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

The twenty-fourth in Georgia, on the 9th of April.
The twenty-fifth at Holstein, on the 13th of May.
The twenty-sixth in Petersburg in Virginia, on the 17th of June. *[1]
The twenty-seventh at Beeson Town, on the 22d of July.
The twenty-eighth at Baltimore, on the 9th of September.
The twenty-ninth in Philadelphia, on the 25th of September.
At these conferences we took in nineteen new circuits. In Georgia we took in one. The circuit that
was formerly called Augusta was divided, and the lower part was now called Richmond, and the
upper part Washington.
In South Carolina we took in Seleuda and Waxsaws circuits. In North Carolina we took in one
called Anson; and we took in two among the mountains, called French Broad, and West New River.
In Virginia we took in below the mountains, Buckingham, Gloucester, and Rockingham. In
Maryland, we took in Annapolis, Harford and Cecil. In Pennsylvania, we took in Bristol and
Pittsburg. In New York state, we took in Dutchess, Shoreham, New City, Cambridge, and Lake
Champlain.
Some of these circuits had been taken off from the old circuits, which had been enlarged till there
was room for more preachers, and then by dividing them we made two circuits out of one. But the
most of them were formed where there had been none before; and where there had been but little if
any preaching by the Methodists till the present year.
We admitted on trial fifty-two young preachers. We added 11481 members to the society. By the
following statement it may be seen in what part of the United States the work of God was most
prosperous. The increase this year in the different states is as follows:
777 in the state of Georgia,
704 in South Carolina,
955 in North Carolina,
4761 in Virginia and Kentucky,
2475 in Maryland,
544 in Delaware and Pennsylvania,
404 in New Jersey, and
861 in New York state.
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This year the circuits were for the first time numbered in the minutes, and there were eighty-five.
We had one hundred and sixty-five traveling preachers, which was a good supply for the circuits.