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no pleasure in the death of a sinner. Toward the conclusion, one 

 woman sitting on a lofty seat dropped to the floor, and soon after a 

 number of others came and fell on their knees, crying for mercy, 

 and several found deliverance. After preaching six sermons and 

 riding one hundred and ten miles in four days, I preached a few 

 times round about in my neighborhood , and then with my famil y y & 

 set out for Wilkestown in Georgia. On our way we had some very ' 

 lively meetings ; but most of all on- our return at a quarterly-meet- 

 ing held in CjusrokeeCircuitj S outh C arolina, where, before I had 

 preached one-half of my sermon, my voice could scarce be heard for 

 the cries of some and rejoicing of others. The second day it was 

 more so. I suppose there were near two hundred on their knees 

 desiring to be prayed for. The number of those who found salva- 

 tion at this season I know not. Many such seasons as this we were 

 favored with in the course of the summer. Monday, June the 7th , 

 I preached a funeral-sermon, on the death of a godly friend, to a 

 large congregation. The people were deeply affected, and just be- 

 fore I concluded more than one-half of the congregation drew near, 

 and fell on their knees to be prayed for. It was a very solemn sea- 

 son indeed. Tuesday, the 8th , I preached in Ca mpbelltown . After 

 1 had concluded, one woman damped on her knees, and requested 

 me to pray for her. I did so; and as soon as we rose her husband 

 began to praise God that he had that morning found the Lord. 

 Wednesday, the 9tJL I preached in Georgia ; where, as soon as I 

 concluded, a young lady came with joy and told me that three days 

 before the Lord had converted her soul and the soul of her little sis- 

 ter. Now my soul felt as in days past. On Friday, the 11t h, I_set 

 out for B urke quarterly-meeting, in Georgi a, where, on Sunday, the 

 12th, we had a very quickening season. The whole assembly of 

 hearers were dissolved in tears, while I enforced these words, "The 

 eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto 

 their cry." On Sunday, t he 13th , we had a large number of our 

 friends to attend the love-feast in the morning. But all seemed dull 

 to me till just about the conclusion. I felt a desire to speak to th 

 people, and in a few minutes a flame broke out in a most rapid man- 

 ner ; the doors were opened and the people thronged in till the large 

 church could receive no more, but there was room enough in the 

 hearts of the people. They truly looked like men drunken with new 

 wine ; poor, hardened sinners were cut to the heart, and some that 

 came cursing and swearing went away praising and glorifying God. 

 This work began about eleven o'clock, and we waited more than an 



