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Miiigo, and Black River, by the usual route of travel 

 to Georgetown, where they arrived on the 23d of 

 February. 



On the following night, Bishop Asbury preached to 

 a large and serious congregation, on 1 Cor. ii. 14: " But 

 the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit 

 of God, for they are foolishness unto him; neither 

 can he know them, because they are spiritually dis- 

 cerned." Just as they were about to start for the 

 place of worship, the gentleman at whose house they 

 were staying excused himself, " as it was his turn to 

 superintend a ball that night." Jesse Lee prayed 

 with great earnestness that if the Lord had called 

 them to Georgetown, he would open the heart and 

 house of some other person to receive them. At the 

 close of the service Mr. Wayne, a cousin of the cele- 

 brated General Wayne, invited them to call on him, 

 and from that time his house became a home for Meth- 

 odist preachers. They took breakfast with him, and 

 on leaving he showed them the way to the river, and 

 paid their ferriage. It was his courtesy also in giving 

 letters of introduction to Mr. Willis, who had pre- 

 ceded the party to Charleston, that secured for them 

 a cordial reception in that city. Bishop Asbury says: 



Thursday, February 24. We traveled on through a barren conn- 

 try, in all respects, to Charleston. We came that evening to Scott's, 

 where the people seemed to be merry ; they soon became mute. We 

 talked and prayed with them. In the morning, when we took our 

 leave of them, they would receive nothing. We met Brother Wil- 

 lis, lie had gone along before us, and had made an acquaintance 

 with Mr. Wells, a respectable merchant of the city, to whom he had 

 carried letters of introduction from Mr. Wayne, of Georgetown. I 

 jogged on, dejected in spirit, and came to Mr. Wells's. We ob- 

 tained the use of an old meeting-house belonging to the General 

 Baptists, in which they had ceased to preach. Brother Willis 

 preached at noon, Brother Lee morning and evening. I tirst went 



