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the year before. In 1791 lie located and settled in 

 Lincoln county, but still labored in the minis fry as 

 his circumstances would permit. In 1801 he was ap- 

 pointed to the Yadkin Circuit, where he continued 

 two years, laboring with great success; in 1803, to 

 Union; in 1804, to Enoree. The year 1805 he spent 

 chiefly at home. From 1806 to 1810 he was presiding 

 elder on the Savannah District; from 1810 to 1814, on 

 the Camden District ; from 1814 to 1818, on the Cataw- 

 ba District; from 1818 to 1822, on the Broad Eiver 

 District. The two following years he traveled the 

 Lincoln Circuit, and in 1824 the Sugar Creek Circuit, 

 after which he took a superannuated relation. But it 

 was not long before the Master, whom he had served 

 so long and so faithfully, called him to his reward. 

 On Sunday morning, April 15, 1825, he arose ap- 

 parently more vigorous and cheerful than usual; con- 

 versed on various subjects, and noted down a passage 

 of Scripture on which he intended to preach a funeral- 

 sermon. But the moment of his ascension had now 

 come. The silver cord was loosed so gently that the 

 transition from earth to heaven was made without a 

 pang. He was walking through his yard, when sud- 

 denly he stopped, looked up to heaven, and, with an 

 unearthly smile, uttered indistinctly a few words, and 

 then fell breathless to the ground. It was on the 

 Sabbath — a fitting time for an old pilgrim to enter his 

 Father's house above. It is somewhat remarkable 

 that he was born on the Sabbath, carried off by the 

 Indians on the Sabbath, returned to his father's house 

 on the Sabbath, was converted on the Sabbath, and on 

 the Sabbath went to his eternal rest. Mr. Asbury 

 possessed, naturally, an intellect much above the com- 

 mon order, but his early opportunities for culture 



