WATERCOLOUR #1

ASBURY LEAVES SALISBURY FOR THE LAST TIME  

Asbury rode from Salisbury to the Bristol Conference, and then went to tell his parents the decision to go to America .
At Pill, from where Cabot sailed in 1497, Asbury embarked September 4, 1771.
He began his Journal: "I am going to live to God, and to bring others to do so . . .
If God does not acknowledge me in America , I will soon return to England ." 

Asbury never returned.
During a stormy voyage, with his back to the mast, he preached to the sailors.
Landing at Philadelphia on October 27, he was warmly welcomed by the Methodist society there.
The "Long Road" of 275,000 miles on horseback had begun.

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