raced the religion of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The work has decayed in some places, but they now have churches in
Ceylon, Sumatra, Java, Amboyna, and some other of the spice islands,
and at the Cape of Good Hope, in Africa.

But none of the moderns have equalled the Moravian Brethren in this
good work; they have sent missions to Greenland, Labrador, and several
of the West-Indian Islands, which have been blessed for good. They
have likewise sent to Abyssinia, in Africa, but what success they have
had I cannot tell.

The late Mr. Wesley lately made an effort in the West-Indies, and some
of their ministers are now labouring amongst the Caribbs and Negroes,
and I have seen pleasing accounts of their success.

SECT. III.

_Containing a Survey of the present State of the World._

In this survey I shall consider the world as divided, according to its
usual division, into four parts, _EUROPE, ASIA, AFRICA_, and
_AMERICA_, and take notice of the extent of the several countries,
their population, civilization, and religion. The article of religion
I shall divide into Christian, Jewish, Mahometan, and Pagan; and shall
now and then hint at the particular sect of them that prevails in the
places which I shall describe. The following Tables will exhibit a
more comprehensive view of what I propose, than any thing I can offer
on the subject.

_EUROPE._

EXTENT.
Countries. Length Breadth Number of Religion.
Miles. Miles. Inhabitants.

Great-Britain 680 300 12,000,000 Protestants, of many
denominations.
Ireland 285 160 2,000,000 Protestants and
Papists.
France 600 500 24,000,000 Catholics, Deists,
and Protestants.
Spain 700 500 9,500,000 Papists.
SWEDEN including 800 500 3,500,000 The Swedes are serious
Sweden proper, Lutherans, but most
Gothland, Shonen, of the Laplanders
Lapland, Bothnia, are Pagans, and very
and Finland superstitious.
Isle of Gothland 80 23 5,000
---- Oesel