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Hoffy - -Release Date: December 16, 2021 [eBook #66953] - -Language: English - -Produced by: Mary Glenn Krause and the Online Distributed Proofreading - Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from - images generously made available by The Internet - Archive/American Libraries.) - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE AND -JOURNAL OF MRS. JARENA LEE *** - - - - - -[Illustration: _From Life by A Hoffy._ _Printed by P S Duval._ - - MRS. JARENA LEE. - - _Preacher of the A,M,E, Church. - Aged 60 years on the 11th day of the 2nd month 1844. - Philad^a 1844_] - - - - - RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE - AND - JOURNAL - OF - MRS. JARENA LEE, - GIVING - AN ACCOUNT OF HER CALL TO PREACH THE GOSPEL. - - Revised and corrected from the Original Manuscript, written by herself. - - PHILADELPHIA: - Printed and Published for the Author. - 1849. - - Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1836, - By JARENA LEE, - In the Office of the Clerk of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. - - - - -RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE AND JOURNAL OF MRS. JARENA LEE. - - “And it shall come to pass ... that I will pour out my Spirit - upon all flesh; and your sons, and your _daughters_ shall - prophecy.”—_Joel_ ii. 28. - - -I was born February 11th, 1783, at Cape May, State of New Jersey. At the -age of seven years I was parted from my parents, and went to live as a -servant maid, with a Mr. Sharp, at the distance of about sixty miles from -the place of my birth. - -My parents being wholly ignorant of the knowledge of God, had not -therefore instructed me in any degree in this great matter. Not long -after the commencement of my attendance on this lady, she had bid me do -something respecting my work, which in a little while after she asked me -if I had done, when I replied, Yes—but this was not true. - -At this awful point, in my early history, the Spirit of God moved in -power through my Conscience, and told me I was a wretched sinner. On this -account so great was the impression, and so strong were the feelings of -guilt, that I promised in my heart that I would not tell another lie. - -But notwithstanding this promise my heart grew harder, after a while, -yet the Spirit of the Lord never entirely forsook me, but continued -mercifully striving with me, until his gracious power converted my soul. - -The manner of this great accomplishment, was as follows: In the year -1804, it so happened that I went with others to hear a missionary of the -Presbyterian order preach. It was an afternoon meeting, but few were -there, the place was a school room; but the preacher was solemn, and in -his countenance the earnestness of his master’s business appeared equally -strong, as though he were about to speak to a multitude. - -At the reading of the Psalms, a ray of renewed conviction darted into my -soul. These were the words, composing the first verse of the Psalms for -the service: - - “Lord, I am vile, conceived in sin, - Born unholy and unclean. - Sprung from man, whose guilty fall - Corrupts the race, and taints us all.” - -This description of my condition struck me to the heart, and made me to -feel in some measure, the weight of my sins, and sinful nature. But not -knowing how to run immediately to the Lord for help, I was driven of -Satan, in the course of a few days, and tempted to destroy myself. - -There was a brook about a quarter of a mile from the house, in which -there was a deep hole, where the water whirled about among the rocks; to -this place it was suggested, I must go and drown myself. - -At the time I had a book in my hand; it was on a Sabbath morning, about -ten o’clock; to this place I resorted, where on coming to the water I -sat down on the bank, and on my looking into it, it was suggested that -drowning would be an easy death. It seemed as if some one was speaking -to me, saying put your head under, it will not distress you. But by some -means, of which I can give no account, my thoughts were taken entirely -from this purpose, when I went from the place to the house again. It was -the unseen arm of God which saved me from self-murder. - -But notwithstanding this escape from death, my mind was not at rest—but -so great was the labor of my spirit and the fearful oppressions of a -judgment to come, that I was reduced as one extremely ill, on which -account a physician was called to attend me, from which illness I -recovered in about three months. - -But as yet I had not found Him of whom Moses and the prophets did write, -being extremely ignorant: there being no one to instruct me in the way -of life and salvation as yet. After my recovery, I left the lady, who, -during my sickness, was exceedingly kind, and went to Philadelphia. From -this place I soon went a few miles into the country, where I resided in -the family of a Roman Catholic. But my anxiety still continued respecting -my poor soul, on which account I used to watch my opportunity to read in -the Bible; and this lady observing this, took the Bible from me and hid -it, giving me a novel in its stead—which when I perceived, I refused to -read. - -Soon after this I again went to the city of Philadelphia, and commenced -going to the English Church, the pastor of which was an Englishman, by -the name of Pilmore, one of the number who at first preached Methodism in -America, in the city of New York. - -But while sitting under the ministration of this man, which was about -three months, and at the last time, it appeared that there was a wall -between me and a communion with that people, which was higher than I -could possibly see over, and seemed to make this impression upon my mind, -_this is not the people for you_. - -But on returning home at noon I inquired of the head cook of the house -respecting the rules of the Methodists, as I knew she belonged to that -society, who told me what they were; on which account I replied, -that I should not be able to abide by such strict rules not even one -year—however, I told her that I would go with her and hear what they had -to say. - -The man who was to speak in the afternoon of that day, was the Rev. -Richard Allen, since bishop of the African Episcopal Methodists in -America. During the labors of this man that afternoon, I had come to the -conclusion, that this is the people to which my heart unites, and it so -happened, that as soon as the service closed he invited such as felt a -desire to flee the wrath to come, to unite on trial with them—I embraced -the opportunity. Three weeks from that day, my soul was gloriously -converted to God, under preaching, at the very outset of the sermon. The -text was barely pronounced, which was “I perceive thy heart is not right -in the sight of God,” when there appeared to _my_ view, in the centre -of the heart, _one_ sin; and this was _malice_ against one particular -individual, who had strove deeply to injure me, which I resented. At -this discovery I said, _Lord_ I forgive _every_ creature. That instant, -it appeared to me as if a garment, which had entirely enveloped my whole -person, even to my fingers’ ends, split at the crown of my head, and was -stripped away from me, passing like a shadow from my sight—when the glory -of God seemed to cover me in its stead. - -That moment, though hundreds were present, I did leap to my feet and -declare that God, for Christ’s sake, had pardoned the sins of my soul. -Great was the ecstacy of my mind, for I felt that not only the sin of -_malice_ was pardoned, but all other sins were swept away together. That -day was the first when my heart had believed, and my tongue had made -confession unto salvation—the first words uttered, a part of that song, -which shall fill eternity with its sound, was _glory to God_. For a few -moments I had power to exhort sinners, and to tell of the wonders and of -the goodness of Him who had clothed me with _His_ salvation. During this -the minister was silent, until my soul felt its duty had been performed, -when he declared another witness of the power of Christ to forgive sins -on earth, was manifest in my conversion. - -From the day on which I first went to the Methodist Church, until the -hour of my deliverance, I was strangely buffeted by that enemy of all -righteousness—the devil. - -I was naturally of a lively turn of disposition; and during the space of -time from my first awakening until I knew my peace was made with God, -I rejoiced in the vanities of this life, and then again sunk back into -sorrow. - -For four years I had continued in this way, frequently laboring under -the awful apprehension, that I could never be happy in this life. This -persuasion was greatly strengthened during the three weeks, which was the -last of Satan’s power over me, in this peculiar manner, on which account -I had come to the conclusion that I had better be dead than alive. Here I -was again tempted to destroy my life by drowning; but suddenly this mode -was changed—and while in the dusk of the evening, as I was walking to -and fro in the yard of the house, I was beset to hang myself with a cord -suspended from the wall enclosing the secluded spot. - -But no sooner was the intention resolved on in my mind, than an awful -dread came over me, when I ran into the house; still the tempter pursued -me. There was standing a vessel of water—into this I was strangely -impressed to plunge my head, so as to extinguish the life which God had -given me. Had I done this, I have been always of the opinion, that I -should have been unable to have released myself; although the vessel was -scarcely large enough to hold a gallon of water. Of me may it not be -said, as written by Isaiah, (chap. 65, verses 1, 2.) “I am sought of them -that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not.” Glory be -to God for his redeeming power, which saved me from the violence of my -own hands, from the malice of Satan, and from eternal death; for had I -have killed myself, a great ransom could not have delivered me; for it is -written—“No murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.” How appropriately -can I sing— - - “Jesus sought me when a stranger, - Wandering from the fold of God; - He to rescue me from danger, - Interposed his precious blood.” - -But notwithstanding the terror which seized upon me, when about to end -my life, I had no view of the precipice on the edge of which I was -tottering, until it was over, and my eyes were opened. Then the awful -gulf of hell seemed to be open beneath me, covered only, as it were, by -a spider’s web, on which I stood. I seemed to hear the howling of the -damned, to see the smoke of the bottomless pit, and to hear the rattling -of those chains, which hold the impenitent under clouds of darkness to -the judgment of the great day. - -I trembled like Belshazzar, and cried out in the horror of my spirit, -“God be merciful to me a sinner.” That night I formed a resolution to -pray; which, when resolved upon, there appeared, sitting in one corner -of the room, Satan, in the form of a monstrous dog, and in a rage, as if -in pursuit, his tongue protruding from his mouth to a great length, and -his eyes looked like two balls of fire; it soon, however, vanished out of -my sight. From this state of terror and dismay, I was happily delivered -under the preaching of the Gospel as before related. - -This view which I was permitted to have of Satan, in the form of a dog, -is evidence, which corroborates in my estimation, the Bible account -of a hell of fire, which burneth with brimstone, called in Scripture -the bottomless pit; the place where all liars, who repent not, shall -have their portion; as also the Sabbath breaker, the adulterer, the -fornicator, with the fearful, the abominable, and the unbelieving, this -shall be the portion of their cup. - -This language is too strong and expressive to be applied to any state -of suffering in _time_. Were it to be thus applied, the reality could -no where be found in human life; the consequence would be, that _this_ -scripture would be found a false testimony. But when made to apply to an -endless state of perdition, in eternity, beyond the bounds of human life, -then this language is found not to exceed our views of a state of eternal -damnation. - -During the latter part of my state of conviction, I can now apply to my -case, as it then was, the beautiful words of the poet: - - “The more I strove against its power, - I felt its weight and guilt the more; - ’Till late I heard my Saviour say, - Come hither soul, I am the way.” - -This I found to be true, to the joy of my disconsolate and despairing -heart, in the hour of my conversion to God. - -During this state of mind, while sitting near the fire one evening, -after I had heard Rev. Richard Allen, as before related, a view of my -distressed condition so affected my heart, that I could not refrain -from weeping and crying aloud; which caused the lady with whom I then -lived, to inquire, with surprise, what ailed me; to which I answered, -that I knew not what ailed me. She replied that I ought to pray. I arose -from where I was sitting, being in an agony, and weeping convulsively, -requested her to pray for me; but at the very moment when she would -have done so, some person wrapped heavily at the door for admittance; -it was but a person of the house, but this occurrence was sufficient to -interrupt us in our intentions; and I believe to this day, I should then -have found salvation to my soul. This interruption was, doubtless, also -the work of Satan. - -Although at this time, when my conviction was so great, yet I knew -not that Jesus Christ was the Son of God, the second person in the -adorable Trinity. I knew him not in the pardon of my sins, yet I felt a -consciousness that if I died without pardon, that my lot must inevitably -be damnation. If I would pray—I knew not how. I could form no connexion -of ideas into words; but I knew the Lord’s prayer; this I uttered with a -loud voice, and with all my might and strength. I was the most ignorant -creature in the world; I did not even know that Christ had died for the -sins of the world, and to save sinners. Every circumstance, however, was -so directed as still to continue and increase the sorrows of my heart, -which I now know to have been a Godly sorrow which wrought repentance, -which is not to be repented of. Even the falling of the dead leaves from -the forests, and the dried spires of the mown grass, showed me that -I too must die in like manner. But my case was awfully different from -that of the grass of the field, or the wide spread decay of a thousand -forests, as I felt within me a living principle, an immortal spirit, -which cannot die, and must forever either enjoy the smiles of its -Creator, or feel the pangs of ceaseless damnation. - -But the Lord led me on; being gracious, he took pity on my ignorance; he -heard my wailings, which had entered into the ear of the Lord of Sabaoth. -Circumstances so transpired that I soon came to a knowledge of the being -and character of the Son of God, of whom I knew nothing. - -My strength had left me. I had become feverish and sickly through the -violence of my feelings, on which account I left my place of service to -spend a week with a colored physician, who was a member of the Methodist -society, and also to spend this week in going to places where prayer and -supplication was statedly made for such as me. - -Through this means I had learned much, so as to be able in some degree to -comprehend the spiritual meaning of the text, which the minister took on -the Sabbath morning, as before related, which was “I perceive thy heart -is not right in the sight of God.”—Acts, chap. 8, verse 21. - -This text, as already related, became the power of God unto salvation -to me, because I believed. I was baptized according to the direction -of our Lord, who said, as he was about to ascend from the mount, to -his disciples, “Go ye into all the world and preach my gospel to every -creature, he that believeth and is baptized shall be saved.” - -I have now passed through the account of my conviction, and also -of my conversion to God: and shall next speak of the blessings of -sanctification. - -A time, after I had received forgiveness, flowed sweetly on; day and -night my joy was full, no temptation was permitted to molest me. I could -say continually with the psalmist, that “God had separated my sins from -me as far as the east is from the west.” I was ready continually to cry, - - “Come all the world, come sinner thou, - All things in Christ are ready now.” - -I continued in this happy state of mind for almost three months, when a -certain colored man, by name William Scott, came to pay me a religious -visit. He had been for many years a faithful follower of the Lamb; and -he had also taken much time in visiting the sick and distressed of our -color, and understood well the great things belonging to a man of full -stature in Christ Jesus. - -In the course of our conversation, he inquired if the Lord had justified -my soul. I answered yes. He then asked me if he had sanctified me. I -answered no; and that I did not know what that was. He then undertook to -instruct me further in the knowledge of the Lord respecting this blessing. - -He told me the progress of the soul from a state of darkness, or of -nature, was three-fold; or consisted in three degrees, as follows: -First, conviction for sin. Second, justification from sin. Third, the -entire sanctification of the soul to God. I thought this description -was beautiful, and immediately believed in it. He then inquired if I -would promise to pray for this in my secret devotions. I told him yes. -Very soon I began to call upon the Lord to show me all that was in my -heart, which was not according to his will. Now there appeared to be a -new struggle commencing in my soul, not accompanied with fear, guilt, -and bitter distress, as while under my first conviction for sin, but a -laboring of the mind to know more of the right way of the Lord. I began -now to feel that my heart was not clean in his sight; that there yet -remained the roots of bitterness, which if not destroyed, would ere long -sprout up from these roots, and overwhelm me in a new growth of the -brambles and brushwood of sin. - -By the increasing light of the Spirit, I had found there yet remained the -root of pride, anger, self-will, with many evils, the result of fallen -nature. I now became alarmed at this discovery, and began to fear that -I had been deceived in my experience. I was now greatly alarmed, lest I -should fall away from what I knew I had enjoyed; and to guard against -this I prayed almost incessantly, without acting faith on the power and -promises of God to keep me from falling. I had not yet learned how to war -against temptation of this kind. Satan well knew that if he could succeed -in making me disbelieve my conversion, that he would catch me either on -the ground of complete despair, or on the ground of infidelity. For if -all had passed through was to go for nothing, and was but a fiction, -the mere ravings of a disordered mind, that I would naturally be led to -believe that there is nothing in religion at all. - -From this snare I was mercifully preserved, and led to believe that -there was yet a greater work than that of pardon to be wrought in me. -I retired to a secret place, (after having sought this blessing, as -well as I could, for nearly three months, from the time brother Scott -had instructed me respecting it,) for prayer, about four o’clock in the -afternoon. I had struggled long and hard, but found not the desire of my -heart. When I rose from my knees, there seemed a voice speaking to me, -as I yet stood in a leaning posture—“Ask for sanctification.” When to my -surprise, I recollected that I had not even thought of it in my whole -prayer. It would seem Satan had hidden the very object from my mind, for -which I had purposely kneeled to pray. But when this voice whispered in -my heart, saying, “Pray for sanctification,” I again bowed in the same -place, at the same time, and said “Lord _sanctify_ my soul for Christ’s -sake.” That very instant, as if lightning had darted through me, I sprang -to my feet, and cried, “The Lord has sanctified my soul!” There was none -to hear this but the angels who stood around to witness my joy—and Satan, -whose malice raged the more. That Satan was there, I knew; for no sooner -had I cried out “The Lord has sanctified my soul,” than there seemed -another voice behind me, saying “No, it is too great a work to be done.” -But another spirit said “Bow down for the witness—I received it—_thou art -sanctified_!” The first I knew of myself after that, I was standing in -the yard with my hands spread out, and looking with my face toward heaven. - -I now ran into the house and told them what had happened to me, when, as -it were, a new rush of the same ecstacy came upon me, and caused me to -feel as if I were in an ocean of light and bliss. - -During this, I stood perfectly still, the tears rolling in a flood from -my eyes. So great was the joy, that it is past description. There is no -language that can describe it, except that which was heard by St. Paul, -when he was caught up to third heaven, and heard words which it was not -lawful to utter. - - - - -MY CALL TO PREACH THE GOSPEL. - - -Between four and five years after my sanctification, on a certain time, -an impressive silence fell upon me, and I stood as if some one was about -to speak to me, yet I had no such thought in my heart.—But to my utter -surprise there seemed to sound a voice which I thought I distinctly -heard, and most certainly understand, which said to me, “Go preach the -Gospel!” I immediately replied aloud, “No one will believe me.” Again I -listened, and again the same voice seemed to say—“Preach the Gospel; I -will put words in your mouth, and will turn your enemies to become your -friends.” - -At first I supposed that Satan had spoken to me, for I had read that -he could transform himself into an angel of light for the purpose of -deception. Immediately I went into a secret place, and called upon the -Lord to know if he had called me to preach, and whether I was deceived or -not; when there appeared to my view the form and figure of a pulpit, with -a Bible lying thereon, the back of which was presented to me as plainly -as if it had been a literal fact. - -In consequence of this, my mind became so exercised, that during the -night following, I took a text and preached in my sleep. I thought -there stood before me a great multitude, while I expounded to them the -things of religion. So violent were my exertions and so loud were my -exclamations, that I awoke from the sound of my own voice, which also -awoke the family of the house where I resided. Two days after I went -to see the preacher in charge of the African Society, who was the Rev. -Richard Allen, the same before named in these pages, to tell him that I -felt it my duty to preach the gospel. But as I drew near the street in -which his house was, which was in the city of Philadelphia, my courage -began to fail me; so terrible did the cross appear, it seemed that I -should not be able to bear it. Previous to my setting out to go to see -him, so agitated was my mind, that my appetite for my daily food failed -me entirely. Several times on my way there, I turned back again; but -as often I felt my strength again renewed, and I soon found that the -nearer I approached to the house of the minister, the less was my fear. -Accordingly, as soon as I came to the door, my fears subsided, the cross -was removed, all things appeared pleasant—I was tranquil. - -I now told him, that the Lord had revealed it to me, that I must preach -the gospel. He replied, by asking, in what sphere I wished to move in? -I said, among the Methodists. He then replied, that a Mrs. Cook, a -Methodist lady, had also some time before requested the same privilege; -who, it was believed, had done much good in the way of exhortation, and -holding prayer meetings; and who had been permitted to do so by the -verbal license of the preacher in charge at the time. But as to women -preaching, he said that our Discipline knew nothing at all about it—that -it did not call for women preachers. This I was glad to hear, because it -removed the fear of the cross—but no sooner did this feeling cross my -mind, than I found that a love of souls had in a measure departed from -me; that holy energy which burn ed within me, as a fire, began to be -smothered. This I soon perceived. - -O how careful ought we to be, lest through our by-laws of church -government and discipline, we bring into disrepute even the word of life. -For as unseemly as it may appear now-a-days for a woman to preach, it -should be remembered that nothing is impossible with God. And why should -it be thought impossible, heterodox, or improper for a woman to preach? -seeing the Saviour died for the woman as well as for the man. - -If the man may preach, because the Saviour died for him, why not the -woman? seeing he died for her also. Is he not a whole Saviour, instead of -a half one? as those who hold it wrong for a woman to preach, would seem -to make it appear. - -Did not Mary _first_ preach the risen Saviour, and is not the doctrine of -the resurrection the very climax of Christianity—hangs not all our hope -on this, as argued by St. Paul? Then did not Mary, a woman, preach the -gospel? for she preached the resurrection of the crucified Son of God. - -But some will say that Mary did not expound the Scripture, therefore, she -did not preach, in the proper sense of the term. To this I reply, it may -be that the term _preach_ in those primitive times, did not mean exactly -what it is now _made_ to mean; perhaps it was a great deal more simple -then, than it is now—if it were not, the unlearned fishermen could not -have preached the gospel at all, as they had no learning. - -To this it may be replied, by those who are determined not to believe -that it is right for a woman to preach, that the disciples, though they -were fishermen and ignorant of letters too, were inspired so to do. To -which I would reply, that though they were inspired, yet that inspiration -did not save them from showing their ignorance of letters, and of man’s -wisdom; this the multitude soon found out, by listening to the remarks of -the envious Jewish priests. If then, to preach the gospel, by the gift of -heaven, comes by inspiration solely, is God straitened: must he take the -man exclusively? May he not, did he not, and can he not inspire a female -to preach the simple story of the birth, life, death, and resurrection -of our Lord, and accompany it too with power to the sinner’s heart. As -for me, I am fully persuaded that the Lord called me to labor according -to what I have received, in his vineyard. If he has not, how could he -consistently bear testimony in favor of my poor labors, in awakening and -converting sinners? - -In my wanderings up and down among men, preaching according to my -ability, I have frequently found families who told me that they had not -for several years been to a meeting, and yet, while listening to hear -what God would say by his poor female instrument, have believed with -trembling—tears rolling down their cheeks, the signs of contrition and -repentance towards God. I firmly believe that I have sown seed, in the -name of the Lord, which shall appear with its increase at the great day -of accounts, when Christ shall come to make up his jewels. - -At a certain time, I was beset with the idea, that soon or late I should -fall from grace and lose my soul at last. I was frequently called to the -throne of grace about this matter, but found no relief; the temptation -pursued me still. Being more and more afflicted with it, till at a -certain time, when the spirit strongly impressed it on my mind to enter -into my closet and carry my case once more to the Lord; the Lord enabled -me to draw nigh to him, and to his mercy seat, at this time, in an -extraordinary manner; for while I wrestled with him for the victory over -this disposition to doubt whether I should persevere, there appeared -a form of fire, about the size of a man’s hand, as I was on my knees; -at the same moment there appeared to the eye of faith a man robed in a -white garment, from the shoulders down to the feet; from him a voice -proceeded, saying: “Thou shalt never return from the cross.” Since that -time I have never doubted, but believe that God will keep me until the -day of redemption. Now I could adopt the very language of St. Paul, and -say, that nothing could have separated me from the love of God, which is -in Christ Jesus. Since that time, 1807, until the present, 1833, I have -not even doubted the power and goodness of God to keep me from falling, -through the sanctification of the spirit and belief of the truth. - - - - -MY MARRIAGE. - - -In the year 1811, I changed my situation in life, having married Mr. -Joseph Lee, pastor of a Society at Snow Hill, about six miles from the -city of Philadelphia. It became necessary therefore for me to remove. -This was a great trial at first, as I knew no person at Snow Hill, except -my husband, and to leave my associates in the society, and especially -those who composed the _band_ of which I was one. None but those who have -been in sweet fellowship with such as really love God, and have together -drank bliss and happiness from the same fountain, can tell how dear such -company is, and how hard it is to part from them. - -At Snow Hill, as was feared, I never found that agreement and closeness -in communion and fellowship, that I had in Philadelphia, among my young -companions, nor ought I to have expected it. The manners and customs -at this place were somewhat different, on which account I became -discontented in the course of a year, and began to importune my husband -to remove to the city. But this plan did not suit him, as he was the -Pastor of the Society, he could not bring his mind to leave them. This -afflicted me a little. But the Lord showed me in a dream what his will -was concerning this matter. - -I dreamed that as I was walking on the summit of a beautiful hill, -that I saw near me a flock of sheep, fair and white, as if but newly -washed; when there came walking toward me a man of a grave and dignified -countenance, dressed entirely in white, as it were in a robe, and looking -at me, said emphatically, “Joseph Lee must take care of these sheep, or -the wolf will come and devour them.” When I awoke I was convinced of my -error, and immediately, with a glad heart, yielded to the right spirit -in the Lord. This also greatly strengthened my faith in his care over -them, for fear the wolf should by some means take any of them away. The -following verse was beautifully suited to our condition, as well as to -all the little flocks of God scattered up and down this land: - - “Us into Thy protection take, - And gather with Thine arm; - Unless the fold we first forsake, - The wolf can never harm.” - -After this, I fell into a state of general debility, and in an ill state -of health, so much so, that I could not sit up; but a desire to warn -sinners to flee the wrath to come, burned vehemently in my heart, when -the Lord would send sinners into the house to see me. Such opportunities -I embraced to press home on their consciences the things of eternity, and -so effectual was the word of exhortation made through the Spirit, that I -have seen them fall to the floor crying aloud for mercy. - -From this sickness I did not expect to recover, and there was but one -thing which bound me to earth, and this was, that I had not as yet -preached the gospel to the fallen sons and daughters of Adam’s race, -to the satisfaction of my mind. I wished to go from one end of the -earth to the other, crying, Behold, behold the lamb! To this end I -earnestly prayed the Lord to raise me up, if consistent with his will. -He condescended to hear my prayer, and to give me a token in a dream, -that in due time I should recover my health. The dream was as follows: I -thought I saw the sun rise in the morning, and ascend to an altitude of -about half an hour high, and then become obscured by a dense black cloud, -which continued to hide its rays for about one-third part of the day, and -then it burst forth again with renewed splendor. - -This dream I interpreted to signify my early life, my conversion to God, -and this sickness, which was a great affliction, as it hindered me, and I -feared would forever hinder me from preaching the gospel, was signified -by the cloud; and the bursting forth of the sun, again, was the recovery -of my health, and being permitted to preach. - -I went to the throne of grace on this subject, where the Lord made this -impressive reply in my heart, while on my knees: “Ye shall be restored to -thy health again, and worship God in full purpose of heart.” - -This manifestation was so impressive, that I could but hide my face as -if some one was gazing upon me, to think of the great goodness of the -Almighty God to my poor soul and body. From that very time I began to -gain strength of body and mind, glory to God in the highest, until my -health was fully recovered. - -For six years from this time I continued to receive from above, such -baptisms of the Spirit as mortality could scarcely bear. About that time -I was called to suffer in my family, by death—five, in the course of -about six years, fell by his hand; my husband being one of the number, -which was the greatest affliction of all. - -I was now left alone in the world, with two infant children, one of the -age of about two years, the other six months, with no other dependence -than the promise of Him who hath said—I will be the widow’s God, and a -father to the fatherless. Accordingly, he raised me up friends, whose -liberality comforted and solaced me in my state of widowhood and -sorrows, I could sing with the greatest propriety the words of the poet. - - “He helps the stranger in distress, - The widow and the fatherless, - And grants the prisoner sweet release.” - -I can say even now, with the Psalmist, “Once I was young, but now I am -old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging -bread.” I have ever been fed by his bounty, clothed by his mercy, -comforted and healed when sick, succored when tempted, and every where -upheld by his hand. - - - - -THE SUBJECT OF MY CALL TO PREACH RENEWED. - - -It was now eight years since I had made application to be permitted to -preach the gospel, during which time I had only been allowed to exhort, -and even this privilege but seldom. This subject now was renewed afresh -in my mind; it was as a fire shut up in my bones. About thirteen months -passed on, while under this renewed impression. During this time, I had -solicited of the Rev. Bishop, Richard Allen, who at this time had become -Bishop of the African Episcopal Methodists in America, to be permitted -the liberty of holding prayer meetings in my own hired house, and of -exhorting as I found liberty, which was granted me. By this means, my -mind was relieved, as the house soon filled when the hour appointed for -prayer had arrived. - -I cannot but relate in this place, before I proceed further with the -above subject, the singular conversion of a very wicked young man. He was -a colored man, who had generally attended our meetings, but not for any -good purpose; but rather to disturb and to ridicule our denomination. He -openly and uniformly declared that he neither believed in religion, nor -wanted any thing to do with it. He was of a Gallio disposition, and took -the lead among the young people of color. But after a while he fell sick, -and lay about three months in a state of ill health; his disease was a -consumption. Toward the close of his days, his sister who was a member of -the society, came and desired me to go and see her brother, as she had no -hopes of his recovery, perhaps the Lord might break into his mind. I went -alone, and found him very low. I soon commenced to inquire respecting his -state of feeling, and how he found his mind. His answer was, “O tolerable -well,” with an air of great indifference. I asked him if I should pray -for him. He answered in a sluggish and careless manner, “O yes, if you -have time.” I then sung a hymn, kneeled down and prayed for him, and then -went my way. - -Three days after this, I went again to visit the young man. At this time -there went with me two of the sisters in Christ. We found the Rev. Mr. -Cornish, of our denomination, laboring with him. But he said he received -but little satisfaction from him. Pretty soon, however, brother Cornish -took his leave; when myself, with the other two sisters, one of which was -an elderly woman named Jane Hutt, the other was younger, both colored, -commenced conversing with him, respecting his eternal interest, and of -his hopes of a happy eternity, if any he had. He said but little; we -then kneeled down together and besought the Lord in his behalf, praying -that if mercy were not clear gone for ever, to shed a ray of softening -grace upon the hardness of his heart. He appeared now to be somewhat more -tender, and we thought we could perceive some tokens of conviction, as he -wished us to visit him again, in a tone of voice not quite as indifferent -as he had hitherto manifested. - -But two days had elapsed after this visit, when his sister came to me in -haste, saying, that she believed her brother was then dying, and that -he had _sent_ for me. I immediately called on Jane Hutt, who was still -among us as a mother in Israel, to go with me. When we arrived there, -we found him sitting up in bed, very restless and uneasy, but he soon -laid down again. He now wished me to come to him, by the side of his -bed. I asked him how he was. He said, Very ill; and added, “Pray for me, -quick?” We now perceived his time in this world to be short. I took up -the hymn-book, and opened to a hymn suitable to his case, and commenced -to sing, but there seemed to be a _horror_ in the room—a darkness of a -mental kind, which was felt by us all; there being five persons, except -the sick young man and his nurse. We had sung but one verse, when they -all gave over singing, on account of this unearthly sensation, but -myself. I continued to sing on alone, but in a dull and heavy manner, -though looking up to God all the while for help. Suddenly I felt a spring -of energy awake in my heart, when darkness gave way in some degree. -It was but a glimmer from above. When the hymn was finished, we all -kneeled down to pray for him. While calling on the name of the Lord, to -have mercy on his soul, and to grant him repentance unto life, it came -suddenly into my mind never to rise from my knees until God should hear -prayer in his behalf, until he should convert and save his soul. - -Now, while I thus continued importuning heaven, as I felt I was led, a -ray of light, more abundant, broke forth among us. There appeared to my -view, though my eyes were closed, the Saviour in full stature, nailed -to the cross, just over the head of the young man, against the ceiling -of the room. I cried out, brother look up, the Saviour is come, he -will pardon you, your sins he will forgive. My sorrow for the soul of -the young man was gone; I could no longer pray—joy and rapture made it -impossible. We rose up from our knees, when lo, his eyes were gazing -with ecstacy upwards; over his face there was an expression of joy; his -lips were clothed in a sweet and holy smile; but no sound came from -his tongue; it was heard in its stillness of bliss; full of hope and -immortality. Thus, as I held him by the hand, his happy and purified soul -soared away, without a sigh or a groan, to its eternal rest. - -I now closed his eyes, straightened out his limbs, and left him to be -dressed for the grave. But as for me, I was filled with the power of the -Holy Ghost—the very room seemed filled with glory. His sister and all -that were in the room rejoiced, nothing doubting but he had entered into -Paradise; and I believe I shall see him at the last and great day, safe -on the shores of salvation. - -But to return to the subject of my call to preach. Soon after this, as -above related, the Rev. Richard Williams was to preach at Bethel Church, -where I with others were assembled. He entered the pulpit, gave out the -hymn, which was sung, and then addressed the throne of grace; took his -text, passed through the exordium, and commenced to expound it. The text -he took is in Jonah, 2d chap. 9th verse,—“Salvation is of the Lord.” But -as he proceeded to explain, he seemed to have lost the spirit; when in -the same instant, I sprang, as by altogether supernatural impulse, to my -feet, when I was aided from above to give an exhortation on the very text -which my brother Williams had taken. - -I told them I was like Jonah; for it had been then nearly eight years -since the Lord had called me to preach his gospel to the fallen sons and -daughters of Adam’s race, but that I had lingered like him, and delayed -to go at the bidding of the Lord, and warn those who are as deeply guilty -as were the people of Nineveh. - -During the exhortation, God made manifest his power in a manner -sufficient to show the world that I was called to labor according to -my ability, and the grace given unto me, in the vineyard of the good -husbandman. - -I now sat down, scarcely knowing what I had done, being frightened. I -imagined, that for this indecorum, as I feared it might be called, I -should be expelled from the church. But instead of this, the Bishop rose -up in the assembly, and related that I had called upon him eight years -before, asking to be permitted to preach, and that he had put me off; but -that he now as much believed that I was called to that work, as any of -the preachers present. These remarks greatly strengthened me, so that my -fears of having given an offence, and made myself liable as an offender, -subsided, giving place to a sweet serenity, a holy joy of a peculiar -kind, untasted in my bosom until then. - -The next Sabbath day, while sitting under the word of the gospel, I felt -moved to attempt to speak to the people in a public manner, but I could -not bring my mind to attempt it in the church. I said, Lord, anywhere -but here. Accordingly, there was a house not far off which was pointed -out to me; to this I went. It was the house of a sister belonging to the -same society with myself. Her name was Anderson. I told her I had come -to hold a meeting in her house, if she would call in her neighbors. With -this request she immediately complied. My congregation consisted of but -five persons. I commenced by reading and singing a hymn; when I arose I -found my hand resting on the Bible, which I had not noticed till that -moment. It now occurred to me to take a text. I opened the Scripture, -as it happened, at the 141st Psalm, fixing my eye on the third verse, -which reads: “Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth, keep the door of my -lips.” My sermon, such as it was, applied wholly to myself, and added -an exhortation. Two of my congregation wept much, as the fruit of my -labor this time. In closing, I said to the few, that if any one would -open a door, I would hold a meeting the next sixth-day evening: when one -answered that her house was at my service. Accordingly I went, and God -made manifest his power among the people. Some wept, while others shouted -for joy. One whole seat of females, by the power of God, as the rushing -of a wind, were all bowed to the floor, at once, and screamed out. Also a -sick man and woman in one house, the Lord convicted them both; one lived, -and the other died. God wrought a judgment—some were well at night, and -died in the morning. At this place I continued to hold meetings about -six months. During that time I kept house with my little son, who was -very sickly. About this time I had a call to preach at a place about -thirty miles distant, among the Methodists, with whom I remained one -week, and during the whole time, not a thought of my little son came into -my mind; it was hid from me, lest I should have been diverted from the -work I had to do, to look after my son. Here by the instrumentality of a -poor coloured woman, the Lord poured forth his spirit among the people. -Though, as I was told, there were lawyers, doctors, and magistrates -present, to hear me speak, yet there was mourning and crying among -sinners, for the Lord scattered fire among them of his own kindling. -The Lord gave his hand-maiden power to speak for his great name, for -he arrested the hearts of the people, and caused a shaking amongst the -multitude, for God was in the midst. - -I now returned home, found all well; no harm had come to my child, -although I left it very sick. Friends had taken care of it which was of -the Lord. I now began to think seriously of breaking up housekeeping, and -forsaking all to preach the everlasting Gospel. I felt a strong desire -to return to the place of my nativity, at Cape May, after an absence of -about fourteen years. To this place, where the heaviest cross was to be -met with, the Lord sent me, as Saul of Tarsus was sent to Jerusalem, to -preach the same gospel which he had neglected and despised before his -conversion. I went by water, and on my passage was much distressed by -sea sickness, so much so that I expected to have died, but such was not -the will of the Lord respecting me. After I had disembarked, I proceeded -on as opportunities offered, toward where my mother lived. When within -ten miles of that place, I appointed an evening meeting. There were a -goodly number came out to hear. The Lord was pleased to give me light -and liberty among the people. After meeting, there came an elderly lady -to me and said, she believed the Lord had sent me among them; she then -appointed me another meeting there two weeks from that night. The next -day I hastened forward to the place of my mother, who was happy to see -me, and the happiness was mutual between us. With her I left my poor -sickly boy, while I departed to do my Master’s will. In this neighborhood -I had an uncle, who was a Methodist, and who gladly threw open his door -for meetings to be held there. At the first meeting which I held at my -uncle’s house, there was, with others who had come from curiosity to hear -the woman preacher, an old man, who was a Deist, and who said he did not -believe the coloured people had any souls—he was sure they had none. He -took a seat very near where I was standing, and boldly tried to look me -out of countenance. But as I labored on in the best manner I was able, -looking to God all the while, though it seemed to me I had but little -liberty, yet there went an arrow from the bent bow of the gospel, and -fastened in his till then obdurate heart. After I had done speaking, he -went out, and called the people around him, said that my preaching might -seem a small thing, yet he believed I had the worth of souls at heart. -This language was different from what it was a little time before, as he -now seemed to admit that coloured people had souls, as it was to these -I was chiefly speaking; and unless they had souls, whose good I had in -view, his remark must have been without meaning. He now came into the -house, and in the most friendly manner shook hands with me, saying, he -hoped God had spared him to some good purpose. This man was a great slave -holder, and had been very cruel; thinking nothing of knocking down a -slave with a fence stake, or whatever might come to hand. From this time -it was said of him that he became greatly altered in his ways for the -better. At that time he was about seventy years old, his head as white as -snow; but whether he became a converted man or not, I never heard. - -The week following, I had an invitation to hold a meeting at the Court -House of the County, when I spoke from the 53d chap. of Isaiah, 3d verse. -It was a solemn time, and the Lord attended the word; I had life and -liberty, though there were people there of various denominations. Here -again I saw the aged slaveholder, who notwithstanding his age, walked -about three miles to hear me. This day I spoke twice, and walked six -miles to the place appointed. There was a magistrate present, who showed -his friendship, by saying in a friendly manner, that he had heard of -me: he handed me a hymn-book, pointing to a hymn which he had selected. -When the meeting was over, he invited me to preach in a schoolhouse -in his neighborhood, about three miles distant from where I then was. -During this meeting one backslider was reclaimed. This day I walked six -miles, and preached twice to large congregations, both in the morning and -evening. The Lord was with me, glory be to his holy name. I next went -six miles and held a meeting in a coloured friend’s house, at eleven -o’clock in the morning, and preached to a well behaved congregation of -both coloured and white. After service I again walked back, which was in -all twelve miles in the same day. This was on Sabbath, or as I sometimes -call it, seventh day; for after my conversion I preferred the plain -language of the Friends. On the fourth day, after this, in compliance -with an invitation received by note, from the same magistrate who had -heard me at the above place I preached to a large congregation, where we -had a precious time: much weeping was heard among the people. The same -gentleman, now at the close of the meeting, gave out another appointment -at the same place, that day week. Here again I had liberty, there was a -move among the people. Ten years from that time, in the neighborhood of -Cape May, I held a prayer meeting in a school house, which was then the -regular place of preaching for the Episcopal Methodists, after service, -there came a white lady, of great distinction, a member of the Methodist -Society, and told me that at the same school house ten years before, -under my preaching, the Lord first awakened her. She rejoiced much to see -me, and invited me home with her, where I staid till the next day. This -was bread cast upon the water, seen after many days. - -From this place I next went to Dennis Creek meeting house, where at the -invitation of an elder, I spoke to a large congregation of various and -conflicting sentiments, when a wonderful shock of God’s power was felt, -shown everywhere by groans, by sighs, and loud and happy amens. I felt as -if aided from above. My tongue was cut loose, the stammerer spoke freely; -the love of God, and of his service, burned with a vehement flame within -me—his name was glorified among the people. - -I had my little son with me, and was very much straitened for money—and -not having means to procure my passage home, I opened a School, and -taught eleven scholars, for the purpose of raising a small sum. For -many weeks I knew not what to do about returning home, when the Lord -came to my assistance as I was rambling in the fields meditating upon -his goodness, and made known to me that I might go to the city of -Philadelphia, for which place I soon embarked with a very kind captain. -We had a perilous passage—a dreadful storm arose, and before leaving the -Delaware bay, we had a narrow escape from being run down by a large ship. -But the good Lord held us in the hollow of his hand, and in the afternoon -of Nov. 12, 1821, we arrived at the city. - -Here I held meetings in the dwelling house of sister Lydia Anderson, -and for about three months had as many appointments as I could attend. -We had many precious seasons together, and the Lord was with his little -praying band, convincing and converting sinners to the truth. I continued -in the city until spring, when I felt it impressed upon my mind to -travel, and walked fourteen miles in company with a sister to meet with -some ministers, there to assemble, from Philadelphia. Satan tempted me -while on the way, telling me that I was a fool for walking so far, as -I would not be permitted to preach. But I pursued my journey, with the -determination to set down and worship with them. When I arrived, a goodly -number of people had assembled, and no preacher. They waited the time to -commence the exercises, and then called upon me. I took the 3d chapter -John, 14th verse for my text. I had life and liberty, and the Lord was -in the camp with a shout. Another meeting was appointed three miles from -there, when I spoke from Psalms cxxxvii, 1, 2, 3, 4. My master was with -me, and made manifest his power. In the County House, also, we held a -meeting, and had a sweet waiting upon the Lord. I spoke from Hebrews ii, -3, when the Lord gave me peculiar liberty. At a dwelling house one night -I spoke from John vii, 46, when six souls fell to the floor crying for -mercy. We had a blessed outpouring of the spirit among us—the God of -Jacob was in our midst—and the shout of heaven-born souls was like music -to our ears. - -About the month of February my little son James, then in his sixth -year, gave evidence of having religious inclinations. Once he got up -in a chair, with a hymn book in his hand, and with quite a ministerial -gesture, gave out a hymn. I felt the spirit move me to sing with him. A -worthy sister was in the room, who I asked to pray for him. I invoked -the Lord to answer and seal this prayer in the courts of heaven. I -believed He would and did, and while yet on our knees I was filled with -the fulness of God, and the answer came. I cried out in the joy of my -heart—“The dead is alive”—and ran down stairs to inform a neighbor. Tears -ran down the cheeks of my now happy boy, and great was our rejoicing -together. He had been the subject of many prayers, and often had I -thought I would rather follow him to his grave than to see him grow up -an open and profane sinner like many children I had seen. And here let -me say, the promise of the Lord is, “ask and ye shall receive.” Dear -parents; pray for your children in childhood—carry them in the arms of -faith to the mercy seat, and there present them an offering to the -Lord. I can say from my own experience, the Lord will hear prayer. I -had given James the Bible as Haman gave Samuel to God in his youth, and -by his gracious favor he was received. For the further encouragement of -fathers and mothers to engage in this blessed work, let me refer them -to Ecclesiastes xi, 6: “In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening -withhold not thy hand, for thou knowest not whether shall prosper either -this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.” - - “Sow it in the youthful mind, - Can you have a fairer field? - Be it but in faith consigned, - Harvest, doubtless, it shall yield, - Fruits of early piety, - All that God delights to see.” - -In November I journeyed for Trenton, N. J. At Burlington I spoke to the -people on the Sabbath, and had a good time among them, and on Monday the -12th, in a School house. Sister Mary Owan, who had laid aside all the -cares of the world, went with me. We had no means of travelling but on -foot, but the Lord regarded us, and by some means put it into the heart -of a stranger, to convey us to the Trenton bridge. We fell in with the -elder of the circuit, who spoke to me in a cold and formal manner, and -as though he thought my capacity was not equal to his. We went into the -sister’s house, where we expected to stay, and waited a long while with -our hats and cloaks on, before the invitation to lodge there was given. -In the morning I had thought to visit Newhope, but remained to discharge -my duty in visiting the sick and afflicted three or four days in the -neighborhood. I was invited to a prayer meeting, and was called upon by a -brother to speak. I improved the offer, and made some remarks from Kings -xviii, 21. One of the preachers invited me to preach for them on sixth -day evening, which I complied with before an attentive congregation, when -God followed the word with much power, and great was our joy. On the 17th -I spoke in the morning at 11 o’clock. I felt my weakness and deficiency -for the work, and thought “who is able for these things,” and desired to -get away from the task. My text was Timothy vi, 2-7. The Lord again cut -loose the stammering tongue, and opened the Scriptures to my mind, so -that, glory to God’s dear name, we had a most melting, sin-killing, and -soul-reviving time. In the afternoon I assisted in leading a class, when -we found the Lord faithful and true—and on the same evening I spoke from -Hebrews ii, 3. - -The next day, sister Mary Owan and myself set out for Newhope, where -we arrived, after walking sixteen miles, at about six o’clock in the -evening. Though tedious, it was a pleasant walk to view the high mountain -and towering hills, and the beauty and variety of nature around us, -which powerfully impressed my mind with the greatness and wisdom of my -Maker. At this place I stopt at the house of the gentleman with whose -wife’s mother I was brought up, and by whom we were agreeably received. -The next evening we called upon brother Butler, where I addressed a small -company, and God, through his words, quickened some. The next night I -spoke in an Academy to a goodly number of people, from John iii, 14. Here -I found some very ill-behaved persons, who talked roughly, and said among -other things, “I was not a woman, but a man dressed in female clothes.” -I labored one week among them, and went next to Lambertsville, where we -experienced kindness from the people, and had a happy time and parted in -tears. - -I now returned to Philadelphia, where I stayed a short time, and went to -Salem, West Jersey. I met with many troubles on my journey, especially -from the elder, who like many others, was averse to a woman’s preaching. -And here let me tell that elder, if he has not gone to heaven, that I -have heard that as far back as Adam Clarke’s time, his objections to -female preaching were met by the answer—“If an ass reproved Balaam, and -a barn-door fowl reproved Peter, why should not a woman reprove sin?” I -do not introduce this for its complimentary classification of women with -donkeys and fowls, but to give the reply of a poor woman, who had once -been a slave. To the first companion she said—“May be a speaking woman -is like an ass—but I can tell you one thing, the ass seen the angel when -Balaam didn’t.” - -Notwithstanding the opposition, we had a prosperous time at Salem. I -had some good congregations, and sinners were cut to the heart. After -speaking in the meeting house, two women came up into the pulpit, and -falling upon my neck cried out “What shall I do to be saved?” One said -she had disobeyed God, and he had taken her children from her—he had -called often after her, but she did not hearken. I pointed her to the -all-atoning blood of Christ, which is sufficient to cleanse from all -sin, and left her, after prayer, to his mercy. From this place I walked -twenty-one miles, and preached with difficulty to a stiff-necked and -rebellious people, who I soon left without any animosity for their -treatment. They might have respected my message, if not the poor weak -servant who brought it to them with so much labor. - -“If they persecute you in one city, flee into another,” was the advice I -had resolved to take, and I hastened to Greenwich, where I had a lively -congregation, had unusual life and liberty in speaking, and the power of -God was there. We also had a solemn time in the meeting house on Sabbath -day morning, and in a dwelling house in the evening; a large company -assembled, when the spirit was with us, and we had a mighty shaking among -the dry bones. - -On second day morning, I took stage and rode seven miles to Woodstown, -and there I spoke to a respectable congregation of white and colored, -in a school house. I was desired to speak in the colored meeting house, -but the minister could not reconcile his mind to a woman preacher—he -could not unite in fellowship with me even to shaking hands as christians -ought. I had visited that place before, when God made manifest his -power “through the foolishness of preaching,” and owned the poor old -woman. One of the brothers appointed a meeting in his own house, and -after much persuasion this minister came also. I did not feel much like -preaching, but spoke from Acts viii, 35. I felt my inability, and was led -to complain of weakness—but God directed the arrow to the hearts of the -guilty—and my friend the minister got happy, and often shouted “Amen,” -and “as it is, sister.” We had a wonderful display of the spirit of God -among us, and we found it good to be there. There is nothing too hard -for the Lord to do. I committed the meeting into the hands of the elder, -who afterwards invited me to preach in the meeting house. He had said he -did not believe that ever a soul was converted under the preaching of a -woman—but while I was laboring in his place, conviction seized a woman, -who fell to the floor crying for mercy. This meeting held till 12 or 1 -o’clock. O how precious is the sound of Jesus’ name! I never felt a doubt -at this time of my acceptance with God, but rested my soul on his every -promise. The elder shook hands, and we parted. - -Nov. 22, 1822, I returned to Philadelphia, and attended meetings in and -out of the city. God was still my help, and I preached and formed a -class, and tried to be useful. The oppositions I met with, however, were -numerous—so much so, that I was tempted to withdraw from the Methodist -Church, lest some might go into ruin by their persecutions of me—but this -was allowed only to try my faithfulness to God. At times I was pressed -down like a cart beneath its shafts—my life seemed as at the point of the -sword—my heart was sore and pained me in my body. But the Lord knows how -to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to reserve the unjust till -the day of judgment to be punished. While relating the feelings of my -mind to a sister who called to see me, joy sprang up in my bosom that I -was not overcome by the adversary, and I was overwhelmed with the love -of God and souls. I embraced the sister in my arms, and we had a melting -time together. Oh how comforting it is to have the spirit of God bearing -witness with our spirits that we are his children in such dark hours! - - When Satan appears to stop up our path, - And fill us with fears, we triumph by faith; - He cannot take from us, (tho’ oft he has tried,) - The soul cheering promise the Lord will provide. - He tells us we’re weak, our hope is in vain, - The good that we seek we ne’er shall obtain; - But when such suggestions our graces have tried, - This answers all questions, the Lord will provide. - -I felt a greater love for the people than ever. It appeared to me that -they erred through ignorance of my desire to do them good; and my prayer -was that nothing but love might appear in my ways, and actuate my heart. -Religion is love—God is love. But it was nothing less than the Divine -power that brought me through, for it appeared that the hosts of darkness -were arrayed against me to destroy my peace and lead me away from the -throne of love. - -June 24, I left the city of Philadelphia to travel in Delaware State. I -went with captain Ryal, a kind gentleman, who took me to his house in -Wilmington, and himself and lady both treated me well. The first night -of my arrival; I preached in the stone Methodist meeting house. I tried, -in my weak way, to interest the assembly from the 2d chapter of Hebrews, -3d verse—“How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation.” God -was there, as we had the most delightful evidence—and many had their -eyes opened to see there was no escape from the second death while out -of Christ, and cried unto God for his saving grave. I would that all who -have not embraced the salvation offered in the gospel, might examine the -question candidly and seriously, ere the realities of the other world -break up their fancied security. - -In July I spoke in a School house to a large congregation, from Numbers -xxix, 17. Here we had a sweet foretaste of heaven—full measure, and -running over—shouting and rejoicing—while the poor errand-bearer of a -free gospel was assisted from on high. I wish my reader had been there to -share with us the joyous heavenly feast. On the 15th of July I gave an -exhortation in the meeting house again to a listening multitude—deep and -solemn were the convictions of many, and good, I trust, was done. - -The next place I visited was Newcastle. The meeting house could not be -obtained, and two young gentleman interested themselves to get the Court -house, but the Trustees objected, wishing to know why the Methodists did -not open their Church. The reason was “I was not licensed,” they said. My -two friends waited on me to speak in the Market house, where I attended -at early candlelight, and had the pleasure of addressing a few plain -truths to a crowded but respectful congregation, from John vii, 46—“Never -man spake like this man.” On Sunday the same young gentlemen invited me -to give another discourse, to which I consented, before a large gathering -of all descriptions. - -From here I proceeded to Christine, where we worshipped in a dwelling -house, and I must say was well treated by some of my colored friends. -I then returned to Wilmington, where in a few days I had a message to -return again to C. My friends said I should have the Meeting house, for -which Squire Luden interested himself, and the appointment was published. -When the people met at the proper time, the doors remained locked. Amid -cries of “shame” we left the Church steps—but a private house was opened -a short distance up the road, and though disappointed in obtaining egress -to a Church, the Lord did not disappoint his people, for we were fed -with the bread of life, and had a happy time. Mr. and Mrs. Lewelen took -me to their house, and treated me, not as one of their hired servants, -but as a companion, for which I shall ever feel grateful. Mr. Smith, a -doctor, also invited me to call upon them—he was a Presbyterian, but -we prayed and conversed together about Jesus and his love, and parted -without meddling with each others creeds. Oh, I long to see the day when -Christians will meet on one common platform—Jesus of Nazareth—and cease -their bickerings and contentions about non-essentials—when “our Church” -shall be less debated, but “our Jesus” shall be all in all. - -Another family gave me the invitation to attend a prayer meeting. It was -like a “little heaven below.” From here I walked about four miles that -evening, accompanied by the house maid of Mrs. Ford, a Presbyterian, -who said she knew her mistress would be glad to see me. Mrs. F. gave -me a welcome—said she felt interested in my speaking, and sent a note -to a Methodist lady, who replied that my labor would be acceptable, no -doubt, in her Church that afternoon. When I came in, the elder was in the -pulpit. He gave us a good sermon. After preaching, this lady spoke of me -to the elder; in consequence, he invited me to his pulpit, saying “he was -willing that every one should do good.” My text was Hebrews ii, 3. Though -weak in body, the good Master filled my mouth and gave me liberty among -strangers, and seldom have I spent so happy a Sabbath. Mrs. F. had a -colored woman in her family one hundred and ten years of age, with whom I -conversed about religion—how Christ had died to redeem us and the way of -salvation, and the poor old lady said “she wished she could hear me every -day.” I also called upon another, one hundred and sixteen years old, who -was blind. We talked together about Jesus—she had a strong and abiding -evidence of her new birth, and in a few weeks went home to heaven. Here -she was long deprived of the light of the sun, and the privilege of -reading God’s blessed word; but there her eyes are unsealed, and the Sun -of righteousness has risen with healing in his wings. - - There glory beams on all the plains, - Which sight to her is given— - There music rolls in sweetest strains, - And spotless beauty ever reigns, - And all is love in heaven. - -I left Mrs. Ford’s and walked about three miles to St. George, with a -recommend to a Mrs. Sutton, a noble-minded lady of the Presbyterian -order, where I was generously treated. Here I preached in the School -house to a respectable company—had considerable weeping and a profitable -waiting upon the Lord. I accepted an invitation from a gentleman to -preach in a Methodist Church three miles distant—found there a loving -people, and was highly gratified at the order and decorum manifested -while I addressed them. Mrs. Smith took me home with her, who I found to -be a christian both in sentiment and action. By invitation, I went next -to Port Penn, and spoke with freedom, being assisted of the Lord, to a -full house, and had a glorious feast of the Spirit. The next night found -me at Canton Bride, to which place I had walked—spoke in a School house, -from Math. xxii, 41—“What think ye of Christ?” The presence of the Lord -overshadowed us—believers rejoiced—some were awakened to believe well of -my Master, and I trust are on their way to glory. In Fieldsborough, also, -we had gracious meetings. - -At Smyrna I met brother C. W. Cannon, who made application for the -Friend’s Meeting house for me, where the Lord blessed us abundantly. We -attended a Camp-meeting of the old connexion, and got greatly refreshed -for the King’s service. I rode ten miles and delivered a message from the -Lord to a waiting audience—the Master assisted, and seven individuals, -white and colored, prostrated themselves for prayer. Next day I rode -to Middletown—spoke in a School house to a white congregation from -Isaiah lxiii, 1, and a good time it was. In the morning at 11 o’clock, I -addressed a Methodist Society, and in the afternoon at 3 o’clock, spoke -under a tree in the grave yard, by the road side, to a large audience. -Squire Maxwell’s lady, who was present, invited me home to tea with -herself and nieces, and a Quaker lady showed her benevolence by putting -into my hand enough to help me on my journey. The Lord is good—what -shall I do to make it known? I rode seven miles that night, and gave an -exhortation after the minister had preached, and felt happier than a King. - -I now travelled to Cecil county, Md., and the first evening spoke to a -large congregation. The pastor afterwards baptized some adult persons—and -we all experienced the cleansing and purifying power. We had a baptism -within and without. I was next sent for by the servant of a white -gentleman, to hold a meeting in his house in the evening. He invited -the neighbors, colored and white, when I spoke according to the ability -God gave me. It was pleasant to my poor soul to be there—Jesus was in -our midst—and we gave glory to God. Yes, glory—glory be to God in the -highest. “God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord -Jesus Christ.” I boast not myself. Paul may plant and Apollos water, but -God giveth the increase. I tried also to preach three times at a place -14 miles from here—had good meetings—backsliders were reclaimed and -sinners convicted of sin, who I left in the hands of God, with the hope -of meeting and recognizing again “when we arrive at home.” - - * * * * * - -Returned back to Middletown. The next day the preacher of the circuit -conveyed me to his place of appointment at Elkton. We had a wonderful -outpouring of the spirit. At Frenchtown I spoke at 11 o’clock, where I -realized my nothingness, but, God’s name be praised, he helped me in -the duty. Went again to Middletown, and from there to Canton’s Bridge, -and talked to the people as best I could. Seven miles from this place -I found, by the direction of a kind Providence, my own sister, who had -been separated from me some thirty-three years. We were young when last -we met, with less of the cares of life than now. Each heart then was -buoyant with mildly hopes and pleasures—and little did we expect at -parting that thirty-three years would pass over us, with its changes and -vicissitudes, ere we should see each other’s face. Both were much altered -in appearance, but we knew each other, and talked over the dealings of -the Lord with us, retracing our wanderings in the world and “the days -when life was young.” - - “Our days of childhood quickly pass, - And soon our happiest years are run— - As the pure dew that gems the grass - Is dried beneath the summer sun. - There’s such deceit—such guile in men, - Who would not be a child again?” - -During this visit I had three meetings in different directions in -gentlemen’s houses, and a prayer meeting at my brother’s, who did not -enjoy religion. My good old friend Mr. Lorton happened to be there, who -told the people that he had been to my house—that he knew Mr. Lee (my -husband) intimately, and that he had often preached for him while pastor -of the Church at Snow Hill, N. J. - -I next attended and preached several times at a camp meeting, which -continued five days. We had pentecostal showers—sinners were pricked to -the heart, and cried mightily to God for succor from impending judgment, -and I verily believe the Lord was well pleased at our weak endeavors to -serve him in the tented grove. The elder in charge, on the last day of -the camp, appointed a meeting for me in a dwelling house. Spoke from -Acts ii, 41. The truth fastened in the hearts of two young women, who, -after I was seated, came and fell down at my side, and cried for God to -have mercy on them—we prayed and wrestled with the Lord, and both were -made happy in believing, and are alive in the faith of the gospel. The -next morning a brother preacher took me to St. Georgetown. From there I -took stage to Wilmington, and called on my friend Captain Rial, in whose -family I spent two days and nights. Went to Philadelphia to attend a -camp-meeting. Returned again to W⸺, where I was taken sick with typhus -fever, and was in the doctor’s hands for some days—but the Lord rebuked -the disease, gave me my usual health again, and I returned back to -Philadelphia. - -The Bishop gave me an invitation to speak in Bethel Church; but here my -heart fluttered with fear at the commencement, in a manner known but to -those who feel their unworthiness in addressing new and large assemblies. -My text was in Isaiah x. 10, 11. Previous to dismission, the Bishop gave -me another appointment in Wesley Church for first day morning, where I -labored to encourage believers, from Ephesians ii, 19. The comforter -was with us—we were sprinkled as with clear water from above—the hands -of those that were hanging down were lifted up, and we truly had a -refreshing season. Glory to God for the manifestation of His Spirit. “Now -therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens -with the saints, and of the household of God.” - -On the ensuing Thursday night, in Union Church, I had the opportunity of -speaking a word for my Saviour again, and recommenced the impenitent to -see to it that they took the advice of my text, in Rev. iii, 18. The Lord -searched the heart as he did Jerusalem with a lighted candle, and there -was a moving of the Spirit among the people. - -From Philadelphia I travelled on foot thirty miles to Downingtown, and -gave ten sermons while there; and remember the cold day in December I -walked sixteen miles from the above place to brother Wells’, where I -staid one week, and labored both among colored and white. They had one -class there. Three miles further, I talked on Lord’s day to an apparently -hardened people, and next night preached in a School-house, after a ride -of ten miles. The call of the Lord was for me now to go to West Chester, -N. Y., where I remained a little period with brother Thomas Henry and -brother Miller; preached in a School-house and in the Wesleyan Methodist -Meeting-house. When prepared to go home, a request was sent me to -preach in the Court-house of the county, to which I rode ten miles, and -addressed the citizens on two evenings. The Lord strengthened his feeble -instrument in the effort to win souls to Christ, for which my heart at -this time was heavily burthened. Next morning I left for Westhaven, where -I visited a School of boys and girls, and was much pleased to see them -engaged and improving in their studies. How great the difference now, -thought I, for the mental and moral culture of the young than when I was -a child! - -In the month of June, 1823, I went on from Philadelphia to New York with -Bishop Allen and several Elders, (including our present Rev. Bishop -Brown,) to attend the New York Annual Conference of our denomination, -where I spent three months of my time. We arrived about nine o’clock -in the evening. As we left the boat, a person fell into the dock, and -notwithstanding the effort made to save and find him, he was seen no -more. ‘In the midst of life we are in death.’ On the 4th of June I spoke -in the Asbury Church, from Psalms c, 33. I think I never witnessed such -a shouting and rejoicing time. The Church had then but recently adopted -the African M. E. discipline. On the 5th I brought my master’s message to -the Bethel Church—Text Isaiah lviii, 1. “Cry aloud, spare not; lift up -thy voice like a trumpet, and show my people their transgressions, and -the house of Jacob their sins.” The spirit of God came upon me; I spoke -without fear of man, and seemed willing even there to be offered up; the -preachers shouted and prayed, and it was a time long to be remembered. - -June 6. Spoke in the Church in High Street, Brooklyn, from Jer. ix, 1—“Oh -that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might -weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people.” In these -days I felt it my duty to travel up and down in the world, and promulgate -the gospel of Christ, especially among my own people, though I often -desired to be released from the great task. The Lord had promised to be -with me, and my trust was in his strong arm. - - Renouncing every worldly thing, - Safe ’neath the shadow of thy wing, - My sweetest thought henceforth shall be - That all I want I find in thee, - In thee, my God, in Thee. - -I left my friend in Brooklyn, and went to Flushing, L. I. Here we had -quite a revival feeling, and two joined society. Visited Jamaica and -Jericho; spoke in brother B’s dwelling, in the church, and under a tree. -Went to White Plains to the camp-meeting; the Lord was with us indeed; -believers were revived, backsliders reclaimed, and sinners converted. -Returned and spent a little time in Brooklyn, where I addressed the -people from Rev. iii, 18, and John iii, 15. - -July 22. Spoke in Asbury Church from Acts xiii, 41—“Behold ye despisers, -and wonder and perish.” I pointed out the portion of the hypocrite, the -liar, the Sabbath-breaker, and all who do wickedly and die in their sins; -they shall be to the judgment bar of Jehovah, and before an assembled -universe hear their awful sentence, “Depart from me, ye cursed, into -everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels,” while the -righteous shall be received “into life eternal.” On the 28th I went to -Dutch Hill, L. I., and spoke before a congregation of white and colored, -in a barn, as there was no other suitable place. I felt happy when I -thought of my dear Redeemer, who was born in a stable and cradled in a -manger, and we had a precious season. Brother Croker, of Brooklyn, and -father Thompson were with me, at whose feet I desired rather to sit and -learn, they being experienced “workmen that needed not to be ashamed.” -But the Lord sends by whom he will. - -The next Sabbath I weakly attempted to address my friends in New York -again. Took the words in Math. xxviii, 13, for my text—“Say ye, his -disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.” The place -was greatly crowded, and many came who could not get in. A class met -here, to which the preacher invited all who desired to remain, and -thirty persons tarried. He called upon me to lead, but He who led Israel -over the Red Sea assisted, and it was a gracious time with us. Some who -remained from curiosity were made, like Belshazzar, to tremble and weep, -while the spirit strove powerfully with them. One experienced religion -and joined society. I expect in the resurrection morning to meet many who -were in that little company, in my Father’s house, where we shall strike -hands no more to part; where our song of redemption shall be raised to -God and the Lamb forever. Dear reader, if you have not, I charge you to -make your peace with God while time and opportunity is given, and be one -of that number who shall take part and lot in the first resurrection. -Though I may never see you in the flesh, I leave on this page my solemn -entreaty that you delay not to obtain the pardoning favor of God; that -you leave not the momentous subject of religion to a sick bed or dying -hour, but now, even now, seek the Lord with full purpose of heart, and he -will be found of thee. “If any man sin, he has advocate with the Father, -Jesus Christ the righteous.” - - “Oh that the world might taste and see - The riches of his grace; - The arms of love that compass me, - Would all mankind embrace.” - -I visited a woman who was laying sick upon her death-bed. She told me -“she had once enjoyed religion, but the enemy had cheated her out of -it.” She knew that she must die in a very little while, and could not -get well, and her agony of soul, in view of its unprepared state for a -judgment to come, awoke every feeling of sympathy within me. Oh! how -loud such a scene calls upon us to be “faithful unto death”—then shall -we “receive a crown of life.” Also visited Mrs. Miller, who once “tasted -that the Lord was good,” but had ceased now to follow him. She had been a -Methodist for many years—got her feelings injured through some untoward -circumstance—had fallen from grace, and now was sick. A good sister -accompanied me; we conversed with Mrs. M., sung an appropriate hymn, -and my friend supplicated the throne of grace in her behalf. She had -frequently felt the need of a returning Saviour, and during prayer her -heart became melted into tenderness. She cried aloud for mercy, wrestled -like Jacob for the witness, and the Lord, faithful and true, “healed her -backslidings,” and we left her happy in his father. Praise the Lord for -his matchless grace. I entertained no doubt of her well-grounded hope; -and on seeing such a display of God’s power, I was lost in wonder, love -and praise. Let the backslider hear and take courage. Let all who are -out of Christ hear the invitation—“Repent ye and be converted, for God -hath called all men everywhere to repent.” - - “Without reserve give Christ your heart, - Let him his righteousness impart— - Then all things else he’ll freely give, - With him you all things shall receive.” - -With a serene and tranquil mind I now returned to Philadelphia. The -Bishop was pleased to give me an appointment at Bethel Church, but -a spirit of opposition arose among the people against the propriety -of female preaching. My faith was tried—yet I felt my call to labor -for souls none the less. “Shall the servant be above his Master?” The -ministers of Jesus must expect persecution, if they would be faithful -witnesses against sin and sinners—but shall they, “awed by a mortal’s -form, conceal the word of God?” Thou God knowest my heart, and that thy -glory is all I have in view. Shall I cease from sounding the alarm to -an ungodly world, when the vengeance of offended heaven is about to be -poured out, because my way is sometimes beset with scoffers, or those -who lose sight of the great Object, and stop on the road to glory to -contend about non-essentials? Rather let the messengers of God go on—let -them not be hindered by the fashions and customs of a gainsaying and -mis-loving generation, but with the crown in view, which shall deck the -brow of those only who are “faithful unto death”—let them “cry aloud -and spare not.” Who regarded the warnings of Noah? who believed in his -report? Who among the antediluvians, that witnessed the preparations of -this righteous man to save himself and family from a deluge of waters, -believed him any thing else than a fanatic, deluded, and beside himself? -Let the servants of Christ gird on the armor, and listen to the Captain’s -voice: “Lo I am with you always, even unto the end.” With the promise -of my Lord impressed upon my mind, I remained at home only a week, and -walked twenty-one miles to Lumbertown, and preached in the Old Methodist -Church and our African Church. Brother Joshua Edely was then a deacon -there, and held a quarterly meeting soon after my reaching the place. -He also appointed a love-feast in the morning, when the love that true -believers enjoy at such scenes made the place akin to heaven. While here -I spoke as the Spirit taught me from Solomon’s Songs. It was a happy -meeting—refreshing to the thirsty soul—and we had a shout of the king in -the camp. I shall never forget the kindness I received here from dear -sister G. B. May the blessings of heaven be hers in this and the world to -come. - -I travelled seven miles from the above place to Snow Hill on Sabbath -morning, where I was to preach in the Church of which I was a member; -and although much afflicted in body, I strove, by the grace of God, -to perform the duty. This was once the charge of JOSEPH LEE. In this -desk my lamented husband had often stood up before me, proclaiming the -“acceptable year of the Lord”—here he labored with zeal and spent his -strength to induce sinners to be “reconciled to God”—here his toils -ended. And could it be, that a poor unworthy being like myself should -be called to address his former congregation, and should stand in the -same pulpit! The thought made me tremble. My heart sighed when memory -brought back the image, and the reminiscences of other days crowded upon -me. But why, my heart, dost thou sigh? He has ceased from his labor, and -I here see his works do follow. It will be enough, if these, the people -of his care, press on and gain the kingdom. It will be enough, if, on -the final day, “for which all other days were made,” we pass through the -gates into the city, and live again together where death cannot enter, -and separations are unknown. Cease then, my tears—a little while, my -fluttering heart! and the turf that covers my companion, perchance, may -cover thee—a little while, my soul! if faithful, and the widow’s God will -call thee from this valley of tears and sorrows to rest in the mansions -the Saviour has gone to prepare for his people. “Good what God gives—just -what he takes away.” - -My mind was next exercised to visited Trenton, N. J. I spoke for the -people there, but soon had felt the cross so heavy. Perhaps it was -occasioned through grieving over the past, and my feelings of loneliness -in the world. A sister wished me to go with her to Bridgeport—where -I found brother Orwin, then elder over that church. He gave me an -appointment. We had a full house, and God’s power was manifest among the -people, and I returned to the elder’s house rejoicing. The following day -I walked fourteen miles to a meeting, where also we were greatly favored -with the presence of God. Soon after this, I thought of going home to -Philadelphia. I got about three miles on foot, when an apparent voice -said “If thou goest home thou wilt die.” I paused for a moment, and not -comprehending what it meant, pursued my journey. Again I was startled -by something like a tapping on my shoulder, but, on turning round, I -found myself alone, which two circumstances created a singular feeling I -could not understand. I thought of Balaam when met by the angel in the -way. I was taken sick and it seemed I should die in the road. I said I -will go back, and walked about four miles to Bridgeport. Told a good -sister my exercise, who was moved with sympathy, and got brandy and -bathed me. On Wednesday night I spoke to the people at Trenton Bridge, -and notwithstanding the opposition I had met with from brother Samuel -R⸺, then on the circuit, the Lord supported the “woman preacher” and my -soul was cheered. On Thursday I walked fourteen miles, when the friends -applied to the elder to let me talk for them, but his prejudices also, -against women preaching were very strong, and tried hard to disaffect the -minds of the people. The dear man has since gone to stand before that -God who knows the secrets of all hearts—and where, I earnestly pray, he -may find some who have been saved by grace through the instrumentality of -female preaching. - - “Then here, O God, thy work fulfil; - And from thy mercy’s throne - O grant me strength to do thy will, - And to resist my own.” - -Norristown, Bucks county, January 6, 1824. Brother Morris conveyed me -here at his own expense, and made application for places for me to speak. -Addressed a large congregation on the fourth day after my introduction -into the place, in the court-house, from Isaiah liiii. 1,—“Who hath -believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?” I -felt embarrassed in the commencement, but the Spirit came, and “helped -our infirmities”—good attention, and some weeping. On the 18th I spoke -in the academy—it was a solemn time, and the people came out in numbers -to hear. I then walked four miles to brother Morris’s—spoke twice in the -school-house, and once in a dwelling house. - -On the 14th April, I went with Bishop Allen and several elders to -Baltimore, on their way to attend Conference; at the end of which the -Bishop gave me permission to express a few thoughts for my Lord. On -leaving the city of B., I travelled about 100 miles to Eastern Shore, -Maryland. Brother Bailey was then laboring on that circuit, who received -and treated me very kindly. We had several good meetings, and twice I -spoke in Bethel Church, when the outpouring of the Spirit was truly -great. In company with a good sister, who took a gig and horse, I -travelled about three hundred miles, and labored in different places. -Went to Denton African Church, and on the first Sabbath gave two sermons. -The Church was in a thriving, prosperous condition, and the Lord blessed -the word to our comfort. During the week I labored in the court-house -before a large concourse of hearers. The Lord was unspeakably good, and -one fell to the floor under the power. - -By request, I also spoke in the Old Methodist Church in Denton, which -was full to overflowing. It was a happy meeting. My tongue was loosened, -and my heart warm with the love of God and souls—a season yet sweet to -my memory. From there I went to Greensboro’—the elder gave a sermon, -after which I exhorted the poor sinner to prepare to meet the Lord in -peace, before mercy was clear gone forever. The Old Methodist connexion -gave an invitation for me to speak in their house, which I embraced, -feeling thankful that the middle wall of partition had, thus far, been -broken down. “He that feareth God and worketh righteousness shall be -accepted of him”—not he who hath a different skin—not he who belongs to -this denomination, or, to that—but “he that feareth God.” My Master is -no respecter of persons. May the partition walls that divide His sincere -followers be broken down by the spirit of love. - -In Whitehall Chapel I spoke to a respectable congregation, from Isaiah -liii. 1. Though in a slave country, I found the Omnipresent One was with -us. Dr. Clarke took us home to dine with his family—for which uncommon -attention I felt highly gratified. I believe him a Christian in heart, -and one, no doubt, who has read the words of the Saviour: “Whosoever -shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water -only, shall in no wise lose his reward.” And, notwithstanding the doctor -was a Presbyterian, Mr. Buly had the privilege of baptizing two of their -colored children. - - * * * * * - -I stopped next at Concord, and in the Old Methodist connexion tried to -encourage the Lord’s people to persevere. God displayed His power by a -general outpouring of the Spirit—sinners cried for mercy, while others -shouted for joy. Spoke also to a congregation of colored and white at -Stanton Mills; and arrived again at Eastern Shore, where I spoke in -Bethel Church during Quarterly Meeting. Attended their love-feast, where -several joined society, and many encouraging testimonies were given by -young converts that “God hath power on earth to forgive sins.” May they -be faithful stewards of the manifold gifts of God—and never be ashamed -to confess what the Lord had done for them. Many lose the witness out of -the heart by withholding their testimony from their friends and neighbors -of the power of God to save. They run well for a season, but the tempter -whispers “not now”—and by and by the soul becomes barren and unfruitful. -May God help the young converts to “watch,” and tell around what a dear -Saviour they have found. - - “Ashamed of Jesus!—yes, I may, - When I’ve no guilt to wash away— - No tears to wipe—no good to crave— - No fears to quell—no soul to save.” - -June 10th, 1824. Left Eastern Shore for a journey to Bath, and went -around the circuit with brother J. B., the elder. In the Old Methodist -Church, at Fory’s Neck, I had the privilege of speaking to a large -congregation, which was made the power of God unto salvation. Visited -Lewistown, and had a blessed meeting in the Methodist Church. The tears -of the penitent flowed sweetly, which always encourages me to persevere -in proclaiming the glad tidings of a risen Saviour to my fellow beings. -When the heart is thus melted into tenderness, I feel assured the Lord -sanctions the feeble effort of His poor servant—it is a good omen to my -mind that the mourner is not forsaken of God, and that he yet stands -knocking at the door for admittance. Oh! that those who weep for an -absent Jesus may be comforted by hearing Him say—“Thy sins, which were -many, are all forgiven thee: go in peace and sin no more.” - -Elder J. B. preached in Greensboro’, where I attended, and had a -quickening time. Some enmity had existed among the brethren, but the -spirit of love got the ascendancy, and the lion became as the lamb. The -gospel is the best remedy to subdue the evil passions of men that has -ever been discovered. Dear Master, let Thy gospel spread to earth’s -remotest bounds. - -I have travelled, in four years, sixteen hundred miles and of that I -walked two hundred and eleven miles, and preached the kingdom of God -to the falling sons and daughters of Adam, counting it all joy for the -sake of Jesus. Many times cast down but not forsaken; willing to suffer -as well as love. I spoke at Harris’s Mills, in a dwelling house, to a -large concourse of people, from Paul’s Epistle to the Ephesians, xviii. -19-20. I felt much drawn out, in the Spirit of God, meanwhile from my -feelings. I observed there were some present that never would meet me -again. Mr. J. B., the elder, then requested me to lead the class. Much -mourning, weeping and rejoicing. Four days afterwards, a man that sat -under this sermon, (a shoemaker by occupation) fell dead from his bench -without having any testimony of a hope in Christ. How dreadful to relate -the wicked shall not live out half their days. In Easton I spoke from -the Evan. John, 1 chap. 45 ver., the Lord’s time. Then proceeded to -Dagsberry, 25 miles, preached in Bethel Church to a multitude of people, -it being to them a new thing, but only the old made more manifest. Bless -God for what my heart feels, for a good conscience is better than a -sacrifice. Two sermons preached in said Church, I spoke from Acts 13 -chap., 41 ver.,—the power of God filled the place—some shouted, others -mourned, some testified God for Christ’s sake had forgiven sin, whilst -others were felled to the floor. From thence we went to Sinapuxom, spoke -on Sabbath day to a large congregation from Num. 24 chap., 17 ver,—the -Lord gave light, life and liberty on that portion of Scripture. Great -time. The elder closed the meeting, the memory of which will be sweet -in eternity. I intended to take an appointment, but being taken sick -the elder filled the appointment, and while preaching, there were 10 -or 11 white men came and said they wanted to see the preacher; he sent -for them to come into the house, but they seemed afraid or refused; -after he had finished, they came to the door to know by what authority -he was preaching—but it was me they were after, but I was fortified, -for their laws, by my credentials, having the United States seal upon -them,—they tried to get him out of the house, they said, on business. But -he told them he would meet them at 9 o’clock in the morning before the -magistrate, seven miles distant. Brother J. B. then took my credentials -and also showed his own, and, upon examination, the magistrate said, she -is highly recommended and I am bound to protect her. An under-officer, -anxious to get hold of my papers, very much opposed to our being in -the State, tried hard to frighten us out of it, and went to lay his -hands on it, but was rebuked by the magistrate; and two days after -the magistrate sent word to me to go on and preach, he did not care -if I preached till I died. I never met them but told the friends that -God would make an example of them before one year. My mind led me to -Solsbury and to Snow Hill—the brother, through persuasion, did not go, -for fear of some difficulty, under which consideration I declined going -for that time, I then returned to Easton, but my mind still led me to -pay that religious visit, which was still accomplished by a sister and -myself. I called on brother Massey, a preacher, who conducted us to Snow -Hill and Solsbury. In the afternoon, the elder and one of the Trustees -of the white Methodist Church, called on me to know of my faith and -doctrine, and, while conversing, the spirit of the Lord breathed upon -us—we had groans and shedding of tears—that evening the Elder gave me an -appointment in the colored church to a large congregation, and we had -a powerful time, sinners awakened and backsliders reclaimed. So great -was the time that the meeting lasted until three or four o’clock in the -morning. It was like a Camp meeting, they came seven miles distance from -only three or four hours’ notice. Next morning we left for Snow Hill, the -Elder sent down for the friends to take care of us all, and our board, -with the horses, should be paid for, consequently we were treated with -great hospitality. I preached in the Old Methodist Church to an immense -congregation of both the slaves and the holders, and felt great liberty -in word and doctrine; the power of God seemed without intermission. We -left there and rode 16 miles, spoke to a small company of people. In -the afternoon to a large congregation, chiefly Presbyterians, and at -many other places too tedious for me to mention, I preached twenty-seven -sermons and then returned to Easton again, where I was informed that the -constable who was so enraged against me before was then dying; the other -white man who came and set at the end of the table twice while I was -laboring, thinking I would say something to implicate myself and wanted -me arrested so bad, had been sold and his family broke up; it is thus the -Lord fights for Israel. - -I then made an appointment at a place called the Hole in the Wall, it was -a little settlement of coloured people, but we had no Church, but used a -dwelling house, and had a large congregation. I had no help but an old -man, one hundred and odd years of age; he prayed, and his prayers made us -feel awful, he died in the year 1825, and has gone to reap the reward of -his labor; freed from the toils and cares of life, no more to labor under -a hard task master, but to rest where the slave is freed from his master. -I strove then to fill the appointment at 11 o’clock in the morning, -from Daniel 5 chap. 27 ver., the declaration was, there is no other way -under heaven that men can be saved only through Jesus Christ; the Lord -gave me great light on this subject. At 3 o’clock, in the afternoon, -we stood in the open air in the woods, and I spoke from 12 chap. 2-3 -ver. I felt greater liberty on this subject than the other; the Lord was -with me; of a truth I felt the force of it now. Glory to God. Who can -constrain against the power of God? We had people of all descriptions, -from the true Christian to the Devil, and from slave-holder to slave. We -visited Georgetown Jail, saw four men there sentenced to be hung, two -white men and two colored; one of the white men, by the name of Sharp -had killed all his family, except his oldest daughter; she was the most -hardened wretch I ever saw; I read a chapter and conversed with them. -Sharp treated it with contempt, but the other answered with a degree of -humility; but they were hung according to the laws of their state. - - But O, their end, - Their dreadful end! - -I was invited by one of the Trustees of the Old Methodist Church to pay -them a visit on the ensuing Sabbath morning. I made the appointment for -said day. I left Georgetown on the morning early, half past ten o’clock -we arrived in Milford; Church bell was ringing. We were conducted into -the Church; a local preacher was in the pulpit and had prayed, but was -asked to come down by another who invited me there. I spoke for them and -afterwards they gave out for another appointment at night, but it caused -a controversy among themselves, and they threw it on him to come and -see if I would fill it. Previous to this the coloured preachers told me -there was controversy about woman preaching. But he came and asked me how -long I had been preaching the Gospel. I answered, rising, 5 or 6 years. -He said it was something new. I told him it seemed to be supposed so. I -referred him to Mrs. Fletcher, of England, an able preacher and wife of -Mr. Fletcher, a great and worthy minister of the Parish. He asked why I -did not go to the Quakers. I told him I was sent to the Methodists. I -asked if he had a sister in the Church, and she witnessed a Christian -life, and was called and qualified to preach, do you think you would be -justified before God, to stop her? He has not answered me yet. I found -it was prejudice in his mind. He talked as if he had not known what the -operation of the Spirit of God was. We may say, with propriety, he had -not tarried at Jerusalem long enough. When about to part, he asked me if -I would come, but I could not then promise. At night, the people came in -their carriages from the country, but were disappointed, for I spoke in -a colored Church. The doors and windows were opened on account of the -heat, but were crowded with people; pride and prejudice were buried. We -had a powerful time. I was quite taken out of myself—the meeting held -till day-break; but I returned to my home. They told me that sinners -were converted, backsliders reclaimed, mourners comforted, and believers -built up in the most holy faith. Then they wished us to stay until next -night to preach again; but I thought it best to leave them hungry. -Previous to this I was sent for by a slave-holder to come to his house -to preach three funeral sermons, all at one time, two grown persons -and one child; they had been dead about a year, but their graves were -only filled up even with the earth. I spoke standing in the door of his -dwelling to a great congregation, from the 2 Book of Samuel, 12 chap. 23 -ver.—dwelling much on the certainty of the child’s happiness, through the -redemption of Christ—shewing how men might be saved living in accordance -with the truth. When finished we fell in procession and moved to the -graves of the departed. Brother Massey rehearsed the funeral ceremony, -then the graves were raised and made oval, as usual, a most affecting -scene, one of the deceased being the mother of two little girls there -present. They were so affected, it seemed they would go in fits; several -persons tried to pacify them, but in vain. It was a solemn time; many -were deeply affected that day at the graves, and mourning of the whites -in the house, but they treated us kindly, and we left them, visiting -many places too tedious to mention. I met a Camp meeting of the African -Methodist Episcopal Church at Denton. The Elder was much encouraged in -commencing the Camp. Although in a slave State, we had every thing in -order, good preaching, a solemn time, and long to be remembered. Some -of the poor slaves came happy in the Lord; walked from 20 to 30, and -from that to seventy miles, to worship God. Although through hardships -they counted it all joy for the excellency of Christ; and, before day, -they, or a number of them, had to be at home, ready for work; but some -said they came as sinners before God, but went away as new creatures in -Christ; and they could not be disputed. My heart glows with joy while I -write; truly God is inscrutable. The Elder, J. B. then appointed a Camp -meeting within five miles of Easton, too near the town, but it was done -to glorify God. Yet it seemed there was not that general good done like -the previous time. He gave me an appointment on Sunday afternoon; to -myself I appeared lost; thought I was doing nothing, but the south wind -from the hill of the Lord began to blow upon the spices of his garden. -The power of God arrested a person who started to run, but fell in the -flight, and begged God for mercy and obtained it. After the sermon, -which was the first of my being apprized of it, but no merit to me, -but all glory to God, for the good done at Camp meetings, though much -persecuted, but they are a glorious meeting to me. I pray God to protect -the camp-meetings while I thank him for the invention. Various are the -operations of the Spirit of God on the human family. We must believe in -the truth of God, and then we can behold the mysteries and enjoy the -truth of them with joy and thanksgiving. I went to speak about 10 miles -from Centreville at early candle light—warm weather—in a dwelling house, -the largest congregation being out-of-doors. I felt an open mind, the -power of God fell upon the assembly in open air, and I heard an awful -cry. A woman had started, jumped over the fence and run, but fell and -rose again; that woman contended until she found redemption in Jesus -Christ. I went to a place called Beaver Dams and spoke there; left there -for Hillsborough, and spoke there to a large congregation; from there -to Greensborough, and preached in white Methodist Church. The visit not -so prosperous; from there to Boomsborough. We were much favoured and -approbated by the people, and blessed with the presence of the Lord in -power. I then preached at Cecil Cross roads in an old meeting house, -almost down, to a large congregation, and it was warm. I was informed a -gentleman rode fourteen miles to attend that meeting. Previous to this -the Methodists had almost died away, a very few excepted at that place, -but from that time they took a rise as I was informed by two young ladies -from there. In about 5 years after I left they built a large Church on -that same spot where the old one stood, and had a fine congregation; from -there brother J. B. appointed a Quarterly Meeting on Mr. John Peaker’s -Island, for a society of 60 members, which was composed altogether of the -said gentleman’s slaves. We were entertained in the best of style, had -a powerful meeting, and a great manifestation of the power of God. From -there we returned to Easton a second time, and were entertained by the -overseer very highly at Mr. John Peakey’s Island. Went to Baltimore, from -there I visited Hales’ Mills, and preached three sermons, much favored of -the Lord by his presence, after which I returned to Baltimore. The elder -gave me an appointment and collection, and I returned to Philadelphia. -And on Sunday morning Bishop Allen gave me an appointment in Bethel -Church, and we had a shout in the Camp of Israel. - -I had spent six months in Maryland and I only remained in this city three -or four weeks, during which time the Lord was with me, and opened my way -through opposition, but I felt willing to suffer cheerfully. - - Through tribulations deep - The way to glory is. - -I also preached in the Union Church, the Lord verified his promise -according to what he told Mary, to go, he would meet her, whomsoever I -will put forth I will go before, so there was a shaking among the dry -bones. My mind soon became oppressed and craved to travel. In 1825 I left -Philadelphia for a journey through Pennsylvania. I spoke first at Weston; -we had an elder on West Chester Circuit, named Jacob Richardson. We had -buried a young Christian before preaching the sermon, and gave me the -sacrament sermon in the afternoon. I spoke from Matt. 26 chap. 26-27 ver. -I felt as solemn as death; much weeping in the Church, tears stole down -the faces of the people. - -Jacob Richardson was a spiritual preacher. God attended the word with -power, and blessed his labors much on his circuit. From there a friend -carried me to Downingtown, where I took stage and went on to Lancaster; -but prospect not so good there; they had a new Church but not paid -for; the proprietor took the key in possession and deprived them of -worshipping God in it. But I spoke in a dwelling house, and I felt a -great zeal for the cause of God to soften that man’s heart, or kill him -out of the way; one had better die than many. Brother Israel Williams, a -few days, called to converse with him on the subject, and he gave him the -key; he was then on his death-bed, and died in a short time afterwards, -and we must leave him in the hands of God, for he can open and no man -can shut. I went on to Columbia and spoke in the Church, and my tongue -fails to describe the encouragement I met with. The Lord converted poor -mourners, convicted sinners, and strengthened believers in the most holy -faith. God’s name be glorified for the display of his saving power. I led -class, held prayer meetings, and left with a good conscience for little -York. The first sermon I preached was in the Church at 10 o’clock in the -morning, from Mat. xxvi, 26, 27, to a large congregation. My faith it -seemed almost failed me, for when I got in the stand, so hard was the -task that I trembled, and my heart beat heavy, but in giving out the -hymn I felt strength of mind, and before I got through, I felt so much -of life and liberty in the word, I could but wonder, and in the doctrine -of Christ it was a sacramental sermon indeed to my soul. I spent some -weeks there, and we enjoyed good meetings and powerful outpourings of -the Spirit. I truly met with both good and bad; my scenes were many and -my feelings various. I bless the Lord that the prayers of the righteous -availeth much. After freeing my mind, I passed on to York Haven, and -preached in a School-house to a white congregation; I was not left alone, -but was treated very well by a white Methodist lady. I took lodgings at -her house all night; next afternoon took stage for Harrisburg, and when I -stopped at the Hotel a gentleman introduced me to the Steward, who took -charge of me and escorted me to Mr. Williams, where I took supper. It was -on a New Year’s evening; the colored congregation had expected me and -made a fire in our Church, but being late when I arrived, they had gone -to hear a sermon in a white Methodist Church, and I had retired to rest -a while in the evening. When they returned they came after me, taking -no excuse, and I had to come down stairs, go to the Church, and preach -a sermon for them, then 10 o’clock at night. The text from Acts xv, 36. -Hymn 250th, as follows: - - And now my soul another year - Of thy short life is past, - I cannot long continue here, - And this may be the last. - -The effects of the gospel of Christ was no less than at other -great seasons, but was wonderful—backsliders reclaimed and sinners -converted—there was mourning, weeping, shouting and praising of God for -what he had done. I preached several sermons, and was well treated by all -circles of people. We had large congregations of well-behaved people; and -feeling my work done in this part, I proceeded to Carlisle, Pa. There -was a small body of members; I spoke and led class for them during the -time I was there, which was ten days; felt my discharge of God, and took -stage to Shippensburg. There was great success at this place; fifteen -joined the Church; some of the most hardened sinners became serious and -reformed. I was astonished at the wonderful operations of the Spirit, and -the immense congregations. At the first sermon the house was crowded, -and I had the good attention of the people. A man came into the house -intoxicated, and offered to interrupt by speaking, but a gentleman -put him out so quietly that it had no effect upon the meeting. When I -contemplate the goodness of God to the human family, in putting them in a -proper capacity of choosing the way of salvation, I feel sometimes almost -lost, to think that God has called such a worm as I to spread the common -Saviour’s name. But said the Lord, “I will send by whom I will”—praise -the Lord who willeth not the death of sinners—“as I live, saith the Lord, -I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that they turn and -live.” - -I then proceeded on to Chambersburg by stage, and met with one Rev. -Winton, who displayed much of a christian disposition, and conversed -freely with me on the most particular points of the God-Head, for my -instruction, showing his benevolence. He knew I was a stranger—he had -friends to go to at that place, but he offered to pay my bill for a room -at the Inn. I never have forgot the goodness of that gentleman, who, I -believe, to be a great gospel minister. I stopt at brother Snowden’s, -who were very kind to me. The Lord continued to pour out His Spirit -and clear the way for me, and also continued to convict, convert, and -reclaim the backsliders in heart. There were very large congregations, -both in and out of doors, and great revivals throughout the circuit. The -elders generally treated me well, for which may the Lord bless them and -their labors in his vineyard, and add to the Church such as shall be -forever saved from the power of sin—may I take heed lest I fall, while -I teach others. Saith the Apostle: “Paul may plant and Apollos water, -but God must give the increase,” for which I feel thankful. I remained -in this place for some weeks, but being debilitated in body, I left for -Philadelphia about the middle of April. On my return, I met with such a -severe trial of opposition, that I thought I never would preach again, -but the Apostle says, “ye are not your own but are bought with a price.” -I feel glad that God is able to keep all that put their trust in him, -though the mis-steps of others often interrupt our own way—I always -found friends on different parts of Globe. I preached and led classes -on my return. Praise God for his delivering grace—“Oh the depth of the -riches” of the glory of God, how unsearchable are his ways; they are past -finding out—a sea without bottom or shore. One thing is encouraging, -“When he who is my life shall appear, I shall be like him.” “I know my -Redeemer liveth, and shall stand on the latter day upon the earth, and -though worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God.” Lord -help me to keep this confidence. Rev. Richard Williams, a gentle and -christian-minded man, treated me well. God would not suffer me to be -destroyed. It is not by might or by power, but by the Spirit, saith the -Lord of hosts. Dear reader, give ear to the truth, for the mouth of the -Lord has spoken it. - - If such a worm as I can spread - The common Saviour’s name, - Let him who raised thee from the dead, - Quicken my mortal frame. - -On my return I stopped at Lancaster; the Church was opened, and I -preached to large congregations, and with powerful success; the dead were -brought to life by the preaching of the cross of Christ. From there I -left for Philadelphia. - -In July, 1824, I felt an exercise of mind to take a journey to Reading, -Pa., to speak to the fallen sons and daughters of Adam. I left the city -and stopped at Norristown on my way to Reading. I spoke in the Academy -to a respectable congregation, the same evening I arrived there. I felt -a degree of liberty in speaking, though it was a quiet meeting, and I -also felt thankful that the Lord would manifest himself through such a -worm as me. Next morning I walked four miles and stopped at Littleton -Morris’s, and preached two sermons on the Sabbath day, and God struck -a woman, and she had liked to have fallen to the floor; I spoke in the -Dunkard’s meeting house. This ended my visit with them at this time. On -Tuesday I walked three miles to Schuylkill, to take the Canal boat on -Wednesday morning. I met in company with a Presbyterian minister and lady -on the boat; they treated me very kindly indeed. We arrived in Reading -about 7 o’clock in the evening. I was recommended to a family in that -place, the man of which had once confessed religion, but had fallen from -grace, and they were very kind to me. The next morning I enquired for -other respectable families of color, and an elderly lady of color that -belonged to the white connexion, and the only colored Methodist in the -place at that time, conveyed me to Mrs. Murray’s, where I remained a -while; then the elderly lady, just mentioned, feeling interested for me, -went to the proprietors of the Court-house with me, to see if we could -get it to preach in, and like Esther the Queen, who fasted and prayed, -and commanded the men of Jerusalem and the women of Zion to pray; as she -approached the King the sceptre was bowed to her, and her request was -answered to the saving of Mordecai, and all the Jewish nation. When we -approached this gentleman, who was the head Trustee of the Protestant -Church, I showed him my recommendation, and he answered me, “Madam, you -can have it,” and I felt humble to God for the answer. I felt it my -duty to preach to the citizens, and accordingly made an appointment for -Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock. Rev. James Ward, a colored Presbyterian, -assembled with us, although he was so prejudiced he would not let me in -his pulpit to speak; but the Lord made a way where there was no way to be -seen; there was no person to intercede until this sister tried to open -the way; the men of color, with no spirit of christianity, remained idle -in the enterprize, but we got possession and we had a large concourse -of people. I spoke with the ability God gave me. I met with a family of -color, but very respectable, that formerly had belonged to our Church -in Baltimore; they invited me to their house, and it was a home to me, -praise God. I held a meeting in their house previous to holding meetings -in the Court-house; the white brethren and sisters assembled with us. We -called on a minister’s lady, and she treated me very kindly, while he, -like a Christian, united and helped to go through with the meetings. I -visited the Quaker friends (amounting to four only) then in the place, -and very pleasant visits they were. A great number of christian friends -called on me, among the rest this minister’s lady, who left a donation -in my hand, consequently the way was made where there was no way, but I -left in friendship. Praise God I feel the approbation now. It is to be -lamented, that James Ward, colored, with his over-ruling prejudice, which -he manifested by saying no woman should stand in his pulpit, and with all -the advantages of a liberal education, was in a few weeks after I left -there, turned out of the Church. - -On returning to Philadelphia, I stopped at Pottsgrove and found a Society -of colored persons, christians I believe. We had solemn meetings there; -I felt strength of mind. I met kind friends there, and visited a Church -about six miles off; preached in the morning; the Lord was with us; of -this truth my soul is a witness; in the afternoon I preached to a large -congregation. Next morning I left for Philadelphia. I continued to -preach, paid some short visits about, and was welcomed home again. - -I left Philadelphia again for Lewistown, Del., to attend a camp meeting -of the African Methodist Episcopal connexion, of which I was a member, to -be held in Gov. Paynter’s Woods. There was immense large congregations, -and a greater display of God’s power I never saw. The people came from -all parts, without distinction of sex, size, or color, and the display -of God’s power commenced from singing; I recollect a brother Camell -standing under a tree singing, and the people drew nigh to hear him, and -a large number were struck to the ground before preaching began, and -signs and wonders followed. There appeared to be a great union with the -white friends. James Towson was the Elder holding the camp; he was in the -bloom of the gospel of Christ. But poor brother, may the Lord give him a -Peter’s look by the way of mercy. Right Rev. Bishop Allen was present. -The ministry were all for me, and the Elder gave me an appointment, and -the Governor with a great concourse came to hear the weak female. My -heart beat, my limbs trembled, and my voice was faint, but I spoke from -Eccles. xi, 9, 10. After I took my text, it appeared to me as if I had -nothing to do but open my mouth, and the Lord filled it, consequently I -was much encouraged: it was an immense assembly of people. - - Content with beholding his face, - I all to his pleasure resigned. - -After the camp-meeting was over, the Elder visited another camp-meeting, -and left me in liberty to preach around the circuit, which I did, -and afterwards returned to Lewistown, and spoke in the old Methodist -meeting-house; I had a great time among my colored brethren. I feel -thankful to my friends for their kindness to me, especially to brother -Peter Lewis, whose house was a home to me. I had much happiness in -leading class and prayer meetings; preaching the gospel seemed to be -the great task. Brother Lewis conveyed me to Georgetown; I spoke in our -colored people’s Church, and we enjoyed ourselves very much; the Lord -drew people from all quarters; a wonderful outpouring of the Spirit -indeed; weeping in all directions. It is a good sign to see tears of -contrition stealing down the cheeks of the hearers; it makes me believe -the word is sanctioned. The last place was at the head of the river; I -then returned to Lewistown, and in a few days I left for Philadelphia. -I had a very uncomfortable passage; very sea-sick indeed—the vessel -could not come out of the mouth of the creek for a couple of days, in -consequence of a severe storm, after which we arrived in the city on -Tuesday morning. After a short stay in the city, I took a visit to -Trenton, Dec. 25. I spoke as usual, for there we had lively meetings, -after which I had no home, but the Lord provides, for sister Roberts and -family were my friends and took me in, and we often had sweet counsel -together. From there I went to Princeton. The Elder, Joseph Harper, of -our connexion, was a friend to me, but I had to withstand a beast at -Princeton, in opposition, like the one I had to front on Bucks county -circuit; the former named Thomas Voris, a local preacher, and using the -language of the Psalmist prophesying in reference to the Saviour, “mine -equal, my guide hath lifted up his heel against me.” We had preached—he -invited me to come to his house to hold meetings the next week, but I was -taken sick for a few days, but in the interval, S. R., of Attleborough -Circuit, had a Quarterly meeting. They consulted together to stop me from -preaching in Princeton; so his door was shut, but bless the Lord, another -was opened, Brother Thomas Vinsant, his sister’s husband, a Christian -man, opened his house. We had a powerful time. I came in the town on -Saturday, the next day I walked two miles and spoke twice. It was Thomas’ -appointment on Sabbath morning, and he had but two persons to meet him -in class. An invitation came to me to make an appointment for Wednesday -night in the Coloured Presbyterian Church, upon the grant of Rev. Mr. -Woodhall, elder of that order in Princeton. Thos. Vorris, though a -Methodist, was like a roaring lion—went to Elder Woodhall for him to stop -it, as I was informed. But the meeting went on, it was a respectable, and -comfortable congregation. I preached and led class and prayer meetings, -and read, and explained the Scriptures. We had mourning and rejoicing, -and I saw the kingdom of Satan fall. When Brother J. H. came round again, -from some cause, he removed Thomas from that class, as they would not -meet him, and placed him over one of five or six persons; also impeached -him, taking his license from him, and left him only verbally licenced. -Glory to God for his Divine power. I do not rejoice for his downfall, -but for God’s grace which enables me to stand against the enemies of -the Cross. Glory to God, I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, for -it is the power of God unto salvation. I spoke from Ephe. 2d chap. 8th -ver. I felt life and liberty in word and doctrine. Thank God for the -victory, Brother Oakham, one of the Elders of the Coloured Presbyterian -Church, invited me to their house, and himself and wife treated me like -Christians, which, I believe, they were; my heart glows toward them. I -held a meeting in a dwelling house. - -Jan., 1827. Contemplating on the great responsibility I owe to my God -for my stewardship, I fain would go round the Cross or shrink beneath -the load, but I rest upon the promises of God, which are as firm of the -pillars of heaven. My labors here cease a little. - -April, 1827. My health having been bad, I have not travelled so largely, -and in this, as in some other moments of reflection, I felt somewhat -oppressed, and I resorted to the Hymn Book for something to suit my -feelings; the poetry as follows: - - 1. Soon as I heard my Father say, - Ye children seek my grace, - My heart replies, without delay, - I’ll seek my father’s face. - - 2. Let not thy face be hid from me, - Nor frown my soul away, - God of my life I fly to thee - In a distressing day. - - 3. Should friends and kindred, near and dear, - Leave me to want and die. - My God will make my life his care, - And all my wants supply. - - 4. My fainting flesh had died with grief, - Had not my soul believed - To see thy grace prove a relief, - Nor was my hope deceived. - - 5. Wait on the Lord, ye trembling Saints, - And keep your courage up, - He’ll raise your spirit when it faints, - And far exceed your hope. - -However I went to Baltimore in the same month with the Bishop and -Elders, and enjoyed myself under great preaching, and preached several -sermons. Praise God, and the slain of the Lord appeared to be many. After -Conference, my mind led me over to Eastern Shore the second time; spent -a few days with the Church. (Peter D. Schuman, Elder of the charge) and -then returned to Baltimore, from there to the city of Philadelphia, and -then made some short visits from 40 to 60, and from that to 100 miles -round about; then down to Lewistown Camp-meeting, the second time; then -to a Camp-meeting at Mount Ephraim, N. J. The last of August I left for -New York Camp, on arriving there I spoke once or twice. The same as at -other places, our camp-meeting was not as great as I have seen before. -I spoke in both the Churches. We had a good time together, rejoicing in -the Lord. I left then for Albany; had a pleasant passage up the North -river, one hundred and sixty miles; the mountains and their stupendous -looks preached to me in my journey through. Oh, the wisdom of God, and -how marvellous in our eyes; enough to convince the infidel, yea, the -Atheist, that there is some first cause. From the effects produced, -look at the ingenuity of mankind, which actually comes from God, and is -displayed in building steamboats, and other great novelties in mechanism. -We accomplished the route the same day we started, and I found myself -entirely among strangers. But I made inquiry for Methodist friends, -and found brother Streeter, a coloured family, very respectable. They -treated me very kind; they were under the white Bishop, and I under the -coloured. But the same faith, same doctrine, same Baptism, same spirit. -Glory to God. Among the coloured people, the Baptists had the ascendancy. -There was a large hall prepared for me, and we had a large congregation -of different denominations. I spoke from these words and this Gospel of -the kingdom shall be preached unto all the world as for a witness, and -then shall the end come. God owned the word, sinners screamed; some fell -to the floor, others wept, while Christians rejoiced. A lady of color -was present, though she was a member of the Dutch Presbyterian Church; -her husband belonged to no Church, but was under an exercise of mind. -The Lord reached his heart, he mourned more than three days. They sent -for me to come to their house. I paid them a visit, and held prayer -meeting at their house. That Sabbath two weeks he joined the Methodist -Church. I spoke three times the first Sabbath afternoon; we had a large -congregation, at night still larger. Text. Never man spake like this -man. God’s spirit was poured out in a miraculous manner. On the ensuing -third day evening I spoke again, from these words. And came seeking fruit -on the tree and found none. To all appearance there was nothing done, -but God directed the word to the heart of a little girl, a gentleman’s -daughter, between eleven and twelve years of age. She joined the Church -before I left there. A good old Missionary, by the name of Mitchell, -came to the city before I left, and preached three sermons, in which -there was a great revival. The Elder appointed prayer meetings, north -and south of the city of Albany. I preached two or three sermons in a -school house, the last I spoke was in Brother Streeter’s house, from St. -Matt. Chap. 21 ver. 12th. I thank God for the comfortable visit I had -there in the discharge of my duty. This Methodist preacher, Mitchell, -had a book with him called the Essence of John Steward, a coloured man, -with his miraculous call to the ministry, the first one who succeeded in -Christianizing the Methodist Indians in Sandusky and that province, and -he sold them in Albany, and it seemed to have its desired effect also -with the revival, in encouraging us to hold a fast. - -How good to contemplate or to think the heathen has caught the sound of -salvation through the name of Jesus, our Lord. I saw a goodly number -added to the Church on Sabbath-day. I still continued engaged in my mind -with the Lord, in their behalf, when I was informed that they had three -and four of an evening at their prayer meetings, then my mind felt at -liberty to leave for Schenectady. Sister Streeter rode with me fourteen -miles; I stopped eleven days, at which place there was a large upper -room that was appropriated for a preaching place, where I spoke to a -small number of coloured persons several times. They were under the white -elder, he was a friend to me, and appointed a meeting for me in the white -Brother’s house to speak for them. We had a favourable time. But the -people, feeling an uninterested spirit in propagating the religion of -Jesus Christ, I left the dust with them. Got on board a Canal boat for -Utica, there I met with my own connexion, African Methodist Episcopal -Church, we had a prosperous time. I spoke and had prayer meetings on -board of the Canal boat. There was a pasture there notwithstanding the -difficulties of this life and the people being hunted like partridges -on the mountain. It deprives a man’s usefulness among the people, but -the work of the Lord went on, and there is no weapon formed by the enemy -that can stop the work of God. Therefore we have nothing to fear. We -have large and respectable congregations, and I felt strengthened in -warning man to flee from the wrath to come. If signs and wonders did not -follow sometimes, I must certainly die, but glory to God for refreshing -showers. I led class, had prayer meetings, and took my passage on another -canal boat for Rochester; had a pleasant passage. I soon found some -Methodists, and our local Elder was then a smart preacher. I was there -three or four weeks, and he treated me very kindly and opened my way. -They erected a new brick church, basement for schools; the corner-stone -was laid while I was there. The elder was a man of good repute; people -of color of different denominations, but much united together. The elder -held the charge from there to Buffalo, he had then a Quarterly Meeting -on hand. I left Rochester with him and rode about seventy miles. Next -morning I left Lewistown and rode seven miles, crossed the Lakes, on the -British side. When we left Rochester the snow was ankle deep, when ten -mile from Lewistown, it became dry and hard, and when we crossed the -Lakes it was clear and cold, and the air very pure. I told the elder -this was the first time I ever breathed pure air. I walked about a mile -and the first house I stopped at was sister Holmes’. I felt strange and -lonely. I waited to see if the peace of God would abide on the house. -Previous to my being introduced, I arose from my chair and the power of -God fell upon the people, and, it seemed to me, that God answered me. -I was fully convinced that God would make bare his arm, in this part -of his moral vineyard. We had a Church in Niagara; the elder made an -appointment there, and forty or fifty miles round the circuit, being now -about six hundred miles from Philadelphia. I felt the loss of my former -companions and friends, the elder and deacon, in two days time left for -Buffalo, to hold a quarterly meeting in York state about seventy miles. -I commenced to speak for the people, and God owned the word, and I saw -many displays of his power—the people in Niagara seemed to me to be a -kind and Christian like people. The white inhabitants united with us, and -ladies of great renown. The slaves that came there felt their freedom, -began to see the necessity of education, and hired a white man to teach -them to read and write among themselves, and have Sabbath schools. I am -astonished to see so many there that came from a free state, and not -take more interest in instilling the science of education among their -fellow beings. The winter was cold—I never had experienced such—but -very healthy. I went to a town called Niagara. I spoke in a dwelling -house. The next night I spoke in the Old Methodist Church to a large -congregation of respectable people. There were three ladies, one the -widow of a great Judge, and one daughter and sister of first education; -they sympathized with me in this important work of the Gospel of Christ. -They assembled with us in our meeting. A little girl about 8 or 9 years -of age experienced religion and prayed in public, and attended to their -private devotion, so much for early piety. Teach the child the way he -should go and when he gets old he will not depart from it. But, it is to -be lamented, that so few of our children experience this early piety; -the cause we must try to find out and avoid the evil effects, and not -bring up our children in so much pride and heathenism. We, as a people, -are generally poor and cannot support so many changes of fashion; they -grow up and crave it, and oftimes substitute evil practices to support -themselves, either girls or boys, and often bring a stigma upon their -parents and family connexions, though very respectable. Let us bring up -our children in industry, for work is honorable, and it is the way to get -riches and to keep them. I travelled back and forward again from Niagara -to Buffalo, and had regular appointments in our Churches. We had a great -opposition among the coloured people, one trying to excel the other in -point of eminence. One of our preachers left us on the promise of forty -dollars per year. Poor man, he was like Simon Magus who perished with -his money. Our Circuit rider was absent on the Sunday of the split, but -the Lord was with us. I spoke three times to the remaining part of the -congregation, which was increased much by a large body of bystanders, -and great good followed; and we continued to sow and gather for two or -three months, and the Lord blessed our labors abundantly. Feeling I had -discharged my duty, I left and crossed the Lake from Buffalo to Fort -George, and spoke about eight miles from there, it was cold and snowed -very fast—it was four o’clock in the afternoon—the congregation had -been there and gone. We were in a sleigh, and the driver got lost; we -all brought up in a swamp, among the fallen tree tops, but we turned -about and found a house and lodged all night; and spoke next morning at -eleven o’clock to a quiet congregation, and the Lord was with us, though -composed of all denominations. I appointed another meeting and rode about -eight miles on horseback—it snowed and was very sleety—after I spoke to -the people I left them for good and made an appointment for the Indians; -two of the chiefs called at where I stopped to see me. I asked them to -pray for us; they complied, but done it in their own tongue. I felt the -power of God in my own heart. Then they held a council about it, and -granted my visit at Buffalo village, about three miles from Buffalo city. -We rode and got there before their worshipping hour, their school had -not dismissed, after a while they dismissed school—of 50 children—and -as they gathered to worship I saw an old chief come, he stood and prayed -very devoutly, tears running down his cheek. I told them I had not come -to worship with them, and wanted to preach for them after their worship -ended. They held a council and they agreed I should preach for them, but -I could not help admiring the ways as well as gestures of the children. -The teachers bring them up in the English language and dress some of them -in the English style, but the greatest number are clad in the Indian -style; those of the old Indians in their blankets. Some of them met me -from seven or eight miles round—they filled the house. It was in the -month of March—it rained and snowed—yet they walked in their moccasins, -and some bare-headed—they made a large congregation. Their Elder or -missionary had gone to teach another tribe that day, and he only taught -them very plainly, and read out of pamphlets the experiences of others. -I commenced by giving out the hymn in our language, and the interpreter -spoke in their tongue. Hymn thus, O for a thousand tongues to sing, &c. -They sung it beautiful,—two long benches of them sung by note (their -books printed in their own language) a very familiar note tune, such as -we use in congregations. I spoke plain and deliberate and very pointed, -the interpreter spoke it after me in the Indian tongue, and one of the -women cried out Amen. Much weeping among them, dear reader, take notice, -notwithstanding they are a nation revolted from Israel, and would not -be governed. Yet they can be civilized and christianized. We might call -them heathens, but they are endowed with a Christian spirit. I felt happy -in my visit; the missionary wished me to speak for them that evening, -but I had an appointment that night at Buffalo, after which my mind -was calm and serene. I left on Tuesday, 1st of April, on my return for -Philadelphia, and arrived home May 18th. - -That year I travelled two thousand three hundred and twenty-five miles, -and preached one hundred and seventy-eight sermons. Praise God for health -and strength, O my soul, and magnify his name for protection through -various scenes of life. - - God of my life whose gracious power - Through various deaths my soul has led, - Or turned aside the fated hour, - Or lifted up my sinking head. - -While I was in Buffalo, a journey to the West was shewed to me so plain -that I could not stop in the city of Philadelphia but five weeks only, -then left for the western country. I started in a mail stage, and -stopped first at Westtown and spoke in our own connexion Church, and -then at West Chester in the old Methodist Episcopal white connexion. We -had a large congregation of quiet hearers. I felt liberty but no great -displays of God’s power. I had several meetings in different places, -visiting the sick. Having discharged my duty I left there and proceeded -on to Old Lancaster and spent some days. We have a good Church there, -and great meetings—the word of the Lord grew and was multiplied. God -poured out his spirit upon us, and we had a shout in the camp. I then -started for Columbia, Pa. The people are much divided, and it looked -very gloomy, but God directed me and he commanded his disciple to be a -sheep among wolves, and harmless as doves, notwithstanding the darkness, -God aided me in speaking to the people, and aided them in hearing, and -his name was praised. The people united, temptations and clouds were -vanished away. Then we sung, prayed, spake, and shouted in the spirit, -this is true Methodism. I led class, visited the sick and was much -favoured with the presence of the Lord. Our faith was increased, our -hopes confirmed. The preachers were kind and treated me well, and by -their help I travelled on my journey to Harrisburg. Feeling thankful -for the visit I had paid it seemed gloomy here, but I spoke there next -day. I took stage and rode to Chambersburg, and spent some days there, -and proceeded on to Fredericktown, Maryland, and spoke there from there -to Hagerstown, Macallansburg, and, I must confess, I do not remember of -ever seeing such a people, for, it seemed strong drink had been their -ruin. The circuit minister was there, and we had some signs and wonders -to follow after the preaching of the cross of Christ, and I trust to -meet some of them on the banks of deliverance, and help to swell the -notes of redeeming love. After the preacher left me I took stage for -Pittsburgh, at eight in the evening, rode all night until eight in the -morning. I was kindly treated, there were other persons in the stage, -four of them gentlemen, as I thought there was one who talked a great -deal, wise in his own conceit, about religion, and from that he displayed -a quantity of degraded principle, with disgusting language, at which I -made several sharp replies, and in my way, reprimanded him and the other -gentlemen looked on him with silent contempt, at which he got ashamed, -and afterwards treated me with great politeness, and I was comfortable -and arrived in Pittsburgh at 5 o’clock in the afternoon. I went to Church -that night and heard a sermon from one of my brothers. I met with six -or seven ministers, very friendly, and treated me like Christians. I -remained in Pittsburgh six weeks, there had been one or two revivals -previous to my visit, especially the winter before I arrived, last day -of August, 1820. My labors commenced—the field was large—but the Lord -was with us—this gave me much encouragement, I was not ashamed of the -Gospel—it is the power of God unto salvation, to every one that believes, -both Jew or Gentile. We had very good meetings, the Elder and preachers, -all received me with one accord—thanks to God for his divine goodness—I -felt moved by the Lord to pay Wheeling a visit although we had no society -there, I arrived and found but a small class of coloured people with -the whites, an old gentleman of color with the elder in charge granted -me the Church—the elder being a great preacher of college order. We had -a large congregation; I spoke for them once, and gave an exhortation at -another time, and felt no difficulty on that head, and after that they -could not treat me well enough. And, on the ensuing Sabbath, I helped -to lead class; and we all enjoyed ourselves, and on Tuesday I left for -Washington, according as I had promised our elder before I left him. On -my arrival there I met kind friends, and a large congregation of coloured -people. On Lord’s day I met the class; the people spoke with humility—it -was a melting down time—in the Spirit of God I preached several sermons, -visited the sick, and, in this spirit strove to uphold the aged. Feeling -a discharge of my duty I left for Steubensville, Ohio, and met a small -society—some true Christians there; no Church there; the Baptists granted -their Church; we had meetings there, and the Lord was with us—quiet -congregations—and the word had effect in the hearts of sinners—and -believers were established. I stopped a few days and left in the name -of the Lord. I proceeded on to Mt. Pleasant, and arrived on seventh day -evening, and the trustee gave me an appointment on Sabbath morning. At -11 o’clock I was feeble in both body and mind, but the Lord was with us -according to promise, think not what ye shall say, but open thy mouth -and I will fill it saith the Lord, he caused a shaking among the dry -bones, that morning. I think if any creature has a right to praise God -I have, and that in thankfulness, and I love him because he first loved -me. Bless his name. I preached several sermons to large gatherings, but -revivals not so manifest as at other places. I had some difficulty in -that journey, but only what is common among us; for many times deceitful -persons will set the Church on fire but can’t burn it up. - -Moses saw it as a bush in a flame, yet not consumed. We have to be tried -as gold in the fire. After my visit was out a brother (leader in the -Church) conveyed me ten miles on my way, I stopped at Sinclairsville; -there was an appointment published on the next evening. At 7 o’clock -I spoke in the Court house to a large concourse of well behaved and -respectable citizens. I felt at liberty and left in peace of mind which -makes the work sweet. I was aided on to Cap-teen, a settlement of -coloured people; some from the lower counties; but they are industrious, -and have a Church of their own, and were about to send their children -to school, I held several meetings and there was some very respectable -people of colour—and the Lord was with us—I stopped with an aged family, -very respectable, they treated me very kind, and between 2 and 3 weeks, -I left in peace with God and man, and went to Barnsborough and spoke in -the white Methodist Episcopal Church, from thence to Zanesville, at which -place I felt much discouraged from the appearance of things. I did not -think of tarrying there, but at the first appointment I chose the words -“I am not ashamed of the Gospel.”—Paul. The room was very small for -the number of people, after which an old man well scented with ardent -spirits, tried to give an exhortation. I was astonished at the scene, the -people laughed, I got up and went out. I tried to labor again at night -and exhort the young ladies to the evil consequences of ill-behavior in -the Church of God; after which we had better order, and the old gentleman -was discovered to be intoxicated with spiritous liquor, and was disowned -from the Church, after which there was a great revival took place among -the white Methodists, both rich and poor. - -Mrs. Dillin, who once was a Friend, and now a member of the Church, -spoke to the Trustees and Ministers, and they opened the Church and I -spoke twice in that Church, and after that I spoke in West Zanesville, -back of that place, and I still remained among my colored friends, and -they seemed much revived; after which they formed a Resolution to build -themselves a Meeting House. A Quaker Friend, so called, presented them -with a piece of ground to build one on, which they did. Glory to God, for -his glory stood over the doors of the Tabernacle. Many were convicted, -and converted, and many added to the old Methodist Church, and I left -there on New-Years day for New-Lancaster, where we had a Church, standing -on a frame of a house for three or four years, and had not been used -to preach in; but the Lord opened the way, and a great revival took -place among the people, and their eyes being opened, they with willing -minds commenced and built a new Church, and God blessed their labors. I -preached several Sermons and led Class, &c. My common way is to visit the -sick and afflicted in whatsoever city I may stop in, that I may get my -spiritual strength renewed in the Lord. Although I preached the Gospel -through the Commission of my Lord, yet, I have nothing to boast of. - -I opened a Love-Feast in the said Church in New Lancaster. We held -Prayer Meetings. I spoke in the White’s Church also. The people were -very friendly. I met them in Class, and after the lapse of eleven days, -I left for Columbus. The Preachers generally were very kind to me. Both -white and colored. A worthy brother conducted me on further. It snow’d, -and I was very cold, but the Lord was with us, and my mind was free’d. -But notwithstanding, I met an antagonist, who was ready to destroy my -character, and the principles of the Work that God saw good to make me -instrumental of doing in his name, which caused me to open the case -to the Trustees and Preachers, who were much astonished at him to be -preaching four or five years with malice in his heart. I was favored to -see him in the morning before he went away, that was the first time he -had spoke to me anything like a Christian in that time. He knew from the -first period I went to him to satisfy his mind. But his heart was bitter. -I felt his spirit like a viper. But the word of the Lord was verified at -that time also. “When the Tempter raises a flood against you, I will set -up a standard against him.” He told me he had sent a letter to Pittsburg -to stop me, although I had my Licence from the Bishop, with his own -signature. I told him he was a worse enemy to me than I was aware of, and -I was ashamed of him, professing to be a Preacher in charge, and setting -such an example in a strange land, and begged him to throw away his -prejudices, or he would never obtain the Kingdom of Heaven. He left me -in a flash, and I saw him no more until Conference. I wrote a letter to -Bishop Allen to let him know of my grievances, as I was innocent of any -crime. I felt under no obligation to bear the reproaches of progressing -Preachers; and I wanted it settled at Conference. But it was looked upon -with little effect by the Preachers and Leaders. I laid it before the -Conference, and it was settled. But I tarried all winter. Preached, led -Class, visited the sick, &c., with great success. I bless God for the -witness of a good conscience. Old Sinners were awakened, and constrained -to come trembling, and enquiring the way to Zion. - -L. W., a respectable brother from Chillicothe, had never heard a woman -preach, and was much opposed to it. An appointment was given me, and -when I went into the desk and commenced reading the hymn to commence the -worship, he looked at me a while, then got up and went out and stood -until I had nearly got through the hymn, and then he came in, when I -asked him to pray for us but he refused. I prayed myself, after which I -took my text, and felt much liberty in speaking in the spirit indeed. -And after meeting he came and shook hands with me in the spirit of a -christian, and next day he came and confessed to me his prejudices had -been so great, so much like his father, that he could not unite with -me, but now he believed that God was no respecter of persons, and that -a woman as well as a man, when called of God, had a right to preach. He -afterwards became a licensed preacher, and we parted in peace. I took the -stage and left for Chillicothe, but there was but one house that would -open for me in the city, although I had my recommendation with me. As -soon as that friend heard of me she met me in christian bonds, and her -house was my home, her husband being a man of christian qualifications, -and I went on my mission doing my Father’s will. I spoke once in the week -and on Sabbath afternoon, to crowded houses; it was like a camp-meeting, -and twenty-one lay under the power of God at one time; after preaching -we called them up to be prayed for; some got religion that day and some -on the next Sabbath, and the father L. W. became one of my best friends, -and a doer of the work. There was large fields of labor open to my view, -and I visited both colored and white, and many were concerned about -sanctification. I was with them about six weeks, during which time I had -an interview with a lady, who informed me she had a call to preach the -everlasting gospel of Christ. She was a Presbyterian by profession, and -she told me she feared the church government. But the greatest objection -was, her husband was a Deist by profession; she also told me of her -experience she passed through; it was a broken heart and a contrite -spirit. God answers the prayers of such a supplicant, but she could not -enjoy that sweet fulness of religion in that situation of life, although -very rich as regards this world’s goods; also knowing that gold and -silver should vanish away, but the word of God should endure forever. And -some feel their labors a long time before it comes to perfection. Our -Methodist sisters established a prayer meeting, and the people worked in -the unity of the spirit, and much good was done in the name of the Holy -child. Glory to God for what my heart feels while I use my pen in hand. -I felt peace of conscience and left Chillicothe for Hillsborough to meet -a quarterly meeting of W. C., he being Elder at that place; the Governor -and his family residing there, six in number, were all Methodists, and -one son a preacher; they had the spirit of christians. The trustees of -the Methodist church opened their doors and gave us liberty to hold our -quarterly meeting and love feast in their church, and we had a good time. -The friends mostly gave me a small donation, which was very thankful; -after which I left there for Cincinnati, where I spoke to a large -congregation. I stop’t at Williamsport and spoke in the white Methodist -church to a respectable congregation. I felt liberty in the spirit of -God, and we left there about daybreak in the morning. All nature seemed -in silence (except the chirping notes of a little bird.) A few rods from -us a Panther screamed very loud and sudden, but we could not see him, it -being a dense thicket on either side of the road, but the unseen arm of -God sheltered us from harm; one of the gentlemen seemed quite used to -hearing them. We arrived safe in Cincinnati about 11 o’clock; the Elder -W. C. was very liberal in giving me appointments, and the friends were -very affectionate to me, and large congregations attended. I remained -there some time, feeling to be blessed in my weak endeavors to a great -extent. The next day after I arrived there, one of our sisters fell sick -and I had the pleasure of visiting her on her death-bed, and in her last -hour she told me in presence of others, her peace was made, and raised -her hands toward heaven and told us she was going. This is the end of -sister Crosby; who can doubt this faithful saying, by grace ye are saved. -A month or more previous, she had buried a daughter, who was a member of -our church; before she left the world, she called her young companions -and caused them to promise to meet her in heaven, and then closed her -eyes triumphing in death. Brother Crosby laid the heavy task on me to -preach their funeral sermons, which I did, as feeble a worm as I am, on -Sabbath morning. Words of my choice were found in 2d Ephe. 8th v:—“For by -grace ye are saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the -gift of God,” which of itself is a sermon to all that believe—glory to -God, Christ has overcome the world. And while laboring many tears were -shed both in joy and sorrow. But it’s better to be one day in the house -of the Lord than a thousand in the tents of the wicked. - -Another circumstance worthy of notice, was a young man whose heart was in -the world and in worldly affairs, or the pursuits of nature, and diverted -much of his time on Sabbath days on the Mississippi River, fighting -against all impressions of the Spirit of grace, until God stopped him -by the heavy hand of his power, in a death-bed affliction. After some -time he began to inquire the way to Zion. His mother was also a stranger -to the blood of Jesus, but wished me to come and see her son; being -conducted to the house, I found him looking like an anatomy. I asked him -if he believed in Christ and his all sufficiency to save; his answer -was in the affirmative. We had prayers with him and there was a display -of God’s power; a white woman screamed and nearly fell to the floor, -but strove hard to keep from it. And on that day he acknowledged his -Saviour to be reconciled to his poor soul. Praise God! my soul replied. -Afterwards he wished me to hold a meeting with as many persons as the -room would contain with him, which I accepted; one day and night after, -he departed this life, and requested me to preach his funeral sermon -at the house before the procession moved to the ground. I spoke from -the 14th chap. 13 v., and we had a solemn time; you may anticipate the -weight of that important task, but we had joy in the midst of sorrow, and -this was the last of James Thompson. I also left his sister in the last -stage of consumption, and she confessed to be in favor with the Lord. -Having finished my visit, I left in steamboat for Dayton. I spoke three -times, and tried to preach the whole salvation, God the Father, God the -Son, and God the Holy Ghost. The members of the New-light church deny -the divinity of Christ. Once I spoke in a large dwelling of Dr. Esley, -after which himself and wife went on a journey to Indiana and wished me -to go with them, but I was deprived by a previous engagement, having -to attend a camp-meeting at Cap-teen. After my return to Urbana, Ohio, -I took stage for Springfield, and from there to Columbus, and spoke -several times. The Elder’s class consisted of about twenty; a young man -and myself led the class in 1829. The Elder W. C. ordered a camp-meeting -for the Cincinnati people, and the brother at Cap-teen and Rev. Bishop -Brown, held a conference, and we had a very large camp-meeting, and -manifestations of great good, and at the close of the Love-feast, there -were thirty-two or three testified that they experienced the love of -God. The people of color came out forcibly, and the preachers preached -in power. My health was much destroyed by speaking so often and laboring -so very hard, having a heavy fever preying upon my system. I was called -upon to speak at a camp-meeting, I could scarcely accomplish the task, -and I was obliged to take my bed (having also lost my appetite) as soon -as my sermon was over. After a while my particular friends conveyed -me to Mount Pleasant in a carriage; the day was pleasant, but in the -woods at night we were overtaken by a dreadful storm of thunder, wind -and rain, but through the will of Providence I escaped the inclemency -of the weather and stopped at brother and sister Hance’s; after being -medically renovated, I fulfilled an appointment, and commenced to visit -the sick in that place, but was arrested by a heavy fever. A physician -was called, and by daybreak my senses left me, so severe was the disease, -which caused the physician to visit me two and three times a day, which -proved to be the bilious fever. After my mind returned and became calm, -I was convinced that it would not terminate in death at that time. I -had faith in the Lord. Eleven days I lived on rice water and chicken -tea without salt, at the end of which time I felt an appetite to eat. I -had been under a deep sallavation which proved a blessing in effecting -a cure. After a lapse of four weeks I was enabled to get out of that -house, but very weak; my money was short; I left seven dollars with them -hoping the Lord may bless them; then I returned to brother Hance, and was -well treated. I commenced preaching, though very weak, and I accepted -an appointment on Sabbath in the white Methodist Episcopal church, to a -well-behaved congregation, about ten miles distance. I had to be carried -to the carriage in a blanket and returned the same way, and was well -taken care of by brother and sister Moor and family, for which may the -Lord bless them in basket and store. Elder Jones gave me an invitation to -go to Pittsburg and try to gather a little strength, which I accepted, -and was kindly taken care of by brother Lewis and wife, which I very much -profited by the assistance of his family doctor, which he called in amid -the blessings of Providence; this was in May, 1830. I then commenced to -labor amid the souls of the people, which are precious. After gaining -strength in body and mind in my recovery, I spoke to a good number of -colored friends on the Hill, and they were about to build a church for -worship as they owned the property. When I was able to travel, one of -the preacher’s wives and a kind brother conducted me on to Washington, -from which I took stage for Mount Pleasant; labored for them, enjoyed -a love-feast with them, and in a few days left for St. Clairsville and -the next successive place; then took stage for Zanesville, continuing to -labor around the circuit, and then went to Columbus. I was invited to -attend a quarterly meeting at Urbana; we had quite a profitable waiting -upon the Lord; it makes me glad when they say let us go up to the house -of the Lord. After trying to rest myself four or five weeks, a brother -preacher, in company with brother Steward’s widow and myself, visited the -Indians, she having lived nine years in Sandusky. We heard them preach in -their own language, but I could only understand when he said Jesus Christ -or God, and the interpreter had gone to conference. I spoke to them in -English, was entertained in an Indian family, and that very kindly, -after which I shook the dust off my feet and left them in peace. Thank -the Lord for Urbana. The Elder appointed a camp-meeting at Hillsborough; -it was nothing to boast off; after which I turned towards Philadelphia. -Brother Rains paid my stage fare on to Springfield; there I endeavored -to speak to a small and very quiet congregation; from thence to Columbus -and paid seven dollars and a half, and left for Wheeling; stopped at a -camp-meeting at the request of the Wheeling friends, but it seemed that -both the golden wedge and Babalonish garment was there, as the wheel -could not turn, for Christ said I could not do many mighty works on -account of your unbelief; the Devil was at work, but the Lord was above. - -I spoke at Wilkesbarre to both white and colored, Baptists and -Methodists, and had an invitation to preach in the afternoon, had good -congregations, and tears of contrition were visible in many places. I -had life and liberty. I next visited Wheeling, stopped a few days and -labored several times, which was much blessed, and the Elder organized a -new class of twenty-one young men, brother and myself led them the first -time, and they seemed very zealous. But in a few months the severity of -the Laws stopped their religious privileges, which is an honor to any -people; while sin is a reproach to any Nation. I then paid $10 and took -passage to Hagerstown. My health was poor. Passengers consisted of three -white ladies, members of the Episcopal Church, and one old gentleman, (a -Deist) 73 years of age, who would reproach Religion, until I told him -that Solomon spoke of a man 70 years of age, and called him a fool,—and -exhorted him to get religion; for God’s name is worthy to be praised -by all intelligent beings. I have found Him to be a strong hold in the -day of trouble. We arrived at Hagerstown in eight or ten days. We had a -Meeting House there. I met the Elder, Joseph Harper, Deacon John Cornish. -Had good Meetings; a visit of the Holy Ghost. The house was crowded, and -many hundred sinners struck to the heart,—back-sliders were reclaimed—and -believers built up in the most Holy Faith. Praise God for so much. I -spoke to a very respectable congregation of white people about eleven -miles distant. - - “Go, preach my Gospel saith the Lord, - Bid the whole world my grace receive; - He shall be sav’d that trusts my word, - He shall be damn’d that won’t believe.” - -I then took my passage for Fredericktown. The Society was small, but -willing to encourage the Gospel of Christ. We had meeting in a large -upper room of a building; the congregation was of both white and colored -persons. I felt life and liberty, and an increase of my labors. In about -ten days sinners were awakened—backsliders reclaimed—and believers built -up in the most Holy Faith. The white Preachers threatened to turn them -out of their Church for going to the African Methodist Episcopal Church. -I thought when war commenced it was time to run. Oh! what prejudice and -stupidity: for love is the fulfilment of the Law. - -We had a remnant of our Connexion from Virginia, years before, but -through some contention among themselves, the owner of the Church took it -from them, run up a chimney in the centre of the house, and rented it out -to different families to live in. He also went into the yard, kick’d over -the head and foot boards of the graves, and levelled them down, and made -a garden of the grave-yard. But the Lord afflicted him even unto death, -and he was buried a day or two before I arrived at Frederick-town. - -But God has a people everywhere; a remnant that never has bowed their -knee to Baal. A Lutherian brother, (minister,) interceded in their -behalf, (the Church being offered for sale,) and receiving One Hundred -Dollars from the Trustees’ hands, bought it in for them, and a firm Deed -being made for the Trustees, the Elder taking charge of it. So much, for -Delivering Grace. - - “God moves in a mysterious way - His wonders to perform; - He plants His foot-steps in the sea - And rides upon the storm.” - -I next started for Washington City; took passage in the stage about 1 -o’clock in the afternoon, and arrived about 1 o’clock in the morning, and -the clerk of the office conveyed me to a very respectable colored family, -(Mr. Adam’s’) who kindly received me, and continued so to do, but I met -my antagonist in that place, who strove to stop my Ministerial Mission; -but Right is more than Might. Bishop Allen being a man of renown, and -having Grace abounding in his heart, he sent a letter to his son-in-Law -who resided in that place, to intercede for me during my stay, which he -did. Truly, the way seemed somewhat dark at first. I saw revivals among -the members, though the congregation was small, the Lord raised me up -plenty of friends among them, for God is all in all. The Elder in charge -was not to be seen until the last Sabbath I was there. He preached in the -morning, but I was ashamed of his conduct towards me, through prejudice, -while he was a leading man for the people. Reader, judge for thyself. But -my God gave me a part and lot in this matter, saying, “Behold, I send you -as Sheep among Wolves, be not afraid:—Lo! I am with you always;—even unto -the end of the world.” Praise God for his endurable promises. In a few -days I left for Baltimore in stage. Some part of the route was by Rail -Road. Pleasant journey; arrived safe in Baltimore, engaged a colored -man’s hack, which conveyed me to Mrs. A. H.’s, to whom I ever shall feel -indebted; for herself and family were some of my warmest-hearted friends. -Truly, I must say “the Lord remembered me in my lowest state.” The Elder -and Preachers of Baltimore with one accord, gave me appointments, and -we had prosperous Meetings. We had a female speaker there, who seemed -very zealous. I asked permission to take her into the pulpit, which was -granted, and she spoke much in the spirit of God—which was attended with -power, she being a woman of God; deportment graceful, and her ideas in -Scripture very correct, and they were all very much pleased with her. -She was a Teacher in the Sabbath School, at which place she often took -occasion to extend her usefulness in speaking for the cause of God, for -which she suffered much opposition, even from her husband; although he -was a Preacher of the Gospel, she encountered severe trials. Next I left -Baltimore for Philadelphia, my home, and found my friends all well; and -my only son also, was well, and remained with Rev. Bishop Allen, where -I left him before I went away. After being absent for two years and -six months, I found Bishop Allen in very ill health, but he ever had -continued with unwearied interest in my son’s welfare, by sending to -school, and otherwise improving him in education; by which he has made -considerable improvements therefrom; which give me great reconciliation -of mind; one thing lacking, which was a trade. But finally, Rev. Bishop -grew nearer and nearer his time of departure,—prior to which he was -much interested for the good of my son in getting a trade, but it being -the winter of 1830, he concluded to keep him until spring; but the Rev. -Bishop coming to the steep of time, departed this life March 26th, 1831, -after seeing 72 years in a world of affliction. Immediately afterwards I -placed my son with a French gentleman, with whom he stayed and learned -the Cabinet-making business in this city. This is the way I have got -along after getting my son to a trade. I felt myself to be like a poor -pilgrim indeed; wandering through this world so wide; having to travel -among strangers, and being poor and destitute; I was sorely tempted. My -money was gone, my health was gone, and I measurably without a home. But -I rested on the promises of God. “They that put their trust in me shall -never be confounded.” Without having a dollar to help myself, I saw the -Lord would verify his promise, bless his name for it. - -I stopped a few weeks with my sister and Dr. Burton; boarded with her, -and he seeing my debilitation of body, rendered medical assistance, which -helped me much; but I was unable to labor and preach for some months. -After my business of 1831 had been accomplished, I felt it my duty to -visit my aged Parent, whom I had not seen for eleven years. At length I -started on my journey for Cape May, West Jersey, in the following way: -By Steam Boat to Salem, N. J., and preached in the African M. E. Church -to a good congregation, and we had a comfortable waiting upon the Lord. -Some signs followed the preaching of the Cross of Christ; the people were -very kind. From thence by Stages to Greenwich, and spoke with the Elder -to a very humble people; a great display of God’s power, six joined the -Church, seven were baptized, and others fell to the floor and cried for -mercy; thank God for it. - -On Monday morning I left for Bridgeton; we having no Society there, -I preached in the Court House to a large assembly of different -denominations. I felt a degree of liberty in speaking, and I then stopped -a few days with them, and was kindly received and entertained. I then -proceeded on to Fair-field, and endeavored to labor for them at 11 -o’clock, Sabbath morning, and at 3 o’clock, P. M. to crowded houses of -respectable and quiet congregations, and the Lord poured out his spirit -upon us and we had a solemn waiting in his presence, for which my soul -rejoices even now. - -I next went on to Port Elizabeth, which was very thinly inhabited, some -two or three very respectable families there with only three persons -belonging to Church; among them a Sqr., Brick, a man of ability. Through -him the Church was opened for me, and I preached two Sermons to large -congregations of respectable inhabitants of the place, in which I placed -myself as in my Saviour’s hand, and staying there as clay in the hands -of the Potter. I had liberty, whilst I could hear the humble groans of -the people, which caused my breast to swell as with pure Seraphic joy. I -bless the Lord, that the Gospel has never been left without a witness. -Wisdom is justified of her children saith our Lord; if it was not so, -thousands of Christians would have sunk in despair; but now and then I -come across a great many whose sins were cancelled, and in whom pride was -destroyed, and respecters of persons were not known. Among such, God will -prosper the labors of his servants. “God knows the proud afar off, but -his Saints are beloved in his sight.” I next proceeded to Goshen; there I -found my aged mother, who I had not seen for eleven years, well in health -and very active. But above all the rest, enjoying Religion, the love -of God in the soul; which is more than the Gold of Opher; though poor, -making many rich. Truly, she dropped many aged tears on account of my -exposures in travelling, but I strove to compose her by the word of God, -which tells us “in this world we shall have tribulation, but in him we -shall have peace.” ’Tis there, the Christian’s warfare ends, and sorrow -cannot come. We dropped a few tears of gratitude with uplifted hearts to -Almighty God for bringing us together once more in the flesh. - -But my work soon again commenced. I preached in a dwelling house the -next; in Goshen School-house, to both white and colored; and was assisted -by the prayers of some humble souls, and felt both life and liberty. My -colored brethren held a protracted meeting. Some were Baptists and some -Methodists. But all one in Christ. I think I never saw a greater display -of God’s eternal power; it was somewhat inexpressible: Glory to God for -it. Four miles from there I preached in the Court House to a congregation -of different denominations, and the house was crowded. Text—28th Chap. -of St. Matt. 18th and 19th verses. On the following Sabbath I spoke -in a School-house to a white Methodist congregation. We had a weeping -time in the afternoon of the same day. Spoke to my own people, and -the Lord blessed several souls. It was a time long to be remembered. -Truly a sword that is so often whetted, must keep Sharp, but in the -midst of difficulties it appeared the word had its more perfect effect. -After feeling I had discharged my duty towards God in that part of his -vineyard, I returned home and spent the winter in Philadelphia, but very -much afflicted. But in the midst of it my peace was like a river. - -Some time in February 1832, the Lord sent two friends to take me out of -town to visit a part of his vineyard, and they thought it would improve -my health. I rode about twenty-two miles,—grew worse again—but medicine -was applied which proved effectual. I spent a few weeks, preached in the -Free Church in Norristown, three or four times, built by a lady of the -Church of England, for all, or any that preach Christ and Him crucified. - -Having gained my health, I returned in peace to Philadelphia, where I -labored under some difficulties until the middle of May: After which -I took a journey with a sister preacher for about two or three weeks, -and truly the Lord blessed her labors abundantly, and my heart rejoiced -to witness the out-pouring of the Spirit of that Gospel visit with a -Hand-Maiden of the Lord. The Scriptures are fulfilled as spoken of by -the Prophet Joel, Chap. 27th, 2nd verse. “Ye shall know that I am in the -midst of Israel, and that I am the Lord, your God, and none else, and -my people shall never be ashamed. And it shall come to pass afterwards, -that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your -daughters shall Prophecy. Your old men shall dream dreams, and your -young men shall see visions.” In 1831, a young man who professed to be -righteous, says he saw in the sky men, marching like armies, whether -it was with the naked eye, or a Vision by the eye of Faith, I cannot -tell. But the wickedness of the people certainly calls for the lowering -Judgments of God to be let loose upon the Nation and Slavery, that -wretched system that emanated from the bottomless pit, is one of the -greatest curses to any Nation. - -June 1832, my mind was led to travel towards the east part of New Jersey, -through Trenton, N. J., &c., and I preached three or four times, and -found considerable consolation. The Elder made me appointments about two -or three miles in the country, where there were a class of Methodists. -There was a white came next morning to invite me to speak for them the -next Sabbath afternoon, and himself proposed to make me a collection. I -thus, truly, saw a way made for me I knew not, for I had but three or -four cents in my pocket. Yet I had not mentioned it; but according to -promise, after I had spoken, their contribution for me amounted to four -or five Dollars; which aided me on my journey. So much for trusting in -God. I then went to Princeton. Not much success there, the Society being -small. Preached three or four times there. Left for New-Brunswick, and -had very good meetings; more praying people, and had more life and power -among them, and the Word of God had its effect. And the Judgments of -God was in the land, the Cholera was taking away the people by scores. -An awful day to them that had no God with them in death. It carried a -sword with two edges, it cut right and left, took Saint and sinner, noble -and ignoble, white and colored. It showed equality in my God’s Decree; -where he speaks of “all men.” I next left for Rahway,—still coming among -strangers, but was kindly received by friends, both colored and white, -of different orders, without distinction. I saw a large field open -before me, and a plenty of labourers wanted in that part of God’s moral -Vineyard. I commenced to obey the Spirit of God, and had great liberty, -both in Word and Doctrine. I stopped six weeks, and the Elder only once -preached. The people dying fast: News came into town from New York that -great mortality was prevailing,—the people dying at the rate of 120 to -160 a day. It was truly alarming, but we were highly favored in Rahway, -there being only about four or five cases; and among them it clearly -shown that God had no respect for persons. One poor colored man, who had -used too much ardent spirits, was boasting about 8 o’clock that Cholera -could do nothing with him; but while harnessing the horse for the family -to go to church only two hours after, being 10 o’clock, A. M., he was -seized with cramps, carried into the barn, and several Doctors sent for -who remained with him, he having no friends. But at last, there being -no hope for him by 8 o’clock P. M., the Doctors requested some colored -Methodist family to let him die in their house, which was cheerfully -acceded to, and he died about 12 o’clock, and was buried before day-light -the same morning. A very rich man also died who was buried in splendor in -day light, but the poor beggar was hurried away at night; yet they both -died wicked. A short notice indeed. But Oh! their end, their dreadful end. - -I still continued to labor, and witnessed good revivals. When the -President’s Proclamation went out for a General Fasting throughout the -United States on account of the Judgment of God, it was obeyed by all -denominations, and of course came under our notice,—and we having no -Elder in that place, held it ourselves,—and it fell to my lot to give a -Sermon on that occasion, which I did through some embarrassment, from -St. Matt. chap. 24th, 21st and 22d vrs. And the Spirit of the Lord was -upon me, and the Scriptures opened to my mind. The stammering tongue was -loosed, and the feast truly glorious. At night we held Prayer-meetings, -and so continued until I felt at liberty to leave them. I then proceeded -on to New York. On my arrival I called on the Elder, S. T⸺, and was -kindly received by him, and after a few days he gave me an appointment -in Brooklyn Church, it having been near six years since I had spoken -to that people. But while filling several successive appointments I -saw signs of much good being done in the name of the Holy Child Jesus, -which was owned with one accord. When entering the pulpit, the Bible -being torn, I was deprived of finding the Text. A young gentleman of -the Episcopal Methodist Church being present, took occasion on my next -appointment to present the Church with a large new Bible. So much for the -principles of Christianity. The Elder also gave me three appointments in -the Bethel Church, New York, at Asberry, in Allen st. upper part of the -city,—several times in Flushing Church, and attended a Love-Feast, where -the people spoke in the Spirit. Praise God for it. - -I then returned to New York again, feeling my strength much renewed in -the inward man Christ Jesus, I saw a large want of labor there, as the -Prophet Ezekiel said: “I saw the river rise to the loins of a man.” - -After laboring about six weeks and seeing it was not in vain; with the -approbation of the Brethren and in answer to a good conscience. Oh! that -I had language to express my mind while I hold my pen in hand. But had -I the tongue of an Hannah, whilst she spoke to Eli! I could not express -the revelation of Jesus; but the bodily strength seemed to fail fast. -I then returned to Philadelphia, rested four days and was called to -Salem, N. J., and after preaching two or three times crossed the Bay -for St. Georges, a town in the State of Delaware, and preached twice -by invitation of the citizens, and also by request I spoke in Delaware -City. Here a horse, gig and driver being provided for me, I rode four -or five miles in the evening and preached to a large congregation of -white and colored persons. Good behaviour, but no particular display -of God’s power. I returned the same night to St. Georges, and spent a -few days with my sister, whom I had not seen for eleven years previous. -I left there a few days before Christmas for Philadelphia, where I -remained until January 1, 1833. After which I started, in company with -another sister for New Hope, Pa. We held meetings in Frankford, then I -proceeded to Ben-Salem; from thence to Attleboro’. The Elder, P. S., -was on that circuit, he cordially gave me appointments, and we were -caused to rejoice. The Devil was also at work, setting up difficulties -like mountains high, but having a skilful Pilot I steered between the -rocks. The Church, having been in a seven years law suit, was gained -by the African M. E. Connexion. A brother, L. I⸺, conveyed us seven -miles, and I attended an appointment which was visited by the Spirit of -the Holy Ghost. Sister C⸺ followed in exhortation and the meeting was -closed by a brother—a crowded house—and were requested to hold another. -But we appointed the next in Holmesburgh, which was alike prosperous. -After which I returned to Philadelphia, and there remained until July 2, -at which time I left for Canada, being a second visit to my scattered -nation, for which I felt a painful impression. For more than six years -the first stop was in New York, from there to Albany, where I remained -three or four weeks, but the Church was wading through deep waters. I -had, long before, felt a great anxiety to publish my religious experience -and exercise to a dying world, but, laboring under the disadvantages of -education, I thought it a favour to pay $5 to have a portion of it taken -from the original of my own registering, and corrected for press. By -special request I visited Troy and found a christian spirited minister, -Rev. Wm. Bishop, with a lively society, and I spoke for them—the Lord was -with us, and gave seed to the sower and bread to the eater, at different -times; and, the next Sabbath I preached my Farewell sermon, and on Sunday -night I held prayer meeting in the Church, and on the next Saturday -I left for Schenectady, preached in the Presbyterian Church twice on -Sunday, and was kindly entertained; after which I left on Monday for -Utica, and arrived there next morning about sunrise. I spoke for them on -Thursday evening, also on Sunday afternoon to crowded houses of lively -Christians, and they administered to my necessities to assist me in -travelling. I felt a great liberty in the gospel. From there I proceeded -to Rochester, where I arrived, after being two days and a night on the -Canal, and found Elder Graham with a prosperous Church, which seemed as -though his labors were much blessed. But, alas! the Devil crept in—he -left them—they became scattered, the old trustees died, and the other -connexion caught them. But during my stay they added several to the -Church. I then left for Little York in Canada, which was one day’s sail -across the Lakes; the passage was very rough that day. I was directed to -Brother Brown’s, the preacher, and was kindly received by himself and -wife. I preached on Sabbath morning and afternoon, and that day we had a -shout in the Camp of Israel. Praise God, the mission was both owned and -received. After speaking several times and holding prayer meetings, I -left them for Niagara, spoke three times. From there to St. David, and -preached to a respectable congregation of whites and colored persons. -Six years before this I visited Niagara and there was a large society of -the A. M. E. Connexion, but at this time the very Chapel was gone, the -minister dead, the people scattered and backslid. I, finding only two -or three members at this time and no school, and children coming up in -sin, then left for St. Catharine; spoke three times, but no particular -revival, there were some who wished to be lords among God’s heritage, and -the work seemed stagnated, but they used me well, and I left them with -peace of mind, in discharging my duty, for George, and spoke on Sabbath -morning to a white and colored congregation in a school-house—wonderful -time indeed—some shouted, some mourned, others sought for mercy, and I -felt the Holy Ghost upon me, glory, glory, glory to God. After I helped -to lead the class, I was insisted upon specially to preach a child’s -funeral sermon, before the corps left the house, a curious circumstance, -which was caused by the following incident: Seven years before I had -preached in the neighborhood, to a great mixed multitude, after which I -was invited to dine by this person, on which visit this child was born, -or on that day; after some little hesitation on my part, I accepted the -invitation and preached from the 2d Book of Samuel, “I shall go to him, -but he shall not return to me.” It was a very solemn time—the corps was -then taken to the Church of England, and laid before the altar, the -clergy spake over it, and very much to the purpose, without partiality, -and then committed it to the breathless grave. On Thursday night I -filled an appointment at a brother’s house, the Lord was there. On the -next Sabbath I rode seven miles, preached and helped to lead class, and -the next week I left in stage for Little York, but stopped in Niagara, -preached several times and paid a visit to a new society of Wesleyan -Methodists, also then returned to York again, and preached for a society -of Baptists, a very quiet and attentive congregation, with one exception. -Text, by grace ye are saved through faith, that’s not of yourselves, -it’s the gift of God. The Devil is always busy in his agency as in the -following: a school-teacher was present in the congregation who, after -I concluded my subject, arose to contradict my argument, he became -very much excited and red in his face, but while he was on his feet I -expressed a desire of the congregation not to notice his reply, and they -accordingly treated it with contempt, which caused him to desist with -all his prejudices against women. The people were very kind. From thence -by steamboat, I proceeded to Hambleton, which was 50 miles; I found no -colored society in that place, but the children went to school; about two -miles from there I found a class, and, by permission of the trustees, -on Wednesday evening, I spoke in the Methodist Chapel, to a small -congregation, from a very short notice, but the Lord owned His Word. -After the close of the meeting, an English gentleman and his lady invited -me to go home and lodge one night at their house, which I did, and they -exhibited a great degree of benevolence towards me; may God reward them -for it. On Sabbath morning I spoke to my own people, and afterwards led -class and found the same one God owned them in worship also. I saw that -seed must be sown accordingly. I spoke in the afternoon, and the Lord -made himself manifest by His Spirit in great display; the people, though -very poor, were exceedingly kind; one of the brother preachers, conveyed -me to Dundas and Flamburg, west. I preached to a large congregation in -the white Methodist Chapel. We had an humble waiting upon the Lord. From -there I went to Ancaster, there the Lord prepared a friend to take care -of me through the winter. I preached several times and met many friends -whom I had seen in Cincinnati; some gifted preachers there, but no elder -to preside. There were many of our society there, called from place to -place, which had been scattered like sheep without a shepherd—it truly -was heart-rending to hear them lamenting the loss of their shepherd who -was deceased. The brethren kept a watch meeting on Christmas eve. We -enjoyed the meeting and spent the night like St. Paul; the next day it -fell to my lot to fill an appointment which I did with both life and -liberty, (praise God for it) from the 2nd chap. of St. Luke, verses -10, 11. I felt my mind lead me to a village called Ammonsburg, on Lake -Ontario, on what was called the Bush side, but I kept it with myself and -the Lord, and kept travelling and preaching as the Lord gave ability. -Brother S. Lewis was much interested at my anxiety for that people’s -welfare, and also Brother Wm. Edwards, a gospel preacher, who had been -instrumental in civilizing and christianizing many of the natives whom -I saw in Brantford, an Indian town on the Mohawk river, where a number -of the natives lived along the river side, in the woods formed churches -of societies of different denominations, ours excepted, and having -no Methodist Church, a gentleman, seeing the necessity of a place of -worship for us, gave us the privilege of a large house to worship in -several times; truly it was cold, but we had many comfortable meetings, -and very many solemn impressions made on a number of the minds of those -present; afterwards I left for Buffalo. The road was so rough that it -caused me to be quite sick. I could not stand it to ride 200 miles in -that cold weather, and I continued to preach in and out of town to -different denominations through frost and snow. A gentleman came to me -after the sermon was over, and wished me God’s speed in a very friendly -manner, then quietly withdrew with his ladies in company with him, with -politeness. My mind was on Buffalo, Brother Edwards had not yet formed -any society. I particularly desired him to take my appointment, which he -did, and also read the discipline with proper explanations, wishing to -know who would be subject to the government of the same, and there were -ten persons came forward and consented to be subject as members of our -Discipline. I went to Ancaster, stopped at brother Lewis’ and wife, and -although she was a young married woman, she was very much like a mother -to me. My mind was exercised to go to Ammonsburg, through a gloomy -winter; that night, after serious meditation, I fell asleep, and suddenly -awoke and received the witness that I must go. Next morning I informed -brother Lewis that I must go, and, he, feeling interested for me, had -me conveyed, in a private carriage, that I might travel comfortably. -In the middle of February I left for Chatham, and arrived there on the -26th of the same month, where I found a society scattered, without a -shepherd; some living in the faith of Christ, while others had gone back -to the beggarly elements of the world. Mr. Lightfoot received me very -kindly; his house was open for worship, where I had large gatherings some -five or six times, for a new place. The house being quite commodious, -and Mr. Lightfoot used every endeavor to send me on with the gospel to -others. In April I left for Ammonsburg, there the believers seemed much -strengthened; backsliders reclaimed, and sinners converted to God. Among -which was a woman that had belonged to the Methodists by profession, -having the form of godliness but was destitute of the power, until the -Spirit of God arrested her at this time. After which she ceased her -carnal amusements; quit dancing and went to praying, at which time she -arose on her feet and said that she never saw that dancing was wrong -before now—but she had resolved to serve God in spirit and truth—praise -God for the victory. For three days in Ammonsburg we could scarcely get -any rest, from the effects of the outpouring of the spirit of God, on -both white and colored. I was still more confirmed in mind that my visit -was accepted of my God, who gave me this mission in Christ Jesus. I -stopped with a brother, Jas. McKenney, and his affectionate wife, who had -suffered much in the fear of Jesus. Brother made an appointment for the -next evening for me, which I tried to fill. Text as follows: 16th chap. -of St. Matthew’s Gospel, 26th verse. I was in a strange part of God’s -vineyard, but his power was manifest even there; after which another -appointment was made for Sunday morning, which was alike prosperous, and -I helped to lead class; then spoke in the afternoon and at night with -equal success. My mind was much exercised, seeing the need of schools. -I counted 25 children and some young people whom I loved. I lamented -their obscurity, and advised them to get a white man to teach them, and -endeavored to shew them, that, without the advantages of education they -never would be a moral people, and, in the course of time, their own -children could, by proper advancement, become teachers for themselves. -So I continued in all the towns, finally they caught the spirit and -commenced in the following places; in Ancaster they chose their trustees -to build a house for school, and likewise to preach in, at Brantford, -at Chatham, and St. Catharine. Some went to St. David’s and Toronto, -to Sabbath Schools, and in the week also; colored and white, all went -together. After the course of two or three weeks, a colored teacher -came to the last named place and established a school of between 30 or -40 scholars (after being examined and found competent) which improved -the manners of the people very much, and they worshipped in their own -Chapels. Their own preachers, exhorters, and class-leaders (colored). -There was a young sister that wished to travel with me a little way, -and brother McKenney furnished us with a driver and conveyance, and the -friends received us very kindly, and, to my astonishment, we were given -appointments by the trustees of the Church. I spoke from the following -text, By grace ye are saved through faith, that is not of yourselves, but -it is the gift of God. A Friend, W⸺, was there, who was ever ready to -oppose the Methodists; he was a Baptist preacher, and would invite the -Methodists to preach for them, and then get up and contradict them; he -wished me to come and preach for them, but I felt no spirit of contention -in religion and I declined. Our own people were talking of forming a -union with the Canadian Methodists who were a branch of the Old Episcopal -Methodists, that was raised by the missionaries from America; this being -the time of the split, but some would leave to the Wesleyan Methodists. -I preached five or six different times in this village for several -Sabbaths two sermons a day, in which the Lord gave ability. We continued -our meetings as usual, and invited the old ministers to visit us, which -they did; and one of them gave an exhortation after me, and God’s power -filled the house and the guilty were alarmed, while believers rejoiced in -hope of a better resurrection. I left that morning, rode five miles with -a friend, and on Wednesday afternoon preached again—signs and wonders -followed—after which I continued to visit the sick the remainder of the -week, and on Sabbath day I rode five miles again to the Chapel, and -filled an appointment in the afternoon for the last time as I thought, -but the Lord seen best, and I was retained another week; the next Sabbath -I filled an appointment from the following text: Finally, brethren, pray -for us that the word of the Lord have free course and be glorified even -as it is with you; which was my Farewell Sermon. After which I returned -to Ammonsburg in the fear of God; where I preached several times and saw -many manifestations of the operations of the Spirit of grace, and, on -the following Sabbath, Brother A⸺ made an appointment for me six miles -distant, and one also for 6 o’clock in the evening; we had a very hard -ride through the swamp, and met a large gathering both in and out of -doors, and sinners were cut to the heart, and cried aloud for mercy, -which was a joyful sound to believers in Christ Jesus. The next evening -I spoke again from Isaiah, chap. 59 ver. 1; and several of the nobility -taking into consideration my necessities, contributed to me the sum of -$5. We had a quiet waiting upon the Lord; after which I and a sister that -was with me, called on Mr. Gardiner and he collected some subscriptions -and added to the former sum, for which, I trust, God will reward all -the cheerful givers, as they were very generous. I held prayer-meetings, -visited the sick, and passed many joyful moments of sweet communion -especially in one sister’s company, who was a member of the National -Church in Ammonsburg. - -But in affliction she enjoyed the Spirit’s grace, and, in May, 1834, -we parted as for eternity, and I trust to meet her where parting will -be no more, neither will any of us shake the parting hand, for we have -had sweet communion together, in spiritual exercises. Dear reader, -think not that I am going to heaven as in golden slippers, for I have -various trials to encounter while travelling over this world so wide, -but I feel willing to suffer for the cause of God, after which I shall -(if faithful) meet many of my friends that have communed with me in the -Spirit, where we never, never shall shake the parting hand—these are the -consolations in affliction as described in Rev. chap. 12, 11th verse. -And they overcame him by the Blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their -testimony, and they loved not their lives unto death; and whilst I move -my pen my soul rejoices in God my Redeemer. Having filled my mission I -parted with my friends in joy. I sailed for Detroit city, 18 miles, then -bid adieu to British shores, not knowing that I should ever step on them -again. I was kindly received on American possessions by a respectable -family from Cincinnati, a Mr. D⸺. I felt there was a work for me to do -in that part of God’s vineyard. I arrived on Tuesday and on Thursday -evening we had a comfortable meeting at the usual place. I met with much -encouragement in laboring for the Lord, and many impressions were made on -the minds of the hearers. The evening previous to my landing I saw some -of the American affliction towards the people of color, such as mobbing, -theft and destruction. Wo unto the inhabitants of the earth and the sea, -for the Devil is come down unto you. On the following Sabbath morning, -10 o’clock, I preached again, then lead class—a soul reviving time, -indeed—at 7 o’clock, P. M. I preached again, and the house was crowded to -overflowing, it not being sufficient to hold the people. Text as follows: -And the gospel of the kingdom shall be preached unto all the world for -a witness, and then shall the end come. After which we visited a prayer -meeting held by the stationed minister in the white Church, which was -truly comfortable. On the next Sabbath I had an appointment made for me -on the British side in a dwelling house, but, it not being sufficient -to hold the people, the Episcopal Methodists opened their session-room -which was larger and well crowded with various denominations. Text, 1st -chap. St. John; ver. 45. The Lord touched my tongue as with a live coal -from his altar, and we had a good time as from the hand of the Lord, -and the Amens of the preachers, elders, and leaders, helped to swell -the theme of rejoicing. Glory to God, we had all things common. But now -feeling my mission ended I waited for the first opportunity and took -passage for Buffalo. Three hundred and sixty miles on Lake Ontario, and, -I must say, the most uncomfortable passage I ever experienced, although -the boat was commodious, yet they treated the people of color very -indifferently indeed, as regards their accommodation, and yet charged -them a high price, I having paid $4.50. After two uncomfortable days’ -and nights’ sail, we arrived at Buffalo wharf about six o’clock, A. M. -Six years had elapsed since I had been in Buffalo, which was the first -time, but during my absence many changes had taken place, the loss of -some of my particular friends by death and other moveable causes. But I -found a Mrs. Davis, who was a great friend indeed to the people of God. -I felt my mission truly in this part of His vineyard—there were a few -of the Episcopal Methodists, but no established society. The Baptist -denomination had the majority of the people, they opened their places -of worship and I preached and held prayer meetings three or four times -among them, which was attended with considerable success. I also had the -pleasure of meeting an anti-slavery society where I heard some very able -discussions on the rights of the oppressed, and also clear demonstrations -of the cruelty of the slave-holder, which was exposed with all its horror -by a young man by the name of L⸺, but was greatly opposed by the Judge -of the city, after which the young man arose to his feet the second time -in which it seemed nothing escaped his exposure. I, about this time had -written from Buffalo to Philadelphia (as it was shown me by the Spirit -that my son had embraced religion) to know the fact of the matter, as I -was some hundred miles from home and received the satisfactory answer -by letter from his own hand, which explained his conviction—the length -of the distress of his mind—the severity of which had caused him to -seek opportunity to put an end to his own existence, but in the act he -was told to try to pray once more, by the voice of the Spirit, which he -consented to do, but concealed his intention from the people, which had -been suggested by the Devil, to take his own life, and it would be all -over. In this extremity it was God’s opportunity by his act of obedience -to convert his soul, after bringing him to the ground like a Saul of -Tarsus, and now stands as a living witness that God has power on earth to -forgive sin. - -O Reader, you may only imagine the joy of my heart at such language as -this from my only son, whom, it seemed, God had left as a comfort to me -in my old age, more especially after not having had any communication -from him for eight months, and then he was very ill which made my cross -seem very heavy, but I trusted in God, although I expected to hear of -his death when I did hear any thing, but, on my knees at a brother and -sister L⸺’s at family prayer was shown these things by revelation of -Spirit, which caused me to get up off my knees and I exclaimed aloud, the -Lord has converted the soul of my son, for which we had a shout around -the room, and then comes the letter as a witness of the same from his -own written composition. I scarcely knew how to praise the Lord enough, -and for another reason when I thought that God granted what I had prayed -for, from the days of his childhood, while I travelled the barren wilds, -of lonesome hills, and gloomy vales. But so much for trusting in God -who will not let the prayers of his people pass unnoticed, but is bound -to hear and answer when they pray aright. Praise the Lord, O my soul, -magnify his name. - - With joy let Judah stand - On Zion’s chosen hill, - Proclaim the wonders of thy hand, - And councils of thy will. - -I now began to feel my mission somewhat complete as regards distance, -and therefore concluded to return towards home. A brother and his wife -crossed the Lakes with me for company, I then took the cars, and bid -them adieu. I remained in Rochester a while after my arrival, but, to my -sorrow and surprise, a society that, twelve months previous, was large -and seemed every way prosperous, had nearly dwindled away—the preacher -gone and the people scattered except a resolute few, who were bound to -go through, and that at the risk of their all; and to them I endeavored -to fulfil my mission. I also spoke for the Wesleyan Methodists—they -treated me with christian fellowship. Our Lord said, they that are for -us are not against us, forbid them not—it truly was comfortable. There -was seed to the sower and bread to the eater. I also stopped at Palmyra, -visited the sick and otherwise endeavored to fill my mission. A little -difficulty existed, relative to a slave girl being concealed and taken -away, but while we were at worship the Justice of the Peace was in the -house and every thing seemed quiet. After service, the congregation -quietly withdrew—this was on the 6th of August. On the next day a lady -of color paid for a seat for herself and me, and we took passage on to -Canondagua, 16 miles; there I found a Church and people prosperous. They -received me kindly—my first appointment, 11 o’clock, Sabbath morning; -the word had some impressions, in the afternoon still better, at night -God was his own interpreter, the hallowed fire began to run to sin’s -confusion. I had several appointments through the week, which were alike -prosperous. Although I felt my inability, yet the answer to a good -conscience strengthened me, even in a strange land, and, with Paul, I -can say I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, for it is the power -of God to every one that believes. I then took stage for Geneva, having -recommendations to these little towns or villages, I found a few members -of the Episcopal Methodists, and also of the Presbyterian denomination; -they were very friendly and opened their house to entertain me—the -colored gentlemen of the vicinity around were building a house for the -Travelling Missionaries to preach in; it was opened for me, and I felt -great liberty in endeavoring to labour for the Lord; tears of contrition -dropped freely; a sister there shewed great hospitality towards me. After -filling three appointments, I left on the third day of the week. I took -stage for Ithaca, having had an invitation from the Rev. H. J⸺ who had -the charge. I arrived about 4 o’clock in the afternoon and was taken to -Elder H. J⸺. Before I entered the town I felt, according to the movings -of the Spirit, that the Lord would pour out his Spirit upon the people, -for which I yet rejoice in hope of a better resurrection. We met in the -unity of the Spirit and continued so with humility—the friends were kind -indeed to me, in and from the noble edifices of the large conveniences, -to the humble cottage of Christian inmates. But an humble heart is better -than a sacrifice. The society was young but was composed of some very -respectable people, and useful citizens. Congregations large, class -lively, and the Spirit of God visited us in abundant measure, which -made the people speak with great confidence in the Lord. Though hard -toiling, yet duty makes labor light; some backsliders reclaimed, sinners -converted, and believers strengthened; while many joined the Church, -which was a sign of some good in the name of the holy child Jesus. After -which my visit closed in peace with God, peace with all men, and the -answer of a good conscience. I was next conveyed by carriage to the -steamboat, and took passage for Albany. Crossing the Seneca river or -lake, where passengers meet the canal boat for Albany, which was my next -stopping place. I was recommended by a gentleman to the captain; took -passage; and after a pleasant voyage of two days and nights, we arrived -at Schenectady, and the next morning we arrived at Albany. The Rev. -Mr. Williams was stationed there; I payed him a visit; the preachers -generally professed a Christian Spirit. The task seemed as though laid -on a Jonah; I preached twice on Sabbath day; and through the aid of Bro. -S. S⸺, I was able to get to New York. Rev. R. W⸺ was one of the oldest -Elders in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, who has since that -fell in the battle-field, declaring war against the power of Darkness, -and his bones were buried with all the honors of war. Let me live the -life of the righteous and let my last end be like his. On my arrival at -New York, I found the Rev. S. S⸺, Elder, stationed there; I spent three -weeks in that city; I preached in Bethel; in Allen Church several times; -good congregations for that part of the town, but the other was crowded. -I only mention a few texts, 1st Sam. 2d chap. 6th ver.; 3d chap Hebrews, -3 first verses. Brother Jacob Matthews gave me an appointment in Zion -Church, and I felt the Lord, as before mentioned, to be very close to -me. The Rev. T. E⸺ gave me an appointment in Asbury Church on Sabbath -night, text, 3d chap. of St. Matthew, 12th verse, which was a night -long to be remembered by all present; the Lord made bare his arm; some -were arrested under the power of God, and fell to the floor crying for -mercy, while believers were strengthened in the faith of Christ. I also -had appointments in Brooklyn, L. I.; there we were much favored with good -meetings; a number of Old Methodists, with faithful preachers who kept -the flock of Christ alive; and our labors were crowned with success, and -additions to the Church. In the midst of life we are in death. Since I -had been last at this place, previous to my tour in British America, -the young gentleman that manifested such friendship for the Church by -presenting it with a Bible for my appointment, had bid adieu to time and -had gone to the mansions of bliss. The day previous to my arrival, I -stopped at Bro. T⸺’s, one of the oldest standard families that celebrated -the Church of God; his wife, a mother and sister upwards of seventy years -of age; whose character was unblemished, faith firm, although afflicted, -yet cheerful, with a short illness, in September, 1835, left the world -in triumph. I commenced my journey for Canada, in 1832. From the second -day of July to the fifteenth day of October, years following, 1833, I -had preached 138 sermons, and travelled between 27 and 28 hundred miles. -Returned from Brooklyn, and attended a quarterly meeting at Flushing; -Bro. J. S⸺, elder in charge. Saturday evening I gave an exhortation, and -preached Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock, the Lord accompanied the word, -and, be it remembered, it will be either a savor of life unto life or -of death unto death. Having finished my visit I felt anxious to go to -Philadelphia; feeling my labors to come to a close for the present. I -arrived safe at home, found my son and friends all well, and then heard -the truth of his conversion, for which I yet give glory to God. I was -three days in the city and left for Salem, N. J., on business; finding -the doors opened to me I preached in the Church; we had a comfortable -waiting upon the Lord, but no particular display of his power. After -which I crossed the bay to New Castle, Del. and then proceeded to see my -long lost sister; this being the second time in forty-two or forty-three -years—there I found a large field of labor. Preached in a school-house -by permission of Mr. S⸺, he being a man of authority, and chief owner -of a large part of the town. I was also sent for to speak in Delaware—a -horse and gig and dinner prepared—I was taken five or six miles, blessed -with a full house and I felt the power from the upper world, and the -Lord was with me. After two days visit my mind being easy, I rested, and -on the third day I left for Philadelphia; finding all well, I remained -for a few days, and then left for the Rev. R. R⸺’s circuit, and found -him a Christian and a gentleman. I first hailed Burlington, and met the -ministerial order of Brethren, who received me with joy. - - The Vineyard of the Lord before the laborer lies. - -We had several very good meetings; I then crossed over to Bristol and -spoke once or twice in a dwelling-house, at which time the Lord verified -his promises, which are, I will hearken unto. I proceeded on my journey -to Trenton, which was Elder Robinson’s Circuit. Two or three days after -this he arrived in the city. On Sabbath morning he preached and was much -favored by the Spirit of the Lord. At night I preached and felt joy in my -soul; from there he gave me other appointments. My mind was cleared and -the Scriptures opened themselves to my mind and I felt strengthened; some -shouted, others wept. I feel the holy influence of that fire now, while -my pen makes record of the same to a dying world. Let the inhabitants of -the rocks sing, and let them shout as from the top of the mountains. I -preached another sermon from the 59th chap. of Isaiah, 12th verse. The -fire kindled some where, and the hearty amens that ascended the hill -of the Lord seemed to strike guilt to the hearts of sinners. I helped -to lead class. O, the worth and value of precious souls which cause me -oft to mourn. I preached again from the 22d chap. of Rev. 1st ver. The -prayers of God’s people helped me, and the power of God, like the dew of -heaven, was let down upon us, and the sower and reaper rejoiced together, -independent of various opposition. I also spoke from Romans, 1st chap. -16th ver., and spoke three times on Sabbath day; and I felt more strength -at the last appointment than I did at the first, which proves the -assertion of Scripture, freely give and freely receive. I also visited -the sick, after which they gave me some appointments at Princeton, a hard -part of the vineyard. I had my talent and to use it I was not ashamed, -although the substance seemed to be lost—full houses. The Presbyterian -friends were very kind to me and received me with Christian friendship. -The weather cold, and travelling hard, through wintry storms to pass. The -first text, Let the dead bury the dead. It seemed a little astonishing, -especially to the brethren. I continued, and on different times filling -appointments. From thence to Brunswick; and one of the coldest days, rode -sixteen miles; the Lord was with me, and I had great liberty of speech; -a church and a large congregation; and the power of God was more fully -manifest than at Princeton; and the Lord added such to the Church as, I -trust, will be eternally saved. I remained there to labor for the Lord -two or three weeks, and there was a general revival throughout in prayer -meetings, both of male and female, and in class meetings; not my labors, -reader, but the merit belongs to God alone. - - Praise the Lord, ye heavens adore him; - Praise him all ye stars of light; - Sun and moon rejoice before him, - Praise him, angels in your heights. - -After my return to Philadelphia in December, 1835, I saw a large field -open to my view, it being a strong place, and many different spirits to -contend with, I endeavored to commend this portion of sacred Writ: Job, -22d chap. 10th ver., But he knoweth the way I take; when he hath tried -me I shall come forth as gold; again, Rev. 3d chap., 8th ver., and I -seemed much troubled, as being measurably debarred from my own Church -as regards this privilege I had been so much used to; I could scarcely -tell where to go or stay in my own house. I said, Lord, where shall I go? -and was directed to brother Murray, Elder then of Little Wesley Church, -and when coming to his house he expressed his astonishment at my coming -out through the inclemency of such weather, I paused, then told him I -was sent to him and knew not for what; he said I know—then he gave me an -appointment on Sunday night, and on the following Wednesday evening; from -there I received an appointment at Zoar Church, by the elder, and the -Lord converted one soul, which caused me still more to rejoice in God my -Saviour; from that the elder of Wesley Church gave me an appointment and -I preached to a large congregation, and felt strong in the cause of my -God. My call seemed chiefly in Philadelphia. In the year 1835 I travelled -721 miles, and preached 692 sermons. I also spoke in Bethel Church; some -false brethren. They that are not for us are against us, and if they are -against God’s ministry, whether male or female, they are against God, -who says I send by whom I will, for all are one in Christ Jesus. May -the Lord pardon their errors, and make them be careful how they handle -edged tools. In 1836 I travelled 556 miles, and preached 111 sermons; -and felt under much exercise to print a book, and I had some friends -to encourage me, such as the Rev. R. R⸺, and the Bishop, with others; -and every circumstance was so favorable that I finally succeeded, and -when they were brought home, I sat down in the house and wondered how I -should dispose of them; to sell them appears too much like merchandize. -While in this situation it was suggested to my mind, you must pay for -them, or it will do more harm to the Gospel than if you had not printed -them. But to myself, (if not printed) would be the scourge of a guilty -conscience before the Lord. At 4 o’clock, P. M., my mind was directed -to a Presbyterian sister, and on my way I met Bishop Allen’s widow who -bought one, and that afternoon I sold one dollar and fifty cents’ worth. -The Lord so blessed the offering of that work to the world, that in less -than four months I paid sixty dollars through God’s assistance, for the -expenses which gave me great tranquility of mind, and caused me to feel -still more like wearing out in the service of God. Various are the ways -through the interposition of Providence that I succeeded in disposing of -that little work, viz.: camp-meetings, quarterly meetings, in the public -streets, &c. Praise God for his mercies as well as his graces. - -After this I started for a Camp-meeting, near Baltimore. On my arrival -I received two appointments, and after the Bishop came, still more was -given to me, and at one time the power of God arrested an individual -and he cried aloud, fell out of the door and was reclaimed. I preached -three sermons in the African M. E. Church, and God gave us souls at -every meeting, and my heart rejoiced to see sinners coming to God. -Notwithstanding I had my opposers I out-live them through the strength -of Him, that yet loves His faithful followers. After seeing so many -displays of the miraculous power of God, I returned to the city of -Baltimore, with peace of conscience. After which my mind was exercised -to go to Elicott’s Mills to preach in the African M. E. Church, and was -accompanied by a dear sister, previously having had conversation with -Bishop Walters he sent a letter to the preacher in charge, who received -me with christian spirit. In the morning I led class and in the afternoon -I had an appointment, and preached from the 5th Chapter of St. Luke, 18th -& 19th verses. A full house, with attentive hearers,—praise God for a -visitation of His Spirit. An humble groan is better than a sacrifice. At -night I spoke from the 7th Chapter of Hebrews, 12th & 13th verses, and -wonderful to relate, if language could, the power of feeling. And well -may it be said that feeling has no fellow. On Thursday night I spoke from -the 61st Chapter of Isaiah, 1st verse: And truly I was anointed. And -one visible sign of the manifestation of the Spirit of God was, an aged -lady was caused to cry aloud, under the distress of mind, and many more, -too tedious to mention. During the whole week, I continued to visit the -sick, &c. One case I here mention as a caution to those who procrastinate -the day of Salvation, which is as follows. By request, I called to see -a Slave-holder of a tyrannical turn, said to be very wicked. But he had -received a summons, served by the officer Death, and I saw it pictured in -his face; previous to which I had heard of his selling two men from their -wives, recently. I asked him what he thought of dying; if he was prepared -to meet the change. He told me he was not. He was very ill, could not -recover, but wanted religion and could not get it; but wished me to have -prayers with him. This I did, but it was of no avail, although it was -truly solemn. I then exhorted him to have faith in the merits of the -blood of Christ, and then left him, a repining subject for eternity. - - “Don’t you see how unexpected in my chariot I do ride, - Convulsion fits, Plagues and Fevers, are the weapons by my side.” - - _Death._ - -After this, I returned to Baltimore, and from thence I was conducted -to Springtown, and spoke in the morning, Sunday, 11 o’clock. Text, in -Psalms. No extra display in the afternoon. Brother H. U., held forth to a -very large congregation. At night I preached again. By this time there -was inroads made upon the minds of the people,—they caught the Hallowed -Flame, and some shouted, while others were convicted and reclaimed, -and I was lifted up in Word and Doctrines of our Lord and Saviour -Jesus Christ. On Monday night I held a Prayer-meeting,—next morning I -started for Baltimore, quite indisposed, but being once more restored -to health, I preached on the following Sabbath night in Bethel Church, -Baltimore, appointment by Bishop Walters. Text, Acts 18th Chapter, 9th -& 10th verses, with special references, from Chapter 20; 19th, 20th, -21st & 22d verses. On the ensuing Wednesday night I preached again from -Prophet Joel, Chapter 1st., & 1st vers. The slain of the Lord truly was -many. Again I spoke from Hebrews, Chapter 7th; 12th & 13th verses, at -3 o’clock, P. M., and God’s name was glorified. I had great liberty of -speech—bless the Lord. It is a good cause to live in, but better to die -in. It is sweeter than life and stronger than death. - -The Bishop gave me an appointment on the following Sabbath night. Text, -from one of Peters’ Epistles, 5th verse. The word preached had its -effect. Three persons were arrested under the power of God and felled to -the floor at once. The grand-mother and her daughter and grand-daughter -cried aloud for mercy. In the meanwhile a gentleman fell on his face and -cried for Sanctification; and there was a general rumbling among the dry -bones. Praise God, for I feel the unction from on high, while I hold my -pen. - -I next started for Long Green, a distance of sixteen miles. A sister I⸺ -who had been travelling with me, as also brother Dunn, accompanied us. I -spoke from Acts 17, verse 31. Three persons found peace, several under -serious impressions. The word still had a lasting effect, and they sent -for us again. We complied, accompanied by our Rev. brother; although the -morning was very cold, we were blest to get there in time for Church, -and by the help of God, I tried to speak to the people from these words. -“Although you tread upon scorpions and serpents, they shall not hurt you, -having faith.” The word went out and did not return void; for two found -peace that day, and we left some on the floor mourning for redemption in -Christ, while others wore deep symptoms of serious impressions for the -welfare of their souls. We left at 4 o’clock in the afternoon, but the -meeting continued until night. May God continue to water every plant in -Zion. I preached and sold my books, and paid my own way. I returned to -Philadelphia in December. After I arrived my health was much impaired, -and I had a severe spell of sickness. So ended 1836. - -I commenced travelling March 11th, 1837. Eight miles from Philadelphia, -I preached three Sermons. Two at Blaketown, N. J., after which I took -Steam-boat for St. Georges, Del., to see my sister; at the request -of Doct. ⸺, he being the main proprietor of the town, I accepted an -appointment and filled it. I then spent a few days with my sister, and -left for Salem, N. J. Preached two Sermons on Sabbath day, two miles -from Salem, and we had a good meeting,—for, where the Lord is, there -is liberty. On Wednesday left for Greenwich, preached three times, and -the Lord was there in power, and my soul witnessed it. From thence I -proceeded to ⸺ and there truly was a revival among the people, which -gave me encouragement to trust in God. From there I proceeded on to -Port Elizabeth, and spoke in the Ebenezer Church, to a very large and -respectable congregation from seventh chapter, Hebrews, 12th & 13th -verses. On Sunday 3 o’clock, P. M., I preached at the same Church, then -I proceeded six miles further and preached one Sermon to the Forgemen, -and tried to give them the Gospel, but I did not feel that liberty -of Spiritual fellowship as I did at many places, to see professing -Christians working hard on the Sabbath at the forge, and then walk into -Church, to keep the Sabbath Holy is, in my opinion, altogether out of -the question. However I returned from that place the same night, and on -Monday I left for Goshen, Cape May, to see my aged mother, then 78 years -of age. I found her happy in the Lord, and my sister also. I preached -three sermons on Cape May and left them as I found them, in the hands -of God. I arrived on my return, at Port Elizabeth on the next Sabbath -morning, filled an appointment both morning and night. Next morning I -took stage for Philadelphia, where I arrived on June 5th, found all -well. Our Conference being held in May, I concluded I must have some -of the Feast. Three or four days after this I proceeded to New York, -from there on to Albany, Elder Williams having charge of the Church. I -preached nine sermons. Some revivals, some joined the Church, and members -strengthened in the Faith of Christ. I also visited Troy, preached three -Sermons there, one for a white congregation. We had a good meeting; and -I was well treated by the friends. On my return to Albany I preached two -sermons—and truly enjoyed myself in the Lord. I then returned to New York -with an appeal to the conscience of every man, as regards my endeavors -to do good,—bless the Lord. Duty makes labor light. My visit was to be -accomplished in New York and Brooklyn. Rev. Wm. C. ⸺, having charge at -both places, gave me appointments. Preached four sermons in New York, -five in Brooklyn and two in Flushing and one in Williamsburg. - -Knowing my religious visits were nearly closed for the present, I availed -myself of the opportunity of visiting the different Schools, the most -impressive was that of Mr. Louis Tappan, which I think exceeded all I had -ever seen; the principles in different branches which had been, and in -some instances, are yet hid from the people of color, to deprive them of -their enjoyments, were here taught them, which greatly helped to elevate -them to a position that would command respect through the short voyage -of life. These are the proceeds of vital piety. “Do unto all men, as ye -would they should do unto you.” Love, truly, is the fulfilment of the -Law. O! may the day speedily come when the yoke of oppression shall be -finally destroyed. Under a striking impulse of gratitude, and at the -request of Mr. Tappan, I delivered a short address and then left the -School with the answer to a good conscience. Then leaving New York, I -arrived at New Brunswick, where I was kindly received. Preached three -sermons; truly, the Lord was there in power. Next I proceeded to Rahway, -preached four sermons, and some were added to the church. From that to -Princeton, and preached four sermons. No particular display of God’s -power; yet my soul rejoices in hope of the promise. “If Israel is not -gathered, Jacob shall not lose his reward.” I then left for Trenton, met -a Quarterly Meeting, and the Elder gave me two appointments. His labors -had been very successful on his circuit. I then left for Philadelphia, -and found my friends well. This being the month of November, I remained -a-while in the city. I preached in Bethel Church and the Union also. Dec. -2nd I left for New-Hope, with a sister speaker. She and myself attended -two churches by the permission of the Elder, R. R. ⸺. I preached five -sermons before Christmas, 1st at brother S’s house, 2nd at the Mountain, -and 3rd in the new church; praise God for it. “Long expected, seen at -last.” The 1st text as follows: “Wisdom is justified of her children,” -&c. it was a time long to be remembered. I preached the Watch-Night -sermon Christmas Eve, from Matt. 2nd chap. and 10th verse, and during -my stay until New-Years Eve, there was great good done in the name of -the Holy Child Jesus. In travelling towards Frankford I stopped at -Holmesburg for the purpose of warning some persons of approaching danger, -but finding an intimate friend of mine very ill, I paid her a religious -visit, which gave me much satisfaction to see her resignation unto death. -I purposed leaving next morning for Frankford at 9 o’clock, but she died, -and the Elder and preacher being at a far distance from there, by special -request I attended the funeral, and after a short sermon at the house I -had to commit the body to the earth, as no other person was present to do -it. I then left for Frankford, preached four sermons which was profitable -through God’s grace. - -Feb’ry. 16th, I started for Attleboro. I spoke from the following -passages: Romans 6th chap. 21st 22d 23d verses. Also from the 8th -Chapter, 36th & 37th verses. At first it seemed like seed sown in stony -ground, but the deadness began to remove, and life, light and immortality -was come to pass through the preaching of the Cross of Christ. I preached -one sermon in Ben-Salem, and held a prayer meeting, and the Lord -smiled upon us, and truly some had in a measure lost their first love, -and others who had not defiled their garments, but contended for the -fulfilment of the promise. Now, coming towards Philadelphia, I found my -son and my friends all well. After preaching one hundred and forty-six -sermons and travelling nine hundred and ninety-nine miles. - -In April, I felt impressed to visit Reading, Pa., which I did, and met -some that I had met with years before, testifying that God is God, and -changes not. I preached five sermons, and truly I must say that the -Gospel is prevailing. Some few years previous there was not one member -of church, now there is a good church and a large society. I now went to -Norristown, spoke five times and led class. A man formerly lived there -that played on the violin, but leaving his place of residence went to -Philadelphia and embraced religion, and was called to go to the people of -that town to preach the gospel to them, and the Lord blessed his labors, -and they now live in hope of a better resurrection. - -July 15th, 1838, I left for Westchester, preached two sermons. From there -I went to Chichester, from that to the Valley, laboring as I passed -along to lively congregations. On the 23d I left for Columbia, calling -on Rev. S. S. ⸺, he gave me three appointments. God revived his work in -the hearts of his people, and while my pen moves my heart burns with love -to God. Next I left for West-town and visited some aged friends, such -as could not get to the church, and two remarkable ones in particular, -which were regarded as pillars of the church. I was conducted on board -the canal boat for Lewistown. I had a pleasant passage, arrived at 1 or 2 -o’clock, A. M. and was kindly treated by them. Preached four sermons to -a hard people. I was sick during my stay, my system was much debilitated -before I reached Pittsburg; however, I pressed on to Huntingdon, found -a small society suffering for want of help. I was received by all the -brethren, preached five sermons, rode 11 miles and spoke to the Forgemen, -but through bad management the congregation was small, but the word had -its effect; the souls of the redeemed are precious. I next proceeded to -Hollidaysburg. Took passage by stage at night, arrived at 8 o’clock A. -M. I was kindly received by a gentleman belonging to Wesley church, and -entertained in a friendly manner. Preached two sermons to a comfortable -congregation, and then left for Johnstown. After I got out of the car I -thought it almost the last end of the world as regards accommodations. -I had to stand near one hour before I could get a person to carry my -trunk. The Captain was kind and offered to send me a person, but I got -a man at last to take my trunk there. His wife was kind, although I -introduced myself to her, knowing her to be the Barber’s wife. She sent -for him to come in, and then introduced me to her husband. When he sat -down he said, “you preach do you?” I try, said I. “Do you understand the -Scriptures?” Some parts of it, was my answer. He appointed a meeting, -and the time arrived, congregation gathered. When I commenced I felt -a little confusion in the house, but in a few minutes every thing was -still, and we had a solemn waiting upon the Lord; after which the -Barber closed the service. So I left them. A brother informed me that -the chief Magistrate of the town said we must hold another meeting and -he would attend it, but the preacher did not seem to feel interested -for the welfare of souls; for this cause I took passage on steam boat -for Pittsburg, which was pleasant although crowded. The last day being -Sabbath, I sat in serious meditation on the beauties of Creation and the -plan of Redemption. There were some lady passengers from Charleston that -enjoyed religion would come and sit by me to read. When about to leave, -one of them requested me to pray for her husband and daughter. I hope -that Elijah’s God will prosper her desire for their welfare. We arrived -at Pittsburg about 8 o’clock, P. M. I was conducted to the house of a -worthy Father in Israel, where I remained awhile, preached four or five -sermons in Pittsburg. My mind still urging me on to Brownsville; and the -Lord opened the way. The Elder of the circuit coming into Pittsburg, made -a way for me, and provided me with a sister to accompany me. The Lord -blessed the labors of his servants. In three months time there were one -hundred and ten added to his circuit. Some converts, some mourners. Five -out of one family fell in love with this Heaven-born plan, I commenced -my winter journey the 10th of December. I left Pittsburg for a Quarterly -Meeting at Williamsport; it was a tedious journey. We had to walk seven -miles, and on entering the town we met a brother coming to meet us with -a conveyance. That night the meeting commenced, and truly the battle -was the Lord’s. Six were slain by his mighty power, and the faith of -believers strengthened. I spoke at 11 o’clock from the 12th Chapter of -Isaiah, 5th & 6th verses, and at night again, to a crowded house of -well-behaved people. Elder Clemens, a successful laborer for the Lord -was on this circuit. After preaching, the mourner’s bench was erected, -and the slain of the Lord were many. This meeting continued two days and -nights, after which our Love-feast took place. The Lord was in the midst, -and the people were crying for mercy in every direction. The Wesleyan -Methodists opened their church and gave me an appointment on Monday at 3 -o’clock, P. M., after which the Elder gave us privilege to hold prayer -meetings, which continued all night, was very successful, and a revival -took place with both white and colored people, and one of the members -informed me there were thirty persons added to the church that time. -Praise God for the victory. - - The world cannot withstand - Its ancient conqueror; - It sure must fall beneath the hand - That arms us for the war: - -We then rested a few days and started for Uniontown, a female travelling -with me; and we were received very kindly by Bro. Jackson and wife, -and the friends generally. I preached out at the forge to an attentive -people and felt both life and liberty. The Elder returning from his -circuit, preached again, and five united with us in the Church, after -which the Elder formed a new Society, fourteen miles distant. I then -preached in the white M. E. Church to a very attentive congregation, -whose groans ascended the hill of the Lord, and I felt his presence in -a powerful manner—text, Isaiah lix. 1 v. On 24th of December the Elder -held a watch-night, and on the 25th we started for Ridge Port again. -I received the morning appointment and the Elder preached at night, -and the Lord continued to pour out his Spirit upon the people, which -caused a general revival. Ten joined the Church on trial. Some we left -mourning for the redemption in Christ, while others seemed to be in full -stretch for the Kingdom of God. I had a previous invitation to a church -five miles distant on the turnpike, and I spoke in the morning at 11 -o’clock, and just closed the sermon, when a gentleman came with a swift -horse and vehicle on express for me to come and fill an appointment for -them at 3 o’clock P. M., and accordingly went. We arrived between 2 and -3 o’clock. I met a large congregation of very respectable people, and -preached from these words: “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,” &c. -The next Wednesday I attended an appointment in Greenfield in the old M. -E. church; it was a very stormy night, and I thought from the inclemency -of the weather there would be no person out; but through the perseverance -of the Brother and his wife that came for me, there was quite a large -congregation gathered, after which he handed me up in the pulpit, and I -endeavored to preach from these words: “We have found him of whom Moses -and the Prophets did write,” and I must say that the christian groans -that were uttered, and the hearty Amens that ascended the hill of Zion, -were answered seemingly as with coals of fire from God’s holy altar, -which warmed every heart. Pray God to carry on the work. - - Thy banner unfurl, - Bid the nation surrender; - And own Thee their God, - Their King, and Defender. - -Some hundreds were added to that circuit that year, ending February, -1839. In a few days I left for Williamsport, where I remained a few days -at Bro. C’s., and attended several very good meetings at Washington, Pa. -I had an appointment given me by the Elder of the white M. E. Church, -which I accepted. By special request, I visited a white young lady in -the last stage of consumption, and after conversing with her about the -salvation of her soul, I received great satisfaction, who I trust now -rests in Abraham’s bosom. I attended a quarterly meeting at Washington, -and I heard some powerful exhortations—God owned the word and by his -infinite power arrested a woman who formerly kept a dance house, and -with her, her family also, (saving her husband who had lately died,) -and they, five in number, cried aloud for mercy at the hand of God, and -afterwards joined the church; the old lady appeared very serious, and -they all spoke well in Love-feast. - -I had a special invitation, by letter, to go to Waynesburg, which I -received, and spoke in the old Methodist church, after being conveyed -there by a brother that was sent for me expressly. On Wednesday evening -I spoke in the Court house; it was in the month of February, and the -walking was very difficult; the friends were very kind; but few colored -persons, only two members of the church, and six joined. I spoke for them -five times—after discharging my duty I left in peace with God and man. -On my return to Washington, I spent a week or ten days, and preached on -Sabbath day, and at night three sermons. The Mayor of the city declared -his intention to impose a heavy punishment upon any person or persons -disturbing any church, and it had the effect to make some of the wildest -of the rabble behave themselves in the church with respect, while I -endeavored to declare the oracles of truth. After which I left for -Meconnoburg, and preached eleven sermons. - -In March I left for Pittsburg, and we met in joy; and at my first -appointment I spoke from Isaiah c. 50, v. 31. I then rested three or -four weeks, during which time my mind become much exercised to go to -Cincinnati—it was difficult to travel, but God always makes a way for -his people. A friend both to God and me, got a passage for me on board -of a Steamboat, with a preacher and his family, and on my arrival, I was -recommended to friends there, Elder King and wife, and I found them. I -told them it was my business to preach. An appointment was given me. I -spoke several times, and the Lord approbated the efforts of the feeble -worm, and believers were built up in the most holy faith. My visit was -joyous. My pamphlets went off as by a wind, the Elder recommending them -very highly, and also encouraged me to have the 2d edition printed, which -I had done—there being then one thousand more for sale, in which I was -successful. Five joined the church after the last sermon. - -I then left for Dayton, Ohio, and found a large church and building. The -colored population there was very large—there I preached six sermons, -and one in the other church. I was aided by both churches. I then took -steamboat for Hambleton, a well situated place, and preached two sermons; -had a good visit, much favored of the Lord, although the members were -much scattered abroad. But a worthy brother, a man of God, had settled -there and formed a Society of some twenty persons, which was still -prosperous. After preaching two sermons, I took passage in steamboat for -Cincinnati; remained there awhile until I had some new direction opened -to my mind, where I might call the people to the arms of Christ. The -recent printing of my tracts, had caused me to be very scarce of money, -(price of printing 1000 copies, $38.) There were individuals who helped -me in a way for travelling. The Elder being absent that Sabbath morning, -there was some disorder prevailed among some who seemed double-minded, -yet they were officers. But God can make a way where there appears to -be no way. Mrs. E. J., her husband and children, made me a present of -seven dollars, and another friend interceded for me in getting a good -cabin passage in a comfortable boat, and no distinction—captain was a -gentleman. I enjoyed sweet communion with the spirit of the Lord. But a -painful circumstance took place near our journey’s end, which seemed to -me awful in the extreme. There was a woman on board of the boat who was -called insane. I thought she was laboring under a despair of mind. She -had seen herself a dreadful sinner, and set in a melancholy position; at -times only she would seemingly arouse and ask us not to let them hurt -her. On one occasion I asked her how she felt. She answered, “I hear some -persons talking; they will hurt me—I would drown myself, but it is such -a sin.” A lady and myself strove to comfort her, after which the lady -read to her respecting the storms. She set very quiet, then she suddenly -arose to her feet, and said she must pray. I told her to kneel down by -my side, which she did very orderly; she first prayed in Dutch; I could -not understand her only as she said God or Jesus, and then she prayed in -English very feeling, then clapped her hands and said he has taken a load -off me—this was about 10 or 11 o’clock, A. M. She arose, washed her face -and hands, combed her hair, and then put on a cap and looked like another -person, and thus remained until candle-light, she and the young lady -walking and talking. I was reading and felt greatly relieved from the -care of her. Suddenly the chambermaid came in and asked me for her, and -it seemed only five minutes since I missed her. The captain made search, -went down on the deck and there found her, but she begged so hard to stay -there that he left her. The boat arrived at Portsmouth next morning at -sunrise, and that morning at 8 o’clock, she was seen to jump overboard. -They lowered a boat and tried to save her, but before they reached her -she sank to rise no more; and on the authority of God’s word, I say, no -self-murderer hath eternal life. Reader, be careful, exceedingly careful, -how you trifle with the spirit of God, lest it should take its flight and -leave thee to undergo eternal punishment. - - Take the warning, turn and live, - And God will his Spirit give. - -After landing, I felt to be a stranger in a strange land, but the Lord -ever provides in time of need. Accordingly I was conducted by a gentleman -and introduced to a friend who received me and treated me kindly, and in -a few days introduced me to one of the Trustees, who welcomed me to the -Church. Now I began to feel the spirit of my station. On Thursday night -I filled an appointment. It was altogether a strange thing to hear a -woman preach there, so it made quite an excitement, which made my labor -very heavy, as the people were all eyes and prayed none. But on Sabbath -day we had a crowded house, and an old backslider fell to the floor -like Dagon before the Ark. Six joined the church on probation. On next -Sabbath, Elder Peters’ quarterly meeting took place, which was greatly -enjoyed by all present. I met many of my friends from Pittsburg and other -places, and we rejoiced together. One day in the house of the Lord is -more than a thousand in the courts of the wicked. The first Sabbath I -spoke to the class, five fell to the floor under the influence of God’s -power. Two days afterward we left for Gallopeler quarterly meeting; -took passage on board of steamboat, which was very pleasant, without -distinction. When we arrived, it being night, a gentleman conducted us to -our lodgings and introduced us, where we were kindly received. I preached -one sermon to a small society that seemed almost without a shepherd -to look to their welfare. I was astonished at the situation of the -church—after which time the Elder came. A Baptist society occupied the -house in the morning, and in the afternoon the Elder preached—it was a -dull time indeed, none joined. At night I tried to preach, but could not -tell what the Lord had done for them people, for they seemed both barren -and unfruitful. - -I felt an anxiety to go to Chillicothe, for which place I took passage -and arrived on Wednesday; found a large field of labor open. I preached -on the next night (Thursday) to a very large and well informed -congregation. I then took passage via canal, and my mind was much -exercised, indeed, somewhat uncommon. Text 1st, Thessalonians: “Because -iniquity abounds the love of many waxed cold, but they that endure to -the end the same shall be saved.” Text 2d: “For Christ sent me not to -baptize, but to preach the gospel lest the cause of Christ should be made -of non effect.” Text 3d. Prov. 5th c. 6th v., I preached again from these -words: “All flesh is as grass.” Fifth and last: “I am the true Vine,” &c. -My visit being out, I left for Williamsport in peace with God, likewise -the brethren, as the friends had used me very kind. After the quarterly -meeting, we all took passage with the Elder for Pittsburg, to meet the -conference. I there met the Rt. Rev. Bishop, and others I was glad to -see. I remained there two or three weeks, and preached four sermons. -Both preachers and people used me like christians. The conference -was largely attended with ministers from every direction. The Bishop -granted an open house for persons to visit and hear the arrangements -and appointments on the circuits. The preaching was very good, and it -seemed as if the word fell heavy upon the hearts of the King’s enemies; -a general revival took place. The Bishop gave me an appointment during -the conference. After my visit came to a close, I was exercised to -leave for Philadelphia. A lady, named Mrs. Dorsey, being acquainted with -one of the captains of the boats, succeeded in procuring a comfortable -passage for me for $15, and $3 for board, making $18 in all, when it was -$48 from Philadelphia to Pittsburg. I felt grateful towards God for his -mindfulness of me. The captain was a gentleman, and the passengers of -the first circle, and I enjoyed their company. When we changed boats at -Hollidaysburg, the captain put me on the fast line that I might arrive -at Philadelphia in the day. There was a white lady on the boat with me, -bound to Philadelphia, who had travelled from New Orleans. A gentleman -who was coming to the city, seeing her lonely situation and also mine, he -never left the cars until he saw each of our baggages in the omnibus and -starting for our doors—a gentleman indeed. Thus ended this journey, Sept. -1839. - -After my arrival, my first inquiry was after the state of health of my -son and his family, and to my great disappointment I found that my little -grandson had died. This was startling news to me, you may think, but the -Lord removed him for some wise purpose of his providence, and in this I -felt perfectly resigned to his will, with a heart of gratitude for my -protection and safe arrival at home. I remained in the city about three -months, and received appointments in our churches on Thursday nights, -although in years past I always had them at any time, Sunday afternoons -not excepted. In Philadelphia, N. York, Baltimore, and all the principal -cities, from 100 to 1000 miles distant, as I travelled under the reign -of the first Bishop Rt. Rev. Richard Allen, I have been instrumental in -the hands of God of gaining many hundreds of dollars for the connexion, -by raising societies where there never had been any, since which time -they have grown to such a mass as to build large churches, and that in -different places, and likewise have spent hundreds, but don’t regret -it, as I was about the work of Him that sent me, for which my reward is -promised if I but hold out faithful. - - Now, pray for me, - That while on earth I roam; - That with the joyful Jubilee, - I may arrive at home. - -I again was impressed upon to go into the western part of the State -of Pennsylvania and labor for the Lord, as the field appeared large -before me. About this time sister Elaw, a speaker belonging under the -jurisdiction of the E. Methodist connexion, coming to this place, she -received an appointment which had been given to me, and I closed the -meeting after her, and we enjoyed good seasons together. The greatest -display of God’s power seemed visible in a Protestant congregation; -sister preached, and I gave an exhortation and closed, in which there -was a great shout for victory. I was informed by those that were in the -spirit, that they saw the glory of God like a sun over the pulpit, and a -face shone after it, thus the battle was the Lord’s. - -My sister leaving for England to visit the world’s convention, I started -alone. My first appointment was over Schuylkill—then I was conveyed nine -miles farther, preached three sermons, and then returned to the city; on -the following week I left again for Lancaster, Pa., but meeting friends -going to Columbia I went with them. The meetings were attended by the -spirit of God, and the speakers felt the spirit of their station, and -the feast was glorious; over thirty were added to the church in less -than a week, and many of them found peace with God. From thence I went -to Marietta, preached two sermons, and then left for Lancaster. The -Lord owned the word spoken, and after preaching, ten joined the church. -“Praise the Lord, for He only doeth great wonders.”—Psalms. I then -proceeded on to Carlisle. Seemingly the wolf had got in among the fold -and had scattered some clear away. But God’s word will have its effect -where it is promulgated in its purity. The consequence was, we had a -great rejoicing. I preached six sermons, including one for the Protestant -Methodists. I employed my time, as usual, endeavoring to explain the -effects of the everlasting gospel of the kingdom, even in common -conversation. The happy seasons I have seen are ever memorable to me, -and my prayer is, that all Israel may be saved, not only from the trials -of life, but from the power of hell. I then proceeded to Harrisburg, -preached one sermon to a good congregation, and felt considerable liberty -in speaking. I left next morning for Marietta; it was a very cold day; -sometimes I rode in a slay and sometimes in a carriage. I preached one -sermon on Sabbath, and next day took passage in a slay for Columbia. I -stopped a few days, preached one sermon, then left for Penningtonville. -I preached there on Sabbath day to a good congregation of different -denominations—it was a glorious day to my soul. Upon the authority of -God’s word, there need be no doubt about religion, for they that have -it carry the witness within themselves. Thus, having finished my visit -with a peace of conscience, I returned to Philadelphia, March 1st, -and found all my friends well. I waited in the temple of the Lord and -preached several times. I felt anxious to go to Baltimore on a visit to -the general conference, being the first of that kind held there for many -years. After mentioning it to the Bishop, he said I should be paid for -it if I wished to go, for which I felt very grateful. After making the -necessary preparations by arranging my clothes, &c., the morning came -for to start; the boat was to leave Philadelphia at 6 o’clock, A. M. My -mind had been somewhat divided about going to N. York, as I wanted to see -the convention of the American Anti-Slavery Society. But on my way to -the Baltimore boat, in company with a young sister, my mind was suddenly -arrested by a strange sensation, which proceeded from some supernatural -cause, followed by a voice which seemingly spake thus: “a watery grave! -a watery grave!!” I told the sister what had been revealed to me, yet not -half a square from the house. She believed as I did, and I consequently -turned back with an impression I should be drowned if I went, as I -seemingly saw the water. “How unsearchable are God’s judgments, and his -ways are past finding out.” - -The same month, April, I was sent for in great haste to visit Cape May, -to see my aged mother, as it was thought for the last time, as she was -very ill, at the advanced age of 82 years. I went and remained with -her several weeks, when she nearly recovered. I then filled several -appointments unexpectedly. But my way was I know not where. During my -stay there I lost a nephew 12 years of age, whom I trust rests. But I -should have mentioned, the day I returned from the Baltimore boat, I -took passage at 2 o’clock, P. M., for Burlington, and preached for them -on Sabbath day at a quarterly meeting, and second day after I left for -New York and arrived the first day the convention sat, which I attended -in company with Mrs. H. Lane, who was ever zealous in the good cause of -liberty and the rights of all, and I heard some very eloquent speeches -which pleased me very much, and my heart responded with this instruction: -“Do unto all men as you would they should do unto you;” and as we are all -children of one parent, no one is justified in holding slaves. I felt -that the spirit of God was in the work, and also felt it my duty to unite -with this Society. Doubtless the cause is good, and I pray God to forward -on the work of abolition until it fills the world, and then the gospel -will have free course to every nation, and in every clime.—After the -convention was over I returned to Philadelphia, and prepared for a long -journey. But previously I visited a part of Rev. Turner’s circuit—Jersey, -viz. of Burlington, Trenton, &c. His charge was extensive and laborers -were much wanted. I endeavored to preach two sermons in Burlington, -and in other places nine more, and then visited Allentown and preached -three sermons. I visited a camp meeting and never saw a greater display -of God’s power, for truly signs and wonders followed the preaching of -the cross of Christ, while the voice of prayer made sinners stare and -filled them with awe and wonder. I also preached to a small society five -miles farther, called Lawrenceville, after which I returned to Trenton, -Princeton, &c., and in a few days I left for Brunswick. I left for this -journey in 1843, in one of the brother’s own conveyance, for which I -felt very thankful. I filled several appointments, and then left for -New York, where I remained several weeks, and proposed the holding of a -protracted meeting to the Elder Boggs, in charge, and he thought well of -it, and appointed one, and it seemed that the people truly had a mind to -work, and the Lord blessed our labors. I preached on two Sabbath nights -and once in the middle of the week. A revival broke out and twenty-one -were added to the church, and it concluded with a victorious Love-feast, -glory to God. During my absence my son was taken very ill with a severe -disease, and I felt very anxious to see him after an absence of several -months; consequently in December I left N. York on my return, and I -found him much better than I expected, which greatly relieved my mind. -I preached once in the Bethel, once in the Wesley church, which came in -the connexion, Hurst St., and other places, but soon finished my work in -this city, and notwithstanding the severity of the winter, I returned -to Rahway, and found the friends very kind to me. I thank the Lord for -giving them hearts to be so, as the winter was trying. I preached ten -sermons during my stay, in which time a great revival took place in the -church, and many were added, amongst whom was a Rev. father E⸺, who had -left our church but at this time returned, and truly we made use of that -very appropriate phrase: “The dead is alive and the lost is found,” and -the brother rejoiced much, seeing the Providence of God. Now I began -to feel my labors nearly completed in that part. I returned to N. York -(as my visit was not accomplished in that city) on the 1st of March, -1841, and tarried some time, after which I took passage on steamboat -for New Haven and arrived there at 1 o’clock, P. M. I was conducted by -carriage to Mr. B’s, and his family was kind; on next Wednesday I was -taken to a brother’s house, near the meeting house, which they commenced -in January, and I preached in it in March. Being a people there whose -minds were much cultivated, I felt at liberty to speak, believing God -would own his word, which he did, and we had a revival. But Lucifer had -prepared an engine to play upon it and put it out. But we had some firm -members that turned neither to the right or left, as the scripture saith -“the righteous shall hold on their way.” Ah! reader, many scenes I have -passed through, but I yet live by faith in the Son of God. I preached -twenty-one sermons, and made my home at brother White’s, near the church; -this saved me from a great deal of exposure in going to and returning -from the church. I perceived their slothfulness in coming out to Sabbath -morning services. My first text was Rev. i, 10. God was with us truly, -for signs and wonders followed, and we commenced a protracted meeting, -and on the fifth night there were fourteen mourning souls at the anxious -bench. After a stay of seven weeks, I felt at liberty to leave them, -which I did, and arrived in New York on the 24th of April. Elder B. gave -me an appointment the ensuing Sabbath morning in Bethel church. After -that I went over to Brooklyn and spoke three or four times, but my heart -mourned to see such a great falling off that had taken place in a few -months past. But the conference sit there, and they had good preaching, -and the congregation soon began to increase. The brothers were kind to -me and gave me appointments at different places. I continued to travel -round about, and spoke a number of times in Flushing, eight sermons in -Jamaica, three in Flatbush, three in Huntingdon south, three in Glencove, -and then returned to Brooklyn again, and remained awhile with a sister -who was ever kind to me, for which I hope God will reward her, with -others. There was a camp-meeting to commence that week of my return, to -be held by Rev. Boggs, near Harvest Straw, and I through invitation went -in company—it was a very rainy time, but we had a great meeting, and I -received two appointments. We caught no cold, and the christians rejoiced -in the victories of the Cross, for we believed the Lord would shelter us -even in the midst of storm. - -Having a great desire to go to Massachusetts, I paid my way to Harvest -Straw to take the boat, but was disappointed, not being in time, after -which I had to pay a gentleman to convey me ten miles and conduct me -safe on board of the boat for Albany. I had a pleasant cabin passage for -$1.50. On my arrival I employed a person to convey me and my baggage to -a friend’s house, and when I got there, they being absent, I did not -stop even for breakfast, but returned to a N. York boat that stopped at -Hudson, and there to take passage by Railroad. On my arrival, I found -the cars did not start until 4 o’clock, P. M. It then occurred to my -mind that I was in Hudson unexpectedly, and truly the hand of the Lord -must be in it, as I wanted to visit that place some time before. I then -went out in search of some of my own people of color, trying to find -out if I could get a place to preach in on my return, as I felt anxious -to call the fallen sons and daughters of Adam. When about to start in -the cars for Stockbridge, one of the brothers of the church went in -company with me to the camp. By 7 o’clock we were safely landed and -found the meeting prosperous, and I felt warm for the battle, as though -I must press through fire or water. We had one mile to walk or pay 25 -cents—after walking the distance, we found the tent that the Albany -friends were accommodated at; soon after which the Elder heard of it and -called upon me, which seemed to approbate my coming to his camp. I felt -a great degree of liberty, believing myself to be in the right place. -After several other strangers had labored in their turn, the Elder gave -me another appointment on Saturday night. I endeavored to speak as God -gave ability, and a brother closed meeting after me. On Sabbath morning -at 10 o’clock, I tried to speak again to a large congregation. It rained -very heavy, but they gave the best attention and withstood the storm in -all quietness; I felt free, the tongue was loosed, the lip was touched, -and the heart was warm, which seemed to operate with the language of the -text, in Rev.: “I was in the spirit on the Lord’s day.” The Lord owned -the word, and the hearty Amens that went up, caused the woods to echo. A -white Methodist gentleman was present, who had become almost choked to -death with the glutted cares of this world; while sitting, God through -his mercy, sent his awakening power to his heart, and he rejoiced louder -than others, telling me he was glad the Lord had sent me, that his mind -had been overcharged with the cares of this life truly, and all of this -while Israel shouted for the battle. The wicked were somewhat rude on -Sunday night, and the Elder gave a very appropriate address to the -gentlemen of the State of Massachusetts, showing how our rights were -invaded, after which the gentlemen took it on themselves to guard the -camp ground, and we had good order. The breaking up was a time long to -be remembered, and on that day at 12 o’clock I left for Hudson. I there -preached one or two sermons, visited the sick, &c., and was then taken to -Pittsfield, preached one sermon, and then proceeded by stage to Hudson -city, where I remained a while with a kind sister and her daughter. -I attended the church on Sabbath morning and enjoyed a good sermon -delivered by the Elder. - -At 2 o’clock, P. M., I tried to preach in the same church to a full -congregation. Text from the general epistle of James, 1st Chapter & 25th -verse. At night I spoke in the old Methodist church for the first time, -from these words; “We have found him of whom Moses and the Prophet’s -did write, Jesus of Nazereth, the son of Joseph.” My mind was much -exercised on the subject; receiving light from Heaven. I preached one -sermon in the School-House at Catskill from these words; “I will give you -power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and they shall not harm you.” -The Lord was there of a truth. After this, by request, I spoke in the -white Methodist church from these words: “Therefore, cast not away your -confidence, which has great recompense of reward.” The Lord was there, -and assisted the clay to speak in his name. On Monday night I spoke from -these words of Paul to the Hebrews: “If the words spoken by Angels, are -steadfast,” &c., which had its desired effect. On Saturday I left for -Albany, taking with me a good report for the Elder of our connection; -after which, we wrote for him to come and form a Society, which he -did sometime afterwards. The Elder was kind, and gave me appointments -frequently. He held a Protracted Meeting, at which all of our laborers -were successful. I preached seven sermons in Albany and one in Troy; -after which I felt moved upon to visit Binghampton, and sister Tilghman -was on her way to the same place to visit her father and mother, from -whom she had been absent for some time, preaching the Everlasting Gospel -of the Kingdom. But we were detained on the canal some time; but the -Captain was kind and treated us well. After five days sail we arrived -safe, and found our friends well; but not well in the Lord. - -As soon as I enter a city I can feel the spirit that I may have to -contend with; but by the permission of the Elder I filled appointments -for a week or two, and then left for Montrose Quarterly Meeting. Preached -five sermons, and passed through many things that were not agreeable, -but duty makes labor light. I also spoke to a white congregation. After -riding five or six miles and back the same night, and preaching two -sermons in the town, I returned again to Binghampton, and held the -Christmas Watch-Night meeting, as I found it was about to be omitted, -and feeling interested, made application to the Trustees the Elder being -absent, and thus gained permission. It was a task for me, as sister -Tilghman was sick; but the Lord was with us, while we rejoiced in the -light that had come into the world. Glory to God for the gift of his Son. -In the morning three of us attended the Episcopal church, and associated -with them in receiving the Lord’s Supper. At night I preached again, and -I felt zealous in the cause of God, who was, and is ever faithful to his -promise; “Lo! I am with you alway, even to the end of the world.” - -The Elder then returned and urged me to stay, but I saw my way was -onward. Alter preaching once more, I was aided on my way to Owego, -where I found the enemies were many, standing in opposition to female -preaching, or preachers of any kind; but God always clears the way for -his people. While they were preparing to have a dance rather than come to -hear preaching, and boasting that they would invite the Elder to come to -it, God laid his heavy hand upon the man that was to play the fiddle for -them; he fell sick on the floor; but he was determined to carry it out, -and sent for another man, and he refused, and at last this Goliah-like -man was glad to send for the Elder to come and pray for him. “O! sinner, -thou cans’t not measure arms with Jehovah! He is a man of war, and the -Lord is his name.” In this very place, God worked miracles among them. I -preached on Friday night, Sabbath morning, afternoon and night—and God -worked wonders; converting some of the most wicked among them. - -After this, I left for Smithboro; it seemed truly a hard place, and my -labors were attended with but little success. There were a few scattering -Methodists that assembled to worship, and seemed profited thereby. -After I delivered my message I left for Towanda; and there we had very -comfortable meetings. I then proceeded ten miles further and preached; -there were eight persons, there one being an exhorter. They met us in -the spirit of the gospel. After doing my duty I returned to Towanda, and -on Wednesday I left for Athens; remained two days, preaching two sermons -in the Academy. Next morning I rode about two miles, but we had to wait -until the next Tuesday, in consequence of the flood being so great. I now -was among strangers, with very little money; but finding the lady was a -christian, I ventured to open my mind to her, telling her the nature of -my mission. She told her husband, who said he would charge me only six -shillings. I sewed three spreads together for her to quilt. She then -informed me of a lady preacher in the neighborhood, one mile distant. -I was kindly received by her, and met another person there also that -seemed greatly wrought upon. After a seasonable word of exhortation, I -took tea with them. In three days time I left for Towanda again, and -met with great success by preaching in private houses. There was a -gentlemen that seemed as if he never thought of God in all his life, -but was arrested by the conviction of God’s spirit, and sent for me to -come and pray for him and his family. To this my soul greatly rejoiced, -leaving him with a promise to call again, which I did. After inquiring -my manner of travelling, and what I depended upon for support. I replied -by giving him a statement of how I travelled, when he kindly aided me by -a donation, and wished me success, requesting me to pray for him and his -family before I left them, and I believe I saw him then fast ripening for -eternal blessedness. - -I was then sent for to return again to Owego, a distance of 38 miles, -and they would pay my way on to Montrose, on my way to Philadelphia. I -obeyed the request and found things very prosperous indeed. At night we -had prayer meetings, and the Lord continued to pour out his spirit upon -the people, and we had a meeting every night. Mr. J. H., formerly of -Columbia, whose lot was cast as in a strange land, where there were only -a few people that were members of the M. E. church; several husbands, -strangers to God until now, and their wives, servants of the most High -God, and two daughters of Mr. J. H., were justified through faith—three -joined the church previously. I was selected to make a class book, and -did so, as I wanted to see how many were for us. The Baptists had held -an anxious meeting, after which five joined them. I made the trial by -special invitation, and thirteen joined us. I had preached on Sabbath -morning and night, and then held prayer meetings every night afterwards -that week, except Saturday night; a man and his wife fell to the floor -and cried for mercy, and both arose in the same hour soundly converted, -giving God the glory. I preached on the next Sabbath morning and then led -class, and at night again—text, Judges iv. 25, 26. They all marvelled at -a woman taking such a deep subject, but the Lord assisted the organ of -clay, and we had the victory, as there were twenty-one persons joined -from that revival, and nearly all of them evinced justifying grace. On 3d -day night we wound up, as I was to start on my journey on next day, which -I did—brother paid my passage. I rode 28 miles in good company with a -lady and gentleman who were going to New York. She said she was sorry to -part; we had a heavy thunder storm with rain, and it was very dark, but -we had a very careful driver, and we arrived safe at Montrose and took -supper—between 12 and 1 o’clock at night I took stage for Wilkesbarre and -arrived there at 8 next morning, and there I crossed the Susquehanna; I -was very hungry, and having a little time I went to the house and asked -the lady for breakfast and I would pay her. She said she had nothing, -but would try and get me a good breakfast and take no pay, which she -did. I truly feel thankful to God that he has proved himself a table in -the wilderness. About 4 o’clock in the afternoon I arrived safe and was -kindly received, and preached on Sabbath morning and night. Between the -two appointments I rode two miles and preached in the afternoon. That day -the Lord was in the house in power. Tuesday evening we had a glorious -prayer meeting. I rode all night around the mountain, and some walked -and appeared to be a quarter of a mile off. But the Lord preserved me -in the mail stage alone. I adore his name now and I shall for evermore. -The preacher in charge arrived the next day after I did, and spent his -labors of love among the people. On the Wednesday following he went -away and left me in charge of the class, (eight persons) to regulate -them, and by the permission of the elder I addressed them. After I had -relieved my mind and taken my seat the preacher formed them into a class -and appointed a leader, who but three months before, was unconverted; -but being so interested for the prosperity of Zion, seemed worthy of the -appointment. After this I endeavored to hold prayer meetings through the -week; preached twice on Sabbath day and helped to lead class, as the -brother was young,—but they were all willing people, and truly it seemed -to be the day of God’s power among them, and “Peace abided at our House.” - -At the expiration of three weeks and four days I left them fifteen names -on their class book. I then rode a distance of sixty miles over a hard -road, hills and mountains, (there being no turn-pike or rail-road on that -rout from Wilksbarre to Easton;)—some part of the way there was good -sleighing. Through the help of Providence we arrived at Easton about 8 -o’clock, P. M. I took supper and lodging in the Hotel, where I was well -accommodated; after which I found a small number of colored friends. We -had a meeting, and “it was good for us to be there.” After this I called -at New Hope, thirty-two miles I think from Philadelphia; visited the -family I was brought up in, stopped and rested myself, as I felt much -exhausted from travelling, so much winter and summer. I preached two or -three times. Brother J. B. ⸺ was holding a protracted meeting. I gained -strength; thank the Lord, and then left for home, and arrived in the city -the last day of March 1842, having been two years, wanting a few days, -almost incessantly travelling. I found my son, together with the rest -of my family connections quite well; yet I could hear of the ravages -of death, the relentless murderer, who never takes denials; my little -grand-daughter, a promising child indeed, was taken with the rest. O! how -soon delights may perish, and my heart responds—“The Lord’s will be done.” - -My health being very much impaired, I knew not but that I should be the -next one called away, but the Lord spared me for some other purpose, -and upon my recovery I commenced travelling again, feeling it better -to wear out than to rust out—and so expect to do until death ends the -struggle—knowing, if I lose my life for Christ’s sake, I shall find it -again. - -I now conclude—by requesting the prayers of God’s people everywhere, who -worship in His holy fear, to pray for me, that I ever may endeavor to -keep a conscience void of offence, either towards God or man—for I feel -as anxious to blow the Trumpet in Zion, and sound the alarm in God’s Holy -Mount, as ever;— - - Though Nature’s strength decay, - And earth and hell withstand— - To Canaan’s land I’ll urge my way, - At HIS Divine command. - -But here I feel constrained to give over, as from the smallness of this -pamphlet I cannot go through with the whole of my journal, as it would -probably make a volume of two hundred pages; which, if the Lord be -willing, may at some future day be published. But for the satisfaction -of such as may follow after me, when I am no more, I have recorded how -the Lord called me to his work, and how he has kept me from falling from -grace, as I feared I should. In all things he has proved himself a God -of truth to me; and in his service I am now as much determined to spend -and be spent, as at the very first. My ardour for the progress of his -cause abates not a whit, so far as I am able to judge, though I am now -something more than fifty years of age. - -As to the nature of uncommon impressions, which the reader cannot but -have noticed, and possibly sneered at in the course of these pages, they -may be accounted for in this way: It is known that the blind have the -sense of hearing in a manner much more acute than those who can see: also -their sense of feeling is exceedingly fine, and is found to detect any -roughness on the smoothest surface, where those who can see find none. -So it may be with such as I am, who has never had more than three months -schooling; and wishing to know much of the way and law of God, have -therefore watched the more closely, the operations of the Spirit, and -have in consequence been led thereby. But let it be remarked that I have -never found that Spirit lead me contrary to the Scriptures of truth, as I -understand them. “For as many as are led by the _Spirit_ of God are the -sons of God.”—Rom. viii. 14. - -I have now only to say, May the blessing of the Father, and of the Son, -and of the Holy Ghost, accompany the reading of this poor effort to speak -well of his name, wherever it may be read. AMEN. - -P.S. Please to pardon errors, and excuse all imperfections, as I have -been deprived of the advantages of education (which I hope all will -appreciate) as I am measurably a self-taught person. I hope the contents -of this work may be instrumental in leaving a lasting impression upon the -minds of the impenitent; may it prove to be encouraging to the justified -soul, and a comfort to the sanctified. - -Though much opposed, it is certainly essential in life, as Mr. Wesley -wisely observes. 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