English passengers, who were dreadfully afraid, and were screaming and
crying in their fear. Then he went among the Germans, but they needed no
comfort from him. He heard them singing as he got near, and found them
calm and quiet, not the least bit frightened.

"Were you not afraid?" Mr. Wesley asked them when the storm was over.

"No," they answered, "we are not afraid to die."

"But were not the children frightened?" he said.

"No," they said again, "our children are not afraid to die either."

During that terrible storm they had remembered how Jesus stilled the
tempest on the Lake of Galilee, and His voice seemed to say to them now:
"Peace, be still."

This reminds me of a piece of poetry, which I dare say some of you have
read. It is about a little girl whose father was a captain, and once
when there was an awful storm, and even the captain himself was
frightened:

"----his little daughter
Took her father by the hand,
And said: 'Is not God upon the water
Just the same as on the land?'"

"_The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than
the mighty waves of the sea:_" Psa. xciii. 4.

"_He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still:_"
Psa. cvii. 29.

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CHAPTER XI.

In the Savannah river.--Landed.--A prayer meeting
on the top of a hill.--German Christians.--The
Indians.--Tomo Chachi and his squaw.--Their
welcome to Mr. Wesley.--A jar of milk and a jar of
honey.

AT last storms and dangers were over, and the good ship "Simmonds"
floated safely in the smooth waters of the Savannah river. You can find
this on your map. They cast anchor near a little island called Tybee
Island, where beautiful pine trees grew all along the shore.

The first thing they did on landing was to go to the top of a hill,
kneel down together, and thank God for bringing them safely across the
ocean. You remember Noah's first act after leaving the ship that God put
him into when the world was drowned, was to offer a sacrifice of
thankfulness for God's care over him. And when Abraham got safely into
the strange land to which God sent him, the first thing he did was to
offer sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving. In the same way the little
missionary band from England showed their reverence and gratitude to the
God who rules earth, sky, and sea.

When they