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and Watters in Spartanburg, to North Carolina. From 

 Mr. Jackson's by way of Mr. Blakeney's on the waters 

 of Lynch's Creek in Chesterfield, Mr. Horton's near 

 Hanging Rock in Lancaster, Mr. Rembert's in 

 Sumter— "a dear brother, kind and good, rich and 

 liberal, who has done more for the poor Methodists 

 than any man in South Carolina "—Mr. Bowman's near 

 Santee, and Mr. Browing's, Bishop Asbury came to 

 hold the seventh session of the South Carolina Con- 

 ference in Charleston. He says: • 



Sunday, December 30. Brother Isaac Smith preached in the 

 forenoon. In the afternoon I said a little on Isaiah ix. 6, 7: "For 

 unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government 

 shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful, 

 Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of 

 Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be 

 no end, npon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom to order it, 

 and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth 

 even forever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this." 

 The blacks were hardly restrained from crying out aloud. O that 

 God would bless the wild and wicked inhabitants of this city! I am 

 happy to find that our principal friends have increased in religion. 



January 3, 1793. From Wednesday, December 26, to this day, 

 Sunday excepted, we sat in Conference in this city. The preachers 

 reported a total membership of four thousand seven hundred and 

 thirty-one, an increase of fifty-three over the preceding year. Wash- 

 ington in Wilkes, the seat of the Georgia Conference, was reached 

 by way of Augusta. 



Thursday, 10. Met our dear brethren in Conference. We had 

 gieat peace and union; the Carolina preachers came up to change 

 with those in Georgia; all things happened well. Bless the Lord, 

 O my soul ! We now agreed to unite the Georgia and South Caro- 

 lina Conferences, to meet in the fork of Saluda and Broad rivers on 

 the 1st of January, 1794. Our sitting ended in exceeding great love. 



From Washington, Bishop Asbury rode the whole 

 length of Georgia to Savannah, to survey the field of 

 operations occupied in the beginning by the Oxford 



