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

October 1803, in Brunswick county, Virginia. In his last sickness he suffered with great patience,
and was frequently so happy, that he would praise God with a vocal voice, and shout when left alone,
"Glory, glory: victory, victory, complete victory." The manner in which he died, afforded great
satisfaction to all who were present with him.
2d. Nathan Jarratt was a native of North Carolina. He had been traveling upwards of four years.
He was a man of great zeal, and had a pleasing voice. He was a good preacher, and was useful in
most places where he laboured; and he was much beloved by the brethren in general. He died in the
triumph of faith on the 28th of October 1803. The night before he died, he broke out in a rapture of
joy, and sung a few lines of a hymn, and then in a few moments he sweetly slept in Jesus.
3d. Rezin Cash was a native of Maryland, Montgomery county. He had been a traveling preacher
above nine years. He was a man of great solemnity of mind, and goodness of heart. He lingered away
his life; but died in peace in 1803.
4th. David Brown was a native of Ireland. He came to this country a local preacher: he became
an itinerant preacher among us in 1794, and after traveling a little more than nine years, he died on
the 5th of September 1803. He was greatly beloved by the brethren while he lived, and was much
lamented when he died. His piety commanded respect. His travels were not extensive; but were
chiefly confined to a few circuits to the northward of New York, and adjacent to the city. He ended
his life at Ashgrove on Cambridge circuit.
This year we added 9064 members to our society; making in all 113,134 Methodists in the United
States: including those which are under our care in Canada. Thus hath the Lord blessed and
prospered us in our christian and ministerial labours in the course of less than 40 years.
This year we held our fourth general conference in Baltimore, which began on the sixth day of
May. We had 111 preachers present, who were regular members of that conference. I will here give
an account of the number of preachers from each annual conference, of which there are seven.
From the
Western Conference - 3
South Carolina - 5
Virginia - 17
Baltimore - 30
Philadelphia - 37
New York - 12
New England - 4
Total 108
And bishops 3
The whole was 111
From this view it may be seen, that we had not a proportionable part of preachers, from each part
of the connection; the three conferences in the extremities of the work had only 12 members in the
general conference. Baltimore and Philadelphia conferences furnished 67 members, which was