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Sunday, 30. I had some liberty in preaching, but the people be- 

 gan to move about when they were pointedly dealt with. Brothers 

 Mason and Major spoke after me. I found it good to be alone by 

 the solitary stream and silent woods; to study the welfare of Zion, 

 and to pray for her prosperity. 



Monday, 81. We rode within a mile of Savannah River. The 

 land in general, during our route, is very fine. We were benighted, 

 and moping in the woods made our journey a long one of about fifty 

 miles. 



Tuesday, April 1. We crossed the Savannah at the forks, and 

 came where I much wanted to be^-in Georgia. Nevertheless, I fear 

 I shall have but little freedom here. 



The object of Bishop Asbury's visit was to attend 

 the first Georgia Conference, which had been appointed 

 for April 9, 1788, in the forks of Broad River, then in 

 Wilkes, now Elbert county, near old Petersburg, and 

 which was probably held at the house of David Merri- 

 wether. At that time it was thought best for the work 

 in Georgia to be embraced in a district separate from 

 South Carolina, and this arrangement continued until 

 the Conference of 1793, after which Georgia was con- 

 nected as originally with South Carolina in one Con- 

 ference. 



Wednesday, 9. Our Conference began at the forks of Broad 

 River, where six members and four probationers attendedi Brother 

 Major was sick and could not meet us; soon after he made his exit. 

 to his eternal rest. 



Thursday and Friday, 10 and 11. I felt free, and preached with 

 light and liberty each day. Many that had no religion in Virginia 

 have found it after their removal into Georgia and South Carolina. 

 Here at least the seed sprung up, wherever else it may have been 

 sown. Our little Conference was about sixty-one pounds deficient in 

 thoir quarterage, nearly one-third of which was made up to them. 



South Carolina — Sunday, 13. I called at a Presbyterian meeting- 

 house, and heard Mr. Kobert Hall, the minister, preach a good sermon 

 on Isaiah lv. After meeting we rode to Brother Moore's, twenty- 

 miles on the Saluda. 



