A Short History Of The Methodists... - Media Sabda Org

The sixtieth in Alexandria, on the 2d of May.
The sixty-first in Baltimore, on the 6th of May.
The sixty-second at Duck Creek, on the 13th of May.
The sixty-third in Philadelphia, on the 18th of May.
The sixty-fourth in New York, on the 26th of May.
The sixty-fifth in Connecticut, on the 23d of July.
The sixty-sixth at Union Town, on the 28th of July.
The sixty-seventh in Albany district, on the 23d of August.
We took in ten new circuits this year: one in South Carolina, called Edisto Island, and another
which extended into a part of North Carolina, called Union. The others were Queen Anne, on the
Eastern Shore of Maryland, Northumberland, in Pennsylvania, Otsego and Saratoga, in New York,
Stockbridge, in Massachusetts; the station called Boston, was changed to Lynn in the minutes, and
another circuit formed called Kingston.
Several circuits were entered on our minutes this year, which are in Nova Scotia and the West
Indies; places where we sent missionaries from our conference.
We admitted upwards of fifty young preachers on trial, and had an addition to the society of 6257
members; we also had one hundred and twenty-nine circuits this year.
Several preachers located; among them was James Haw, the first missionary to Kentucky, who
had been traveling ten years.
Four preachers died this year, "Wyatt Andrews, who died full of faith and the Holy Ghost. As long
as he could ride, he traveled, and while he had breath he praised God. Lemuel Andrews, four years
a laborer in the vineyard of the Lord, who maintained a steady, upright walk, attentive to the work;
his last days were the best to himself, and the people he preached to. He died without any
expressions of the fear of death.
"Aaron Hutchinson, a man of clear understanding, gospel simplicity, and godly sincerity;
blameless in his life, acceptable as a preacher; faithful in his labors, which ended in the short space
of four years. He was patient, resigned, and confident in his last moments."
"Eliphalet Reed, a true Israelite, and not without his usefulness. His feeble system failed after
three years labor; a man of a sweet spirit, and humble walk with God."