But as soon as he knew where we came from, his countenance changed, and he received us heartily.

He had his wife called--a very polite person.

He asked many questions as to our church discipline, &c.; the order of our Society pleased him much.

He had undertaken the study of divinity from an apprehension of duty, and said that it was only by the assistance of the Holy Spirit we could be made instrumental in the ministry.
On the 25th they came to Wilhelmsdorf, on the Lake of Constance, where is a branch of the Kornthal Association.

They found the director "a man of great simplicity, but of inward worth." He was, continues John Yeardley, six years in Kornthal, and seems to be sensible of the importance of the situation he fills, and of his incapability to be useful to others unless assisted by divine grace.