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On Thursday a cold, cold ride of twenty miles with- 

 out stopping was as much as we could well bear; after 

 warming, we took the road again, and came to Smith's, 

 twelve miles. This week we have had heat for the 

 first of June, and cold and snow for January. 



On Friday we reached Fayetteville, putting up 

 with John Lumsden, near the African Church. I felt 

 that I had taken a deep cold. I was busy on Satur- 

 day in answering letters. Joseph Crawford, that he 

 might not be idle, preached to the Africans in the 

 evenings. 



Sabbath-day, 12. Unwell; nevertheless, I took the 

 pulpit. 



Monday morning we made a start for Wilmington, 

 and came to the widow Anderson's, forty-six miles. 

 Next day we took the roundabout way by the bridges, 

 and made forty- five miles: to ride ninety-one miles 

 within daylight, in two days, kept us busy ; but we are 

 safe in Wilmington. My affliction upon my breast 

 was great. 



Wednesday, 15. We rest. It is very cold; ice in 

 the tubs and pails. 



Sabbath-day, 19. I preached on that great subject, 

 Col. i. 27, 28. We had about fifteen hundred hear- 

 ers in our house of worship, sixty-six by thirty-three 

 feet, galleried all around. There may be five thou- 

 sand souls in Wilmington; one-fourth of which num- 

 ber, it may be, were present. Jos. Crawford preached 

 in the afternoon and at night. I gave order for the 

 completion of the tabernacle and dwelling-house, ac- 

 cording to the charge left me by William Meredith. 



Saturday, October 4, 1806. Crossed Green and 

 Broad rivers, to attend a meeting in the woods in 

 Rutherford county. I preached on the Sabbath, on 



