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Lord, we persuade men." I. The divine character of 

 Christ as judge — his perfections, and relations to the 

 persons who are to be tried. II. The characters to 

 be judged — infidels, sinners, Pharisees, hypocrites, 

 backsliders, believers, true and false ministers — these 

 are to be tried, found guilty, or acquitted, sentenced, 

 and punished, or approved and rewarded. 



Tuesday, 7. At Brother Horton's (Hanging Rock). 



Wednesday, 8. Rode thirty-two miles to the Wax- 

 haws; at Wren's preached on 1 Thess. v. 6: "Let us 

 not sleep as do others." The next day, at quarterly- 

 meeting, on Isa. i. 9. Rode Friday and Saturday 

 seventy miles. We passed through a large settlement 

 of Presbyterians ; Mr. McCrea, their minister, gave us 

 a kind invitation to lodge at his house, but we wished 

 to cross the river (Catawba) at Martin's Ferry and 

 stay at the Widow Featherston's. 



Sunday, 12. We were at Daniel Asbury's. I sat 

 down and taught the people on Heb. xi. 6. We had a 

 living meeting in the evening; some souls were great- 

 ly blessed. 



Wednesday, November 29, 1797. I desired the ad- 

 vice of the Conference (at James's Chapel, Virginia) 

 concerning my health. The answer was, that I should 

 rest until the session of the Conference to be held in 

 April, in Virginia. 



December 4. I sent my papers to Brother Lee, who 

 proceeds to Charleston; also my plan and directions 

 how to station the preachers to Brother (Jonathan) 

 Jackson. I believed that my going to Charleston 

 this season would end my life, yet could I be per- 

 suaded it was the will of the Lord, I would go and 

 preach. 



Mr. Lee found a very different state of things from 



