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Next at Annamessex Chapel. Then down to the Lower Chapel. Thence to Downing's, Burton's, Paramore's, Burton's, Garrettson's, Accomac Court house, John Purnell's, in Wocester county, Snow Hill Court house, Elijah Laws', in Indiantown, Line Chapel, Mr. Airey's in Dorchester county, Colonel Vickar's; Sunday, at Cambridge; here the ladies wanted the church opened for him, but the gentlemen locked it, and took the key away. Next, at Bolingbroke, in Talbot, housing with Dr. Allen, "a precious man." Thence to the Bayside, in a large church. Then to Tuckeyhoe Chapel, Col. Hopper's, and Kent Island -- here the man who invited him, shut the church upon him. Next, at Brother Chair's. Thence to Church Hill, where, by invitation of the vestry, he preached in the church. Sunday, 12th of December, at Chestertown Chapel. Next, at Kent and Werton Chapels. From here to Gunpowder Chapel. Next, at J. Dallam's, at Abingdon. And on the 17th of December, at Henry Dorsey Gough's elegant mansion. From Barratt's Chapel, Mr. Whatcoat, in company with Mr. Asbury, moved for the Western Shore of Maryland, visiting Dover and Bohemia Manor, where they fell in with Mr. Vasey. During this week they attended a quarterly meeting at Deer Creek. He visited and preached at Messrs. Dallam's, Grover's, Watters', Cromwell's, Hunt's Chapel, Baltimore, and Abingdon, where he received a pleasing account of the work of God in Nova Scotia, from the Rev. William Black, whom he met here; and on the 19th of December, met the preachers at Mr. Gough's. Mr. Asbury attended quarterly meetings on Frederick and Calvert Circuits. That he might know the will of God, as to the matter that was soon to come before the Conference, he kept a day of fasting and prayer. He says: "The preachers and people seem to be much pleased with the projected plan. I am led to think that it is of the Lord. I am not tickled with the honor to be gained; I see danger in the way; my soul waits on God; O that He may lead us in the way he would have us go." The week before Conference, Dr. Coke, Messrs. Asbury, Whatcoat, Vasey, and a few more of the senior preachers, spent at Mr. Gough's, considering some of the rules and minutes of Methodism, as necessary to the furthering of the work of the Lord in America. Friday, 24th of December, they left Perry Hall, and rode through a severe frost to Baltimore, where they met a few preachers; and at ten of the clock Conference began in the Lovely lane Chapel. The preachers arrived from day to day, and before Conference ended there were about sixty, out of eighty-one, present. Dr. Coke being in the chair, presented Mr. Wesley's letter to the Conference, in which he gave the reasons of the course he had taken, n giving orders to the Methodists of this country, leaving them to follow the Scriptures and the primitive Church, in carrying out the details of his plan. This letter was considered, and Dr. Coke and Mr. Asbury, who had been appointed by Mr. Wesley, joint superintendents, were unanimously elected to that office by the preachers present. They agreed and resolved to form a Methodist Episcopal Church, in which the Liturgy, as presented by Mr. Wesley, should be read, the sacraments administered by superintendents, elders, and deacons, who shall be ordained by a presbytery, using the Episcopal form, as found in Mr. Wesley's prayer book. The persons to be ordained, to be nominated by the superintendents, and elected by the Conference; and ordained by imposition of the hands of the superintendents and elders; the superintendents had a negative voice. This power to nominate for orders, and negative, was soon taken away from the superintendents.

On Saturday, 25th, being the second day of Conference, Mr. Asbury was ordained deacon by Dr. Coke, assisted by Messrs. Whatcoat and Vasey. On the 26th, being Sunday, he was ordained elder by the same Presbytery; and on Monday, 27th, he was ordained superintendent, the Rev. P. W. Otterbine, of the German church, assisting the above named Presbytery in setting him apart. On Tuesday, 28th, and two following days, the Conference was engaged in considering rules of discipline, and electing to orders. On Friday, 31st, several deacons were ordained. Saturday, January 1st, 1785, the contemplated college at Abingdon was under consideration; and on Sunday, 2d, one deacon and ten elders were ordained, and the Conference ended in peace and love. Dr. Coke preached every day, at noon, while the Conference lasted, and some one of the other preachers, morning and night. The preaching was in the chapels in town, and Point, and in Mr. Otterbine's church. Mr. Freeborn Garrettson and James O. Cromwell were ordained elders for Nova Scotia. Jeremiah Lambert for Antigua. To serve the Methodists in the United States, John Tunnell, William Gill, Le Roy Cole, Nelson Reed, John Hagarty, Reuben Ellis, Richard Ivy, Henry Willis, James O'Kelly, and Beverly Allen, ten elders. Messrs. Tunnell, Willis, and Allen, were not present, and received ordination afterwards. John Dickins, Ignatius Pigman, and Caleb Boyer, were elected deacons. Mr. Dickins was ordained at this time, and Messrs. Boyer and Pigman in June following, at the Conference in Baltimore. As the Christmas Conference was fraught with issues the most important of any Conference ever held by the Methodists in America, it has been looked back to with peculiar emotions; and it may not be amiss to make an attempt to throw together the names of the Methodist preachers who composed this assembly. The following ministers were certainly in attendance: -- Thomas Coke, LL.D., Francis Asbury, Richard Whatcoat, Thomas Vasey, Freeborn Garrettson, William Gill, Reuben Ellis, Le Roy Cole, Richard Ivy, James O'Kelley, John Hagarty, Nelson Reed, James O. Cromwell, Jeremiah Lambert, John Dickins, William Glendenning, Francis Poythress, Joseph Everett, William Black, of N. S., William Phoebus, and Thomas Ware. There is reason to suppose that the following preachers, from their standing, and the place of their labor, were also there: -- Edward Drumgole, Caleb B. Pedicord, Thomas S. Chew, Joseph Cromwell, John Major, Philip Cox, Samuel Rowe, William Partridge, Thomas Foster, George Mair, Samuel Dudley, Adam Cloud, Michael Ellis, James White, Jonathan Forrest, Joseph Wyatt, Philip Bruce, John Magary, William Thomas, John Baldwin, Woolman Hickson, Thomas Haskins, Ira Ellis, John Easter, Peter Moriarty, Enoch Matson, Lemuel Green, Thomas Curtis, William Jessup, Wilson Lee, Thomas Jackson, James Riggin, William Ringold, Isaac Smith, Matthew Greentree, William Lynch, Thomas Bowen, Moses Park, William Cannon, and Richard Swift. Some of the preachers who were in remote parts of the work, did not receive notice, and some that were notified were unable to attend, and about one-fourth of them were absent. All matters that came before the Conference were freely debated, and decided by a majority of votes. There was much business transacted, and a number of new rules were made. The rule bearing on slave holders produced such excitement, that it was suspended, six months afterwards, at the Baltimore

On Saturday, 25th, being the second day of Conference, Mr. Asbury was ordained deacon by Dr.<br />

Coke, assisted by Messrs. Whatcoat and Vasey. On the 26th, being Sunday, he was ordained elder<br />

by the same Presbytery; and on Monday, 27th, he was ordained superintendent, the Rev. P. W.<br />

Otterbine, of the German church, assisting the above named Presbytery in setting him apart. On<br />

Tuesday, 28th, and two following days, the Conference was engaged in considering rules of<br />

discipline, and electing to orders. On Friday, 31st, several deacons were ordained. Saturday, January<br />

1st, 1785, the contemplated college at Abingdon was under consideration; and on Sunday, 2d, one<br />

deacon and ten elders were ordained, and the Conference ended in peace and love. Dr. Coke<br />

preached every day, at noon, while the Conference lasted, and some one of the other preachers,<br />

morning and night. <strong>The</strong> preaching was in the chapels in town, and Point, and in Mr. Otterbine's<br />

church.<br />

Mr. Freeborn Garrettson and James O. Cromwell were ordained elders for Nova Scotia. Jeremiah<br />

Lambert for Antigua. To serve the Methodists in the United States, John Tunnell, William Gill, Le<br />

Roy Cole, Nelson Reed, John Hagarty, Reuben Ellis, Richard Ivy, Henry Willis, James O'Kelly, and<br />

Beverly Allen, ten elders. Messrs. Tunnell, Willis, and Allen, were not present, and received<br />

ordination afterwards. John Dickins, Ignatius Pigman, and Caleb Boyer, were elected deacons. Mr.<br />

Dickins was ordained at this time, and Messrs. Boyer and Pigman in June following, at the<br />

Conference in Baltimore.<br />

As the Christmas Conference was fraught with issues the most important of any Conference ever<br />

held by the Methodists in <strong>America</strong>, it has been looked back to with peculiar emotions; and it may<br />

not be amiss to make an attempt to throw together the names of the Methodist preachers who<br />

composed this assembly. <strong>The</strong> following ministers were certainly in attendance: --<br />

Thomas Coke, LL.D., Francis Asbury, Richard Whatcoat, Thomas Vasey, Freeborn Garrettson,<br />

William Gill, Reuben Ellis, Le Roy Cole, Richard Ivy, James O'Kelley, John Hagarty, Nelson Reed,<br />

James O. Cromwell, Jeremiah Lambert, John Dickins, William Glendenning, Francis Poythress,<br />

Joseph Everett, William Black, of N. S., William Phoebus, and Thomas Ware. <strong>The</strong>re is reason to<br />

suppose that the following preachers, from their standing, and the place of their labor, were also<br />

there: --<br />

Edward Drumgole, Caleb B. Pedicord, Thomas S. Chew, Joseph Cromwell, John Major, Philip<br />

Cox, Samuel Rowe, William Partridge, Thomas Foster, George Mair, Samuel Dudley, Adam Cloud,<br />

Michael Ellis, James White, Jonathan Forrest, Joseph Wyatt, Philip Bruce, John Magary, William<br />

Thomas, John Baldwin, Woolman Hickson, Thomas Haskins, Ira Ellis, John Easter, Peter Moriarty,<br />

Enoch Matson, Lemuel Green, Thomas Curtis, William Jessup, Wilson Lee, Thomas Jackson, James<br />

Riggin, William Ringold, Isaac Smith, Matthew Greentree, William Lynch, Thomas Bowen, Moses<br />

Park, William Cannon, and Richard Swift.<br />

Some of the preachers who were in remote parts of the work, did not receive notice, and some that<br />

were notified were unable to attend, and about one-fourth of them were absent. All matters that came<br />

before the Conference were freely debated, and decided by a majority of votes. <strong>The</strong>re was much<br />

business transacted, and a number of new rules were made. <strong>The</strong> rule bearing on slave holders<br />

produced such excitement, that it was suspended, six months afterwards, at the Baltimore

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