Excerpt from Extempore on a Wagon: A Metrical Narrative of a Journey From Bethlehem, Pa;, To the Indian Town of Goshen, Ohio, in the Autumn of 1803 Bethlehem, Pa., as President of the Board having the oversight of the Moravian Church with its missions in America. He arrived there on July 23, 1802, having, however, first been sol emnly consecrated to the episcopate, 011 March 14, 1802 just before his departure from Herrnhut. It was in his official capac ity, as Bishop and President of the Board, that he, accompanied by his wife and Sr. Anna Rosa Kliest, undertook the journey to Goshen, in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, so graphically described in the following pages. Its object was to hold a conference of missionaries at the latter place, for the full discussion of the whole work of Indian Missions in the West. The Bishop left Bethlehem on Sept. 12, 1803, and arrived at Goshen a few days before the opening of the conference, which was in session from October 10th to 215t, on which latter date Bishop Loskiel sol emnly ordained the young Br. John Ben Haven to the ministry. This being the first ordination service ever witnessed by the Indians, made a deep and wholesome impression upon them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.