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he was associated with Mr. Dickins, in the book business, in this city. He lingered on for several years, sometimes apparently near death, and then reviving again, supported by Christian fortitude: while the happiness of his soul beamed forth in his open, smiling countenance. In 1801 he was settled at Pipe Creek, the original spot of Methodism. Here he remained till the early part of 1808, when, with unshaken confidence in God, and triumphant faith in the Saviour, he left the world. The first time that Bishop Asbury was at Pipe Creek, after his death, he walked to his grave, as he was accustomed to do, when he could no more look upon those he ardently loved, and uttered the following soliloquy over his sleeping remains: "Henry Willis, ah! when shall I look upon thy like again? Rest, man of God! Thy quiet dust is not called to the labor of riding five thousand miles in eight months -- to meet ten Conferences, from Maine to Cayuga -- to the Mississippi, to Cape Fear. Thou wilt not labor, and plan the stations of seven hundred preachers, nor attend camp meetings, and take part, daily, in the ministration of the Word, and consume the hours that ought to be devoted to sleep, in writing letter upon letter." At the Conference of 1778, Mr. Philip Gatch took a location. When he went to Virginia, persecution did not rage to the same extent, but his health soon failed, from excessive labor and exposure to the open air, in field preaching; so that at the Conference, in 1778, he received no appointment; and Jan. 14, 1778, he was married to Elizabeth Smith, of Powhatan county, daughter of Thomas Smith. She, with her father's family, was the first fruits of the reformation in Virginia. Though he received no regular appointment after this time, he had the superintendence of some of the circuits in the vicinity of his residence, and spent a considerable time in traveling and preaching at large, until the stability of the work, and the cares of his family, reconciled his mind to a more circumscribed sphere. When the controversy arose which led to the present organization of the Church, he was one of three who superintended the southern part of the work, and to whom the present state of things in part is to be attributed; Reuben Ellis and John Dickins were the other two. He was the mover and vindicator of the rule for trying members by a committee; and from his labors in the business department, and in the pulpit, it may be said, he bore the burden and heat of the day. Four of the preachers who entered the itinerancy this year; were preachers of note. John Major was universally beloved and useful -- remarkable for tenderness and tears. Richard Joy stood high as a Christian, and as a preacher. Henry Willis was unequaled, in the judgment of high authority. James O'Kelly was a warm Southern man, and a warm, zealous preacher, that acquired great influence in the South. He did much good, while he continued in the ranks with Asbury; and when he withdrew, he used his influence to raise a party, and for a while he had success; but, as little trees cannot prosper in the shade of large ones, Mr. O'Kelly's plant withered away, in the shade of the older and stouter Methodist Episcopal tree.
A HISTORY OF THE RISE OF METHODISM IN AMERICA by John Lednum CHAPTER 34 In the beginning of the year 1779, Mr. Asbury went into a little circuit that had just been formed in the eastern side of Kent county, reaching from Mispillion to Duck Creek. After preaching at Mr. Lewis', Mr. Boyer's, Dover, Hilliard's, Richard Shaw's, William Thomas', and Widow Jackson's, he held quarterly meeting at Mr. Shaw's. At this meeting there was much feeling, and many were seeking the Saviour. About this time, Mr. Asbury heard some agreeable news; which, probably, was, "That a letter which he wrote to Mr. Rankin in 1777, in which he gave it as his opinion that the Americans would become a free and independent nation, and that he was too much knit in affection to many of them to leave them; and that Methodist preachers had a great work to do under God, in this country," had fallen into the hands of the American officers, and had produced a great change in their opinions and feelings towards him. His excellency, Caesar Rodney, Governor of Delaware, aware of this, was quite favorable to him and the Methodists. The 1st of April, 1779, Mr. Garrettson was led by Divine Providence into the region of the Cypress Swamp, in Sussex county, Delaware, to a place called the Sound. After preaching five or six sermons, that were as a hammer and a fire, to break and melt the hearts of the people, he read and explained the rules of the Methodists; and examined and admitted about forty weeping penitents into a society, which has continued ever since. The people were so much interested in hearing him preach, that they came ten and twelve miles on foot, and followed him to his lodgings, asking, "What must I do to be saved?" Here, opposition to Methodism pursued a milder course than at some other places; a man set up a reading society, to read the people into experimental Christianity; but he was soon so thoroughly awakened, that he dropped his opposition, and joined the Methodists. The church people hired one of their ministers to preach them down; after he had preached one sermon he met with Mr. Garrettson, from whom he learned what Methodism was; whereupon, he threw up his contract, and never preached against them any more. [See reference to the following passage in the Introduction] About this time, Mr. Garrettson wandered about one whole day, seeking an opening for the word, and found himself lost in the Cypress Swamp. As he was about to take up his lodgings on the ground, the night being dark and wet, he saw a light at a distance, and making for it, found a house, where he was sheltered. His host, observing him closely, and possibly suspecting that he might be entertaining an angel, asked him, "What are you, or who are you? for I am sure I never saw such a man as you appear to be;" and was answered, "I am a follower of our blessed Saviour." They then united in the worship of God, and retired to rest. The woman of the house had passed through a strange affliction; for thirteen days she neither ate nor drank. Many people came to see her die, when suddenly she rose up in bed, and said, "You thought that mine was a disorder of the body; but it was not, now I know that my Maker loves
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CHAPTER 12 Robert Williams in Virgi
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CHAPTER 26 First Conference in Balt
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CHAPTER 38 Mr. Garrettson introduce
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approached him I said, Well, grandf
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Methodist preaching was introduced
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held out promises of easily acquire
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six years he had made no public eff
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When Wesley Chapel was being erecte
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in advanced years, considerable pro
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Germantown, Trenton, and Princeton.
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to bring their first church in this
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who daily pass by this house think
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In placing before the reader such n
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From the Rev. Thomas Ware's Life we
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Captain Webb having introduced Meth
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Mr. Joseph Pilmoor, on arriving in
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At this time there was not a more v
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The operation of the Holy Spirit wa
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In company with Samuel Selby, Mr. A
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These seven preachers were, Webb, B
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J. Presbury's, and, after preaching
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out that her experience was identic
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never realized before the condition
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my mind, and that he would give me
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Deveau. The Rev. Sylvester Hutchins
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the Lord's day. His father made him
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appeared to be as plain to me as if
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stature, and of a very youthful app
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About this time Joseph Taylor, who
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shades of itinerancy in by-gone day
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"Nor was Col. North less distinguis
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seventy years old. He then had two
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treacherous, and that the object wa
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my refusal the tavern keeper whispe
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it does not appear that the Methodi
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most of the early itinerants, had r
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A society was formed in the vicinit
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learned to sing Light Street to the
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Virginia. Benjamin Boydstone and hi
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German Presbyterian minister; also
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His next appointment was at Howard'
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charge of the work in Georgia. He b
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principle was, that there was no fa
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chapel. After paying his first visi
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doing on the circuit. Brother E. wa
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to the cook; she loves to hear the
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men preach the truth!" The father l
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almost all worldly business. In Gen
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his name appeared in the Minutes. H
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cause of Christ -- how much Mr. W.
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In this unhappy state she continued
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evil of her, and hated her company.
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Mr. Thomas Ware, having been recomm
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since abandoned this apostolic plan
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preachers found their way into it.
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prospering; and especially among th
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to Long Island, until he resolved i
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of them has been tried; as to untri
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Mr. Russel was raised in the Church
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enlarged and improved in 1835. The
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in her mind, "Be not forgetful to e
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took her place at court. She was bu
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The new brick M. E. Church in Smyrn
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