and the bottom rocky, our horses appeared not to like to contend with it, yet we were favoured to get safely through, and reached our friend P. Nixon's quiet abode to dinner. Third-day, I rested, and wrote a letter home to my dear wife and family.

Fourth-day, attended monthly meeting at Deep Creek: I had to labour with those who were at ease in Zion, trusting to what a name to religion would do for them,-I believe to the relief of the minds of the few faithful followers of the Lamb in this monthly meeting.

Seventh-day, attended New Garden monthly meeting; the meeting for worship was to me a very low time. After the meeting had sat a considerable while together, a Friend proposed that the business of the monthly meeting should be entered upon; had sat for a great part of the meeting under the weight of something to communicate; but fearful of breaking silence, and fearful also to keep the little opening my mind had been exercised with any longer, I ventured towards the close of the meeting to stand up and cast before them my little offering, to the relief of my own mind, and the quiet settling down of the meeting; for which favour I hope I may say I felt truly thankful.

First-day attended Dover meeting: if any service fell to my lot, it was to labour with those who were settled as on their lees, easy and unconcerned, as it respected a consistency of conduct. with the profession they were making; also to warn such against the sorrowful consequences that would eventually result from this careless, unconcerned disposition of mind, if continued in. The meeting closed under a precious covering of good.

Fourth-day, attended Hopewell meeting, which gathered very irregularly; but after it was fully gathered, we were favoured to settle down in that holy quiet, which, if carefully abode under, needs not the medium of words to render our coming together truly profitable: this meeting was, I believe, a time of renewed visitation to many of the members of it; sympathy was produced in my mind towards the few still preserved, truly alive to the promotion of the cause of truth and righteousness.

Fifth-day, (4th of 12th mo.), we attended the monthly meeting at Deep River; and, if my friends did not flatter me, I had good ground to hope I was in my place in being with them. May the good opinion of my friends tend to abase the creaturely part, and awaken in me a humbling sense of the great need there is, in all states and situations, for continued watchfulness; that so the praise and the glory may be given unto God for the word of his grace, without whose renewed aid nothing that is truly good can ever be accomplished. After meeting, we rode to our friend Jeremiah Hubbard's.

First-day, we went to Kennet meeting-house; it was as rainy a morning as ever I remember to have turned out in, yet the

meeting was large. I felt much for the few honest-hearted members of this meeting; it appeared from feelings my mind had to experience, whilst silently sitting amongst them, that the living were scarcely, if at all, sufficient to bury the dead. Oh! how such are to be felt for, whose lot it is thus to sit solitary in meetings and out of meetings; yet there is this consolation they have to flee to, in all their seasons of dismay they may have to endure, that the Lord knows them that are his; and in the day when he makes up his jewels, if there is but a faithfully continuing in the way of well-doing, and in the daily cross, to the end of the race, he will spare them, as a man spares his only son that serves him. Fourth-day, attended meeting there, which I was favoured to leave under a hope I had not been out of my place.

Fifth-day, we rode to Sherbourn, attended their mid-week meeting, which was very small; a little child was running about the meeting-house nearly the whole of the time; and as if it was disposed to come up into the gallery whilst I was on my feet.

Sixth-day morning, we rode to our kind friend Nathan Hunt's, at Springfield. First-day, attended meeting at Pine Wood, which was very small; it appeared to me Friends here were scarcely equal to keep up a meeting reputably, although we were led to believe there were two or three, who in a good degree felt attached to the cause of Truth, and were desirous to be found walking answerably to its dictates. At the close of the meeting, a man stood up and gave notice he was to preach a funeral sermon in that meeting-house, on a day he specified; I observed some Friends conversing with him after meeting; but as I supposed he was a person not of sound mind, I left the house and Friends with him: but on inquiry, it appeared a person not a member had recently been buried in Friend's grave-yard adjoining to this meeting-house, and that the man was correct in his mind, and the use of Friends' meeting-house was granted him to preach a funeral-sermon for the friends of the deceased: such is the low state of things in this meeting!

Feeling as I apprehended the time was come for me to give up and be willing to attempt to hold a meeting in the Moravian settlement at Salem, I proposed the same to my friend with whom I lodged; the village being wholly under the controul of that religious community, I understood Friends and others (except in one instance) had been refused that privilege; yet I saw no way for my relief, but by being willing to do my part towards its accomplishment. We proceeded to Salem: on our reaching the settlement, we waited upon one of the active members of the Society; I presented him with my certificates, which he appeared slightly to look over, and returned them to me again, which proved rather discouraging; but I found I must not be cast down thereat, but do my part. I informed him of my apprehensions of duty, to try to have a meet

ing in the settlement; but this it appeared, did not meet his views with cordiality, he replied, that no meeting could be had before evening, and then it was doubtful whether such a liberty could be granted me, yet he offered to go to one of the ministers on the occasion, and bring us word. Believing, from the feelings of my mind, it would be safest for us to accompany him, always having as yet found it best for me myself to try to obtain an interview with the principals, who might have any thing to do with my religious concerns, where it could be obtained; I therefore proposed our going with him, and we set out together; but on his objecting to this, and one of our company proposing our returning to our tavern, he then urged it again; I yielded from persuasion, but not from conviction, for which I afterwards suffered deeply in my own mind. In about an hour our messenger returned to us, saying he had not been able to see the person necessary to be consulted, nor could he be seen until one o'clock, and that it was uncertain if he could then be seen; adding, he supposed we could not stay so long as that. I felt as if he wished to get quit of us, but we concluded to wait until that hour; I endeavoured to put on in the best way I knew how, being fully satisfied I had done wrong in returning to our tavern, and that if way did not open for me to prosecute my religious prospects, I should have cause to reflect upon myself, as not having done all that was in my power towards its accomplishment. When one o'clock came, and our messenger did not arrive, I made inquiry who was the chief person in the settlement, and where he resided; on receiving the necessary information, I concluded we must go to him; we therefore proceeded: on our way my mind became very much tried, lest the steps I was now about to adopt should offend our messenger, and thereby block up my way for effecting what I had in prospect; but after all, I could see no course but for us to proceed to the house. On our arrival, we were directly introduced to him; he received us very cordially, to whom I opened my prospects of a meeting in their meeting-house; but this at first did not appear to be united with; I was kindly offered the use of their school-house for a meeting, but this not according with my views, I was obliged to decline the offer. Feeling it laid upon me, in addition to what I had before proposed to him, to request to have a meeting with their ministers and elders, in fear and trembling, I think I may say, I ventured to do so; this latter request beyond my expectation appeared to be readily fallen in with, and four o'clock was concluded upon for their ministers and elders to assemble for this purpose; the other meeting was to be further considered. I felt thankful now I had thus pursued my prospects, and that way had been made for me so far.

We were careful to be punctual in keeping to the time appointed the company we met with was small. After a short

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interval of silence, I expressed the regard I had long entertained for the Moravian brethren, but the sadness that had covered my mind in passing through their settlement some weeks before, on being informed they were in the practice of holding men in slavery. I then related the interview I had had with a slavemerchant in Baltimore, who attempted at first to justify his trafficking in his fellow-creatures, by the example of individuals who did so, and yet were (he said) making a profession of Christianity. I endeavoured to impress on the minds of our little company, the necessity there was for them to grant their slaves their liberty as a Christian duty, and to set a good example to such as might be at times awakened to see the iniquity of the practice of holding our fellow-creatures in slavery. We were informed their members were advised against the practice. Although I felt much tenderness towards this little company, yet I found I must press upon them the necessity there was, that, ranking high as they did, as professors of Christianity, they should make it a part of their discipline, and one of the terms of continuing in religious membership with them, as our Society had done. I found great openness to receive what I had to offer; and I believe we were brought very near to each other in the bonds of true' religious love. On my asking the question, if it would be allowed me to have a meeting in the town in their house that evening, a united consent was expressed: one of our estimable company, for so I felt them to be, expressed a fear, as our manner of sitting together to worship was so different to others, the children. might not behave as orderly as they would wish them. They however fixed the time, and undertook all other arrangements for the meeting. We had a large and satisfactory meeting; the chapel, which is a commodious building, was well lighted up, and, contrary to the expectation expressed to us, the children, of whom there was a considerable number, behaved in a solid becoming manner. The meeting being over, after taking an affectionate leave of our kind friends, who granted me this privilege, we returned to the tavern, the individual who at first became our messenger, kindly accompanying us thither, and attending upon us until we took our departure; he parted from us, as I hope I can truly say, I did from him, in feelings of near affection: we rode about six miles to the house of an attender of Friends' meetings, where we took up our abode for the night.

First-day, (14th of 12th mo.) attended meeting at Eno, which we found to be very small, partly, we were told, occasioned by marriages from amongst Friends: our visit appeared to be received well. The retrospect of this day affording a peaceful close, I humbly hope I was not deficient in my care to return the Lord thanks.

First-day, attended Sutton's Creek meeting, which was small,

having been reduced by deaths and removals into free states. Family concerns calling my kind companion home, I could not do otherwise than willingly release him, aware that his own monthly meeting had need of his help, from the sorrowful convulsion that had taken place therein: we parted in near affection, after having travelled together many months in much harmony; he left me for a time in a very stripped state.

Fourth-day, attended Newbegun Creek meeting, composed of Friends and others, and a considerable number of coloured people: the meeting was held in quiet: I was led to hope the minds of some were introduced into a feeling sense of what was offered, one woman in particular (not professing with our religious Society) who came into the meeting as with stretched-out neck and wanton looks, before the meeting closed manifested much tenderness, and as if she was really brought down into the valley of true pleading, where the voice of the Shepherd is clearly and distinctly heard.

1st of 1st mo. 1829. Fifth-day, attended the Narrow's meeting, after which we attended a committee of Friends, who have the charge of a considerable number of free coloured people, some of whom have been freed by Friends, and others have been willed to Friends by persons not in profession with our Society, in order to their becoming freed; the great load of care that has devolved on this committee, calls for the near sympathy of their absent friends, from the ignorance and untowardness of those they have to do with, in addition to the severity of the laws of the state relative to free coloured people.

Seventh-day, attended the monthly meeting of Pine Wood; we had a large meeting of Friends and others, and I hope our sitting together might be said to be a time of comfort and encouragement to the feeble-minded; the concerns of the meeting for discipline appeared to go heavily forward, for want of a more lively zcal being manifested, to assist the clerk by properly speaking to matters that were before the meeting.

First-day, attended Beech Spring meeting, at which were many not in profession with Friends, amongst whom there appeared much openness to receive what was communicated, and the meeting separated under a degree of solemnity.

Wainsville has been uppermost with me when out of meetings, sometimes in meetings, much of late; I dare not try to get from under the distressing feelings it occasions, until help is sent from the Divine source of comfort: what would I not give, were it possible I could realize the return of the Fourth-day morning before I left Springborough, with the information I received at Richmond relative to the meeting at Wainsville! but how merciful is my heavenly Father, who does not bring it against me as a sin, but as an act of great unwatchfulness on my part!