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

The new brick M. E. Church in Smyrna was erected in 1845: it is well adapted to the place.
22 In this year the walls of St. George's, in Fourth street, Philadelphia, were put up, -- they are still
standing, -- the oldest brick walls in which Methodists worship in America.
23 Jacob Knows.
24 While Mr. Asbury was among the mountains of Virginia, in company with John Hagerty and
other preachers, about the middle of July of this year (1782), that horrible tragedy, recorded by J. B.
Finley in his "Sketches of Western Methodism," was acted. Big-Foot, the Indian warrior, having
crossed the Ohio river, committed murder on its banks, and was pursued and killed by Adam Poe
and his brother. (See "Sketches," &c., by Finley, p. 640.)
25 Some of the old preachers amused themselves by relating the manner in which Brother Burton,
of Accomac, used to express himself. When the itinerant approached his door, he would call to his
servant, Samuel -- "Sam, take this horse and hang it up in the porch; take the saddle to the stable, and
feed it; feed it well, Sam." While the preacher was going on with his sermon, he would sit and pat
his foot, or, as it was phrased, "keep the spinning-wheel moving;" but if, at any time, the speaker said
anything that seemed to bear on slavery, such as "Let the oppressed go free," &c., the spinning-wheel
would stop until the preacher passed to some other topic, when the wheel would move on again. He
was fond of lively meetings. In class, when he wished some lively air sung, such as "Run and never
weary," &c., he would say, "Sam, sing tire and never run; sing it lively, Sam." In his common hall
he had a closet, where he performed his private devotions. When he knelt down the door would not
shut; so his head was in, and his heels were out; he could still be seen and heard as he whispered his
prayers. This; stated to show his singularity.
26 In 1782, Mr. Pedicord was stationed on Sussex Circuit, in Virginia.
27 Near the site where Mr. Hickson preached his first sermon in Brooklyn, the first Methodist
Episcopal church was subsequently erected, in Sands Street. At this church repose the remains of the
much admired John Summerfield.
28 In 1787, when Mr. Ellis was preaching on Kent Circuit, among others who became religious, and
joined the Methodists, were two young ladies by the name of Wilson, whose Christian names were
Milicent and Mary. Milicent married a Mr. Taylor. She received love feast tickets from Messrs. Jesse
Lee, Ira Ellis, and others, which were long preserved. A few years since she ended earthy life, in
Philadelphia, in expectation of heavenly existence. Miss Mary Wilson was united in marriage to Mr.
Sappington, of Kent county, Md. Their son, Mr. Samuel Sappington, was baptized by Thornton
Fleming. He has long been a Methodist, and, at the present time, is a member of the Green Street
Methodist Episcopal Church.
29 The Rev. David W. Bartine gave this account to us.
30 Many times have we looked upon the old family burying ground of the Jessup family, on the farm
known by the Indian name, "At-te-wat-ta-co-quin."