A History Of The Rise Of Methodism In America - Media Sabda Org

On his way to his circuit, he met with one who obtained religion when she was ten years old: she
had faithfully retained it for three years, praying in public when called upon; and, was, for one of her
years, more than ordinarily enlightened in her mind, and happy in religion. After preaching at Mrs.
Parker's, Parish's Chapel, and a few other places, it was found that the circuit, which was but a
fragment taken from another circuit, was too small for two preachers, and Mr. Lee was removed to
Amelia Circuit in Virginia.
On his way to Amelia he passed through Roanoke Circuit, where that man of God, John Easter,
was laboring. In this circuit he attended meetings at Whitaker's, Young's, Low's, Clayton's, Jean's,
Doal's, Lock's, and Jones' Chapel. Some of these meetings were very powerful, many people crying
out aloud; the last meeting which he attended in this circuit was a quarterly meeting. The Lord's
power was manifested at this meeting, and many souls were blessed. One young man, Mark Moore,
was awakened under a sermon preached by Mr. Lee, and soon after became a traveling preacher of
considerable distinction.
He continued his labors on this circuit for six months. He makes mention of some blessed seasons
which he had among his Christian friends at Thompson's, Spain's, and Coleman's, &c. In these
meetings they were bathed in tears; and the cries of the people well nigh drowned the voice of the
speaker; many were stirred up to seek a deeper work of grace, while their present happiness was
great. They held their quarterly meeting at Father Patrick's, in Chesterfield county. After participating
in the blessings of this meeting, he left this circuit, and spent the last quarter of this Conference year
on Sussex Circuit.
It appears that the people on Sussex Circuit were much alive in religion at this time, as he speaks
of having melting seasons with them at his father's house, at Heath's, Howel's Chapel, Ellis' Meeting
house, Bednefield's, Warren's, Lane's Meeting house, Evans', Robert Jones', Jordan Richardson's,
William Richardson's, Rowls', and at his brother-in-law's, Mr. Perkins. In attempting to preach to
them, sometimes his tears flowed so abundantly as to stop his utterance; and the cries of the people
were louder than his voice.
Mr. Lemuel Green was a native of Baltimore county, Md. He continued in the regular itinerant
work, filling some of the most responsible stations among the Methodists, until the year 1800, when
he located and settled in Philadelphia, engaging in the mercantile business. In 1823 he was
readmitted into the Philadelphia Conference as a supernumerary, in which relation he continued until
his death in 1831. At the time of his death he was eighty years old. His remains are sleeping at the
Union M. E. Church in Fourth street, Philadelphia.
Mr. William Phoebus was born in Somerset county, Md., in 1754. He was among the first fruits
of the labors of Methodist preachers in his neighborhood; and seems to have been the first traveling
preacher from his native county. In 1798 he located, and entered on the practice of physic in New
York city. In 1806 he re-entered the itinerancy. The last ten years of his life he was a supernumerary,
and a superannuated member of New York Conference. He ended his life in his seventy-eighth year,
in 1831, in the city of New York. Brothers Green and Phoebus not only entered the traveling
connection the same year, but, after forty-seven years among their brethren, they entered paradise
the same year.