the most important subjects, & give Him advice in every thing in which He stands in need of it.
I have not very lately heard how Clement goes on. I hope it is prosperously.
I was lately astonished to hear that a Gentleman lately arrived in London from Paris has informed Mr Tracy that application has been made for Protestant Ministers from Milan, from Naples & from Rome, to the Consistory at Paris.
Mr Campbell from London & Mr Thom are here on their way to the Cape of Good Hope. The ship came in in consequence of receiving some damage.
We are to have an auxiliary Missy Society at Bristol on the 6th of Octr & the two following days, just like the London meeting.
Christs cause I hope, is going on prosperously in this Country.
Mrs B & the Family unite in kindest regards to you & Mrs P. 2, D, C. I wish you every blessing & remain with great affection My Dear Sir
very truly yours
David Bogue
I took a sheet on which something was written, & had got to the bottom of a page before I perceived my mistake.
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33. To Francis Perrot from David Bogue, 14 Jul 1812. Letter folded
with address on front, and stain and tear from sealing wax.
......
Address panel:
Revd F. Perrot
St Helier
Jersey
By David Bogue
2. D. C.
Written sideways:
Jul. 14. 1812
ans Aug. ..[?]. 1812.
......
Gosport 14th July 1812.
My Dear Sir
I was favoured with your Letter containing a draft for 58 Pounds on Mr Sohier 43 for the seminary & fifteen for Mr Sohier. The liberality of your Good people to the Seminary is unequalled, & does Them & you the highest honour. Present my most cordial Thanks & ardent affection & assure them of the obligations of the institution to their truly liberal support. It is my earnest prayer that the Lord may give an ample reward in a rich abundance of spiritual blessing from on high: & I have no doubt but He will do it, & make all grace to abound towards you all.
Mr De Faye & Mr Sohier are to be ordained to morrow Evening. They are both likely to prove good Ministers of Jesus Christ. I hope the Lord will give you all a spirit of love & harmony & forbearance & patience. This is a new duty which you will be called to practise. And may you have grace from on high.
If you were to set apart a day at St Jean for the introduction of Mr De Faye & to let Him repeat his answer to the questions asked at his ordination & accompany them with prayers, & counsels & especially a sermon to the People pointing out to them their duty to their Minister, Such a service / omitting the ordination prayer with imposition of hands / will I think be accompanied with very happy effects on the hearts of the people, & will bind[?] more closely on both parties their obligations to each other. A similar service at St Helier in respect to Mr Sohier will be also very suitable & beneficial to Him & the Congregation. Invite Mr Mackay to be present & assist.
They are both very studious young Men & I hope their profiting[?] will appear unto all. It will be kind in you to help them in their studies. Their absence in Jersey & the necessity of attending to other branches on account of the time they lost[?] has prevented Them from applying to the Hebrew: but as you are well able to assist them, that defect will be supplied.
It has given Me pleasure to procure support for Mr De Faye during his studies from some Good Gentlemen in London. To your excellent Lady Mr Sohier owes the whole of his education with the exception of about six pounds & a few shillings. It is a great honour to Her to have been the instrument of bringing such a man into the Ministry; but were I in her place, I would have the whole honour to Myself & not allow a penny worth of it to another.
Mr Le Gros is still poorly, but I hope recovering. Have you not some fallow Ground in Jersey which you could send Him to break up, or might it not do to try Him at Alderney? Perhaps God may open to Him a door of entrance there. And He will do to to assist when any of the others come to England to preach to the French prisoners.
Mr Picot is acute, & improves in the languages in a very promising manner, & reads on the lectures with attention, but is so diffident as to the threaten the loss of all usefulness. He is at times subject to great depression of Spirits. But I hope He will get over them & be yet a useful man. Do not allow Him to give up his studies, but compel Him to come back that He may finish his course.
I anticipate the pleasure of seeing you here in autumn. The Bristol meeting is in the week of the first Lords day of October. I hope you will be able to make such arrangements respecting the French Prisoners in this neighbourhood as to have preaching to them by the young Men here: & as you are now strong at Jersey, perhaps you could sent out a Mission ......[?] to some other place or depot. It is greatly to be desired.
The present ordination of French Students I consider as the last. You will henceforth be strong enough to perform the office among yourselves. May you often have it to perform.
This will be delivered to you by David. We are very much obliged to you for your kind invitation to Him, & beg the favour of you to give Him your best advice.
I wish Mr Mackay would come over for a month or two & break the ice for the young Folks. Mr Le Gros could supply for Him. I think the Missionary Society would give Him support. When He has paved the way here, He can go to another place & open a door there.
I beg the favour of you to translate the enclosed pieces for the French Essay: let them be copied on a large sheet of paper & sent in a week or two, addressed to Me at Joseph Bennett's[?] Esqr Southampton Row, Holborn. If you can send in a week or two you will oblige Me, as I wish to put the essay immediately to the press. Send me also the Section on Antichrist. I beg your acceptance of the Missionary Sermons. The Society is doing well, & its prospects are exceedingly promising. I beg to be remembered in the most affectionate manner to Mrs P. May the Lord restore Her to perfect Health & strong[?] My .....[?] wishes to your Son & Miss Sharp. & I ....[?] .....[?] with earnest prayer for your prosperity both spiritual & temporal. My Dear Sir
very affectionately yours
David Bogue
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34. To Francis Perrot from David Bogue, possibly Aug 1812 (ans.
19 Aug 1812). Letter folded with address on front, and stain and
tear from sealing wax.
......
Address panel:
Revd Francis Perrot
St Helier
Jersey
Written sideways:
ans 19 Aug. 1812.
......
London 27 Southampton Road
Holborn
My Dear Sir
I wrote you by the young Folks, who, I hope, are now labouring diligently in the work of the Lord with acceptance & success.
I sent over by them some manuscripts to be translated into the French Tongue, & begged the favour of their being sent, as soon as possible that the book may be printed without delay. I have put it into the press & hope I shall not be stopped for want of copy.
I am going to print a Thousand Copies. Will you have the goodness to say how many copies you wish for for all your Island. As your Brother is in the binding way, it may be better to send them over in sheets. I hope they will not exceed 2s/3 or at most 2s/4 a copy. French printing is dearer than English. If I can offer them cheaper than I have mentioned I will with pleasure.
Have the goodness to write Me on these subjects as soon as convenient.
I am here preaching at Tonbridge[?] Chapel. It is a place built with a view to raise a Congregation, & there is a prospect of good success. Last Sabbath morning there were at least eight hundred people. I shall be in London a forthnight longer.
Since I came here, Missionary business has occupied much of my time; & we have had the pleasure of receiving letters from nearly all the Missionaries & all the intelligence is highly encouraging. Mr Morrison sent us home a copy of the Gospel by Luke in ch....[?] of his own Translation, & likewise a Chinese tract in which He had put the principles of the Christian religion.
All the other Missionaries in the East were doing well: & the accounts from the East were also favourable. If you saw all the intelligence you would greatly rejoice.
I hope God is continuing to carry on his work in the Islands. Your season of Grace has been long. May it be still lengthened with your latter end greater than your beginning. O what care should there be not to grieve the Spirit of God, but He departs from you: This should be frequently inculcated in your people in the ordinances of Religion.
I hope we shall find access to the French Prisoners & that the distribution of the Essay will be of some use.
Remember Me in the most affectionate manner to your Good Lady & the young Citizen & all Friends in Jersey. I am much obliged to you for your kindness to David. I hope your serious exhortations to Him will be blessed of God for his benefit. My love to Him.
I heard lately from Clement & am happy to hear that He is going on well: but I am afraid He will hurt Himself by excessive labour. I hope He will soon need an Assistant.
Be sure to compel Mr Picot to return to compleat his studies. Tell his parents from Me that there is no want of Talents in any one Department: And I am fully of opinion that He will yet come forth as an useful public Man.
I am now writing at a meeting for forming an auxiliary Society. You will therefore excuse my sending you some blank paper.
That the Lord may be with you, & as you are now the Father of the Islands, that the Lord may give you all the wisdom of a Father in Christ Jesus is the current prayer of My Dear Sir yours with great Esteem & affection
David Bogue
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35. To Francis Perrot from Joseph Reyner, 14 Oct 1812. Letter
folded with address on front, and stain from sealing wax. The
letter includes some pencil comments at the top, and another letter,
possibly from 'Mr Allen, Portchester? Castle'.
......
Address panel:
Revd Francs Perrot
.....[?] Revd. D. Bogue
Gosport
......
[in pencil at top, someone else's writing - maybe the letter recipient?]
application only to CW[?] without an order
...[?]: Methodists 3000 short stay
Mrs Grey enquiry
......
London Oct 14th. 1812.
My dear Sir
I have received your Lines - and Should have had much pleasure in meeting you here - I am concerned that you have been prevented ministering to the Prisoners at Stapleton - for whom I am anxious that a Minister or two Should be found - as well as at the other Depot. a door is now open - but Labourers cannot be found. I trust there are many already prepared to enter these Fields - tho' at present unknown to us.
I am glad you are labouring with our Young Friends in the Prison Ships at F...ton[??] and Porchester[?] the two aiding you - not accreditted by the Board - I am desirous should be - but as no previous mention has been made of them - as to their Talents and fitness - or where it would be desirable for them to Labour I thought in the absence from Town - of my other Friends, - that it will be better that this should have previous Consideration - especially as the Transport Board will look to the .......als[?] introduced - as Stationary- it was on this Account that I have refrained from the desire I had to meet your wishes in your name being given in as your Stay must necessarily be Short. - I know also from Mr Steven having so fully communicated with Captain Woodruffe - that there is danger from interruption? but should I be mistaken - and there arises a necessity immediate measures shall be taken. I rejoice my dear Sir - with you - in the attention - and apparent interest of those you have Spoken to - especially in your visit to the Hospital - continue my dear Sir - to - and by your example - by your advice - and influence the Cause of these neglected fellow men - neglected I mean by British Christians - while in their Country - and almost at their doors - I write hastily to catch the Post -
believe me always affectionately
Joseph Reyner
I expect Mr Stevens return on Saturday
- kind regards to Mr Bogue and your young Friends
[at bottom of sheet]
Revd Francs Perrot.
Mr. Allen Portchester Castle
[next page]
My Dear Sir -/-
A letter I yesterday received from Mr Steven equally surprised perplexed & grieved me I write therefore to explain what I think must have been misapprehended by him as I am not conscious of any such imprudent steps as he speaks of havg been taken - the only application I made after receiving yrs of the 14 was to Captn Woodruffe which application was needful in order to make suitable arrangements for instructg the Prisoners it was Captn W himself proposed writing to the Board & he appeared not to entertain the smallest apprehension of difficulty from that quarter particularly as I had before been accredited by their[?] Board for Norman Cross & Chatham. I do not know whether he has received any reply from the Board he certainly has received no unfavorable one as I have at present free access - I preached yesterday to about a hundred being as many as a room wh. was vacant would hold & was heard with the most pleasing attention the poor men all kneeling with the greatest reverence[?] while I engaged in prayer Captn W himself attended to see all things done in proper order - in the afternoon We[?] visited the hospitals with the same satisfaction as on the preceding Sabbath - under appearances so pleasing I cannot see any reason why I should as Mr Stevens advises forbear to visit the Prison again on the contrary the prospect at Forton[?] has encouraged me to think it so highly desirable to gain access both to the Ships in the Lake & to Portchester Castle where are stationed 13000 out of the 18000 in this neighbourhood. Captn Locke the commander of the latter station is I understand a man likely to favor an introduction, but I defer waitg on till I hear further from you - could I have an order for these depots I still think it would be far better nor can I conceive Why my being here for a limitted time should be an objection it was none to my admission to Chatham &c. The Methodists have preachers in Plymouth & Chatham & an order for one at Stapleton tho' I believe they are not considered as stationary With regard to Singg...[?] wh. Mr Steven objects to - I see not how it can injure the Methodists adopt it without ill effect, & I feel persuaded from the genius of the French it would greatly tend to interest them in the Service - I submit these things to yr consideration you will recollect my dear Sir that my entire object in visitg England was to be useful to the Prisoners should I be prevented access to them my object is defeated - my time is lost - & I cannot but be grieved especially when I see every thing in the Prisoners to encourage that my labors would not be unattended with success thro' the Divine Blessg for wh. I daily pray Mrs Greys enquiry concerning the young men was to one made to her respecting[?] by the Bible Society in consequence of Mr Stevens requestg a grant of Bibles &c.
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36. To Francis Perrot from Moi Steven, 27 Oct 1812. Letter folded
with address on front, and stain and tear from sealing wax.
......
Address panel:
Revd. F. Perrott
Revd. D. Bogue
Gosport
[written underneath, faded, looks like someone else's writing]
Assistance 700. Prisoners
A...[?] Grivot[?]
......
London Octr 27th. 1812
My dear Sir
My last letter was certainly, I admit most readily, strongly express'd, under a fear lest the steps you had taken should hazard that, which lay so near our hearts, & which we had been so long in accomplishing. I knew, also, that, although we had succeeded in getting persons not of the establishment admitted, a small matter, I fear'd might throw us out again. I am happy that the Commissioner has undertaken that, which neither Mr Reyner nor I would have ventur'd on in the present state of the business. The enquiry made by certain persons connected with the Bible Society, shews how very cautious we should be. I am of the same mind now, that it would have been better to have proceeded with a little more caution, & not to have accredited you, as you were only to be there for a few weeks. One great objection of the board, is to the introducing of many persons among the prisoners; on that account, we recommended proceeding with caution in the accrediting of more of the Young men. You will please to recollect that the Society of Methodists stand far better with Government than the Dissenters & therefore we are not always safe in following them.
I have again to recommend caution. We are not to conclude, that, because no interruption has been given in the introducing this measure, there is no fear of any - I think sill there is a considerable danger. I know with whom we have to do.
I have not seen Mr Tarn[?] since the Bibles and Testaments were order'd - I hope they are gone before this. With Kind respects to Mr & Mrs Bogue
I remain dear Sir yours
very sincerely
Moi Steven
[written at side]
Revd. F. Perrott
I have seen Mr Tarn, & requested him to see that Mr Seeley
had forwarded the Bibles & Testaments.
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37. To Francis Perrot from David Bogue, 25 Dec 1812. Letter folded
with address on front, and tear from sealing wax with large red
dollop of wax intact.
......
Address panel:
Revd F Perrot
care of Revd C. Perrot
St Pierre
Guernsey
X post
Written sideways: Ansr 30. Decr. 1812.
......
Gosport 25 Decr 1812.
My Dear Sir
I sit down to write to you now on an awkward subject. Mr Durell yesterday brought Me a receipt for a quarters money for his board which He was to be paid, He said, by Me, from the Missionary Society. This naturally led to an explanation.
I am grieved at the mistake, but I really cannot tell how it has happened. You no doubt recollect that when you proposed Mr Durell's coming to the Seminary, you mentioned that He would be supported form Jersey. I therefore concluded that as a settled point. Mr Durell when He came to Gosport, brought with Him a paper promising to repay to the Missionary Society I think, the expences of his Education if He did not got to labour in some part of the French Dominions. This I thought you designed as a check upon Him if He did not answer your wishes, & act according to your plans. He tells Me He sent a similar paper to the Directors. Of this I never had any intimation nor any notice of their receiving it. If you did not apply for Him, no application has been made. When I got Mr Le Brun & Mr Billot, I went as far in my application on that line as I durst; & felt that I could go no farther while they were with Me. If application be made for another student in that line, it must come from a different quarter. But I much doubt if they will accept another French Student, till Mr Le Brun has left the Seminary.
Thus matters stand, & I want your answer, which I hope will explain every thing to satisfaction. Mr Durell is a very promising young Man & will I hope, be a good Minister of Jesus Christ. His education, I trust, will not be interrupted for want of support.
Your visit to England will, I am perswaded, be attended with important effects. The introduction of the Gospel among The French Prisoners is likely to carry it to that country in the hearts of some who have heard if from your lips.
The young Folks go on with their labours as well as could be expected. They meet with no interruption, & have always preached in the Ships & at Portchester. At Forlan[?] during the Cold weather they have been confined to the Hospitals.
Above a hundred Prisoners have just been sent home. Each has had a Testament: & they have had a few Doddridges & Essays with Them.
How did you find the officers[?] at Almsford[?] & Andover?
I have just heard from Mr Tracy that there are now five Protestant Ministers in Paris. They are busy in making arrangements for printing a Stereotype Edition of the Bible. This intelligence comes from Mr Stemknopff[???] who is just arrived from the Continent.
Two Letters came to you from Guernsey addressed to my care. I sent them both to Romsey.
Remember Me in the most affectionate manner to Clement & all the Family. May the Lord graciously continue to prosper Him.
Mrs B & all the Family unite in kindest regards to you & Dear Mrs P & Frank, & I remain, with daily prayers for your prosperity & success My Dear Sir
very affectionately yours
David Bogue
[A postscript from Clement is in French. I have tried to transcribe
it, but my French is not good]
Mon cher François. Nayant pas reçu de tes nouvelles pour longtems j'en été a la porte a lamirée du peuboat[?] et ..yant[?] reçu deux lettres dans regarder a la direction. J'ai en regret d'en avoir ouvert une qui t'etoit addressée. Pardonne moi cette indiscretion involontaire. Je suis tout afflyé de ne te vois pas.
Le chagrin qui j'ai en a légard des écoles a été très grand. j'ai été chez le General qui ma assuré de lasage[??] de tout son interet. J'ai reçu des nouvelles de nos frères. Ils te donneront je crains[?] un peu[?] d'émbarras Dieu veuille[?] te donner Moderaton priden...[??] et firmité[??]. Souviens toi dans tes priéres[?]
de ton toujours affectionne
Clement Perrot
Dimanche 2 heures P.M.
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38. To Francis Perrot from David Bogue, 1 Jun 1813. Letter folded,
with all four sides covered, no address panel, and no envelope
surviving. .
......
Gosport 1 June 1813.
My Dear Sir
An unusual press of business has prevented Me from writing you sooner. Your address to Christians on behalf of the French Prisoners is exceedingly good; but you are not aware that giving much publicity to this object endangers the continuance of our opportunities of having access to the prisoners for their benefit. A spirit of jealousy from various quarters has been rising against the preaching of Protestants to the Prisoners. The Roman Catholic Priests have used their effects in endeavouring to prevent it. Mr Steven says they have had hints of these things which give them uneasiness, & He was sorry to see notice taken of the subject in the report, as He was afraid it would do harm.
On these accounts I have no doubt - but you will be of my opinion that it will be better not to circulate your address, especially as nothing has been hitherto lost for want of funds. The Missionary Society has successfully employed the Students, & will, I have no doubt, support any one who may be inclined, if duly qualified, to engage in the service.
The young Folks continue their services & find the attendance especially in some of the Ships exceedingly encouraging. They say that the Books are read by some with attention. Many have been sent home to France lately, & they have had books given among them, which it is hoped will be profitable in their native country.
We had an exceedingly pleasing Meeting of the Missionary Society in London. The spirit is evidently increasing, & a livelier interest felt in the things pertaining to the kingdom of God. I was in hopes of seeing Clement there, but I find He could not leave his people.
I am happy to hear such pleasing accounts of the state of things with you. It is peculiarly gratifying to find Mr Le Gros' Labours so kindly received & so useful. His ordination must strike the people of the Island very much. From his coughs long continuance I would hope it will not prove fatal. Could any thing be done for Him by change of air & rest for a few weeks during the vacation?
Mr De Faye's success give Me very great pleasure. The evangelising of Jersey, is a great work, & I hope will lead to further & more extensive benefits to the Christian Church. God has conferred a great honour on you in making you the Father of the Ministers in the Islands, & of others for more distant services. One of the great ends of the Great Head of the Church must be to make Jersey the fountain of living waters of the Sanctuary to many thirsty fields or lands.
Mr Picot unhappily continues to decline preaching to the French Prisoners. The young Man has good talents, is an acute observer pursues his Studies with diligence, makes improvement, has a very good understanding, & is the greatest adept in learning languages of any of the four. I am in hopes He may overcome his present aversions & yet preach. Were He to write his sermons & make Himself master of Them He would by that means overcome the hesitation which He now feels. His view I hear is to be a Schoolmaster. At St Pierre or St Helier He might meet with success & preach in the Villages & assist in Sundays Schools, if He cannot be prevailed on to give Himself to the work of the Ministry. If He engage as a Teacher first, He may be afterwards led to aspire at higher things, & his present bodily frame may be succeeded by stronger nerves. It is a pity so good a young Man should be lost to the Church of Christ.
How does your Brother George go on with the sale of the Essays in the Islands? Your Brother Sharp will tell you paper makers expect payment half a year after delivery & so do printers. So you see authors are accountable people, & if your Brother can make me a remittance I shall thank Him.
I return you many thanks for your kind present of oysters. I do not know when the time will come that I shall have the pleasure to eat some with you, in Jersey. When the Kings of the Earth are at peace, ......[?] till that time I hope to come over & see you all. I am sorry for poor Mr Mackay. He began study too late in life. It is seldom that people make much improvement or excell as Preachers. It is seldom too they can apply with sufficient vigour. A habit of study is usually gained in the earlier part of life. I am happy to hear that you are going to build Galleries - I hope they will be filled, & souls saved in Them.
I think you wrote one[?] to Mr Cope of Launceston about Dartmoor prisoners. He is a wise & good Man & if you were to correspond with Him it might do good. You would hear how they go on & might be able to give Him advice which would be profitable to Him. He wishes to know what are the most Evangelical sermons among the French Protestants as his stock of good ones is exhausted. A letter on this subject would be useful, as you are fully Master of the subject. When you have time, if you were to select & translate a volume or two of our best sermons, it would be a most acceptable present to the good people of your Islands, & might extend its benefits more extensively. Something of this kind is much wanted. How do you go on with Boston? Endeavour to complete it, for it would be a treasure to plain People. I have just got from the press a third edition of the Essay on the N Testament in English, which is an additional[?] argument to Booksellers to consider the wants of authors. I have sent you the report, & a sermon of which I beg your acceptance. We have just had letters from the Missionaries in all parts of the world. When do you pay another pastoral or Episcopal visit to the Prisoners? Remember they are your charge. David feels a hankering after the Islands again. He is very diligent in his studies: He has applied for admission into the Church by a letter which gives Me great satisfaction & I am keeping it in view. With kindest regards to Mrs P. I remain My Dear Sir very affectionately yrs David Bogue
Rev. F. Perrot.
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39. Probably to Francis Perrot, from Claude Guiot, 15 Jul 1813.
Letter folded, with no address panel, and no envelope surviving.
The letter is in French - the writing is often difficult and my
French is not good, so I have not transcribed it.
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De la prison de Stapleton près Bristol le 15 Juillet 1813 . . .
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40. To Francis Perrot from David Bogue, 17 Jul 1813. Letter folded
with address on front, and tear and stain from sealing wax.
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Address panel:
Revd F. Perrot
St Helier
Jersey
By T. Bogue
Written sideways:
Ans. 28. Aug. 1813
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Gosport 17th July 1813
My Dear Sir
I was favoured with your acceptable letter, & received much satisfaction in hearing that you & your very good Lady & Frank, & all our Good Friends are well. May our heavenly Father long continue his goodness & mercy to You & Yours. You are the Spiritual Father of a large family both of Preachers & private Christians. Along with the pleasure of increasing[?] their prosperity, you no doubt feel the anxieties of a Father for them. He that you have had the greatest reason for thankfulness & praise. I have known few instances where preachers & people have been so remarkably preserved from error, dissension & épensiers[??]. You ought to abound in gratitude in this account, & in humility; & earnestly entreat God that He would be pleased to continue his loving kindness to you & the Churches in the Islands, & enable you to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. Great is the efficacy of prayer & praise for lengthening out the tranquillity of the Churches. Have you seen the life of John Knox the Scotch Reformer? A second[?] edition is just published. You & Clement should read it. It will give you a stimulus to still further exertions, & do you much good.
I am very happy to hear that you have found another young Man who is likely to prove a good Minister of Christ. In the course of seven or eight months there will be an opening for a Student on the foundation of the Hampshire association. I will with pleasure recommend Him, & for[?] account of the generosity of the Jersey Friends to the institution, there is little reason to doubt, but they will receive Him. If it is your purpose to add to your Generosity in the education of Mr Durell, the support of another, it will be a most exemplary employment of your substance; & the young Man may come as soon as you please.
I have just received a very pleasing letter from a French prisoner giving an account of his conversion by reading the Essay on the N.T. which led him to the reading of the scriptures. Mr Durell has taken a copy of it & will shew it you.
I am very anxious that your Brother should come over to Gosport, while the young folks are in Jersey. He needs some relaxation both for body & Mind: It is almost necessary. The Students could supply for Mr De Faye who could fill your Brothers pulpit the two last Lords days of August & the two first of September. He would preach to the French Prisoners which would I think do them much good; & He would have an opportunity of being present at the opening of Mr Griffins new Meeting[?], & at our County association which are on the Eighth & ninth of Septr. I shall be happy to have Him at my house during his stay. I hope you will forward the execution of this plan.
It gives Me much pleasure to hear from the young Folks that the French Prisoners attend in greater numbers & with more seriousness than formerly. I consider this as an additional motive for Clement's visit to Them. Consider My dear Sir, that you are the Father of this Mission, & are bound as a Father to care the more affectionately for ...[hole in paper] prodigal Children.
Mr Picot, I think, will yet do well. He has overcome this temporary pang[??] of discouragement, He will set to it with ardour. He is not defective in abilities or knowledge. I think He will do well in Alderney, & your plan for Him is an exceedingly good one. Encourage Him.
I think it is likely Mr Le Brun may go to the Isle of France which is a good field; but nothing is yet determined by the directors.
We are greatly in want of Bostons four fold State in the French Tongue. It would be a treasure. I will enquire what progress Clement has made in it.
I am glad to hear of your opening another place in Jersey & of your good attendance may the Lord command his blessing.
David was not able to leave Gosport this week as He is to be admitted a Member of the Church at this time. Whether He will visit the Island this vacation I do no know. I am much obliged to you for your kind invitation. Thomas is coming with the Students, whom you will see Give Him your best advice.
That the Lord may be with you & bless you with all wisdom & Grace is the earnest prayer of My Dear Sir yours with great esteem & affection
David Bogue.
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41. To Francis Perrot from Clement Perrot, 11 Sep 1813. Letter
folded. No address panel or envelope surviving.
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Guernsey Sep: 11.1813.
My very dear Francis
Being now in a measure disembarassed from the cares and anxieties attending the errection of our new place I sit down to write you a full sheet. Your correspondence and mine have been of late "like angel visits few and far between".
To begin; our congregation at St Peters is not only undiminished but rather on the increase. The attendance on the week is much larger & good much good is doing; ten members are proposed for admission. The sunday school goes on steadily, and as the subscription for the year 1812.13 was expired we have renewed it with the prospect of an increase of means. Our young people are very active and steady, both in the schools and in the distribution of Tracts. The fruit of righteousness is peace both in the heart and in the church. Our school at St Sauveur has met a shock in the establishment of (mirabile dichi[?]) a church Sunday school in opposition this has thined[??] our forms[?]; still from 70 to 80 attend regularly under the superintendance of our good friends at the Kings Mills. - At the Câtel the attendance is small but very steady and not without fruit. There I have not laboured in vain. - We have for sometime been in search of a room at St Sampson or the Vale but as yet without success. The design is for a Sunday school much wanted in that dark and barren part of the island.
Our place at St Martin is opened and completed on the 4 Sabbath of August I preached 2Sermons. The first from Joshua 22-23 and the second from IChro[?]:29.3 - More than half the people could not get in the first Sabbath. Last Sabbath (as I intend to preach there once a Sabbath in the morning) it was again too small. On the Friday our lecture night, is was comfortably filled, and at the prayer meeting on the Tuesday about 60 persons attend. More than a dozen persons appear seriously impressed, and among others Lieutt Mauger's wife and a Miss Martin the two most respectable females of those parts, may their attachment to pure and undefiled religion be lasting! This place has produced a sensation, felt through all the neighbouring parishes. The Sunday school too has received no small increase from St Andrew and the Forest. - You will not therefore be surprised to hear that the Clergy are enflamed to madness, and if they could safely do it: I should not be without apprehension for my life. They go from house to house persuading people not to attend - calumny, reproach, and contumely is from them my daily bread. - At parish meetings - on the garettes[?] - at Clubs and halls. Calvinism horrid Calvinism, and calvinistic ministers furnish a copious text of abuse. But this is not all. On the report of some defamer they took it into their heads that I had in my first sermon at St Martin thrown down the gauntlet to the Church and its ministers. A conclave was held on the subject but ridiculus[?] mus[?] nascilur[?] . Most providentially, for it is not the case once in a hundred times, I had written my sermon at full length and committed it very accurately to memory. You will from the text judge of the matter - temperate dignity runs through the whole of it and there is not one exceptionable sentence. - I thought I should hear no more of it, but have this morning read this challenge in the 'Miroir' a weekly paper.
"We understand that at the dedication, as it is called of the Calvinistic building, lately errected in St Martins parish, Mr. P_ _t indulged in a furious attack on the Church of England, assimilating its venerable rites and ceremonies, with the corruptions of the Papal Superstition."
"Is that Gentleman we are desired to ask, prepared by the publication of the matter of his discourse, to put to the test the truth and integrity of his assertions."
"Or will he rather submit to be ranked among those insidious defamers of the Church, who, in the absence of legitimate argument and Christian principle, do not scruple to employ the basest means for the purpose of seducing the ignorant and unwary from the religion of their Forefathers."
Now what am I to do. Shall I treat this with silent contempt and quietly continue to labour with dignity and a good conscience. Or shall I shew the fallacy of the accusation by publishing the sermon in question. - I am of opinion that they expect to find more against them than there is and wish to put me in the fangs of the law. If it were published they would be well disappointed. - I am against its publication because "La vertu j'a..lit[?] en se justifiant. And because this is no more than they have repeatedly written and said. On the other hand the sermon would do no harm, and would do away the imputation. Still I have not 12 or 14 Pounds to expend to do away a calumny that I can live down. I thought at first of transcribing for your perusal the passages that might have been misconstrued. But on second thoughts I send you the sermon; which you must return by the Packet; as I wish to have that just means of defence by me. Consult with Susan and J.Sohier on the subject and let me have your advice, I mean to be entirely guided by it. Do not fail to write by return. If you conclude on my printing the sermon, I shall put it in the press immediately if not there let it rest. Another might feel a kind of vanity in exiting the bilious affections of 13 Parsons, but as for me I assure you I had rather they would sleep in peace.
We have let 132 sittings in the chappel at St Martins thus not only abundant resources are provided for the liquidation of the debts but a congregation attached to the place. There are only 6 or 10[?] sittings more to let under the pulpit all the front is taken and I verily believe if we enclosed the whole front they would all let. As you mentioned the place has cost more than I expected; but it is very comfortable, and the people very ready to assist, so that in a couple of years, I make no doubt it will be free; and then perhaps there may be room for a minister. This however is premature. We had £1.13.6[?] at the opening. May the Lord the Spirit there raise the standard of truth.
I am almost worn out with fatigue and care. Boston I mean to go through this Winter if possible. Yet if it were divided between you, J Sohier and F De Faye it would be sooner done and I could revise the whole. - I shall send the bill for the beams to Mr Le Gros and thank him for a remittance. My very best love to S and the children I am my dear Francis
every Yours
Clement Perrot
Pray forward the sale of the Catechisms at St John if you could get your Tract Society to take a hundred or two it would much oblige
CP.
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42. To Francis Perrot from David Bogue, 16 Sep 1813. Letter folded
with address on front, and tear and stain from sealing wax.
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Address panel:
Revd Francis Perrot
St Helier
Jersey
X post
Written sideways, probably by the recipient of the letter:
Coutanche
Picot
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Gosport 16th Septr 1813.
My Dear Sir
I was favoured with yours by Thomas & return you & Mrs P., Mrs B's best thanks & mine for your great kindness to Him.
I am much obliged to you for the remittance. Assure your generous Friends of our gratitude to them for their support of the academy, & express to Them our most cordial thanks; & likewise to Mr De Faye & his Friends at St Jean on the same account. I will write Him when I have leisure & an opportunity.
Mr Messervy appears an amiable young Man. There has not been time for a trial of abilities & disposition. You say Mr Coutanche has a great desire to go abroad. Would He prefer being under the Missionary Society, or the Hampshire association? The former is, as you know, for foreign service: the latter has been for home service. When you let Me know which He would prefer, I will take measures accordingly.
I have just received a letter from Mr Burder desiring to know if any one of the French Students could go & visit the French Prisoners in the Depots in Scotland, & preach & distribute tracts among Them. Would Mr Picot undertake this service? Do you think Him fit for it? If He would act in it with energy, it would furnish Him both with employment & support during the continuance of the war. As I am commissioned to find such a person, I beg an answer in a few days, that if He does not accept it, I may apply to another. The moving about & travelling occasionally from one depot to another, & constant activity would be favourable to his health & spirits & there is no want of ability in Him, for He is really clever & ingenious. Try what you can make of Him. The directors will allow Him a decent salary I should suppose, at least enough to supply all his wants.
I have got another letter from a French Prisoner in one of the ships here, which is very pleasing. I will send you a copy, when there is an opportunity. I am confident that great good might be done, if we had proper persons to attend to Them fully.
Booth's reign of Grace is a very good book, but is more[?] adapted to the establishment of Christians, than the conversion of Sinners. It may be very useful among the pious people. But I want Boston compleated. That is a great & important object; & I beg you would not lose sight of it. Le me know what progress Clement has made, & what can be done to expedite it.
Could you but spend six weeks at Dartmoor & Stapleton, it would be rendering very essential service to the redeemer's cause. Think of it seriously. Moselys[??] Catechism you know is Brown's, & the good man's name should not give place to the others who have only polished it a little. It is an excellent catechism, & will be very useful to the rising generation.
If you are unable to come, could you not depute Clement to the work? But perhaps He cannot be spared at this time.
Since I wrote you last, I have begun as you would see from the Magazine making a Missionary Tour to assist in forming auxiliary Societies at Liverpool, Leeds, Newcastle & Hull. Our Success in this respect far exceeded our expectations; & we were delighted every where to find a fervour of zeal for the Missionary cause. At the same time we collected near Twelve hundred Pounds.
We have lately received very pleasing intelligence from abroad. Mr Morrison has printed all Paul's Epistles except that to the Hebrews, & also those of James & Peter; & He hopes to have the whole new Testament translated & printed in the Chinese tongue, by the end of this year. He writes too, that He hopes the Person who taught Him the Chinese Tongue, is become a true Disciple of Christ, & he has very encouraging prospects in one or two more. The tidings from Hindustan & South Africa are also very pleasing.
We had last week a very pleasing meeting at the opening of Mr Griffins chapel, & at our association. Mr G's place is the largest Independent one in England. Liverpool is near it.
The association is going to make greater exertions in the County than have yet been made, for the propagation of the Gospel. An energy in this cause, I hope, is every where increasing. - The letter from a Lady in the Magazine of August was very much admired & praised, & will do much good.
Mr R Hill[?] has been preaching in this neighbourhood with very great acceptance, & I hope, benefit. We have just had the grief[?] to hear of Mr Blomfield's death. That decline which you saw such evident symptoms of at Jersey proved at last the cause of his dissolution. His last words were "Jesus is precious[?]" all is well". Mrs B & Thomas & all the Family unite in kindest regards to you & Mrs P, & I remain My Dear Sir
very affectionately yours
David Bogue
[written at side as postscript]
Tell Frank I hear a very high character of Him & I hope He will continue to maintain it. May God bless Him, & Clement, on whose account accept my cordial congratulations.
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43. To Francis Perrot from David Bogue, 27 Oct 1813. Letter folded,
with no address panel and no envelope.
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Gosport 27th Octr 1813.
My Dear Sir
I was favoured with yours in the beginning of this Month. It gave Me pleasure to hear that you & Dear Mrs P & the young Citizens were all well. Long may the Lord continue his blessings to you & make you a blessing more extensively from year to year. I rejoice to hear good tidings of your prosperity in the Church.
It grieved Me much that Mr Picot would not consent to go to Scotland. The poor prisoners there are left to perish without help, while He is teaching the boys to say Hic Hac, Hoc? Some judgment will fall upon Him If He does not go. Try Him again & tell Him if He will not go as a Minister to go as a private Christian & distribute Books among them & converse with them about divine things. If He will do this his services will be joyfully accepted by the Missionary Society & the Friends of religion in Scotland, though He should not preach. But I have no doubt but if He would break through the snare of the devil & go on the Mission as a Laic[???] He would feel pleasure in preaching. Take no denial & tell Him He must go. The directors wrote Me that the Scotch Friends would be satisfied if some person would come who was pious & could converse with them: so that He is without excuse. Desire Him to write Me on the subject.
The hope of seeing you there would be encouraging to Him. Perhaps you could[?] promise to pay him a visit in the spring. The Christians in Scotland would be greatly delighted to see you, & it would give you a view of new modes of life.
The young Men find preaching to the prisoners becomes more & more interesting. The same persons attend from Sabbath to Sabbath & they hope good impressions are made on some of Them. When you can be spared, I hope you will come & see them again. Mr Steven tells Me that He can procure you admission into any of the Depots. It is a wonderful field & the conversion of a few may be productive of the most important consequences in their own country. God in his providence has enabled you to visit them in the most honourable way & to use that glorying which the Apostles used in respect to the Corinthians. I hope your Church therefore will spare you whenever they can: it is the way to their own spiritual prosperity.
Wider fields in the world are presenting themselves from month to month: while every Minister at home is called on to labour with all his might, there is a more extensive demand for Missionaries abroad. I have this day seen a Memoir from the Cape of Good concerning the state of the late Dutch Colonies in India, now in our possession. They are almost destitute of preachers, though there are many Thousands both Dutch & natives professing the Christian religion. There are three Foreign Students here one Dutch & two Germans ready to go to Java by the first opportunity. Mr Le Brun is appointed to go to the Isle of France, to which after some ungraceful hesitation He has consented. I have advised His ordination to be in Jersey. So that probably you may soon see Him for that purpose & to take leave of his Friends. A Missionary ordination in Jersey would do the people good: & the consideration that it is the first Missionary that ever went from Jersey to the unenlightened parts of the world may powerfully impress their minds.
I hope your young Friend continues firm to his purpose to be a Missionary. There is abundance of fields for Him. Write to Mr Burder on the subject & send Him the account of his conversion, & his reasons for choosing the Missionary service: & if you affix your attestation & Mr. Sohier's, to his character as a Christian, it will give still greater weight.
Mr Messervy is doing well, Mrs P & you are an example to the Christian world by your benevolence directed to the training up of young Men for the Ministry. It is the first of all acts of Christian benevolence: & I have no doubt but the Lord will reward you ten fold unto your bosom & in grace & peace & family blessings.
We had a very pleasing season at the opening of Mr Griffins new Chapel & the Association. It is the largest Independent place of worship that ever was in England. At the association our hearts were enlarged, & we have voted five new itinerant stations in the County. Your Brother in Law Stephen Sharp is a treasure to us. To Him & Mr Hunt[?] much of the praise of our exertions is due. I have just had long letters form Mr Thom[?] at the Cape. Things are going on there wonderfully well: & the fields are white[?] unto the harvest.
I rejoice greatly to hear of the progress of Bostons fourfold state & I think it will be a treasure to all who speak the French Tongue, especially pupils in the humbler walks of life.
Clement I hear has been[?] taken[?] to. I hope that there was no blame in Him: in that case it will issue in the furtherance of the Gospel. I have heard no particulars.
Mrs Bogue & all the young Folks unite in the kindest manner to you & Mrs P & the little Folks. I sincerely wish you an abundant measure of the Spirit of Christ & I remain My Dear Sir
very affecty yours
David Bogue
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44. To Francis Perrot from David Bogue, 1 Feb 1814. Letter folded,
with address on front, and stain and tear from sealing wax. An
extra small slip of paper, in French, is folded within, but there
is no indication whether this was the letter it was originally
included with.
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Address panel:
Revd Francis Perrot
St Helier
Jersey
X post
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Gosport 1st Feby 1814.
My Dear Sir
I was favoured with your letter on Saturday last, & Mr Messervy received his with the enclosed drafts for 30 & 20 Pounds. Accept of the most cordial thanks for your & your good Ladys truly Christian liberality in the education of the young Men. It is the first & noblest of all acts of benevolence, & bids fairer than any other to promote the glory of God & the happiness of Man.
It give Me pleasure to say that I am exceedingly well satisfied with Mr Messervy. His modest & amiable deportment charms Me. He is a very diligent Student, & the discourses He has delivered are exceedingly encouraging. There is an evangelical strain in them which pleases Me much. He appears also truly devoted to the Redeemers service. I hope He will prove a Good Minister of Jesus Christ. He preaches every Lords Day to the French Prisoners, for which He receives a small remuneration from the Missy Society which will be of service to Him. The two other Jersey Students are well, & take great delight in their labours among the prisoners.
With respect to Mr Coutanche, I hope He will be introduced into the Ministry. Your congregation is entitled to peculiar regard from the Managers of the Hampshire academy on account of your liberal donations from year to year. But I still think that the young Man would find Himself more comfortable under the patronage of the Missionary Society. It is twenty to one that He would be sent to labour in France or Flanders, which I imagine is the object of his desire. Urge it again upon his Friends to consent & point out the benefit of the patronage of the Society as to his future labours. But if they still refuse to assent to it, then write to Mr Griffin on the subject as He is one of the managers of our institution. Of late years, I have left the entire direction of its affairs to them & am only concerned in the instruction of the Students. At the same time you may depend on my readiness to do every thing in my power to promote the object.
You mention your purpose to take a young man to Scotland with you to assist in diffusing divine knowledge among the French Prisoners. Some time ago when Mr Burder wrote to Me about a preacher to the French Prisoners He said that in case a preacher could not be found, if any zealous active person who could talk with them on divine things, while He distributed Bibles & Tracts, they would accept of his services. Now, Sir, if your young Friend is of this character, He would be a treasure in Scotland where the prisoners are entirely destitute of instruction. But if He could go immediately, it would be a great thing, because time is so very precious. Should this proposal meet his & your approbation, write to Mr Burder on the subject & write at the same time to Me that I may urge it on.
Of the importance of labouring among the French Prisoners I am more & more convinced, & I am happy to hear of your intention to pay them another visit. [[the latter part of this sentence, from '& I am happy' has been bracketed and underlined in pencil]] But the uncertainty of their continuance calls for an immediate attention. Whether peace will take place soon, it is impossible for me to say: but there is a probability of it; & if they should depart before you can see them, I should be very much grieved. Whether on this account it might not be desirable for you to come over without delay than to wait till summer [[the phrase, from 'than to wait till summer' has been bracketed and underlined in pencil]] I leave to your consideration. You have no doubt heard of Mr Billot's success among the poor Men in the Guildford prisonship. Ten or twelve appear to be truly converted to God. They have renounced the Romish communion & are become Protestants; & it is their earnest wish to have the Lords service dispensed to Them. This service I wish to be performed by you as in variety[?] of respects being peculiarly suitable, especially as being the spiritual Father of the Preacher who has been the means of their conversion. As some of them appear to be men of talents, you might be the means of leading their thoughts to future usefulness in the Redeemers cause. This service appears to Me so important in its consequence that I cannot but recommend it to your immediate consideration. You will receive a copy of the letter of one of The prisoners named Paul, which is the most striking I ever saw. Who knows but He may prove a Paul in France. It gave Me pleasure to find that the Essay had been the means of his renouncing infidelity & embracing the Christian Religion.
I beg you will inform the Members of your church from Me, that if they refuse to let you come on such a service, they will offend the Lord Jesus Christ, & the Holy Spirit will suspend his divine influences, & the work of God will be stopped among them. The sin which filled up the measure of the iniquities of the Jews was "forbidding the Apostles to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, and tell your people that forbidding you to come & preach to the poor perishing French prisoners bears too near a resemblance to that sin. Whereas if Your Flock cheerfully part with you for a season, & even urge you to undertake the service, & accompany you with their fervent prayers, they have reason to hope for the smiles of the Saviour, & times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord; & that Mr Sohiers services will be greatly blessed to their spiritual edification. Be sure to tell them these things with my most affectionate Christian respects.
The Missionary Society has bespoke from Me 2000 copies of the French Essay for the use of the French Prisoners. A third edition of it is half way through the press. They have desired to have also a thousand copies of the Italian. The former will I hope be ready in a few weeks, so that you will have an opportunity of distributing some of them when you come. The Italians are chiefly for the Mediterranean, Malta, Sicily, &c.
It will give you pleasure to hear that I have received a letter from David expressing his earnest desire to be employed in the work of the Ministry. Pray for Him that He may be a good Minister of Jesus Christ. - I hope Mr Le Brun will do well, & I rejoice to hear that He has the prayers of your churches: that is a truly Christian office. I hope his ordination among you will do good in exciting a more lively[?] interest on his behalf, & that it will excite the good people to patronise the Missionary Society. I am happy to hear of your prospects for it, & also that you have got a Bible Society & are Secretary of it. Great good will spring out of it, & your connection with it.
All here unite in kindest wishes, Espy Mrs Bogue & Thomas & David to you & Dear Mrs P & the young Citizens. May God allmighty bless them & you. Remember Me to all the young Brethren. With earnest prayers for you & great esteem I remain My Dear sir
very affectionately yours
David Bogue
I rejoice that the work of God is spreading in Jersey.
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44a. Small fragile piece of paper folded and included within letter
44. The letters have been around a long time - it may not always
have been included with this letter. The wrting in not Bogue's.
My transcription will suffer from my poor French.
Asteriseur pygmeus.
est considéré comme le vraie Rose de Jéricho des anciens (plutôt que l'Anastatice ..irochuntice[?] qui depuis longtemps a porté le nom) parcequél est abondant dans la pleine de Jéricho où l'Anastatice nériste point, et parceque le cu[?] des armoiries de quelques familles dont le généalogie semonte aux Croisades représente comme Rose de Jéricho l'Asteriscus et non l'Anastatice. - L'humidité fait ouvrir les fleurs.
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45. To Francis Perrot from David Bogue, 14 Jun 1814. Letter folded,
with address on front, and stain and tear from sealing wax.
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Address panel:
Revd Francis Perrot
St Helier
Jersey
X post
......
Gosport 14th June 1814.
My Dear Sir
On Saturday I was favoured with your letter of the 4th instant, & was much surprised to find that you had heard nothing of Clement. He left Gosport on the 26th May for Southampton to see for a vessel for Guernsey & intended to spend a day or two at Romsey, if there was time before the vessel sailed. Perhaps the Vessel did not sail so soon as He expected. Before this time I hope you have heard from Him, & received a detail of the plan that was proposed.
It was briefly this, that you & Clement should take a six week's journey through France to visit the Protestants, by Nantes, Bordeaux, Montauban, Toulouse, Nismes, Lyons, / Geneva if time / Paris & then you to come to London to consult with the directors, & Clement to return home by way of Rouen & Caen. By this means you will obtain such a knowledge of the State of the Protestants as to decide with certainty by what means they can be most effectually assisted for advancing the cause of pure religion.
I thought that if you were to set off immediately after the 2nd Lords day of July you could be in London between the third & fourth Lords day of August, where I should hope to meet you, & assist in forming such arrangements as may lead to operations highly beneficial to the Redeemers cause. I gave Clement a paper of questions which will shew what we wish to know.
Since Clement sailed, I find that this plan which met with the unanimous approbation of a part of the directors who met to consider the subject, was objected to by some of the directors at their monthly meeting who seemed to have little regard for the interests of religion in France, & nothing has been determined on the subjects. This I am afraid may occasion delay. I need not say, we had agreed that you should be paid the expences of your journey, as you went on the service of the Missionary Society. Should you think proper to act in the same noble dignified manner you have hitherto done, that difficulty will be removed; but I see no reason that you should. I know you consider yourself as Christ's Steward, & if in due consideration you should think the journey at your own charge an acceptable offering to Him & for his glory, you will take your staff in your hand. In such a case you would choose your own time, & the time I mention could be adopted. But perhaps you might prefer a different plan or a different route. I have received some interesting information respecting the present state of the Protestants in France from a source which enjoins secrecy, which will be of use to you in case you should go to France.
I beg to hear from you on the subject without delay, as if you take the journey I wish you to set off by Monday 11th. of July & to have your journey completed by the 24th of August, & that you should reach London by that day. Mr Billot could be in Guernsey, by the 3rd Lords day, & Mr Messervy & Mr Durell in Jersey by the fourth Lords day of July.
I consider your journey of high importance, & that no one could perform the service with so much propriety as yourself. It is likely to open doors both wide & effectual for the propagation of the Gospel: & by what shall result from it, you will become an eminent benefactor to the land of your Fathers.
I was very much pleased with Clement. His heart is set on his work, & He is anxious to make the greatest improvement. His company I thought would be pleasing to you, & you would be enabled together to plan & contrive with greater certainty & extent for the attainment of your object. The journey will likewise do Him a great deal of good be enlarging his mind, & animating his zeal, & introducing him to the French Ministers & private Christians by corresponding with whom very beneficial effects may result.
I shall hope to hear from as soon as you conveniently can. I am happy to hear of the effect of your preaching on the French Gentleman: may it be lasting. I rejoice that your galleries are finished. May the Lord pour out of his Spirit & fill Them. I hope you had a joyful communion[?] refreshing, strengthening & comforting the Believers.
Write again to Mr Burder respecting Mr Coutanche. At the Missionary meeting, the general concerns of the society occupied all our time: that of Students lies out of my department. My business is to teach: I wish the choice to rest entirely with others.
Mr Cadaret is still at Luneray. I have heard from him a few weeks ago. Mr Hardcastle's Son has seen Him. He wishes to hear from you. Recommend to Him meekness & affection & watchfulness against an irritable disposition. Point out to him the necessity of bearing much for Christs sake, & of not being discomposed or provoked by what may be said against Him. I am afraid He has been very faulty in these respects.
May the Lord grant your dear Partner a safe & gracious season in the hour of trial. Mrs B & all the young Folks desire to be remembered in the kindest manner to you & Mrs P. & the young Folks. I wish you divine counsel in the matter now before you, & every blessing & I remain My dear Sir very affecty yours
David Bogue
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46. To Francis Perrot from David Bogue, 23 Jun 1814. Letter folded,
with address on front, and stain and tear from sealing wax.
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Revd Francis Perrot
St Helier
Jersey
X post
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Gosport 23 June 1814
My Dear Sir
I was favoured with your letter of the 17th, & am very much delighted with your frank determination to set off immediately on a Mission to France. The Lord I hope will be with you & render your journey profitable to Thousands & to yourself. The delightful Sabbath which your heavenly Father favoured you with in your annual Jubilee, was designed as a preparative for your trip & an excellent preparative it is.
The Missionary Society from prudential reasons does not wish to appear openly in this business, but I have reason to believe that on your return you will not find them unwilling to testify their obligations to you in a proper manner.
Clement & I talked over the business very fully. It was proposed you should go by the way of Nantes, Rochelle, Bordeaux, Thoulouse, Montauban, Nismes, Lyons & from thence in the most Protestant Road to Paris. From Paris one of you to come to London & communicate the result of your observations to the Directors: the other to return from Paris to the Islands through Normandy. I purpose, God willing, to be in London the three last Sabbaths in August & have the hope of meeting you then.
Where you can travel in the Stage Coach, do it for it is cheap & will give you more intercourse with the people. Travelling post is as dear as in England. Pass always at the road[?] for Frenchmen because foreigners are exposed to great impositions. Enquire what the French are accustomed to give to servants at Inns, Drivers &c & follow their example.
I find a Protestant College was erected at Montauban five or six years ago. A Dr Frossart is at the Head of it. I saw Him at Paris. Mr Tracy thinks Him not a Man of Religion, & inclined to arianism or Jovinianism[?]. There are 5 Professors under Him. I fear you will find a great degeneracy among Them, but I hope you will meet with some of the right stamp who will inform you of the true state of things.
Mark down minutes of every thing as soon as you can. I used to take with Me a small blank book covered with red Leather & to write[??] every evening the transactions of the day. If your Brother keeps a book of this kind, & you one with different heads from the questions I have given your Brother, & you mark down under each head the information you receive concerning it, you will have it all at one glance before your eyes & more easily fix it in your memory in the end, & be able to give us an account of it without trouble. Make no shew with your book, but make your entries when you are by yourself, if you can. You will find a remarkable degree of timidity among the French Protestants, & if they see you take down what they say, they will be afraid. Even had they a free institution, it would be a long time before they could imbibe[?] the bold free spirit of the English. I was much struck with this when I was in France.
You will find the Romish Priests crafty, & malicious if they know you to be protestants. On the road therefore & in the Stage Coach be very careful what you say about evil & Ecclesiastical matters. You may learn much in the way of questions.
When you meet with a pious zealous Protestant Minister get all from Him that you can. Be very particular in your enquiries. Try too to find good Laymen of the old stamp I should like to hear their judgment of the real state of the protestant cause. I am afraid things are bad both as to personal piety, soundness of Doctrine & zeal. Be particular in your enquiries how they are off for Good books of the old kind, & what ones are most relished[??] among Them.
I conceive you may convey much useful information to them about procuring money for building meeting houses by procuring help from other congregations. They are likewise, I am afraid, unacquainted with the important & beneficial effects produced by acting as a body in the bonds of union. But when you come to see them with your own eyes, many things will suggest themselves to your mind as proper or necessary to be done, of which one at a distance cannot be apprized.
Be very attentive to your health, for you will find the weather very hot. This is very necessary in a change of Climate & of food & drink. Make no shew, but glide along unperceived. I hope they will let your preach in the Protestant Congregations, & in their village Churches. The people will thus have an opportunity of hearing the truth. Carry a few of your catechisms with you.
I earnestly pray that the Lord may preserve your good Lady & the dear Children while you are abroad in your master's service: & I trust on your return you will find them in health & peace. May He also be a Sun & shield to you & fill your soul with his most abundant consolations & give you the tongue of the learned to speak a word in season to the Persons with whom you may have intercourse.
Mrs B & all the young folks unite in kindest regards to you & yours, & I remain with great esteem My Dear Sir your affectionate Friend
David Bogue
The great ones of the Earth are now with us, & all the world
is wandering after them.
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47. To Francis Perrot from David Bogue, 6 Sep 1814. Letter folded,
with address on front, and stain and tear from sealing wax.
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Revd Francis Perrot
St Helier
Jersey
X post
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Gosport 6th Sepr 1814
My Dear Sir
On Saturday I returned home from my journey & embrace the earliest opportunity of writing you on a Subject which lies near the heart both of you & Me. I find you have formed a Society in the Islands for the propagation of the Gospel in France & by a letter to Mr Pillatt[?] that you have made a beginning on the opposite coast. The Missionary Society for the present appears disposed to act through yours rather than openly by itself. But even this must be a secret for some time. A spirit of fear & of averseness to interfere in the religious concerns of that Country has unaccountably seized on some of our members, & retarded our operations on that Head; but in the end I hope all will be well.
What I have chiefly in view in this letter is to request the favour of you to come over to Gosport for a week that we may consult together on this most important subject. I hope you consider yourself as both by your descent & by the liberal bounties of divine providence raised up to propagate the pure Gospel of Christ in that miserable country, France. I have various things to propose to you, but cannot do it with pen & ink. A personal interview is necessary, & I hope it would lead to the adoption of various measures which will be in their result highly beneficial.
Our Association is on the 21st Inst[?] at Gosport. We shall be happy to see you then; or if another time is more convenient let it be so, but come, that a beginning may be made.
I will anticipate nothing. I want a few days of grave consultation about commencing operations in different parts of the Country. I suppose you have heard that the Society has placed a hundred Pounds at your disposal.
I am very sorry to hear that Clement has been so ill. I hope He is now recovered. Yr[?] journey, could you have accomplished it, to the South of France, would have procured a mass of valuable information. But providence forbade at that time.
I returned home on Saturday last, after a journey which was peculiarly successful in establishing auxiliary Societies, & procuring funds. We collected about 1800 Pounds. Mr Wilks & Mr Tracy in South Wales got 500 pounds for the same object. The spirit of Missions is everywhere increasing.
I have now begun to labour, & wish to see all the young Folks at their posts. I am looking out for the young Men from Jersey. Mr Poitier[??] will be better at Guernsey for some time to come.
Please to favour me with a letter as soon as you can, & all your news in the Islands & in France.
We have lately had letters from all our Missionaries in the eastern parts of the World. They go on in a very encouraging manner. I have got a compleat copy of the Chinese New Testament. Fifty are sent over.
My Son Thomas is in a very precarious state of health. Mrs Bogue & the young Folks unite in kindest regards to you & Mrs P & the little ones & Clement, if He is still with you. I wish you every blessing & remain
My Dear Sir, with great Esteem
very affecty yours
David Bogue
Mr Pillatt[??] informs me that Mr Vauxth....[?] has promised to
bring in a declaratory bill next season of parliament, to free
all Chapels from being liable to be charged with the poor[?] Rates.
Dont pay. I wish to hear from Clement when He is able.
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48. To Francis Perrot from David Bogue, 12 Jan 1815. Letter folded,
with address on front, and tear from sealing wax, with black wax
intact.
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Revd Francois Perrot
Chez Mr. Rabaut Pomier,
Pasteur De l'eglise Réformée
No. 16. Rue de Grammont
Paris
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Gosport 12th Jany 1815
My Dear Sirs
Our plans are frequently deranged by a higher power than Mans. The heavy affliction & death of my Son Thomas on the 16th of November prevented Me from applying my mind to that piece of sacred Biography which I promised to send you to Bordeaux. It was to his Mother & Me a season of peculiar trial, & also of peculiar consolations & support. Through all his illness God was with Him in a most remarkable manner granting Him intimate & refreshing communion with the Father & his Son Jesus Christ, & a lively stedfast hope of the glory which shall be revealed. Thomas's last words to Me the Evening before He died, as I was assisting Him to his bed, were "I long to depart & be with Christ". Asking if He had any fears of death or of dying, He said: "no, my heavenly father who has hitherto dealt with Me in so gracious a manner, will carry Me safely through the Valley of death; & Jesus my Saviour will open to Me the gates of heaven." Such a christian manner of departing out of this world, you need not doubt, greatly alleviated our sorrows.
Your letter from Montauban gave Me a very high degree of pleasure, & led Me to conclude that your journey will be productive of the happiest consequences to the cause of Christ. You yourselves will receive[?] a Superior measure of improvemt from the company & conversation of so many wise & good Men; while at the same time your communications of what is doing in those parts of the Christian Church with which you are acquainted, will have the happiest influence upon them & their exertions. And on your return home, you will find yourselves invigorated & animated to labour with greater zeal & affection & energy than ever before.
I was glad to hear of your intention to visit the cradle of the Reformation. Geneva would appear to you like holy ground & you would find yourself like Paul in the midst of Athens[?]. I calculate that this letter will find you either on your way to, or actually arrived at Paris. There, I hope you will stay at least a week, & see every thing which is to be seen, & hear every thing which is to heard, & to do every thing which is to be done respecting the Redeemers cause.
You intend to return home by the way of Caën. But could not one of you come here by way of Havre, if not both. Both would be best to spend two or three days in talking over all your wonderful sights, &c&c&c[???]. Much good might arise from it. Application has lately been made to Me by a Gentleman formerly of Romsey[?] Mr Phené[?], to send over a Student to preach to the English there who have no public worship. He says there are twenty five Protestant Families at Havre who wish to join them, & are desirous to have one to preach to Them in French. Were you to come that way you might be able fully to arrange matters so as that a beginning might be made. Consider the importance of this.
Not knowing what was become of you till I received your letter, I had written to Mr Billot to inform Me. Your good Lady had the kindness to favour Me with a long letter, for which you will return her my most cordial thanks. By a letter Mr Durell has received from Jersey, I rejoice to hear that Mr Picot has awoke from his slumbers, & is preaching every Lords day, & on week days too. This is a Labourer gained to the cause. Remember, My Dear Sir, I expect a continuance of your journal form Montauban to the close, or if you can give it to Me from Paris, the obligation will be the greater. Try & come here if you can.
Remember Me in the most affectionate
manner to Mr Rabaut. Tell Him I esteemed his Brother above any
man I met with at Paris, & that I was greatly afflicted when
I heard of his death. Inform Him likewise that I am much edified
with his other[?] almanachs[?], & that I am sorry he does
not continue Them. Endeavour to prevail with him to resume Them.
I shall be much obliged to you if you will bring Me from Paris
M Rabauts Le Jeune's[??] two Volumes which He published respecting
the Protestants. Make my kindest remembrance to Mr Marron[?] &
Mr Manod[??] & wish them all success in their Labours. If
Miss Williams is in Paris, present my affectionate respects, &
to Mr W. Stone. All here send kindest regards. That the God of
providence & Grace may continue to be with you & bring
you to your homes in safety is the earnest prayer of My Dear Sirs
Yours most affectionately DB.
[written sideways]
Mr Rabaut will tell you what the two Vols of his Brother Rabaut le Jeune[?] are. They are mentioned in his life in the almanache of 1809.
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49. To Francis Perrot from David Bogue, 27 Mar 1815. Letter folded,
with address on front, and stain and tear from sealing wax.
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Revd Francis Perrot
St Helier
Jersey
X post
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Gosport 27th March 1815
My Dear Sir
In this world though known to be a world of changes, such strange things occur as fill us with astonishment by exceeding our expectations, if not in respect to the thing itself, at least in respect to time. Who could have thought that Bonaparte would have so soon taken possession of the Throne of France. To travel Six hundred Miles through the country without meeting the shadow of opposition, & enter the capital without a single life being lost on the occasion, is one of the most amazing things in the page of history. Certainly God has some marvellous work to do in the world.
Your journey in France was directed by a peculiar providence as to time, & circumstances: & I hope will be productive of the happiest effects as to the advancement of religion in that country.
I was favoured with your letter & the draft for which I return you my best thanks. The Lord of the harvest will amply reward you & your Dear partner for your labours of love for his names sake.
Your plan of going over into a neighbouring country, & residing there, is now put a stop to for the present. But I hope a more effectual door may be opened there in future, than you could have enjoyed if things had continued as they were at the time of your first design. For a season you are necessarily locked up in the Islands, & there the Lord Jesus Christ makes it your duty to labour. Who knows but He may pour out a second time of his Holy Spirit, & give you a second harvest of Souls. Should it please God to maintain peace in Europe, & to secure Flanders peaceably to Holland, there will be in the large cities a fine field for preaching the Gospels, & a considerable portion of the people are acquainted with the French Tongue.
But I am afraid that war will be again renewed, & Flanders probably be the seat of it for a season, so that years may revolve[?] before you can find a place of labour in the Continent of Europe. But whoever has a heart to labour, will not want fields. The issue, I trust, will be a more extensive enjoyment of Religious liberty in France.
I expect very happy results from your late journey to France. I hope it will raise the Protestants to make exertions which they never made before, & especially influence them to seek the conversion of the Roman Catholics. Their scebar.......[??] views have been exceedingly injurious both to them as a body, & to the cause of true religion. See that you keep up a vigorous correspondence with Them & urge every duty upon Them - They need line upon line & precept upon precept.
If the King of Naples continues at peace with England, that Country will be open in some measure to the Gospel, & I hope Mr Bellot will find a productive field of labour. I have not heard of Him since He went to Guernsey. I have written to Clement to draw up a certificate of his ordination, & get it signed by all the Ministers who were engaged in it; & with the more formality & splendour this is done, the greater effect it will have in foreign countries, where such documents are very highly valued & give a Man considerable eclat.
I am much pleased with Mr Portier[?]. He has fine talents. The late change in France has excited considerable distress in his mind from[?] the fear of being obliged to return to St Mabocs[?]. I have assured Him that if He is obliged to depart, He shall be sent to your Islands, & that if He is obliged to depart from Them, you will send Him to the College's at Montauban. This appears to satisfy his mind: & this I trust, will be accomplished.
I hope to have heard from you how Mr Picot goes on, & likewise the particulars concerning the state of things in Jersey. Your last letter was a Ghost, & I do not like to receive Ghosts from my Friends instead of pages filled with useful[?] communication of intelligence concerning the kingdom of Christ. This I always expect, while at the same time I acknowledge with pleasure that Clement sent Me a most interesting letter, which has given the highest pleasure to all to whom I have read it.
I hope we shall see you over in England soon. Mrs B. unites in kindest regards to you & Mrs P & the young Citizens. That the Lord may be with you & abundantly bless you in your soul & body, your Family, your Flock &c&c[?] is the earnest prayer of My dear Sir
yours very affectionately
David Bogue
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50. To Francis Perrot from David Bogue, 22 Jul 1815. Letter folded,
with address on front, and stain and tear from sealing wax. Letter
is on a half sheet, i.e. half the size of Bogue's usual letters.
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Revd F Perrot
Jersey
By favour of
Mr Messervy 2.D.C.[??]
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Gosport 22 July 1815
My Dear Sir
I am sorry that the numerous engagements attending my departure from home prevents Me from writing you fully as I wished.
I take up my pen to say that I have received yours with a draft of Thirty pounds for which accept my best thanks. I have paid Mr Durell Twenty Pounds. He expresses great sorrow for having offended you, & a deep sense of his obligations to you. They are indeed very great. Your good Lady & you are patterns of Christian benevolence, & deserve the thanks of the religious world for directing it into a channel the fullest of blessings to the souls of Men.
Mr Durell is directed by the Missy Society to go down to Ashburton where there are some hundreds of officers prisoners on parole & to Dartmoor Prison where there are some thousands of common Men.
Whether you will feel it a duty to pay them a visit I know not, but I know that you will act as a sense of duty directs you. The opportunity most probably will be short, & must be embraced soon or be lost for ever.
I set off on Monday morning for London. Mr Burder & I go into Suffolk & Norfolk for three weeks, after that I purpose to return to London, & remain there till after the last Lords day of August, & then return home to work.
I send you, by Mr Messervy, a Copy of the Missy Sermons for this year.
Mrs B unites in kindest regards to you & Mrs P. & the young Folks & all Friends. I still hope to see Jersey. If Mr Le Gros is still out of heaven remember Me very kindly to Him.
Sincerely wishing you every blessing I remain My d Sir
very affecty yours
David Bogue
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51. To Francis Perrot from David Bogue, 12 Jul 1816. Letter folded,
with address on front, and stain from sealing wax.
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Revd Francis Perrot
St Helier
Jersey
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Gosport 12th July 1816
My Dear Sir
I was favoured with your letter of the 5th & am happy to hear of your health & welfare. It is a great disappointment to Me not to be able to visit your Islands according to my intention; but I yesterday learnt for certain that I am appointed to go in the deputation from the Missionary Society to Holland; & the service is so important that I should not think I was acting according to the call of duty, if I did not accede to the wishes of the Directors.
Mr Bennett, I am happy to say, is to be my fellow labourer, & I suppose they will appoint a third, most probably a Layman. I wish much you could go with us, I am not authorised to desire it, nor can I promise that your expences would be paid. But I can say that it would give Mr B & Me very high gratification to enjoy your company: & I think you might do great good by stirring up the Good French in Holland, to co-operate fo the planting of the Gospel in the Netherlands. You would likewise obtain such an acquaintance both with persons & things as would conduce greatly to future exertions in that Country. It will not occupy much time: we shall be back in England again, I hope, in the space of three weeks.
We purpose to set off about[?] the 24th of the Month. I intend to leave Gosport on the 22nd. If you can be here by that time, we will go to London together. From London most probably the route will be by the way of Harwich to Helvootsleop[??] & thence to Rotterdam. Should you prefer going through France to Rotterdam, if you enquire there for Mr Ledeboer[?], the Secretary of the Netherland Society, you will hear of us, & join us there. You will not be long detained from home, & I hope you will be able to form connections which will tend greatly to promote the Gospel in future years.
Please to write Me by return of Post that I may know whether we are to expect you or not. Mrs B thanks Mrs P much for her kind invitation, & wishes you every blessing. My kindest regards also. That the Lord my direct you in all your ways, is the earnest prayer of My Dr Sir
your very affectionate Friend
David Bogue.
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52. To Francis Perrot from David Bogue, 20 Sep 1816. Letter folded,
with address on front, and stain and tear from sealing wax.
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Revd Francis Perrot
St Helier
Jersey
X post
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Gosport 20th Septr 1816
My Dear Sir
I have just received your Letter. The person who brought it to Southampton did not understand the necessity of putting it privately into the Post office: & every ship letter pays eightpence for the voyage. By reminding of this in future, they may avoid the penalty.
It gives Me great pleasure to hear that you are well & going on in a prosperous way. The gradual extension of the Redeemers kingdom is very pleasing, & in time I hope the whole Island will be leavened with the knowledge of the truth.
I wished much you had gone with us to the Continent. I think you would have found the journey both pleasing & profitable. There is a considerable number of Ministers in Holland who preach the Gospel in purity; but there is in many things a laxness among the professers of religion in that Country in general which is very injurious to them. The sentiments of Co.....s[?] on the Sabbath have been too generally adopted & acted upon; & where the whole of the Sabbath is not sanctified, it proves a great injury to the cause of personal religion. I need not say that there are many pleasing exceptions. They consider things as in a state of improvement among Them; & some of the younger Ministers are exerting themselves beyond their predecessors.
Belgium is a fine populous Country, full of large Towns & handsome Churches; but popery appears in all its former superstition, & there is a grand push among the Clergy to carry back things fairer[??] five hundred years. At Brussels the Pope's Bull was pasted up at the Church Door proclaiming a plenary indulgence & remission of Sins to all who would confess them with attrition to the Priests; & the reason of the Indulgence was its being the jubilee of a famous Image of the Virgin Mary at Kalle a neighbouring Town which came down from heaven I believe, 550 years ago. This speaks volumes.
But the Government is exceedingly desirous of the introduction of the Protestant Religion into Belgium, & wishes to encourage it. There are already two protestant Ministers, one at Brussels & the other at Ghent, & it is the intention to have 24 or more as soon as fields open to them. The earth helps the woman, & the Government is sensible the Romish Clergy dont like them, & that Protestantism would attach the people more strongly to the new Government. From what I learnt in Holland, if a Dozen or a Score of people in any of the Towns in Flanders would apply to the Dutch Government for a Minister & a place of worship, They would give them a church, & support for a Minister.
The finest field in Europe at present for the spread of the Gospel is in Flanders. The priests will oppose with all their might, & the bigotry of multitudes will be alarmed, but the Government will spread its shield[?] of protection over the reformers, in preaching the Gospel & establishing schools. In such circumstances you know what is to be expected from the power of the Gospel. If an attempt was made at one of the Southern Towns, Tournay for example, a large populous City, I have little doubt that a congregation might be raised; & the Truth spread from it in every quarter. Were I a young Man with a French tongue in my head, I should feel the strongest desire to occupy the field. I mention the South of Flanders, because the French language is more general there than in the North.
You can hardly conceive the advantage which those educated in this country have over their Dutch neighbours as to propagating the Gospel. They are Children in comparison .....[?] A good example would be a treasure to Them. The Minister at Brussels, Mr Chartier was brought out of the spirit of the world a year or two ago; & but half understands the Gospel: & he preaches only once in the week. Mr Goedekoop[?] at Ghent is a superior man: He left a Church in Zealand to preach in Flanders; but every other sabbath He preaches at a place 18 Miles distant. This is all that is yet done for Flanders in the way of preaching. Schools are established in several places. You see what a field there is - upwards of two Millions of people in the mire of superstition; but the Door thrown wide open for the introduction of the pure Gospel.
Our association is to be at Romsey on the 2nd of October. Come over & let us contrive what can be done for that wilderness of souls. If God pours out his spirit upon the preaching of the word there, as at Jersey, the wilderness will blossom as the rose.
I hope there will be a call for many preachers in Belgium, & that Mr Ami[?] may be a diligent labourer there. - I received your letter just before I set off enclosing the draft which was duly honoured; for which I sincerely thank you. I trust Mr Messervy's conduct & labours will give your reason to rejoice that it has not been in vain. Come over if you can to us. I hope Tournay will be served[??] by you before another can do it. Mrs B & all here send love & respects. I wish you every blessing & remain My Dear Sir
very affecty yours David Bogue
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53. To Francis Perrot from Mary Le Couteur, 1 Sep 1819. Letter
folded, with address on front, and stain and tear from sealing
wax.
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Revd Fr: Perrot
St Heliers
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Belle Vue 1st. Septr 1819
Dear Sir,
At a moment of such severe trail as yours, it would I am persuaded, be superfluous for a person almost a stranger to your family to attempt to pour my balm upon your deep affliction; I know that you possess within yourself that only source, from which consolation is to be drawn under all dispensations; but I should feel that I had been wanting to myself as well as to the memory of the much lamented Mrs Perrot, if I withheld from you my small tribute of praise, and admiration of her virtues and her work, and my sincere regrets, that I have so soon been deprived of her acquaintance, and of her able and liberal co-operation and assistance in promoting one of those good causes in which she so much delighted. She is now enjoying the reward of her labours, far above that of human praise, and I sincerely hope that you will find in your interesting young family, that comfort which is to derived from their treading in the steps of their amiable mother.
Pray Sir pardon this effusion of my feelings and believe me to be
With much esteem
Your Obedient Humble Servant
Mary Le Couteur
Revd F. Perrot
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54. To Clement Perrot from Matthew Habershon, and John and William
Beatson, 20 Dec 1828. Letter folded, with address on front, and
stain, tear and remains of sealing wax.
......
Address panel:
The Revd Clement Perrot
Guernsey
Paid
......
Rotherham Decr. 20th 1828
Revd. V dear Sir,
You probably have been apprized that our highly esteemed Pastor Dr. Bennett has resigned the combined offices of Theological Tutor to the College in this place & Pastor of the Church, in consequence of the declining state of his health. The attention of the Committee of the College has been directed to you to occupy the former department, the duties of which Dr. B- has so long & so ably fulfilled, & they will address you on the subject by this Post.
In conjunction with them we (part of the officers of the Church) earnestly request that you will supply the Pulpit here for two or three Sabbaths at as early a period as circumstances will admit of, as it is deemed very desirable that the duties of the two situations should continue to be discharged by the same individual.
We shall be obliged by your favouring us with a reply to this soon as convenient.
We are Dear Sir,
Yours affectionately
Matthew Habershon
John Beatson
William Beatson
Please direct to Messrs. Beatson
Rotherham
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55. To Clement Perrot from Joseph Read, 20 Dec 1828. Letter folded,
with address on front, and stain, tear and remains of sealing
wax.
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Address panel:
The Revd Clement Perrot
Guernsey.
(Paid)
......
Wincbank[?] Hall nr.
Sheffield Decr. 20th 1828.
Dear Sir /
You have probably heard 'ere[?] this that Dr. Bennett who was pastor of the Independent Church, & theological tutor of the Rotherham College has been obliged through ill health to resign both situations, & has undertaken a change in London. I understand from information given to the church, the deacons are writing you by this post to supply the congregation for a few Sabbaths, if it is agreeable to you. I write on the part of the College to say that hitherto the same individual has filled both stations & it is very desirable it should so continue, if it can be accomplished. There is a very excellent house for the resident tutor which communicates with the college; but he has nothing to do with the domestic concerns of the Students, that department being under the management of a housekeeper who lives in the premises. This perhaps is the only necessary thing to notice in this stage of the correspondence; however, it appears to me desirable that you should know this in the first instance. Any further information I shall be happy to communicate either personally when you are over, or by letter if you previously wish it.
Earnestly praying that we & you may be directed into the path of duty, Believe me
Dear Sir
Yours truly
Joseph Read
Vice-Treasurer
The annual meeting of the Committee is on the first Wednesday
in January.
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56. To Clement Perrot from ? Joseph, 14 Apr ?. Letter folded,
with address on front, and stain and tear from sealing wax.
......
Address panel:
The Rev. C. Perrott.
Theological Tutor,
Masborough College
Rotherham.
P. Paid
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Rev / Dear Sir /
Will you please to Send Mr Davis to supply My pulpit next Lords day as I am engaged to preach the anniversary Sermon at Bawtry[?] at that time. Mr Davis will please to come direct to my house where he will be accommodated.
Mrs. J. Joins me in Xtian[?] regards to Mrs Perrott. believe me Dr Sir to remain most sincerely and affectionately yours &c &c
..[?] Joseph
Worksop. Ap. 14th
Rev C Perrott.
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57. To Clement Perrot from Deacons at Masbrough, 25 Jan 1829.
Letter folded, with addressee name on front.
......
Address panel:
The Revrd. Clement Perrot
......
Dear Sir
It gives me much pleasure in communicating to you the decision of our Church just taken, and manifested by what appears to us an unanimous feeling of affection towards you, since no evidence of disapprobation appeared - We wish, therefore, to communicate to you this information previous to your departure from us, and intend, at as early a period as possible, to transmit the Call, signed by as many Members of the Church as are within our reach - many living now at a considerable distance -
We hope you will be led to consider it - not as coming from us only - but as the voice of the great Head of the Church, calling you to those high and important offices in which you may best promote the advancement of his Kingdom of Grace on Earth, and prepare you for infinitely higher honour - to shine as a resplendent Jewel in his mediatorial Crown - in his Kingdom of Glory.
We pray that you may be directed by infinite Wisdom in this momentous decision - and hoping to see you again soon - we remain - Dear Sir
Your affectionate Brethren in Christ
Deacons { Matthew Habershon
{ Ths[?[ Wildsmith
{ John Beatson
{ John Oxley
{ William Beatson
Masbrough
Jany 25th 1829
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58. To Clement Perrot from Robt[?] Hatfield, 23 Jun 1836. Letter
folded, with address on front.
......
Address panel:
The Revd. Clement Perrot
Jersey
......
Ph.[??] Gear...[??] 23 June 1836
My dear Sir
As my good friends the Beatsons have an opportunity of sending a packet to you by a friend, ......[?] .....[?] a few lines[?] to enquire after the health and welfare of yourself and Mrs. Perrot and family, who - after all the kindness I received from you and your most amiable lady - I cannot but esteem and love. I did hope that after you left the trying atmosphere of Rotherham and arrived where there was calmness and peace your health would be better - but I have heard from some friends - who lament that they so seldom hear of you - that you still suffer from gout - may the kind Providence who supported you under all the trials of this unfortunate place still support and comfort you and yours. I assure you that at the time I deeply regretted your leaving us, and that that regret is not in the least diminished. The good man who now occupies your post seems to me not equal to his position - he may be a learned man, and an efficient teacher, for aught I know to the contrary, but certainly he is a very so so preacher, heavy beyond all example and there seems to me but very little is to be learnt from his sermons, at least I can learn but little from him owing to the mistiness in wh. he envelopes his subjects - I am willing to admit that the fault may in a great measure rest with me - perhaps it does, but still, I can say with truth I am not in the least degree prejudiced against him - he has always treated me with great civility, and I am sorry, very sorry, his sermons are such feeble affairs - the devotional parts of the service are conducted with much greater vigour and of that fact I cannot complain - Mr Stowel[?] has been unwell many weeks this spring - he is now better - his medical attendant told me it was his opinion he wd. break down under the pressure of his duties - I do not think his quondam friends will much care if he does. - I often - on my way to the Chapel on the sunday morning - contrast my anticipations with what they used to be when you preached, I shall never forget the sunday previous to my leaving Wentworth - I was in hopes I shd. continue there, notwithstanding ......[?] had told me at the outset that he thought the situation wd. not be a permanent one - but it was so necessary for the support of my family I was employed - and there being so few employments for which a person[?] brought up to agricultural pursuits was fit, that I despaired[?] of getting another - I had also become much attatched to the place - to the Chapel at Masbro' &c; - with a depression of spirits undescribable I came to Masbro' on that day, all the way "forecasting the fashion of future evils" as Cowper calls it - very improper employment for a Christian! - you will exclaim - well to the Chapel I came - when, had you known all the exercises[??] of my mind you cd. not have spoken more to my state and feelings - I was completely humbled and came away much comforted, resolving to hope ever against hope - I do not believe that any sermon I ever heard had such an effect on my mind. At the end of five short months, He who orders all our affairs brought me back, to nearly the same spot, to a situation for wh. my former mode of life had fitted me - where I was not in a subordinate capacity - where I had a better salary, and where the duties of my situation did not confine me to the d..k[?] from wh. my health suffered at Wentworth. - I cd. not help contrasting my feelings when I returned to Masbro chapel, and saw you in the vestry before the commencement of the service, when you congratulated my return in the kindest manner - with what they were ...[? hole in paper] last there - the 126 Psalm forcibly expresses them. - Pray, my dear Sir, pardon my writing so much about my own affairs & feelings - I should not have done so but for the connexion they had with you - and sorry was I - who had hoped long to enjoy the benefit of your ministry - to find that it was so soon to be brought to a close at Rotherham. - I hope the change will be to your comfort and the advantage of your family - I shd. delight to see you and Mrs. Perrot again - a Lady whom every one - who has the pleasure of her acquaintance - must love - that clever little fellow - little Frank I hope he is well I shall be glad to hear from you at your leisure - believe me to remain
my dear Sir very affectionately yours
Robt[?] Hatfield
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59. To Clement Perrot from Henry Walker, 3 Apr 1837. Letter folded,
with address on front and remains of sealing wax. Although the
letter isn't fully dated, a postal date stamp gives '4 Ap 1837'.
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Address panel:
The Revd. Clement Perrot
St. Heliers,
Jersey
......
Clifton House[?], April 3r.
My dear friend,
Many thanks for your good account of Arthur which I am much pleased to hear - I know quite well the truth of all your observations upon his character. Before I can decidedly fix any thing I should wish to converse with him personally upon his future intentions in life, upon which much must depend as to the plan to be pursued - Your solicitude about him I feel greatly obliged for -
I think however under any circumstances he should be absent from Jersey during the hot months - Will you be kind enough to tell him I will write to him about a week hence as to the time in which his Holy days will commence.
Mrs Walker unites with me in kindest regards to Mrs. Perrot & yourself
Believe me My dear Sir
most truly yours
Henry Walker
Mrs. Walker begs he will not get his Hair cut till he returns home or it all could[?] only have the points taken off to preserve it from injury -
I presume you have drawn[?] for the Sum named -
I think my letter stated 3 months from its date & set[?] Midsummer as the period for Arthurs removal in case it takes place -
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60. To Clement Perrot from W. Beatson, 30 May 1837. Letter folded,
with address on front and tear and blob of red sealing wax. The
letter refers to a death in Clement's family - his four year old
son Clement Beatson Perrot died, and was buried at St Helier on
6th May 1837. Clement and Julia lost a further child at about
the time this letter arrived - baby George Gibson Perrot was buried
on 6th June 1837, aged four months.
......
Address panel:
The Revd Clement Perrot
Jersey
......
Rotherham. May 30th 1837
My very dear Sir,
It was with great sorrow we all heard of the scene of extreme suffering you & Mrs Perrot have had to go through, we are very thankful to hear by Miss Fletcher's last letter received yesterday that the surviving sufferers are recovering & we sincerely hope & trust that you will have no return of this awful malady, such afflictions are serious calls upon us to feel by what a feeble tenure we hold all our blessings & even?] our own lives, & to lead us by salutary reflection to be advancing in preparation for our own great change, the christian alone can look with comfort from these desolations to another death by which the sting of death is taken away & life & immortality are set before him, may all these things lead you & I, my dear friend to a more simple dependance on the Saviour & whilst life is spared to dedicate ourselves more to his service & whilst the hand of the Lord is upon us & clouds & darkness may be round about him, yet may we never doubt his love, but believe that mercy & truth are still the foundation of his throne; nature must feel, our Saviour even, exept[?] at human woe, the christian although he feels deeply Yet will be resigned, indeed there can be no resignation without deep feeling; any thing else is only apathy & cold indifference. You have the consolation of Knowing you have added one to the glorious company of heaven, may all our friends who preceed us there only be as so many strings loosed from earth & fixed above to make us aspire & thirst more after similar Joys.
We have had an awful dispensation in the sudden removal of a Methodist preacher, the superintendent of this circuit, a Mr Towers, a man, not of any shining talent but universally beloved from his Kind & Xtian[?] temper, he was seized with parallysis on Friday last & died yesterday & never having been able to speak, he might be said to be in the midst of his usefulness being only 52.
You will perhaps have heard that Mr Moorhouse has given up his charge & going to live at Sheffield, Mrs Moorhouse died 2 or 3 weeks since.
Your Successor is going on much as usual, not many accessions to the church, they have just got three new deacons, viz Messrs Jms[?] Harrison, Wm Oxley & Josh. Habershon. The new Baptist Chapel was opened a Month or 6 wks since, it is at the very bottom of West Gate, a bad situation, but a nice Chapel & we hear the attendance is quite as good as could be looked for. We are going to have two new churches, one at Kimberworth & one at Thorpe, the latter is begun building.
We understand from Miss Fletcher that they have now left you & proceeded to Paris, will they be able think you to make their way I mean as to the language, if they find the continent agreeable I suppose we may hardly expect them h...[? hole in paper] for a year or two if ever.
Whilst they have been in Jersey we have heard something of you & yours, I hope you will take this into consideration a...[?] as you remain now the only channel of communication that you will let us hear from you more frequently & we must beg you will let us hear now very soon as we are anxious to Know your convalescence continues.
I need not say how my young folks have sympathised with you & Mrs Perrot they all desire to unite with me in kindest remembrance to you both & all the dear little ones, but who we suppose will almost forget us.
I am my dear Sir
Yours affectionately & sincerely
W. Beatson.
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61. To Jean Le Bailly from Mary Le Bailly, 27 May 1849. Letter
folded, with no address panel. The last page is covered with writing,
twice, with the second lot at right angles to the first. There
are many words underlined or double underlined. The punctuation
is difficult to interpret, and the letter is torn along the fold
lines.
It seems likely Jean Le Bailly had recently married Eliza Perrot. Jean's oldest sister was Mary (Marie). Harriet was also a sister, and possibly 'Harry' refers to her. The 1851 census lists Magdelen Le Bailly (Jean's mother) with Mary and Harriet at 6 Grove Place, St Helier.
'Sohier' was probably John Sohier who married Jean's sister Anne and became a Protestant pastor at Nantes; Eliza was another Le Bailly sister, who married Jean Le Gallais, a silversmith in St Helier, and Noemi was their eldest daughter.
'Uncle Gray' was Thomas Gray, who married Marguerite Le Bailly, Jean's aunt. Marguerite died in childbirth in 1820.
......
Jersey May 27 1849
My Dear Brother
If I could tell you how truly wellcome was those few precious lines you send us; "More so than a Gold digger when he as found; what he calls a "treasure". Yes to us it was a treasure for how much we miss you both, I cannot ...[?] you, that you know best words cannot express what we all feel; in this momentary Separation if it was not the thought that you were enjoying yourself with congenial Minds; we could hardly feel reconciled? especially So dear Mama? it Seems that every Link that is removed from her affections is broken? It would have done your heart good to see her read the few hurried lines you wrote from the Vessel stating of your safe arrival in England; the weather was so unpropitious when you left us, that she was exceedingly anxious on your Behalf, when she heard of your safe Arrival; her language was that of her Jacob[???] I am not worthy of the least of all thy mercies[?] and of all the the truth which thou hast shewn unto thy Servant; Yes her heart was too full for utterance?
Now Dear, are you expect news from Me. What can I tell you as it relates to your Business, all is "well? Harriet takes a very lively part in it have your Mind at rest; as it concerns that I believe it is brisker[?] tean when you left, she understand oh[?] thoughrily[?] and then Dear Mama is I hear to back it, if any thing goes wrong; but enjoy yourself all is well; every care is taken; you have a faithful clerk in Milly;[?] Your green house is beautiful, Harry waters it every day, Grove Place or the West End has you wish to call it? is very gay Since you left, We have had: a Wedding; between Number 6 and Number 10 we made out at first that it was Capt Jackson[?] than next Mr Will..[?] and after that Mr Vassarque[?] and so it was, it was a third[?] time we had guess? and thats write, they were married at St Martin parish with four carriages the Next Day who shou[?] come to enliven the row but a part of the dancing people of the circus dancing before our House you see what it is to live in a Mow[???]
As it relates our poor church I wish
I could tell you of better days but I think that the Lord will
Make us wait and interceeds with him in prayer before he gives
an Answer to our prayers They have had two Meetings since you
left Mr Posiz[?] cannot at this present Moment Le[???] Thonod[???]
and Andabez[???] are in Scotland So You See we are not Advanced
an inch; Young Binet from St ....[?] is returned from France and
could you believe that he lead the prayer meeting on friday, and
that he has been ask to preach on Wensday, the young Man is very
worthy and I think very pious but owing to Mr C. P. he had not
entered the church, he led the prayer meeting this afternoon sabbath
I went this Morning to hear Mr Je..est[?] at the Independant Chapel
I was very Much edified his text was from the Romans ch 8, v 16[?]
Sohier has gone with dear Eliza to Limoges for a fortgnight Noemi
has remained at Nantes; with Ann, - We received yesterday a large
crawfish from Cousin Jenny[?] Le Gallais from S..[?] ...[?] Some
that had been sent from Guernsey Le G sups with us this Evening
to regale[?] ourselves though it was sent for you we shall eat
it nevertheless be easy on that Score We have received wedding
cards from the Rev C De Faye from Scotland for you, does the Sun
Set in "West" down there tell us all about it; Good
bye to you and dear Eliza Ever yours Mary Le B
To/ Mrs John Le Bailly
My own dear Wife, - Mary has left Me Nothing to Say - You have written nothing for me to answer consequently mon "sae" est cr...[?], So you were[??]both sick! - tant M....y[?] ca...[?] vous a ball..[?] une medecine et a été son économie a votre bourse.
Mr Bena...[?] doit benir[?] ce soir, the poor man is an desespoir[??]. He has fifty papers for the Bible Society he cannot arrange - he went yesterday to the Depository they never would tell him any thing about it. Mary J'em va[??] essayer de le debrondler[??] de son miens[?] Since you are gone they are like children without leading[?] strings. . - Miss Duheaume[?] left Uncle Gray's on Friday for France to join her sister - Time hangs heavy on our hands - could you believe that your bed was not made until two days after you were gone. - Poor Mama could not take upon herself to go in your room. - The first day wanting Something there She came and called me to go with her for She dare not go alone - She says il me semble que Je les en[??] enterrés. I have begun about your library - filthy! Nothing in the boxes but dust loads of cockroaches and fleas! - I put on a white wrapper in order to see them - What nice weather we have I hope it extends to You - to day it is warm and Sunny - Mind You write to me next[?] post - pull John's wiskers for Me, take care of his throat for him, see he does not put too much roast beef in it - I press you in warm affection to my heart
Believe Me Your devoted
Husband and Sister
Harriette Le Bailly -
Mama begs me tell qu'elle vous embrasse avec affection - .....[?] Mon femme. Eh[??] bien!......
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Perrot letters - other papers:
62. Verses on the death of Madame Perrot, July 1810. A single
sheet, folded, professionally printed on heavy paper, with verses
on four sides. Included is a small envelope, which may or may
not have originally contained the verses. The back of the envelope
is embossed with 'MLB', and has two sets of writing, one in ink,
and the second in pencil, by Henri Jean Le Bailly - he claims
the verses are in memory of his grandmother (Susannah Maria Perrot,
died 1819), but it is more likely they were in memory of his great-grandmother,
Jeanne Susanne Perrot, née Harivel, who died in 1810.
......
Envelope, in ink:
A La memoire de Madame Perrot "Misaieule"[?] de Henri J LeBailly
in pencil, different handwriting:
Lines in memory of Mrs Francis Perrot my Grandmother died July 1810
HJ Le B
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VERS
SUR L'ABREGE DE LA VIE DE
MAD. PERROT,
Par un, qui, depuis 28 ans, a été son ami
ET FRERE EN CHRIST.
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Faits à Jersey le 13 Juillet 1810.
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Air: Pseaume 134.
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1
Aimable flambeau de nos Corps,
Tu disparois pour quelque temps,
Tu fus la gloire et les supports
De Sion et de ses enfans.
2
Tu fus toujours dans notre temple,
Le vrai modèle des Vertus,
Et de la Charité l'exemple,
Remplie de la'amour de JESUS.
3
Ta bouche hélas! ne s'ouvre plus,
Pour parler à ce monde impie;
Ni les Chrétiens n'entendent plus
De ta s'agesse l'Harmonie.
4
Le Chrétien pleure, il est en deuil:
Rien ne peut retenir ses larmes,
De voir son amie au Cercueil;
C'est ce qui produit ses Alarmes.
(2)
5
Vous pauvres, dans votre indigence,
Vous, riches, dans l'impiété,
Perdez en elle l'excellence
De sa profonde humanité.
6
Les malades dans leurs douleurs,
Les mourans dans leur agonie,
Perdent en elle, en leurs langueurs,
Les doux conseils de cette Vie.
7
Dans toutes ses instructions,
Elle forçoit d'ouvrir les yeux
Sur les grandes compassions
De JESUS-CHRIST le Roi des Cieux.
8
Les sages et les ignorans,
Pour eux, elle avoit de l'estime:
Pour eux prioit le tout-puissant,
Qu'il daiguât pardonner leurs crimes.
9
Journellement c'etoit son but
De tâcher à faire du bien,
Aux plus pauvres pour leur salut
Les partageant tous de son pain.
10
L'Evangile du Rédempteur
L'embrâsoit toujours de sa flamme:
Le Ciel et l'amour du Sauveur
Remplissoient toujours sa belle ame.
(3)
11
Dans ses visites Charitables,
Tout en elle étoit précieux:
Ses entretiens les plus traitables
Etoient le langage des Cieux.
12
Dans son aimable compagnie
Vers DIEU prononçoit ses accens:
Encore dans son agonie
Vouloit instruire ses enfans.
13
O famille très-respectable,
Tu perds en elle un grand joysu:
Que sa vie pieuse et vénérable
Te serve d'un brillant flambeau.
14
Sa mémoire est inestimable
Pour tout le cher peuple de DIEU:
C'est une étoile incomparable
Qui les embrâsoit de son feu.
15
Consolez-vous, mes chers Chrétians,
Elle est au Banquet de la fête:
Elle a la paime dans ses mains,
Et la couronne est sur sa tête.
16
Si son corps est dans le tombeau,
Son grand esprit est dans les Cieux:
Imitons ce parfait tableau,
Pour la rejoindre en ces hauts lieux.
(4)
17
Chrétiens, n'oublious donc jamais
Ce grand modèle des vertus,
Qui jadis, dans toutes ses voies,
Imita le Seigneur Jesus.
18
Renouvelons tous sa mémoire,
Et le riche et rare trésor,
Dont Dieu dans sa noble carrière,
L'honora jusquues à la mort.
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Air: Pseaume 3, par le même.
Tu l'as choisi, O Dieu,
Pour être dans ce lieu
Un messager fidèle
De Jesus, de ses loix,
De sa grâce, de ce paix[?]
A un peuple rebelle.
2
Fais que, durant ses jours,
Le feu de ton Amour
Soit celui qui l'anime:
Que quand il parlera
Que sa bouche ouvrira,
Soit un trauchant au crime.
3
Bénis par ta faveur
Les fruits de son labeur:
Bénis son Ministére,
Bénis sa commission
Pour le ci...[?? text worn in line of fold]
Pour nous si salutaire.
FINIS.
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63. Francis Perrot's licence for preaching, 25 Oct 1803. A hand-written,
one page document. On the back a different pen has written 'F.
Perrot's licence for preaching'.
......
Borough of Portesmouth}
These are to Certify all whom it may Concern That at His Majestys General Sessions and General Quarter Sessions of the Peace holden at the Guildhall in and for the said Borough on the Twenty fifth day of October in the Year of our Lord 1803 Francis Parrott of Gosport in ye[?] County of Southampton being a Preacher and Teacher of a Congregation of Dissenting Protestants In pursuance of The Statute in such Case made hath taken and Subscribed the Oaths of Allegiance Supremacy and Abjuration And that at the same Sessions the said Francis Parrott in pursuance of the Statute made in the 19th Year of the Reign of His present Majesty intitled An Act for the further relief of Protestant Dissenting Ministers and Schoolmasters did make and Subscribe ye[?] Declaration Mentioned in the same Statute
R Callaway
Clk[?] of the Peace
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64. Death of Susanna Perrot, 1819. A large sheet, folded and written
on three sides. The document is hand-written, in French, and appears
to be a transcription of a newspaper article or similar.
Susannah Perrot died on August 21st 1819, just eight years after marrying Rev. François Perrot.
......
Décès.
Nous remplissons aujourd'hui la lâche
la plus pénible qui nous ait été imposée
depuis le commencement de ce Journal, en annonçant la mort
de Madame Perrot, épouse du Révérend François
Perrot. A la suite d'un accouchement, avancé par une chute
quelques jours auparavant, cette femme respectable expir a Samedi
dernier, à cinq heures et demie du soir. - Ses souffrances
ne furent égalées que par son courage, et toute
l'habileté des chirurgiens ne put parvenir à sauver
ni la mère ni l'enfant. Ainsi mourut à la fleur
de son âge (ell n'avait que 33 ans) la Protectrice, l'Amie,
la Consolatrice de l'indigent et du malhereux! . . .
Voici dès sa tendre jeunesse aux travaux les plus actifs
de la bienfaisance, ni les devoirs domestiques ni l'ingratitudu
des hommes ne ralentirent am seul instant ses efforts en faveur
de l'humanité souffrante. L'enfance lui dût des leçons,
et l'âge mûr des exemples que tous ceux qui avaient
le bonheur de l'approcher n'oublieront jamais - Loin de la fastueuse
pitié qui humilie ceux qu'elle soulage, le pauvre ne trouvait
en elle que la sympathie et l'amitié.Qui jamais emplora
vainement sa compassion? Qui jamais la quitta snas le désir
de devenir meilleur? . . . L'éducation des jeunes enfants
dans les principes de la religion et de la vertu réclama
constamment ses soins. Toutes les écoles du Dimanche de
cette île lui doivent leur etablissement; et la cause prochaine
de sa mort fut eine chute, lorsqu'elle distribuait aux enfants
de ces écoles les récompenses accoutumées.
- Modéle de piété dans la vie privée,
- d'une piété éclairée et sage - chaque
acte de sa vie fut un acte de vertu; et dans ses engagements publics
elle donna toujours l'exemple du zèle, de la sagesse et
de la bienfaisance.
La mort d'aucune personne n'avait depuis longtemps fait autant
de sensation dans cettte île: la société entière
semble pleurer une mère; une soeur ou une amie! - Mercredi
matin, jour de l'inhumation, la Place-Royale, le Cimetière
de St Hélier, l'Eglise Paroissiale, tout était rempli
de spectateurs dont la tristesse paraissait vouloir donner cette
dernière marque de respect à celle qui vécut
trop peu pour le bonheur de ses semblables. Un cortège
nombreux de pareus, d'amis, de ministres et de chrétiens
de différentes communions, d'une foule d'enfants de Ecoles
du Dimanche, de pauvre que sa main bienfaitrice avait secourus,
de malheureux qu'elle avait consolés, accompagnèreut
ses restes mortels, et par leurs sanglots et leurs larmes lémoignèrent
combien étaiit vif le sentiment de leur perte. - Puissent
les précieux souvenirs qu'elle laisse à sa famille
et à ses amis, adoucir la douleur où ils sont plongés
par cette irréparable perte! . . .
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Un sermon funèbre sera prêché demain soir, dans le Temple de l'Eglise Indépendante, situé proche le nouveau marché, à l'occasion de la mort de Madame Perrot. Le service commencera à six heures et demie.
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Les paroles qui fureut choisis pour texte du sermon prêché à l'occasion de la mort de Madame Perrot se liseut au livre du prophète Jérémie, au chapitre 15ême et la première partie du 9ême verset.
"Celle qui en avait enfanté sept, est devenue languissante, elle a rendu l'espirt, son Soleil lui est couché, pendant qu'il était encore jour"
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An attempted translation into English
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Decease
Today we are carrying out the most painful task which has ever
been imposed on us since the beginning of this journal, in announcing
the death of Madame Perrot, wife of Reverend Francois Perrot.
At the end of a confinement, brought about prematurely by a fall
several days earlier this worthy woman breathed her last last
Saturday at half past five in the evening. -- Her sufferings were
only equalled by her courage and all the expertise of the surgeons
was not able to save either the mother or the infant. Thus died
in the prime of life (she was only 33), the protector, the friend,
the consoler of the poor and unfortunate!...
Devoted since her tender youth to the most active tasks of goodness,
neither domestic chores nor the ingratitude of men reduced for
one instant her efforts in favour of suffering humanity. Childhood
taught her lessons and age mellowed the model(?) which all who
had the good fortune of knowing her will never forget. ----- Far
from the false pity which would have humiliated those whom she
helped, the poor only found in her sympathy and friendship. Who
could ever find her equal?
Who could ever leave her without the desire to get to know her
better? The education of young children in the principles of religion
and virtue was under her constant care. All the Sunday schools
of this island owe their establishment to her; and the actual
cause of her death was a fall when she was distributing to the
children of these schools their accustomed rewards. A model of
piety in her private life ------ her piety, enlightened and wise
...... every act of her life was an act of virtue & in every
public engagement she was always an example of zeal, wisdom and
beneficence.
The death of such a person has caused more of a sensation than
has been experienced in this island for many years: The entire
population seems to be mourning a mother, a sister or a friend!
------ On Wednesday morning, the day of the funeral, the Place
Royale, cemetery of Saint Helier, the parish church all were over
flowing with spectators whose sadness seemed to want to pay this
last mark of respect to her; she had lived too briefly for the
good of her fellow creatures. A cortege of numerous kinsmen, friends,
ministers of the different Christian communions, a host of children
from the Sunday schools; of the poor whom her kind hand had rescued
from misery, whom she had consoled, all accompanied her mortal
remains and with their weeping and tears, bore witness to the
strength of their feelings of devotion. ------ The precious memories
that she leaves her family and friends lessens the sorrow into
which they are plunged by this irreparable loss! .
A funeral sermon will be preached tomorrow evening in the temple
of the independent church situated near the new market, on the
occasion of the death of Madame Perrot. The service begins at
six thirty.
The words which were chosen for the text of the sermon, preached
on the occasion of the death of Madame Perrot were taken from
the book of the prophet Jeremiah chapter 15 the first part of
the ninth verse; "She that hath borne seven languisheth:
she hath given up the ghost; her sun has gone down while it was
yet day:"
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65. Letter - research into le nom de Perrot, 1864. A letter, in
French, which appears to be an attempt to trace the Perrot family
in Poitou, France. The writing is difficult and I have not yet
attempted a transcription. The signature is too difficult to interpret,
and the recipient is 'Cher Monsieur'.
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66. Perrot and Le Bailly death transcriptions. A single page,
folded, bordered in black, hand-written on four sides, and held
together with white tape and ageing sellotape. Some words are
partly lost from repeated folding. The paper appears to be transcriptions
of deaths of Perrot and Le Bailly family members - perhaps transcriptions
of gravestones? It is not clear who wrote it.
Although Rev François Perrot's son François is said to have been born in 1811, evidence in the letters makes it clear he was born in 1812.
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A la Mémoire du Rév. François Perrot, fils de François Perrot & d'Elizabeth Hooper, et petit-fils de Pierre Perrot et de Jeanne Susanne Harrivel, l'un & l'autre réfugiés de France, victimes des persécutions religièuses: Pierre Perrot, de celles du Poitou, vers l'an 1750, aprés le martyre de des deux oncles; Jeanne Susanne Harrivel, de celles de St Quantin, Orne, Normandie, vers l'an 1740.
Le Rév. François Perrot fut l'un des premiers élèves du Dr Bogue dans le séminaire duquel il entra en 1802. Il fut le premier Ministre Indépendant en cette île; & avec la coopération de sa grand'mère, il fut l'instrument d'un grand réveil religieux à Jersey. Il eut le bonheur de voir plusieurs jeunes gens de son église devenir des Ministres dévoués de l'Evangile à Jersey, en France, en Belgique, et l'un d'eux missionnaire à l'île Maurice.
Il mourut fort aimé le 6 Octobre
1848, à l'âge de 66 ans et 7 jours.
A la mémoire de Susanna Maria Sharp, épouse du Rev.
François Perrot et fille de William Sharp et de Mary Grace,
de Romsey, Hants.
Elle fut vraiment pour son mari une aide précieuse dans l'ouvre d'evangélisation où il etait eutré. Grâce à son initiative et à son activité, l'ecole réunie par leur grand'mère en 1804, fut organisée et forma la première ecole du Dimanche en cette île. Elle fut des premières fonda trices de la Société Biblique et de la Sociétédes Traités, et la première Société Dorcas on del Auis[??] des pauvres fut instituel[?] parelle.
Pendant qu'elle s'a dressait à l'Ecole du Dimanche, le tabouret surlequel[?] elle sate....t[?] levee[?] chebout un[?] brisa[?], et la chute qu'elle fit deviut[?] le signal d'en haut qui l'appela "à se reposer de ses travaux, suivre de ses oeuvres."
Apoc. XIV.15.
le 21 Août 1819, à l'âge
de
A la mémoire aussi de leurs trois enfants: François
Perrot, leur fils aîné, né le 24 Juin 1811
& décédé à Rouen le 16 Octobre
1827 -
Clement Perrot, leur second fils, qui, à l'âge de
18 ans & 11 mois, dormait les plus belles espérances.
Il avait commencé ses etudes en théologie sous la
direction de son Oncle, professeur au Collége de Rotherham
et suivi les cours d'une année à Glasgow d'où
il revint[?] en vacances et mourut le 17 Juin 1832.
Marie Elizabeth Perrot, décédée, jour poujour[?],
vingt ans après sa mère dont elle reproduisait l'activité
dans le champ[?] des déverses Sociétés Religieuse,
surtout de la Société Biblique. Elle mourut à
l'âge de 22 ans & demi, le 21 Août 1839.
John Le Bailly
Père de ces enfants et fils de Josué Le Bailly & de Magdelaine Le Vavasseur dit Durell; né le 12 Juillet 1819; il s'endormit dans la paix[?] de son Sauveur le 22 Février 1864.
"Te remettrai mon esprit entre tes mains: tu Màs racheté, O Eternal, Dieu e Vérité!"
Psaume xxxi.5
Wednesday[?] 31st
In my letter of yesterday, I forgot to mention that I wrote immediately to Lièvre, giving him in french all your notes, & asking him if Baillif was alive or dead, & why he hadn't answered my letter. No reply yet from Lièvre. He must search first in order to find. Just fancy a letter from a Lutheran pastor of Paris begging something for à veuve[?] Rosalia Du D....is[?], née Sohier, Veuve[?] depuis[?] le[?] ans[?] -depuis[?] 16[?] mois à ...[?]!!!, some sharper, I suppose.
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67. Sketch of the life of Mr W. Sharp, 1810, written by his brother,
Dan Sharp. A typed copy of a five page life of William Sharp,
father of Susannah Sharp, who married Rev. Francis Perrot in 1811.
I don't know who typed this copy, nor where the original is.
This document states that W. Sharp's children were Susannah, William and Henry, but the Perrot letters refer to Francis Perrot's 'brother-in-law' Stephen Sharp (letter 43), and to 'Miss Sharp' (letter 33).
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COPY
Sketch of the Life of Mr. W. Sharp
Godalming
June 11, 1810.
My dear William,
Having heard you express an earnest wish that your Father had left an historical Memoire of his life, I have been thinking that though my memory may not be sufficient to afford you much information, yet I am provoked to write this letter to you on the subject by the high esteem in which I always held him, the respect I have for the family, as his, and also an account of their own respectability and their affectionate attachment to me, I am induced to give you which information my memory may be able to retrace concerning him, which may serve as hints towards your drawing up a more correct detail of that life and character in which you are so deeply interested.
He was born at Romsey I think In the year 1744, son of Clement Sharp, Wool Stapler, and Draper in that town, in the house now occupied by Mr. Sam Newell, he was nursed I think by a Mrs. Greet, the Upper end of Cox Street, the mother of a Mr. Greet of London with whom my brother had some kind of connection in business to the time of his death. When he was young I remember he was very weak and delicate to such a degree that his parents were very apprehensive they never should have reared him, he used to be bathed in the cold bath for a long time even in cold frosty weather. He bore his weakness and infirmities with the greatest patience and was always of so pleasant and obliging a temper that all who knew him loved him and were eagerly solicitous to do every thing they could for him, and this same temper, I think, might easily have been traced in him through life, there was a trait of cheerfulness in his words, his looks and actions, he was solicitous to be happy himself and to render all about him so.
He was educated under the Revd. Wm. Johnson of Romsey who though a very strict disciplinarian, yet I never recollect to have heard of any instance of any great severity towards my brother, I think his mild disposition and attentive application must have secured him from the severities which were the lot of many of those who were subject to his master's Authority.
I think it was in the year 1758 his Father put him out as Apprentice to a Mr. Hudson, a Druggist, Chemist and Apothecary in Newgate Street, London, he was bound for eight years in order that thereby he might be free of Apothecary's Hall, during the last year of his time he had the privilege of walking the Hospitals and attending lectures on Chemistry, Anatomy, etc. His Father, when W.S. was nearly out of his time talked and seemed much inclined to send him to Edinburgh that he might be qualified for and obtain a Diploma: but on his being out of his time my Father was informed of an Apothecary at Sarum who was ill and going to Bath, who was looking out for a Person to take his place during his absence on which application being made in behalf of my Brother he was accepted. He immediately got into a situation altogether new to him, the whole of the business devolved on him, Patients to attend who were chiefly of the first families of Sarum, whose complaints were indescribable and incomprehensible, incurable by medicine, yet such as he was expected to cure, jaded spirits from Routs and Balls and such pleasures as produce fatigue, disappointment and vexation to their agitated spirits, these were diseases for which his profession afforded no remedies, at least he found them so ineffectual that he soon became disgusted with the profession, these cases, together with many real diseases to which he was called, which he found so difficult to form his judgement of and to administer relief for, produced so much anxiety in his mind that he determined to renounce the profession altogether and engage in anything, rather than continue in the practice of that from which he could derive no satisfaction. Having fixed on declining the practice of medicine when he left Sarum he returned to London and was in his Uncle's counting office, under whom he obtained an accurate knowledge of Merchant accounting and such a general knowledge of Trade as to fit him for engaging in any undertaking that might offer, I think he must have been there about two years from the year 1768 to 1770 - for I quitted my trade at Fareham in the year 1769 and my father about that time wrote to me informing me, Mr. Hockley was in an ill state of health and had expressed a wish to part with his paper Mills, on which I went over to Romsey, called on Mr. Hockley who said he was much better and had for the present declined the thoughts of giving up the trade, very soon after I took a house and shop at Portsea, I think it must have been before the year 1770 was out that your Father took the mills of Mr. Hockley. He was quite unacquainted with the Trade, with Mills, with the manufactories of Paper and with the sale of it, had the old mills to repair, bad enemies to contend with, who seemed to aim at his ruin, he also laboured under the great disadvantage of being very much cramped for want of a capital suitable for the undertaking, but he began with a full determination that nothing should be wanting on his part to the overcoming all difficulties with invincible fortitude and persevering attention and diligence, he (t)hereby under the divine helping was enabled to keep all his difficulties at bay and at length subdued them. I have no doubt but under all these circumstances he fixed his dependence on the wise and gracious Providence of God for success in all his struggles to overcome the difficulties with which he was surrounded.
The trials, difficulties and vexatious circumstances of life which he met with, he bore with fortitude and laboured to keep them as much as possible locked up in his own bosom. In the manufactory of paper he was often harassed by the people employed in the Mills who would often break off from work, for the advance of wages, and he was sometimes without men for a long time together. He appeared to me in his determined conduct not to be influenced by temporary or private advantage, but rather to sacrifice present advantage to the settling matters with these refractory beings so as should be for the general and lasting good of the trade and the community.
He was during this period of his life, which was one of great exertion, always cheerful and nothing seemed capable of ruffling him or unfitting him for social enjoyment, for giving or receiving pleasure from his friends, it was high enjoyment to his sister to be with him for a time at the Mill. Utility and pleasure seemed always blended together in his reading, his studies, his conversation in all his engagements and transactions.
After having been in the trade long enough to be clear that it was likely to answer, he discovered a disposition to marry, but having made two different offers, he was unfortunate in them both, neither of the Ladies had sagacity enough to form a proper estimate of the prize they rejected till it was too late - but at length he met with a Miss Grace of Portsea at my house whom he thought likely to make him a suitable companion in that relation and they were married I think in the year 1778 or 9, they lived together about thirty years when he died. and she died about six months after him. He left to lament his death three children, the Eldest, Susannah, twenty-three years, and two sons, Wm in twenty-first year and Henry in his twentieth year, who I trust appear likely to inherit all their Father's virtues and talents.
He was in person rather below the height of man in general, about five feet two inches high. rather spare than bulky in size, he was capable of going through long exertion and much business without feeling much:fatigue, he had the happy art of dispatching business regularly without hurry or confusion and he was so accurate in his accounts that all proper accountants find them as clear to themselves as they were to himself who kept them.
He was regular without trifling formality: he was strict without severity: he was punctual without affectation. In all things strictly just, his generosity and charity appeared to rise and be extensive as his rising circumstances in the world permitted. I think it was very probable that he assigned a certain proportion of his income annually to the different purposes which he had previously fixed and planned for the year in the funeral Sermon preached by Mr. Bennet; we heard of his generosity in all Church collections, especially for the support of Missionarys in disseminating the knowledge of the Gospel through the World. - As to his religious character, he seemed averse to great showy external professions, yet his moral character was such as would have been produced only by a firm faith in the doctrines of the Gospel, he constantly and regularly attended on public worship with his family, and I have understood that he constantly offered in his family the family Prayers collected and published by the Revd. Mr. Palmer of Hackney, his general conduct in and towards his family his friends and relatives was exemplary generous and pleasing.
He had some trials which were heavy to be borne and weighed on his mind and marred the enjoyment of the many blessings with which he was favoured and it is highly probable were such trials as were over ruled to answer the most valuable purposes even of leading him to transfer his view, his hopes and desires from earth to Heaven, from creatures to his great Creator and Redeemer, and to fit him for a removal from the vanities of time to the substantial enjoyment of Eternity all the events which now take place respecting ourselves or others we are apt to view as having a reference only to the present state, but we should view them as being under the direction of the perfect Providence of God and as having a much more important reference to a future state than that of the present, we may and should contemplate the way of divine Providence towards us, we may sometimes mistake the ends and purposes of some events which we may experience but in general there are purposes for which they are sent which may be discoverable though not. at the time they happen, neither can we discover all the purposes of God in them alas! The veil of mortality darkens our perceptions, we see only as through a glass darkly in our own shortsighted views, our Prejudices our passions our motives of action are very apt to lead us wrong, to lead us into such transactions as would prove our ruin, but they are often so over ruled by the invisible power and grace of God as to chastise and yet heal the diseases of the Soul at the same time and produce such other beneficial effects as we shall continue in the dark about, till the light of futurity open our minds to perceive it.
I have no doubt that your dear Father is rendered capable of reviewing the history of all the events of his life and clearly perceiving the chain of events every link of which through the whole of his life intimately connected and all tending to carry on and perfect a scheme respecting himself and his connections which must fill his soul with adoration thanksgiving and praise, permit me to observe to you that you, his descendant, must ere long go to him. How interesting to you then for him to rehearse to you that history and unfold some of those purposes of which before you had no idea in which your own personal welfare was deeply concerned both for time and for Eternity. When I hear people talking over with pleasure the circumstances of their childish days of mirth and joy I am led to reflect on that vastly superior joy which good persons who have been connected in this state will hereafter meet to converse together on the grand purposes and interpositions of Divine Providence in all the events of this world respecting them, but the general councils and plans of God and the methods by which they are and have been carried into effect, will form matter no doubt for the exercise of glorified spirits in Heaven, when contrasting our present benighted views with them that shall be then given, light will spring up out of darkness, order out of confusion, now will perfect peace be endeared to them by a review of the horrors of contention and war, Purity appearing in all its beauty by being preserved in contrast with vice and its dire effects: then truth shall be so clear and obvious that error and folly must be excluded. Oh my Father, my Brothers, my departed William, friends! converse with you on earth was to me profitable and pleasant, what sweet counsel have we taken with each other while so partially united on earth, we have been comforted with the hope of an everlasting union in the Heavens and from those pure regions should we be capable, as I trust we shall, of looking down on our descendants who succeed us on earth, may we joyfully see them ascending that path which is marked out for them by their Lord and Redeemer, which is the only path of peace, security and solid pleasure.
But I must not admit (sic) to say something of my brother's last illness, and death, the disease which terminated in his death appears to have been gradually stealing on him for a long time, I think from what I have heard a full year, in the year 1808 it began to undermine his constitution which had been naturally strong and good - though he was but 64 years of age his medical attendants could discover in him no symptoms of any particular disease, it was a gradual waste of bodily strength, a feebleness very similar to that of persons who die of old age, he observed himself that he felt no pain but that which arose from great weakness: he was calm, collected, and had the full exercise of his intellectual faculties to the very last. In the spring of 1809 he went by advice to Brighthelmston but he obtained little or no benefit from it, in July he went to the wells of Bristol, there his weakness advanced rapidly and it was with difficulty he was brought back to Romsey. - I was with him the week previous to his death, his body was much reduced, his mind calm and resigned, he spoke of his death as fast approaching, consulted me on making another will, gave directions for it with as much apparent calmness as he would have done had he been in full health, executed it on the Wednesday: I left him on the Friday evening, on Tuesday morning his body sank to rest and his spirit fled to be numbered with and united to the spirits of the just made perfect and his departure as well as that of many of my beloved friends who are gone on before me has a voice in it to me to reconcile me to that departure from my frail tabernacle of earth which must very soon follow them committing the spirit into the hands of the Lord Jesus, he will receive it and will also take charge of the dead body and at the appointed time restore it refreshed and gloriously improved, a fit vehicle of being again united to the perfected spirit. - May the sting of Death be removed from us, may we obtain a victory over it through Jesus Christ our Lord: that so an abundant entrance may be granted to us into the everlasting Kingdom of Christ then with such pleasure will those meet who have been fellow travellers and promoters of each other in the strait path that leads to it: your early steps in this path will be a blessing means of securing your perseverance and rendering that perseverance more and more pleasant and satisfactory to you; thankful you his children ought to be that your dear Father was continued to you till you were qualified to succeed him in most or all his important worldly concerns, however there may be circumstances arise in which you greatly miss his counsel and advice, if in any case or cases of that sort should arise I should rejoice to do every thing in my power as his substitute from respect to his memory and affection to yourselves. May you live in the enjoyment of every thing that shall be really good for you. May your names be handed down to posterity with honour and be enrolled amongst the free Denisons (sic) of the City of Zion above. With the affection of a Father, an Uncle and a friend, I sign my name
Dan Sharp
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68. List of Le Bailly births 1706 - 1777, undated. A single sheet,
on soft paper, battered with one torn edge, and the ink bled through
to the other side. Lists Le Bailly births from 1777 in Jersey
to 1706 in Normandy, France.
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Jean Le Bailly né à St Brélade à Jersey le 7 mai 1777, fils aîné de Louis Le Bailly et de Marie Bosdet.
Louis Le Bailly né à Athis arrondissement de Domfront, Département de l'Orne; le 23 Décembre 1749, fils aîné de Thomas Le Bailly et de Madelaine Collin.
Thomas Le Bailly né à Trylebois, Athis, Orne, le 1r. Août 1706, fils aîné de David Le Bailly et de dame Dumont.
David Le Bailly né audit Athis.
...[?] Bailly
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69. Document confirming the death of Louis Le Bailly in 1808,
dated 1823. On heavy paper, with '1820' watermark, and a large
black seal 'George Burr. Notary Public'. An extract from the St
Saviour parish register confirms the death of Louis Le Bailly,
then this is verified to be true a couple of times.
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Extrait du Régistre des Enterremens
de la Paroisse de Saint Sauveur, en l'Ile de Jersey, Diocèse
de Winchester.
"M. Louis Le Bailly a été enterré le
dixhuitième Mars Mil Huit Cent Huit".
Je Certifie cette Copie conforme à l'Original entre mes
mains. A Saint Sauveur à Jersey, le 5 Mai, 1823.
Edouard Durell, A.M.
Recteur de Saint Sauveur.
Isle de Jersey,
Nous soussigné George Burr Notaire Public par autorité Royale dument Juré & admis en ladite Isle de Jersey, Certifions à tous ceux qu'il appartiendra que la signature au pied de l'Acte Mortuaire sus-écrits est véritablement celle du Révérend Edouard Durell, A. M. Recteur de la paroisse de Saint Sauveur en ladite Isle de Jersey, et que foi doit y être ajoutee tant en Jugement que hors.
En Foi & Temoignage dequoi nous avons Signé ces présentes aux quelles nous avons apposé Le Sçeau de notre Office à St Helier en ladite Isle de Jersey (ou le timbre ni le contrôle ne sont point en usage) Le Cinq Mai, L'An de grâce Mil huit cent vingt trois.
In Testimonium Veritatis
George Burr Not: Pubs
No. 192
Nous, agent à Jersey du Consulat général de France en angleterre, certifions que la signature apposée ci dessus est véritablement celle de M. George Burr. Notaire à St Hélier et que foi doit y être ajouté. -
S Heliers ce 5 Mai 1823
Thomas Le Breton, ....[?]
Recu ...................[??]
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70. Passport for John Le Bailly, 1860. Large single sheet, issued
in Jersey, May 1860.
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No. 195
I, Godfrey Charles Mundy, Major-General in Her Britannic Majesty's
Army, Lieutenant-Governor, and Commander-in-Chief of the Forces
in the Island of Jersey, &c., &c., &c.,
Request, in the Name of Her Majesty, all Civil and Military Officers
in the French Empire to permit
Mr John Le Bailly and his wife Mrs Eliza
Le Bailly with their Son Henry John Le Bailly
British subjects to pass freely and to afford to their assistance
and protection in case of need.
Given at the Government House, Jersey,
the 4 day of May 1860.
By Command of His Excellency
the Lieutenant-Governor
W.H.......[?]
Secretary.
Signature of the Bearer,
John Le Bailly
[on reverse]
Vu pour l'intérieur pa Granville ou autre port
Jersey, Le 4 Mai 1860
Le Consul honorarie
Laurent[?] Cochelet[?]
Signalement
Age. 40 ans
Taille. 1.80
Cheveux. chatain
Front. haut
Yeux. bleu
Nez. petit
Bouche. moyenne
Menton. rond
Visage. plein
Barbe. Chataine
Teint. Coloré
Vu pour Rouen[?]
sur le Navire --
Havre. le 17 Mai 1860
Par délégation de Mr le Maire
Le Commissaire de Police.
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71. Passport for Henri Jean Le Bailly, 1875. Issued in England,
to Henri and his wife, for travel to the Continent. Henri married
Rosa Johnston in Torquay, England on 19th October, 1875.
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14878
We, Edward Henry Stanley, Earl of Derby, Baron Stanley of Bickerstaffe, a Peer and a Baronet of England, a Member of Her Britannic Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, &c. &c. &c.
Request and require in the Name of Her Majesty, all those whom it may concern to allow
Mr Henri Jean Le Bailly (British Subject, - from Jersey) travelling in the Continent, accompanied by his wife,
to pass freely without let or hindrance,
and to afford him every assistance and protection of which he
may stand in need.
Given at the Foreign Office, London, the 5 day of October 1875
Derby
Signature of the Bearer
Henri Jean Le Bailly
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72. Poem, 1837. Looks as though it may have been torn from an
exercise book. Written in pencil, faded, with no indication of
the author.
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In dark obscurity confined
My paint and brushes long have lain
Nor had I otherwise designed
Than they might always there remain.
But from this state of rest and care
They're called to be of use awhile
By one whom I desire to please
His wish my law, my recompense his smile.
To you my love I dedicate
This little work of mine but imperfect
And may it meet at any rate
One welcome look of thine, please, one.
And I will send one look above
And save[?] a blessing on this day
For thee my last, my only love,
For thee I now and ever pray.
December 7th 1837
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73. Document, old. Written on very heavy paper or parchment, deep
folds, with 'nobre 20' written on outside. The text is clear,
but extremely difficult to read, so I have not attempted a transcription.
The signatures are badly faded but include 'Lempriere' and 'Dumaresq.
A date at the bottom may be '1617'.
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74. Article, from or for Methodist Magazine for October 1803.
Hand written. On one sheet of heavy paper, both sides, hand-written.
Appears to be a transcription of a magazine article.
As we are well acquainted Brethren with your conscientious attachment
to the Holy Sabbath of the Lord, it may give you satisfaction
if we insert here the Paragraphs in the Act of Enrollment which
refer to that Point.
And be it further enacted, that it shall be lawfull for His Majesty by any order communicated by one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, to order & direct the Lieutenant or Deputy-Lieutenant of any County, to cause the persons comprised in the first, second, and third Classes of persons enrolled for Military Services under this Act, or any or either of them, in the respective parishes of such County, or any of them to be trained & exercised in the use of Arms, as to His Majesty shall seem expedient, and the Lieutenant, or Deputy-Lieutenant to whom any such Order shall be directed, shall thereupon forthwith order & direct the Deputy Lieutenant of the respective subdivisions of such County in which any such Parishes shall be situate, to regulate the times & places of exercise for such Parishes respectively; & such Deputy Lieutenants shall cause such men to be trained & exercised two hours at the least on each & every Sunday, either before or after Divine Service, or any convenient Day in the week, in England, or any convenient Day in the week, to be appointed in Scotland, between the Twenty fifth day of March, & the Twenty fifth Day of December in every Year, &c[??]. And it shall also be lawful for the Deputy-Lieutenant in the respective subdivisions in any cases which they may deem expedient for the more speedily and effectually carrying into execution the provisions of this Act, to order & direct that such men shall be exercised on any other additional day or days in the week having due regard, in the regulations of the times & places appointed for exercise & training on such other day or days to the general occupation of the persons to be exercised & trained, so as to interfere as little as may be with such occupations.
"Provided always, & be it further
enacted, that where in England any person or persons in any parish
shall have Religious Scruples, in regard to being trained &
exercised on Sundays, an shall make oath hereof before any Deputy-Lieutenant
or Justice of Peace (which oath such Deputy Lieutenant and Justice
of Peace respectively are hereby empowered to administer) all
and every such persons and person shall be excused from being
trained and exercised on Sundays, and from all fines by this Act
imposed, for non-attendance at such training & exercise, provided
such persons shall duly attend to be trained & exercised on
such other day in the week as shall be appointed by the Deputy
Lieutenants of the subdivisions wherein such P...[?] shall be
situate, in lieu of Sunday for that purpose under & subject
to all such fines & penalties, for non-attendance and misbehaviour
at such training & exercises Provided also, that no such person
or persons who shall be so excused from being trained & exercised
on Sunday as aforesaid, shall be entitled to receive any sum of
money under this act for being trained & exercised on such
other day in the week as shall be appointed in lieu thereof."
Methodist Magazine
for October 1803.
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75. Possibly a sermon? Several pages, folded together as in a
book, but the order now probably isn't as it was originally. The
writing is very difficult, and in French. I have not attempted
a transcription.
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F I N I S
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Index to Names
The number refers to the letter number,
not to the page number as printed.
.......?, Arthur, 59
.......?, Elys, 4
.......?, George, 4, 12
.......?, Marguerite, 4
.......?, Mary Ann, 4
.......?, Sophie, 4
Adam(s), Mr, 7, 12
Allen, Mr, 35
Ami, Mr, 52
Bannister, Mr, 1
Beatson, John, 54, 57
Beatson, W., 60
Beatson, William, 54, 57
Beatsons, 58
Bellot, Mr, 22, 24, 25, 49
Bena.......?, Mr, 61
Bennett, Dr, 54, 55
Bennett, Joseph, 33
Bennett, Mr, 8, 9, 51, 67
Bichard, Capt, 12
Billot, Mr, 20, 27, 37, 44, 45, 48
Binet, , 61
Biswill?, Miss, 15
Blit?, Mr, 17
Blomfield, Mr, 25, 42
Bogue, Charlotte, 7
Bogue, David, 1- 5, 7-11, 13-18, 20-22, 24-28, 30-38, 40, 42- 52
Bogue, David jnr, 7, 16, 17, 32, 33, 38, 40, 44
Bogue, John (Lieut.), 10
Bogue, Mrs, 1, 2, 11, 15, 20, 24, 26, 36
Bogue, Thomas, 7, 13, 15, 40, 42, 44, 47, 48
Bonaparte, 49
Booth, 42
Bosdet, Marie, 68
Boston, 8, 9, 13, 18-20, 24, 25, 28, 38, 40-43
Brain, Mr, 7, 8, 21
Brasford, E., 29
Brown, 42
Bruce?, Mr, 13
Brun, Mr, 17
Burder, Mr, 13, 42-45, 50
Burnell?, Mr, 30
Burnett, Sarah, 9
Burr, George, 69
C.....?, Dr, 28
Cadaret, Mr, 1, 2, 8, 15, 20, 25, 26, 31, 45
Callaway, R., 63
Campbell, Mr, 32
Chartier, Mr, 52
Cheminants, Miss, 12
Cochelet?, Laurent?, 70
Collin, Madelaine, 68
Collins, Mr, 23
Cope, Mr, 38
Coutanche, Mr, 42, 44, 45
Cran?, Mr, 2, 21
Davis, Mr, 56
de Crousar, Prelats?, 12
De Faye, F, 41
De Faye, Mr, 11, 13, 14, 16, 20-22, 24, 26, 27, 30-33, 38, 40, 42
De Faye, Rev C., 61
De Gruchy, E., 29
De La Perrelle, 4
De La Perrelle, J., 29
Desgrainges, Mr, 2, 16, 21
Dex?, Mr, 3
Dieraide, Mr, 4
Dodd, Mr, Mrs, 4
Doddridge, 8, 13, 14, 19, 28, 37
Doddridge, Dr, 7
du Feu, Mrs, 4
Duheaume?, Miss, 61
Dumaresq, ?, 73
Dumont, Dame, 68
Durand?, ?, 12
Durell, Edouard, 69
Durell, Mr, 25, 37, 40, 45, 48, 50
East, Mr, 1
Fletcher, Miss, 60
Frossart, Dr, 46
Gallie, John, 4
Galor?, Mr, 4
Gardiner, Mr, 23
George, Rupert, 23, 28
Goedekoop?, Mr, 52
Gordon, Mr, 8
Grace, Mary, 66, 67
Gray, Mr, 20, 27, 30, 61
Greet, Mr, Mrs, 67
Grey, Mrs, 35
Griffin(s), Mr, 13, 40, 42-44
Guiot, Claude, 39
Habershon, Josh., 60
Habershon, Matthew, 54, 57
Hand?, Mr, 7
Hands?, Mr, 8, 16
Hardcastle, Mr, 15, 31, 45
Harrison, Jms?, 60
Harrivel, Jeanne Susanne, 66
Hatfield, Robt?, 58
Helm....?, Mr, 13
Herout?, Mr, 27
Hide, Miss, 4
Hill, Mr R., 42
Hiroult? or Heroult?, Mr, 26
Hoanes?, Mr, 23
Hockley, Mr, 67
Hooper, Elizabeth, 66
Houne, Mr, 28
Houre?, Mr, 23
Hudson, Mr, 67
Hughes, Mr, 6
Hunt, Mr, 43
Isaac, Mr, 1
Jackson, Capt., 61
James, J.S., 6
James, Mr, 1
Jan......?, Mr, 2
Johnson, Rev. Wm., 67
Joseph, ?, 56
King, Mrs?, 3
Knox, John, 40
La Perrelle, Mr, 3
Lauder, Mr, 2
Laveless?, Mr, 2
Laws, Betsy, 9
Le......?, Mr, 28
Le Bailly, David, 68
Le Bailly, Eliza, 70
Le Bailly, Harriet, 61
Le Bailly, Henri Jean, 62, 70
Le Bailly, J., 29
Le Bailly, Jean (John), 61, 66, 68, 70
Le Bailly, Josué, 66
Le Bailly, Louis, 68, 69
Le Bailly, Mary, 61
Le Bailly, Thomas, 68
Le Bichi, 29
Le Breton, Thomas, 69
Le Brun, Mr, 20, 24, 25, 27, 30, 37, 40, 43, 44
Le Couteur, Mary, 53
Le Gallais, 29
Le Gallais, Eliza, 61
Le Gallais, Jenny, 61
Le Gallais, Noemi, 61
Le Gros, G., 29
Le Gros, Mr, 11, 14, 16, 20, 24- 27, 30, 31, 33, 38, 41, 50
Le Hardy, Mr, 4
Le Sueur, J., 29
Le Vavasseur dit Durell, Magdelaine, 66
Ledeboer?, Mr, 51
Lempriere, , 73
Lièvre, ?, 66
Locke, Captain, 35
Lucas?, , 8
Luke, Mr, 1
Mackay, Mr, 1-3, 7, 11, 13-16, 33, 38
Mackay, Mrs, 2, 13
Mahé?, Mr, 25
Mallet, 29
Manod?, Mr, 48
Marron?, Mr, 48
Martin, 12
Martin, Miss, 41
Maslen?, Mr, 1
Mauger, Lieut & Mrs, 41
Mckay - see Mackay
Messervy, Mr, 42-45, 50, 52
Mesurier, 29
Moché?, Mr, 26
Moison, 12
Moorhouse, Mr, Mrs, 60
Morphar?, Mr, 1
Morrison, Mr, 34, 42
Mosely?, 42
Mundy, Godfrey Charles, 70
Nayler?, Mr, 8
Neel, F.J., 29
Newell, Sam, 67
Nicolle, Capt, 4
Ode?, Mr, 9
Oxley, John, 57
Oxley, Wm, 60
P......?, Mr, 7
Paige, Mr, 1, 2
Palmer, Rev., 67
Parott?, Mr, 8
Pedyeans?, Mr, 2
Percival, Mr, 23
Perrot, a sister, 22
Perrot, Clement, 1-4, 7-9, 11-22, 24, 25, 27-32, 34, 37, 38, 40-43, 45- 47, 49, 54-60
Perrot, Clement, jnr, 66
Perrot, Francois, jnr, 33, 34, 37, 40, 42, 66
Perrot, François (Rev), 1-53, 63, 64, 66
Perrot, Frank, 58
Perrot, George, 4, 8, 12, 38
Perrot, Julia, 58
Perrot, Madame, 62
Perrot, Marie Elizabeth, 66
Perrot, Pierre, 8, 66
Perrot, Susannah, 24, 31-34, 40, 41, 43, 44, 53, 64
Phené?, Mr, 48
Picot, 29
Picot, Mr, 17, 20, 21, 24, 33, 34, 38, 40, 42, 43, 48, 49
Pillatt?, Mr, 47
Pointavue?, Mr, 26
Poitier?, Mr, 47
Pomier, Rabaut, 48
Pontavice?, Mr, 25
Portier?, Mr, 49
Posiz?, Mr, 61
Presland?, Captain, 23
Pritchett?, Mr, 8
Putchell?, Mr, 7
Read, Joseph, 55
Reyner, Joseph, 19, 23, 28, 35
Reyner, Mr, 36
Sabanadiere?, Mr, 24-27
Seeley, Mr, 36
Sharp, Clement, 67
Sharp, Dan, 67
Sharp, Henry, 67
Sharp, Miss, 24, 33
Sharp, Mr, 38
Sharp, Stephen, 43
Sharp, Susannah, 17, 20, 66, 67
Sharp, William, 66, 67
Sharp, William, jnr, 67
Sohier, 66
Sohier, J., 29, 41
Sohier, Mr, 11, 13, 14, 16, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27, 30-33, 43, 44, 61
Stanley, Edward Henry, 70
Stemknopff?, Mr, 37
Steven, Moi, 36
Steven(s), Mr, 35, 38, 43
Stone, Mr W., 48
Stowel?, Mr, 58
Sullivan, , 29
Tarn, Mr, 36
Terrell?, Mr, 31
Thom, Mr, 32, 43
Thompson, Mr, 30
Tirrels?, Mr, 12
Touze?, Mr, 28
Towers, Mr, 60
Tracey, Mr, 17
Tracy, Mr, 11, 32, 37, 46, 47
Tyerman?, Mr, 13
V., Mr, 1
Valphy, , 29
Van der Kumf?, Dr, 28
Vassarque?, Mr, 61
Vauxth...?, Mr, 47
Vivian, Philip, 29
Walker, Henry, 59
Wildsmith, Ths?, 57
Wilks, Mr, 47
Will....?, Mr, 61
Williams, Miss, 48
Wimmer?, Mr, 7, 8
Winchester, Mr, 1
Woodruffe, Captain, 35
Wray, Mr, 8
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