170 History of Methodism 



We advised him to go with us for his life. The people here begin 

 to feel and yield to the .power of truth. 



Wednesday, 4. At Camden I preached on Matt. xxii. 5, "They 

 made light of it." Thence we rode on to quarterly-meeting, where 

 I met with a multitude of people who were desperately wicked — but 

 < rod hath wrought among them. "We had little rest by day or night. 



Friday, 0. Rode forty miles to preaching at Jackson's, and then 

 to Brother Pace's. 



Saturday and Sunday, 7 and 8. Attended Anson quarterly-meet- 

 ing in North Carolina. The Doctor preached on "The love of 

 Christ," and I on "The grace of God that bringeth salvation." 

 Sacrament followed. From Saturday to Saturday I have ridden 

 about three hundred miles, and have preached only about half the 

 time. O may the Lord seal and water his own word, that all this 

 toil of man and beast be not in vain! We have scarcely time to 

 eat or sleep. 



The appointments for 1787 were: Charleston, Bev- 

 erly Allen, elder, and Lemuel Green; Edisto, Edward 

 . West. Says Mr. Allen, in letters to Mr. Wesley: 



At the Conference at Charleston, 1787, I was appointed to the 

 i - - care of Edisto, Charleston, and Cainhoy. But the preacher failing 

 " to come to Edisto who was appointed, I spent most of my time there, 

 where I had many happy meetings. The first of these was on my 

 way to Georgia . On May 9 , when the neighbors assembled at one 

 Jones's, where I sat down very weary and poorly, and preached to 

 them. It pleased God to bles; the word, so that I believe there was 

 not one person unaffected. Some of them have since informed me 

 that they never rested again till they found peace with God. / 1 pro- 

 ceeded to Georgia, where, during my stay of three weeks, the power 

 of God attended us in a particular manner. The people had waked 

 with impatience to see me there. Many of them had kno wn me in 

 the North ; and they Avere not disappointed, for such gracious sea- 

 sons will not soon be forgotten. Many flocked to hear, and though 

 the notice was very short, we had more than any of the preaching- 

 houses could contain. One day we assembled in the open air, where 

 the shady bowers formed our covering, while the attentive people 

 stood in crowds around me. Deep solemnity sat on every brow, 

 while I endeavored to prove that "God is not willing that any should 

 perish, but that all should come to repentance," and toward the close 



