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

The 181st, in Boston, on the 2d Thursday in June.
The 182d, at Ashgrove, on the 1st of July.
There were several new circuits taken in this year.
In the Western conference, they changed the names of some of the circuits, and left out
Cumberland, Green, and Russel, and entered the following ones, Nollechucky, French-Broad,
Clinch, Powel's Valley, Nashville, Red River and Barren.
In the South-Carolina conference Sandy-River.
In Baltimore conference, Deerfield, near the Ohio.
In Philadelphia conference, they left out Mohawk, and Oneida, and entered Littleton, Otsego,
Black-River, Westmoreland, Pompey, and Ontario.
In New York conference, they took in Quebec, Montreal, and St. Johns, all lying in Canada; and
Ashburnham in New London district.
In New England conference they took in two circuits, Bristol and Bowdoinham, both of them were
in the province of Maine.
We took about 50 young preachers on trial this year; and we lost 18 out of the traveling
connection: 14 located, and 4 died, namely Lewis Hunt, Edmund Wayman, John Leach, and Anthony
Turk.
1. Lewis Hunt was a native of Virginia. He traveled principally in Kentucky, and the Ohio states.
He was said to be a useful preacher while he traveled. A few weeks before his death, he returned to
his father's in Fleming county, Kentucky, where he died of a consumption, in apparent possession
of an assured peace with God, and a calm and tranquil mind, on the 8th of December 1801.
2. Edmund Wayman was born on the Western Shore of Maryland. He died in Hampshire county,
Virginia, on the 21st day of April 1802. He was in the traveling connection about five years. During
his last illness he said but little, but appeared to possess great tranquillity of mind, and died in peace.
He was about forty years old.
3. John Leach was a native of Burlington county in New Jersey. He was an itinerant preacher
about five years. He was a pious circumspect christian; and a minister of good abilities, and was
acceptable and useful in his preaching. The two last years of his life he laboured under great and
heavy afflictions, which he bore with great patience. He died of the dropsy in October 1802. He left
the world in great peace.
4. Anthony Turk was a native of New York state, and descended from the Low-Dutch. He was
a zealous indefatigable preacher; subject to great afflictions, and peculiar trials. He expressed some