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and Surry, in North Carolina, and, under the guidance 

 of Mr. Willis, arrived on the 29th of January, 1785, 

 at the hospitable mansion of Colonel Joseph Hern- 

 don, who resided in the county of Wilkes, on the head- 

 waters of the Pedee, and within the bounds of the 

 Yadkin Circuit. Here they rested for a few days, and 

 made preparation for their journey into South Caro- 

 lina. Mr. Lee, who did not go to the Baltimore Con- 

 ference, came up from Salisbury to attend the Bish- 

 op's appointment at this place, and was requested by 

 him to travel with him also during his trip to the 

 South. 



The company, now fully formed, bade adieu to the 

 kind entertainment of Colonel Herndon, and entered 

 upon their journey February 3d, daily in every house 

 ceasing not to teach and preach Jesus Christ and him 

 crucified. They entered South Carolina at Cheraw, 

 Thursday, February 17th, and were welcomed to the 

 hospitalities of a merchant who had been a Method- 

 ist in Virginia, and in whose employment there was a 

 clerk, a native of Massachusetts. This young man 

 gave Mr. Lee an account of the social customs and 

 religious condition of his native State, which produced 

 a desire that soon ripened into a conviction of duty, 

 to go and preach in Massachusetts the unsearchable 

 riches of Christ. He fulfilled this felt obligation in 

 1789, and such were the successes that attended his 

 ministerial labors that he has been justly styled the 

 "Apostle of New England." After giving religious 

 instruction to the people, and spending some time in 

 the church (St. David's) in prayer, the party pursued 

 their journey, and came to Long^ Bluff Court-house, 

 thence to Mr. Kimbro's, where- they were kindly en- 

 tertained, and thence across Lynch's Creek, Blrck 



