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of my discourse one poor sinner dropped to the ground in silence, 

 while many others cried aloud for mercy; and several found peace 

 and pardon to their souls before our meeting broke up. The same 

 divine power attended my meetings almost every day till I returned 

 home. I found also that Brother Major and Brother Humphreys r? * 



had been made very useful in the State of Georgia. On my return Q 

 there Avas a considerable prospect of a revival in my own n e igh bor- . 

 hood. I tarried a few days, preach ing about home, and then went •' 

 to Charleston and Eclisto, where very many came to hear, and did 

 not hear in vain. It seemed like a harvest-time indeed to poor 

 souls. After spending the summer in those places to which I was 

 app ointed , I paid North Carolina another visit, and in Novembe r 

 returne d home . I spent most of the winter in Cha rleston. Edisto , 

 und__(.ainhoy, not without particular instances of divine power 

 made manifest in the conviction of some and conversion of others. 



Mr. Green entered the traveling connection in 1783, 

 was a classmate in the ministry of Jesse Lee, Thomas 

 Humphreys, and Richard Swift, and was sent to the 

 Yadkin Circuit in North Carolina. He traveled ex- « 

 tensively in Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and 

 New York, filled the most prominent appointments in 

 these States, and after seventeen years of faithful and 

 laborious work in the vineyard, located in 1800. Ed- 

 ward West, who was sent to the Edisto Circuit, was 

 received on trial at this Conference, afterward traveled 

 the Roanoke and Halifax circuits in North Carolina, 

 and located in 1791. 



The preachers for the Santee Circuit in 1787 were 

 Reuben Ellis, elder, and Isaac Smith. Mr. Ellis was a 

 native of North Carolina, entered the traveling ministry 

 with Henry Willis and Richard Ivey in 1777, and con- 

 tinued in the work till the end of life. He filled im-' 

 portant appointments in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and 

 Virginia; was made elder in Eastern North Carolina 

 in 1785, and Western North Carolina in 1786, and 

 gave seven of the best years of his life to South Car- 



