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liis Spirit and his providences, tells us we must set 

 out to-morrow for Georgetown. I doubt if in Charles- 

 ton we have joined more than one hundred and sev- 

 enty-eight members of the fair skin in twenty years ■ 

 and seldom are there more than fifty or sixty annually 

 returned: death, desertion, backsliding: poor, fickle 

 souls, unstable as water, light as air, bodies and minds ! 



Wednesday, 11. We rode to Monk's Corner, and 

 lodged at Mi\ Hatchett's. 



Thursday, 12. We pursued a blind road to the fer- 

 ry. We came on to Murray's, and continued along to 

 Mr. Coleman's, a German. Next day we reached 

 Eembert Hall. We had hot weather— man and beast 

 felt the burden. 



Saturday, 14. I committed the remains of Abijah 

 Eem bert to the du st. He was sixty-two years of age, | 

 the last sixteen years of which he had been a member 

 of society. He was visited by and greatly blessed 

 under the word at camp-meeting: in his last illness 

 he was patient, happy, and confident: he died in the 

 ^ Lord. 



O n th e Sabbath-day I preached a funeral-sermon 

 X for Abijah Eembert. There is a revival in the society 

 ^here; so much for" camp-meetings. I am now in the 

 fortieth year of my labors in the ministry: thirty-four 

 years of this time have been spent in America, count- 

 ing from October 28, 1771, to October 28, 1805. 



On Christmas-clay I preached at Eembert's Chap- 

 el; my subject, from 1 Tim. iii. 16, "Without contro- 

 versy, great is the mystery of godliness," etc. 1. I 

 gave a pastoral introduction; 2. A brief explanation 

 of godliness — the knowledge of God in Christ Jesus: 

 confidence in God; love to him; fear of offending 

 him. To this were added a few thoughts on the six 



