and these the marks of respect paid by his feeling fellow-citizens to the memory of this great man. I am disposed to loose sight of all but Washington: matchless man! At all times he acknowledged the providence of God, and never was he ashamed of his Redeemer: we believe he died, not fearing death. In his will he ordered the manumission of his slaves—a true son of liberty in all points.

Sunday 5. After the burden of care was thrown off, I again resumed the pulpit; and in order the better to suit my subject to meet the conference, the new year, ordination of elders and deacons, and the General's death, I made choice of Isai. Ixi. 2. "To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord; and the day of vengeance of our God to, comfort all that mourn.”.

I. The acceptable year of the Lord.

II. The day of vengeance of our God.
III. To comfort all that mourn.

The congregation was large, decent, and solemn; the ordination was attended with unction from above, and the sacrament with tenderness of heart. At the new church, before the ordination of deacons, Jesse Lee discoursed upon "The harvest truly is great," &c. After encountering many difficulties, I was able to settle the plan of stations and to take in two new circuits.

Monday 6. The main body of the preachers left the city. I desired Jesse Lee, as my assistant, to take my horse and his own and visit between this and the 7th of February, Croosawhatchie, Savannah, and Saint Mary's, (a ride of about four hundred miles) and to take John Garven to his station: the time hath been when this journey would have been my delight; but now I must lounge in Charleston.

Sunday 12. We have had a week of snow, which made the ways extremely mirey. I attended the church in Cumberland-street; my subject was 1 Peter i. 17-19. I did not enter, as I wished, into the marrow of the subject.

Monday 13. Benjamin Blanton left me to attend his charge of preachers, circuits, and to promote the sale of our books, within the limits of the Charleston conference. I have kept no journal from Sabbath to Sabbath. I have been employed in reading and answering letters to different and distant parts of the continent.

Sunday 19. My subject was 1 Peter i. 6, 7. I have been very unwell since Friday, but as I only attempt to labour upon Sabbath days, I could not stand back from duty; I was greatly assisted in the morning, but much outdone in the afternoon in body and mind. At intervals Nicholas Snethen read to me those excellent ser

mons of Mr. James Saurin,, a French Protestant minister at the Hague; they are long, elaborate, learned, doctrinal, practical, historical, and explanatory.

No journal until Friday 24. I have been very unwell in my bowels; C. Patton sent me a decoction of bark, rhubarb, and nutmeg, which helps me much. This week I employed in answering my correspondents in the District of Maine, Massachusetts, state of New-York, Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. On Thursday night departed this life Edward Rutledge, governor of South Carolina; he was one of the tried patriots of 1775 and 1776. The Africans give him a good character for his humanity: on Saturday 25, his dust is to be committed to dust. "I have said ye are gods; but ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes." Sunday 26. I was under some weakness of body and mind. I attended at the old church, and preached on Romans xii. 9-11. January 30th we had another snow. February 3d, I have kept no journal for some days. Sabbath was a cloudy day with rain; my sacramental subject was Rev. i. 5, 6. I have had a distressing cold in my head; notwithstanding which I have read much in books, letters, and lives.

Wednesday 5. I began to relax my mind from writing long letters. I dined with Jesse Vaughan, and afterward visited Mr. Warnack's family, at the orphan house; there is no institution in America equal to this; two or three hundred orphans are taught, fed, and clothed, and then put apprentices to good trades.

Friday 7. Jesse Lee and George Dougharty came to town: the former hath been a route of about six hundred miles; and my poor gray hath suffered for it.

Sunday 9. I gave my last charge at Cumberland-street church from Rom. xii. 14-18.

Monday 10. I left the city of Charleston; the day was cold and the roads bad: we came through Broughton swamp; in the evening my carriage got set fast; the second draught, the hook upon the swingle tree gave way, and I had to take to the mud to fix the traces; at half past eight o'clock we came to Monk's Corner.

Tuesday 11. It snowed; I was distressed for a wagoner whose horses ran away at the sight of my carriage, and whirled the wagon among the stumps and trees, happily no considerable injury was suffered. We lodged at the widow Turk's, near Nelson's Ferryan extremely cold night.

Wednesday 12. We wrought our passage over and through the river and swamp, and as long as we kept the public road it was all

swamp: we at length came to Gibson's chapel; where I preached upon James i. 25. We dined at Bowman's, and in the evening held meeting at Mr. Gales's.

Thursday 13, was a very cold day it terminated in rain: no meeting at Bradford's.

Friday 14. We came to Rembert's, where, at three o'clock I spoke upon Hebr. iii. 3. to a few people; brother Snethen also gave them a discourse.

Saturday 15. We came to Camden: the weather is still cold; we stopped to feed at Navy's. We have rode, since Monday last, one hundred and thirty miles, and my horse would not have been so outdone in two hundred, if three hundred miles, upon good roads. My soul hath been kept in patience, and much prayer; my body is in great weakness, undergoing disagreeable changes with the weather, and my constitutional maladies.

Sunday 16. At Camden I preached upon 1 Cor. vi. 19, 20. We administered the Lord's supper; the day was cold for this climate; and but few people attended.

Monday 17. We rode twenty miles to Horton's; and on Tuesday 18, held meeting there.

Wednesday 19. We rode forty miles through the sands, and roads made bad by snow and frost; we were travelling as late as eight o'clock in the evening, groping in the dark until a boy guided us along by the blaze of pine wood to brother Shaw's peaceable dwelling he was gone to his circuit, but his gracious wife and children were at home.

Thursday 20. At Jackson's meeting-house, we had some gracious feelings. After an absence of ten years, I called once more at friend Pace's.

Friday 21. We attended a meeting at Anson court-house. We had no small congregation at Mr. Cashe's new house: I was kindly entertained at his father's when in Virginia and Tennessee, and now by him they offered us money, food, lodging, or whatever we wanted. At Threadgill's meeting-house, N. Snethen preached; we then hasted to Mr. Atkin's: we were compelled to wade RockyRiver-the water came into my carriage box.

Sunday 23. At Randell's church, in Montgomery county, (N. C.) I gave a discourse after brother Snethen, upon 1 Sam. xii. 23. Monday 24. We came to Ledbetter's.

NORTH CAROLINA.-Tuesday 25. Crossed Pee Dee at Tindelsville, and landed at Andersonsborough without any difficulties; but when we came to Williams-Ford, across the River, it was impassable;

we then changed our course, and took the ridge road, which was open to the Montgomery line, thence we had to guess our way, until we came to Edward Harris's, where we fed, dined, and prayed with the woman and children, and then came on we knew not where. As the sun began to decline, we thought it time to look out; to our surprise we saw a Friends' meeting-house, as we judged by its form; I then concluded we could not reach Deep-River, and we stopped at John Henley's-we had all we wanted but prayer.

Wednesday 26. I had to pass over heavy hills, rocks, and small runs, and through thick clay : we were concluding when in Charleston, and after we set out, by the excessive cold, that there was snow not far distant: when we came into North Carolina, we found that upon Pee Dee, and Yadkin, and Deep rivers, the snow had fallen fifteen and eighteen inches deep, and continued nearly a month upon the ground, and had swelled the rivers; and spoiled the public roads. We lodged at Mr. Bell's; having rode only fifty miles in two days. We left two appointments on the west side of UJwany: so much for that siege : my horse had hard work; my carriage was very loose in the joints by constant and long play; and myself much tired; but I revived when I saw the lawyers going to the western courts: I thought, if they toiled and suffered for justice and silver, how ought I to labour for truth, and gold that perisheth not, and thousands of people, and hundreds of preachers.

Thursday 27. I gained a day by the overflowing of Uwany, and came to Daniel Sherewood's, in Guilford county, within twenty miles of the track I went down last fall.

Friday 28. It rained and snowed. I gave an exhortation, and ordained two deacons. We got our horses shod, and then rode to aged William Field's.

Sunday, March 2. We set out early and hasted through deep roads to the Hickory Mountain chapel; not less then twenty-eight or thirty miles; N. Snethen went along, and preached to the people, and brought a few to meet me at friend Reeve's, where we dined about six o'clock.

Monday 3. We had no small race through Chatham county to Snipe's; we were lost three times before we came to Clarke's ferry, on Haw-River, and had to send a boy a mile for the ferryman, and wait nearly an half hour.

Tuesday 4. A clear, but very cold day. We were treated with great respect at the University, by the president, Calwell, and the students, citizens, and many of the country people: broVOL. II.

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ther Snethen preached on “God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ." When the University is finished, I shall take notice of it; I stopped to baptise some children, and then rode on to Massey's.

Wednesday 5. We rode to Sihon Smith's; and I gave a lecture in the evening.

Thursday 6. We came to Raleigh, the seat of government; I preached in the state house: notwithstanding this day was very cold and snowy, we had many people to hear; I baptised a child, and came that evening to Thomas Proctor's.

Friday 7. We came to the Union church; many attended, but the excessive cold penetrated my whole system: we lodged at John Whitefield's.

Saturday 8. I rode twelve miles through the snow to Edmund Taylor's, senr. This week, from Monday to Saturday at noon, I have rode one hundred and ten miles: my mind is kept in great serenity. I have spoken every day but this.

Sunday 9. We have a great sleet: the healthy and the young went to Bank's church. At four o'clock we had a sermon at father Taylor's on Eph. iv. 3. "Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit, in the bond of peace."

I. The end; the unity of the Spirit.

II. The means; there might be a union in interest, in opposition, in sentiment, in ordinances, but not in the Spirit; that this union is a union in experiences by the Spirit; and in the spirits or minds of Christians. The means are set forth in the first and second verses of the same chapter; to walk worthy of their Christian character and calling-disorderly walking breaketh union. "With all lowliness," or every mark of humility: pride is sure to break union it hath done it in heaven and Paradise. "Meekness;" unlawful passion will break union. "Long suffering;" if men will not suffer long from saints and sinners, they will break union with the Church of God.

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Monday 10. I rubbed along, some how, to Smith's church; the distress I suffered in my bowels was great; and had been so for three days; my misery was so exceedingly great that I set off to leave the place; but my way from the dwelling-house lay by the church, the people were collected, I felt better, stept in, and gave an exhortation. I took Stoughton's bitters, and got relief; and then rode on to friend Harris's.

Tuesday 11. I preached a short discourse on Joshua's resolu tion, and rode twelve miles to E. Taylor's, junior: I felt unwell.