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considerably larger, my rides shorter, and the people 

 abundantly more feeling and fervent than they are 

 here. I have ridden eighty sand-hill miles : the weath- 

 er is very changeable; I feel my old age and infirm- 

 ities; my eyes and feet are feeble; but, glory to God! 

 I have strong faith for myself and for the prosperity 

 of Zion. 



Saturday, 19. At Cattle Creek my text was Heb. vi. 

 11, 12. After speaking I read the letters narrative of 

 the work of God. I lodged at Sebastian Fanchesse's, 

 and was entertained like a president. 



Sabbath, 20. I attended love-feast and sacrament, 

 and preached on Matt. xi. 28-30: the people were very 

 still; a few tears were the only signs of feeling which 

 we saw. I lodged with Thomas Simpson. 



Monday, 21. At the Indian Fields, I spoke from 

 Heb. x. 38: the preachers attended with me, and bore 

 their parts in the religious exercises of the meeting. 



Tuesday, 22. We rode in a damp morning to the 

 Cypress, within thirty miles of Charleston: I spoke 

 here on 2 Cor. vi. 1, 2. I felt some opening. Next 

 day I returned to John Moore's, and gave a discourse 

 on Heb. ii. 3. 



Thursday, 24. The Four Holes is a name given to 

 a river because there are four sinks or holes upon the 

 banks: here, at the White meeting-house, 1 preached 

 on 2 Pet. iii. 18, " But grow in grace." (1) We should 

 have grace planted or sown in our souls; (2) grow in 

 the habits and exercises of grace ; (3) rules by which 

 we should grow in grace; (4) by Avhat rules we may 

 judge of our growth in grace. I lodged at Jacob 

 Dantzler's. 



The Four Holes and Wasmassaw are about eighty 

 miles long; the former the north, the latter the cen- 



