MY esteemed1 friend Abraham Farrington being about to make a visit to Friends onthe eastern side of this province, and having no companion, he proposed to meto go with him; and after a conference with some elderly Friends I agreed togo. We set out on the 5th of Ninth Month, 1743; had an evening meeting at atavern in Brunswick, a town in which none of our Society dwelt; the room wasfull and the people quiet. Thence to Amboy, and had an evening meeting in thecourt-house, to which came many people, amongst whom were several members ofAssembly, they being in town on the public affairs of the province. In boththese meetings my ancient companion was engaged to preach largely in the loveof the gospel. Thence we went to Woodbridge, Rahway, and Plainfield, and hadsix or seven meetings in places where Friends' meetings are not usually held,chiefly attended by Presbyterians, and my beloved companion was frequentlystrengthened to publish the word of life amongst them. As for me, I was oftensilent through the meetings, and when I spake it was with much care, that Imight speak only what truth opened. My mind was often tender, and I learnedsome profitable lessons. We were out about two weeks.
Near this time, being on some outward business in which several families wereconcerned, and which was attended with difficulties, some things relatingthereto not being clearly stated, nor rightly understood by all, there arosesome heat in the minds of the parties, and one valuable Friend got off hiswatch. I had a great regard for him, and felt a strong inclination3, aftermatters were settled, to speak to him concerning his conduct in that case; butbeing a youth, and he far advanced in age and experience, my way appeared difficult; after some days' deliberation, and inward seeking to the Lord forassistance, I was made subject, so that I expressed what lay upon me in a waywhich became my youth and his years; and though it was a hard task to me it waswell taken, and I believe was useful to us both.
Having now been several years with my employer, and he doing less inmerchandise than heretofore, I was thoughtful about some other way of business,perceiving merchandise to be attended with much cumber4 in the way of trading inthese parts.
My mind, through the power of truth, was in a good degree weaned from thedesire of outward greatness, and I was learning to be content with realconveniences, that were not costly5, so that a way of life free from muchentanglement appeared best for me, though the income might be small. I hadseveral offers of business that appeared profitable, but I did not see my wayclear to accept of them, believing they would be attended with more outwardcare and cumber than was required of me to engage in. I saw that an humble6 man,with the blessing7 of the Lord, might live on a little, and that, where theheart was set on greatness, success in business did not satisfy the craving;but that commonly, with an increase of wealth, the desire of wealth increased.
There was a care on my mind so to pass my time, that nothing might hinder mefrom the most steady attention to the voice of the true Shepherd.
My employer, though now a retailer8 of goods, was by trade a tailor, and kepta servant-man at that business; and I began to think about learning the trade,expecting that if I should settle I might by this trade and a little retailingof goods get a living in a plain way, without the load of great business. Imentioned it to my employer, and we soon agreed on terms, and when I hadleisure from the affairs of merchandise I worked with his man. I believed thehand of Providence9 pointed10 out this business for me, and I was taught to becontent with it, though I felt at times a disposition11 that would have soughtfor something greater; but through the revelation of Jesus Christ I had seenthe happiness of humility12, and there was an earnest desire in me to enterdeeply into it; at times this desire arose to a degree of fervent13 supplication,wherein my soul was so environed with heavenly light and consolation14 thatthings were made easy to me which had been otherwise.
After some time my employer's wife died; she was a virtuous15 woman, andgenerally beloved of her neighbours. Soon after this he left shopkeeping, andwe parted. I then wrought16 at my trade as a tailor; carefully attended meetingsfor worship and discipline; and found an enlargement of gospel love in my mind,and therein a concern to visit Friends in some of the back settlements ofPennsylvania and Virginia. Being thoughtful about a companion, I expressed it to my beloved friend, Isaac Andrews, who told me that he had drawings to thesame places, and also to go through Maryland, Virginia, and Carolina. After aconsiderable time, and several conferences with him, I felt easy to accompanyhim throughout, if way opened for it. I opened the case in our Monthly Meeting,and Friends expressing their unity17 therewith, we obtained certificates totravel as companions, -- he from Haddonfield, and I from Burlington.
We left our province on the 12th of Third Month, 1746, and had severalmeetings in the upper part of Chester County, and near Lancaster; in some ofwhich the love of Christ prevailed, uniting us together in His service. We thencrossed the river Susquehanna, and had several meetings in a new settlement,called the Red Lands. It is the poorer sort of people that commonly begin toimprove remote deserts; with a small stock they have houses to build, lands toclear and fence, corn to raise, clothes to provide, and children to educate, sothat Friends who visit such may well sympathize with them in their hardships inthe wilderness18; and though the best entertainment that they can give may seemcoarse to some who are used to cities or old settled places, it becomes thedisciples of Christ to be therewith content. Our hearts were sometimes enlargedin the love of our Heavenly Father amongst these people, and the sweetinfluence of His Spirit supported us through some difficulties: to Him be thepraise.
We passed on to Manoquacy, Fairfax, Hopewell, and Shanando, and had meetings,some of which were comfortable and edifying19. From Shanando, we set off in theafternoon for the settlements of Friends in Virginia; the first night, we, withour guide, lodged20 in the woods, our horses feeding near us; but he being poorlyprovided with a horse, and we young, and having good horses, were free the nextday to part with him. In two days after we reached our friend John Cheagle's,in Virginia. We took the meetings in our way through Virginia; were in somedegree baptized into a feeling sense of the conditions of the people, and ourexercise in general was more painful in these old settlements than it had beenamongst the back inhabitants; yet through the goodness of our Heavenly Fatherthe well of living waters was at times opened to our encouragement, and therefreshment of the sincere-hearted. We went on to Perquimans, in NorthCarolina; had several large meetings, and found some openness in those parts,and a hopeful appearance amongst the young people. Afterwards we turned againto Virginia, and attended most of the meetings which we had not been at before,labouring amongst Friends in the love of Jesus Christ, as ability was given;thence went to the mountains, up James River to a new settlement, and hadseveral meetings amongst the people, some of whom had lately joined inmembership with our Society. In our journeying to and fro we found some honest-hearted Friends, who appeared to be concerned for the cause of truth among abacksliding people.
From Virginia, we crossed over the river Potomac, at Hoe's Ferry, and made ageneral visit to the meetings of Friends on the western shore of Maryland, andwere at their Quarterly Meeting. We had some hard labour amongst them,endeavouring to discharge our duty honestly as way opened, in the love oftruth. Thence, taking sundry22 meetings in our way, we passed towards home,which, through the favour of divine Providence, we reached the 16th of SixthMonth, 1746; and I may say that, through the assistance of the Holy Spirit,which mortifies23 selfish desires, my companion and I travelled in harmony, andparted in the nearness of true brotherly love.
Two things were remarkable24 to me in this journey: first, in regard to myentertainment. When I ate, drank, and lodged free-cost with people who lived inease on the hard labour of their slaves, I felt uneasy; and as my mind wasinward to the Lord, I found this uneasiness return upon me, at times, throughthe whole visit. Where the masters bore a good share of the burden, and livedfrugally, so that their servants were well provided for, and their labourmoderate, I felt more easy; but where they lived in a costly way, and laidheavy burdens on their slaves, my exercise was often great, and I frequentlyhad conversation with them in private concerning it. Secondly25, this trade ofimporting slaves from their native country being much encouraged amongst them,and the white people and their children so generally living without muchlabour, was frequently the subject of my serious thoughts. I saw in thesesouthern provinces so many vices26 and corruptions27, increased by this trade andthis way of life, that it appeared to me as a dark gloominess hanging over theland; and though now many willingly run into it, yet in future the consequencewill be grievous to posterity28. I express it as it hath appeared to me, not oncenor twice, but as a matter fixed29 on my mind.
Soon after my return home I felt an increasing concern for Friends on oursea-coast; and on the 8th of Eighth Month, 1746, I left home with the unity ofFriends, and in company with my beloved friend and neighbour Peter Andrews,brother to my companion before mentioned, and visited them in their meetingsgenerally about Salem, Cape30 May, Great and Little Egg Harbour; we had meetingsalso at Barnagat, Manahockin, and Mane Squan, and so to the Yearly Meeting atShrewsbury. Through the goodness of the Lord way was opened, and the strengthof divine love was sometimes felt in our assemblies, to the comfort and help ofthose who were rightly concerned before Him. We were out twenty-two days, androde, by computation, three hundred and forty miles. At Shrewsbury YearlyMeeting we met with our dear friends Michael Lightfoot and Abraham Farrington,who had good service there.
The winter following died my eldest31 sister, Elizabeth Woolman, of thesmallpox, aged2 thirty-one years.
Of late I found drawings in my mind to visit Friends in New England, andhaving an opportunity of joining in company with my beloved friend PeterAndrews, we obtained certificates from our Monthly Meeting, and set forward onthe 16th of Third Month, 1747. We reached the Yearly Meeting at Long Island, atwhich were our friends, Samuel Nottingham from England, John Griffith, JaneHoskins, and Elizabeth Hudson from Pennsylvania, and Jacob Andrews fromChesterfield, several of whom were favoured in their public exercise; and,through the goodness of the Lord, we had some edifying meetings. After this mycompanion and I visited Friends on Long Island; and through the mercies of Godwe were helped in the work.
Besides going to the settled meetings of Friends, we were at a generalmeeting at Setawket, chiefly made up of other Societies; we had also a meetingat Oyster32 Bay in a dwelling-house, at which were many people. At the formerthere was not much said by way of testimony33, but it was, I believe, a goodmeeting; at the latter, through the springing up of living waters, it was a dayto be thankfully remembered. Having visited the Island, we went over to themain, taking meetings in our way, to Oblong, Nine-partners, and New Milford.
In these back settlements, we met with several people who, through theimmediate workings of the Spirit of Christ on their minds, were drawn34 from thevanities of the world to an inward acquaintance with Him. They were educated inthe way of the Presbyterians. A considerable number of the youth, members ofthat society, used often to spend their time together in merriment, but some ofthe principal young men of the company, being visited by the powerful workingsof the Spirit of Christ, and thereby35 led humbly36 to take up His cross, could nolonger join in those vanities. As these stood steadfast37 to that inwardconvincement, they were made a blessing to some of their former companions; sothat through the power of truth several were brought into a close exerciseconcerning the eternal well-being38 of their souls. These young people continuedfor a time to frequent their public worship; and, besides that, had meetings oftheir own, which meetings were awhile allowed by their preacher, who sometimesmet with them; but in time their judgment39 in matters of religion disagreeingwith some of the articles of the Presbyterians, their meetings were disapprovedby that society; and such of them as stood firm to their duty, as it wasinwardly manifested, had many difficulties to go through. In a while theirmeetings were dropped; some of them returned to the Presbyterians, and othersjoined to our religious society.
I had conversation with some of the latter to my help and edification, andbelieve several of them are acquainted with the nature of that worship which isperformed in spirit and in truth. Amos Powel, a Friend from Long Island,accompanied me through Connecticut, which is chiefly inhabited by Presbyterians, who were generally civil to us. After three days' riding, wecame amongst Friends in the colony of Rhode Island, and visited them in andabout Newport, Dartmouth, and generally in those parts; we then went to Boston,and proceeded eastward40 as far as Dover. Not far from thence we met our friend,Thomas Gawthrop, from England, who was then on a visit to these provinces. FromNewport we sailed to Nantucket; were there nearly a week; and from thence cameover to Dartmouth. Having finished our visit in these parts, we crossed theSound from New London to Long Island, and taking some meetings on the islandproceeded towards home, which we reached the 13th of Seventh Month, 1747,having rode about fifteen hundred miles, and sailed about one hundred andfifty.
In this journey, I may say in general, we were sometimes in much weakness,and laboured under discouragements, and at other times, through the renewedmanifestations of divine love, we had seasons of refreshment21 wherein the powerof truth prevailed. We were taught by renewed experience to labour for aninward stillness; at no time to seek for words, but to live in the spirit oftruth, and utter that to the people which truth opened in us. My belovedcompanion and I belonged both to one meeting, came forth41 in the ministry42 nearthe same time, and were inwardly united in the work. He was about thirteenyears older than I, bore the heaviest burden, and was an instrument of thegreatest use.
Finding a concern to visit Friends in the lower counties of Delaware, and onthe eastern shore of Maryland, and having an opportunity to join with my well-beloved ancient friend, John Sykes, we obtained certificates, and set off the7th of Eighth Month, 1748, were at the meetings of Friends in the lowercounties, attended the Yearly Meeting at Little Creek43, and made a visit to mostof the meetings on the eastern shore, and so home by the way of Nottingham. Wewere abroad about six weeks, and rode, by computation, about five hundred andfifty miles.
Our exercise at times was heavy, but through the goodness of the Lord we wereoften refreshed, and I may say by experience, "He is a stronghold in the day oftrouble." Though our Society in these parts appeared to me to be in a decliningcondition, yet I believe the Lord hath a people amongst them who labour toserve Him uprightly, but they have many difficulties to encounter.
我所敬爱的朋友法宁敦（A. Farrington） 即将有武德不列资一带之行，邀我同往，我和几位朋友商议之后，同意和他结伴。我们于一七四三年十一月廿五日出发，当晚在不伦瑞克的一家客店举行晚会；这地 方并没有朋友会人居住，可是房间人满，赴会的人都很肃静。以后又到安波儿，在审判厅举行聚会，前来参加的有些是议会议员。在上述二地我的同伴受了感动，以 福音之爱讲道。
继 续前行，我们又举行了十二次聚会。有好几次聚会参加者多数是长老会会友。我的同伴在听众当中常常蒙上帝大力帮助，宣讲生命之道。我呢，在多数聚会上缄默无 言。若有发言则小心谨慎，只求说出真道所要我说的话。我心中常深受感动，也学习了一些有益的功课。我们出来已有两个星期。
约 在这时候，为了买卖之事，有好几家朋友们牵连在某些困难的问题中，一些事务似乎是未经明确地说明，亦未为各人所明了，因此引起有关方面的愤激，有一位有地 位的朋友大闹脾气。我一向敬重这位朋友，所以在这件事过去以后，很想向他提出关于他处理这事的态度问题，可是我比他年轻很多，在经验方面他又比我丰富很 多，因此我觉得很难开口。考虑了几天，且在内心寻求主的帮助之后，服从了主的命令，把这事郑重地提出了。这任务颇不容易，但他的态度很好，相信所说的对他 对我都有益处。
我 为雇主工作已有数年，雇主在贸易上的经营规模日小；这时我心中常想如果我要成家，我当以何法谋生这一问题。做生意对我似乎有些困难；由于真道的能力，我对 于外在名利的欲求已非常淡薄，却学习满足于平凡的生活，就是一种收入虽然无多，但可以摆脱许多阻碍的生活。在我面前有好些似乎颇可获利的机会，可是都是很 麻烦的事。我知道一个没有野心的人虽收入无多，仍然可以靠主过活；而志在名利的人即使在买卖上成功，亦无法满足他的欲望；财富增加了，贪财的欲望也增加 了。我心中早已有一种愿望，就是我所从事的业务对我之关心那位真牧者的呼声必须是没有阻碍的。
我的雇主虽是一个店东，却兼营裁缝生意，他雇用一匠人在他的家中工作。这时我在店中的职务颇为轻松，于是我动了学习裁缝的念头，心想若能从事裁缝业，兼营一些其他生意，也尽可以维持一种清淡的生活了，无须干大买卖，却可以多有时间修省自己。
我向雇主提起这事，说妥条件，从此在空暇时间就和他的成衣匠一道工作。
我那时认为是主指定这种生意给我，所以这虽然与人的愿望不尽相符，我仍然学会知足。我知道谦卑之心是有福的，所以尽力追求，而且往往以默祷亲近至高者，在默祷中我时时在天上之光和安慰的包围中，以至于觉得那些原属困难的事都很顺利了。
数年后雇主的太太亡故，他放弃了他的铺子，于是我们分开，我就经营我自己的业务。这时我经常参加崇拜及训练聚会，深觉上帝的爱在我心中与日俱增。在祂的爱中我盼望访问宾夕尼亚和维基尼阿某些地区的朋友，并希望能有一位旅伴。我把这事向好友安德鲁斯（Isaac Andrews） 提起，他告诉我他心中亦有这种意念，也想访问马利兰和北加罗来纳诸地。经过数次商议之后，我觉得如果机会许可的话就可以和他结伴同行。我把这件事在月会中 向朋友们提出，他们都同意让我出去，我们的团体分别发给我们证书，我们于一七四六年五月十二日出发，他从哈敦菲特来，我从柏林敦动身。
我 们在拆斯特郡北部和兰加斯特附近举行好几次聚会，在某些会中基督的爱充满，使我们在祂的工作上团结在一起。以后我们渡过了萨斯刻罕那河，在所谓红土地区的 一个新开垦村镇举行几次聚会，这一带最老的村镇也是在十年以内的。开拓荒芜地区的人一般都很贫穷，工具有限，要盖房子，要清理荒地，建筑围篱，要种植谷 物，要纺织，要教育儿女。凡访问此种人的朋友们都应该同情他们处境的困难。可是当他们以卑野的娱乐招待我们的时候，若表示不满意，似乎和基督徒的身份是不 相称的。有时候我们在天父爱中充满着喜乐，祂灵的甜蜜为我们所亲尝。荣耀归于主名！
我 们继续前行，到了曼诺奎诗，非尔福士，和勃威尔，和善安陀诸地，到处举行有益的聚会。从实安陀我们又出发到维基尼阿的老移民地区。第一夜我们和向导在林中 宿夜。亲自喂了马匹。向导的马非常瘦弱，我们既都年轻，又有良马，正好赶路，所以第二天就和他分手。途中偶然遇着人家，就停下来买些点心充饥，两天的工夫 才来到朋友拆陀斯的地方。
我 们在维基尼阿沿路参加聚会，对各地居民的灵性情况颇有了解。许多人确已离开了基督纯洁的羔羊本性甚远，使我们颇觉悲伤。但由于天父的良善，活水泉源及时涌 出，这给我们鼓励，并振奋那些忠诚的心灵。我们又向北加罗来纳的拍奎曼士进发；参加了多次大聚会，人们都愿意听福音，尤其在青年群中，大有希望。以后我们 又转向维基尼阿地区，访问许多从前未曾到过的聚会处，在主耶稣基督爱中于朋友当中尽力工作。从此地又往山区，沿詹姆士河而上，到了一新的移民区，与当地居 民举行数次聚会，他们当中有些人新近加入朋友会为会友。在旅途中我们遇见一些忠诚的朋友们，他们对于向那些落后的流动民族传布真道的事似乎极为开心。
从维基尼阿我们在锄头渡地方渡过了颇陀马克河，普遍地访问马利兰以西各地朋友们的教会处，也参加了他们在赫麟浦举行的季会。我们在他们当中苦心工作，为的要在真道的爱中忠诚地履行我们的职责。
在归途上我们参加了许多不同的聚会，由于主的眷佑我们于一七四六年八月十六日返抵家门。这次出门费时共三个月连四日，旅程约一千五百里。那能够约束一切自私欲望的圣灵也帮助我和我的同伴，使我们在和谐空气中同行，现在在真的友爱中分手。
在 这次旅行中有两件事情值得提起：第一是关于我所受的招待。如果我吃喝住宿在依赖奴隶劳动而生活的人家，我心中总感觉不安。而这种感觉几乎时时存在着。如果 招待我的人家是亲自担负一大部分的劳动责任，而过着节俭的生活，不使仆役但负过于繁重的工作，我心里就比较觉得平安。若遇奢侈人家，驱使奴隶背负重轭，我 心中痛苦，往往找机会私下和主人谈论，表示我的态度。第二，这种从非洲基尼地方贩运奴隶入境的生意在他们当中似乎极受欢迎，而白人多数不必劳动。这种贩奴 贸易及其对美洲南方殖民地的影响这一问题时常在我脑中，引起我严重的思虑。我看出这种制度及这种生活方式所引起的邪恶和腐败，在我眼中恰似一片黑云笼罩大 地；虽然这时候大家争相效尤，后世子孙必承受悲惨恶果。这种思想不只在我心中出现一次两次，而是似乎坚定地植根在我心中。
回 家不久，我对于沿海一带朋友们情况的关怀与日俱增。一七四六年十月八日，经朋友们的一致赞同，我又离家，同行的有安得鲁斯彼得，即上次和我结伴旅行的安得 鲁斯的兄弟。我们沿着东海岸访问撒冷，梅依角，大小蛋港诸地朋友们的聚会处。我们出门二十二日，约略走了三百四十里路。
这一冬季我的大姊姊依利沙伯因患天花去世。她去世时三十一岁。她从小就是一个富有同情心和仁慈的人，对于朋辈间的病痛之事往往尽她的能力帮助劝慰。
近 来我心受感动，甚盼望前往访问新英格兰一带朋友，刚好又有机会和我亲爱的朋友安得鲁斯彼得结伴同行，于是我们向我们的月会取得了证件，于一七四七年五月十 六日动身。我们赶上了在长岛举行的年会，会中有从英格兰来的朋友诺定昂；从宾夕尼亚来的格力菲德，霍金珍尼和赫逊依利沙伯；从撒斯特来的安得鲁斯雅各；这 些人当中有的很有讲道的才能，藉着主的恩泽，我们有了好些有益的聚会。会后诺定昂，格力菲德和安得鲁斯前往罗德岛，我们则继续访问在长岛一带朋友们的聚会 处，全能者的仁慈帮助我们在工作上都很顺利。
访 问朋友们的聚会处之外，我们亦参加在士达奇举行的大会，与会的人多属于其他宗派；我们又参加了俄伊斯特湾的某聚会，是在一住宅中举行的，与会人数颇多。前 一个聚会不多采用见证的方法，但我仍觉得那是一个好的聚会。后一聚会生命之泉涌流，真是一次应当以感恩之心记念的聚会。在长岛各地访问以后，我们就渡海到 大陆去，沿途参加聚会，经过奥朗，九朋，和新密福特诸地，在这些殖民地区我们遇见了好些人，由于基督之灵在他们心中工作，他们离弃了属世的虚妄，在内心方 面与主有了契结。他们都是长老会所教育出来的人。长老会的许多年青会友在过去往往把时间浪费于嬉戏方面，幸而他们当中的一些领袖，由于基督之灵的感动，愿 意谦虚地背负祂的十架，不愿再有分于虚妄之事。这些人在所确信的事上坚定不移，对于他们的一些友伴有了良好的影响，因此，藉着真理的能力，他们当中的一些 人对于自己灵魂的永福很关心。他们仍然参加了长老会的公共崇拜，此外又有他们自己的聚会，这种聚会曾得到他们传道师的准许，他本人有时亦亲自参加他们聚 会。以后他们对于某些宗教问题的判断和长老会的规例不相符合，因此他们的聚会不蒙认可，而那些对内心之光所指示的责任怀着忠心的人遭遇了很多困难。不久他 们的聚会停顿；以后他们当中一部分人仍回到长老会，但另外有些人则参加了我们的团体。
我 曾和这些参加我们团体的人谈话，对我很有助益；我相信他们当中有些人已经明白那在心灵和诚实中的崇拜之性质。从这地方我们继续前行，长岛的一位朋友波威尔 陪伴我们走遍康涅狄格州各地，这地区住民多数为长老会信徒，从我所观察到的，他们大体上都很文雅。经过了三天的旅程后我们抵达罗德岛，和朋友们相见。我们 访问纽波特和达得茅资一带的朋友，然后至波斯敦，再向东行，一直到了多维。在距离多维不远地方我们会见了从英格兰来的朋友加梭洛，他正在访问这一带地区。 我们从纽波特乘船至拿托格特，在那里约一星期，然后来到达得茅资。在这一带的访问结束后我们从新伦敦渡海至长岛，未上归途之前在岛上又有多次聚会，回抵家 门时正好是一七四七年九月十三日，计算这次的旅程共约一千五百里，海路旅程约一百五十里。
一 般说来，这一次的旅行我们有时候显得非常软弱，在沮丧的情况下工作，但有时由于神爱的彰显，我们在真理能力的运行中亦大感振奋。更新的经验教导我们怎样为 内在的宁静努力；无需寻求言语，却以真道之灵为生，并将真道所指示我们的表达给人。我亲爱的旅伴和我同属于一个堂会，且在相近的时间内参加教牧工作，彼此 在工作上有了内在的联契。他的年纪比我多十三岁，他肩负了较重的担子，是一个非常有用的器皿。
这 时我心中盼望能往德拉瓦州南部诸地及马利兰州的东海岸访问朋友，恰好有机会得与老友司奇士结伴同行，于是我们领取了证件，于一七四八年十月七日出发，曾参 加南部各地朋友们的聚会，也参加在小湾地方举行的年会，访问东海岸多数的聚会处，然后取道诺定昂回来。我们在外约六星期，走了约五百五十里路。
有时候我们心中感觉非常沉重，但由于主的良善往往得蒙振奋。从经验中我可以说，“祂在患难的日子为人的保障。”为虽然觉得我们的团体在这一带地方日趋衰退，但我相信有一些忠心事主的人在这里，他们努力工作，也有许多等待他们克服的困难。
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