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ers connected with the circuit preached one after an- 

 other in regular succession; and on some occasions 

 the local preachers lengthened out the services with 

 additional discourses and exhortations. To these ser- 

 mons and exhortations the love-feast was added; but 

 this, after the preachers received ordination (1784), was 

 sometimes superseded by the sacrament. Their pub- 

 lic worship was, therefore, sometimes protracted to six 

 or seven hours in length, but even in these cases the 

 congregations manifested no impatience. 



The second South Carolina Conference convened in 

 Charleston, March 14, 1788. Bishop Asbury left Fay- 

 etteville, in North Carolina, February 19, 1788, and 

 reached Mr. Crosland's, at Green Pond in Marlbor- 

 ough, South Carolina, the next day. He says in his 

 journal: 



Saturday, 23. I attended the quarterly-meeting at Beauty Spot. 

 The weather was cold, but I had great assistance on Isaiah xxxv. 

 1—6: " The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them, 

 and the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose. It shall blos- 

 som abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing. The glory 

 of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and 

 Sharon. They shall see the glory of the Lord, and the excellency 

 of our God. Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble 

 knees. Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not : 

 behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a rec- 

 ompense ; he will come and save you. Then the eyes of the blind 

 shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be u/istopped. Then 

 shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb 

 sing ; for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in 

 the desert." 



Sunday, 24. I preached on Zechariah xi. 12: "And I said unto 

 them, if ye think good, give me my price ; and if not, forbear. So 

 they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver." We had a gra- 

 cious, moving time. 



Monday, 25. AVe crossed Pedee at the Long Bluff, and rode 

 nearly fifty miles to Brother Gardner's. I preached at Black Creek 



