ISO History of Methodism 



on Psalm cxlv. I was much fatigued, and had a high fever; but 

 my soul had peace, and was staid upon God. 



Wednesday, 27. After preaching I had to ride ten miles out of 

 ray way to cross Lynch's Creek. We moved forward to our worthy 

 friend Rembert's, who entertained us kindly and supplied us with 

 horses to ride to our appointments at Lenoir's and Moore's, where 

 we had few hearers and dead times. After our meetings at these 

 places we returned to Rembert's, at whose house our Cjuarterly- 

 meeting began on Saturday, the first of March, which was not with- 

 out some life ; in our love-feast there appeared to be more feeling 

 than speaking. 



Monday, March 3. We rode through the snow to Bradford's, and 

 next day had no small difficulty in crossing the swamps in order to 

 get to San tee ferry. We made it a ride of about fifty miles to 

 H 's, and did not get in until about nine o'clock at night. 



Wednesday, 5. I passed Dorchester, where there are the re- 

 mains of what appears to have once been a considerable town ; there 

 are the ruins of an elegant church, and the vestiges of several well- 

 built houses. We saw a number of good dwellings and large plan- 

 tations on the road leading down Ashley River. In the evening we 

 reached the city of Charleston, having ridden about fifty miles. 



Sunday, 9. Brother Ellis preached in the morning. In the even- 

 ing I felt some liberty in enlarging on Romans x. 1-3 : " Brethren, 

 my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they might be 

 saved. For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but 

 not according to knowledge. For they, being ignorant of God's 

 righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, 

 have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God." On 

 Monday my soul and body enjoyed some ease and rest. 



Friday, 14. Our Conference began, and we had a very free and 

 open time. On Saturday I preached on Isaiah lxii. 6, 7: "I have 

 set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold 

 their peace day nor night : ye that make mention of the Lord, keep 

 not silence, and give him no rest till he establish, and till he make 

 Jerusalem a praise in the earth." On the Sabbath, on Luke xxii. 

 61, 62: "And the Lord turned and looked upon Peter. And Peter 

 remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before 

 the cock crow twice thou shalt deny me thrice. And Peter went out 

 and wept bitterly." It was a gracious season both in the congrega- 

 tion and in the love-feast. While another was speaking in the morn- 

 ing to a very crowded house, and many outside, a man made a riot 



