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MINUTES

OF THE

ANNUAL CONFERENCES

OF THE

METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH,

IN

FOR THE YEARS

1773-1 828.

VOLUME I.

NEW-YORK:

PUBLISHED BY T. MASON AND G. LANE, FOR THE METHODIST EPI8COPAL CHURCH, AT THE CONFERENCE

OFFICE, 200 MULBERRY-STREEt.

J. Collord, Printer.

1840.

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4. Tennessee Conference, at Norrels, in Bedford county, Tennessee, Novem ber 7, 1821.

5. Mississippi Conference, at Washing ton, Adams county, Mississippi, Decem ber 7, 1831.

6. South Carolina Conference, at Au gusta, Georgia, Feb. 21, 1822.

7. Virginia Conference, at Newbem, North Carolina, March 20, 1822.

8. Baltimore Conference, Baltimore, April 19, 1822.

9. Philadelphia Conference, Philadel phia, May 9, 1822.

10. New- York Conference, New- York,

May 29, 1822. 11. New-England Conference, at Bath,

Maine, June 29, 1822. 12. Genesee Conference, at Vienna,

Ontario county, N. Y., July 24, 1822.

MINUTES

TAKEN AT THE SEVERAL ANNUAL CONFERENCES OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH,

FOR THE TEAR 1822.

Quest. 1. Who are admitted on trial?

OHIO CONFERENCE.

Whitefield Hughs, James T. Donohoo,

Richard Brandriff, George M. Mealy, John

Pardo, John Walker, William Tipton,

Wm. H. Collins, Robert Dobbins, S. Fernandes, Piatt B. Morey -- 11.

Henry

KENTUCKY CONFERENCE. Harvey Sawyers, Peter Akers, Simon L. Booker, John James, James Ross, George W. Robbins, Richard D. Neale, James Browder, Laban Hughey, Daniel Tivis, William Chambers, John H. Power, William Farrow, Stephen Harber, Obadiah Harber, Green Malone, Thomas Joyner, TLahmombeatsh,ACttalelebberrCyr,anLee--wi2s1. Parker, John

MISSOURI CONFERENCE.

Parham Randle, James Bankson, John

Blasdcl, Anthony W. Cassed, James

Keyte, James Armstrong, Jas. L. Thomp

son, Abraham Epler, Glanville, Ebenezer

Dennis Willey, Webster -- 11.

John

TENNESSEE CONFERENCE. Rufus Leadbetter, Jonas Belodte, John Seay, Jacob Hearn, Thomas A. Young, German Baker, Finch Scruggs, James G. H. Spear, Abraham Overall, Nathaniel R. Jarratt, Absalom Harris, John Raines, John Kelly, John Rice, Robert Boyd, Benjamin T. Liddon, Richard Neely, Francis R. Cheasham, John Patton, Na

tPDhaaatnvtoidLn,.BNT.hoCorrumemlal,smJiaJn.mg,BesrPoewEtednrm, BiGsuteorounrm,geW--iH2llo6iar.nm,

MISSISSIPPI CONFERENCE.

William Alexander, Edmund Pearson

Avermrt--str4o.ng I. Blackburn, Eugene V. Le-

SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE.

Mark Peyton

Westmoreland,

L. Wade, Josiah

Abner P. Manly, Freeman, Wm.

Parks, Gideon Mason, Morgan Tarrentine,

John Bigby, ton, Edward

GJe. oFrgitezgWerhailtde,,

John CorringWm. Knight,

Henry W.Ledbetter, Peyton Greaves -- 14.

VIRGINIA CONFERENCE.

William D. Good. Overton Bernard, Jwoischku, aJohLenigChr,aiDg,avJiadmeEsllisM,oArrnissoonn--Sh7,ad-

BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. Philip D. Lipsicum, Henry Slicer, John N. Steward, John B. West, John L. Gib bons, William M'Dowel, Elias Bruin -- 7.

PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE.

James M'Lawrin, Isaac Winner, Jesse

Thompson, rich, James

Philip Dixon, Joseph B. Ayres, John Henry

--H7o.ld-

NEW-YORK CONFERENCE.

H. Humphreys, Bradley Sillick, Darius

Stephens, John C. Green, Horace Bart-

lett, Elijah Crane, Philo Ferris, Hiram

Meeker, Quartus

SJetessweartP,omSarlomy,onChSaterlbebsinPso--m1r2o.y,

NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE.

Samuel G. Atkins, Aaron D. Sargeant,

Thomas Smith, Eliphalet Case, Henry Bulfinch, John N. Maffitt, Joseph Allen, Hezekiah Thatcher, Allen Barnes, Elisha

Frink, Ephraim K. Avery, Wanton Case,

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William Barstow, Milton French, John E. Kisley, George Fairbank, Samuel H. Norris, John D. Dow, Roswell Putnam, Phinea8 Ball, James Templeton, Wilder Mack, Daniel Fletcher, Orange Scott, Newell S. Spalding, Daniel Lesslcy, Charles D. Shahoon, Abraham Merrill, Caleb Dustin, Samuel Kelley, Ezekiei W. Stickney, Hershel Foster, William Gardner, John Shaw, Nathaniel P. Deveteaux, Melville B. Cox, Otis Williams -- 37.

GENESEE CONFERENCE.

Joseph Gardner, George White, Mark Preston, William Slater, Charles Wood,

Sylvester Carey, Elisha House, Jonathan

M. Brooks, Eli Allen, Ephraim Hall,

Alexander Irvin, John Parker, John Cope-

land, Joseph Atwood, Morgan Shermon,

Snphronius Stocking, Jonathan E. Davis,

William Fowler, Isaac Stone, James B.

Roach, John Casert, Benjamin Shipman,

Roswell Parker, Squire Chase, Nathaniel

Salisbury, canbrack,

IJsaamacesSmPi.thA--ylw28o.rth,

John Er-

Total admitted -- 185.

Quest. 2. Who remain on trial?

OHIO CONFERENCE. Alfred Branson, William Crawford, Charles Thorn, Charles Truscott, Horace Brown, Nathan Walker, William I. Kent, William Simmons, James Collord, James Jones, Daniel Limerick, Henry Knapp, Zarah Coston, James Havens, Andrew Kanier -- 15.

KENTUCKY CONFERENCE.

Milton Jameson, William Young, Ed

ward Stevenson, David Gray, Esau Sim

mons, William M. M'Reynolds, Blatchley

C. Wood, John W. M'Reynolds, Luke P.

Allen, John Denham, Henry Gregg, Ben

jamin M. Reynolds,

Drake, Aquila Sampson, Jas. Avis, Francis VVilson

Isaac -- 16.

MISSOURI CONFERENCE. Isaac Brookfield, George K. Hester, David Chamberlain, H. Vredenburg, Wil liam W. Redman, John M'Cord, William Cravens, Francis Moore, Samuel Bassett-- 9.

TENNESSEE CONFERENCE.

John Bradfield, Robert Hooper, Joseph B. Wvnns, Joseph Williams, Elias Tid-

well, William P. Kendrick, James Cum-

ming, John Poulsell, Wiley B. Peck, A.

I. Crawford, Benjamin

liam B. Carpenter, Geo.

P. Seawell, Wil W. Morris -- 13.

MISSISSIPPI CONFERENCE. Henry P. Cook, Nicholas T. Snead---2.

SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE.

David Riley, Henry Seagrest, Archibald Purify, Joshua N. Glenn, John Robertson, Daniel G.M'Daniel, Elias Sinclair, Elijah

Sinclair, John T. Triggs, Noah Laney, BRoenydnoEldnsg, liAshq,uilMa aNlcoormmanM--'Ph1e4r.son, John

VIRGINIA CONFERENCE.

Samuel Harrell, Thomas Crowder,

William Leigh, Archibald Brownley, Mann

Dutton, Thomas B. Swift, George Harper

--Hu8m. phries,

Swain

BALTIMORE CONFERENCE.

Samuel Clark, Samuel Bryson, Charles

A. Davis, Samuel Ellis, Charles Young,

French S. Evans, Norvall Wilson, Wm.

H. Chapman, drach Chaney,

TJhaocmobasR.MS.heHpuhdesrdon--,

Sha-

11.

PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE.

Samuel S. Kennard, Eliphalet Reed, JHoihgnginsBa--yn5e. , Daniel Parish, Solomon

NEW-YORK CONFERENCE.

Cyrus Prindle, Samuel Covel, William

S. Pease, John Nixon, Eli Denniston,

Lucius Baldwin, George Smith, John

Luckey, Friend ley, Julius Field

W. Smith, -- 11.

Roswell

Kel

NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE.

Heman Perry, Benjamin Brown, H.

Nickerson, Gorham Greely, Frederick Up-

ham,

Ella

DBuennhjaammin--R8..

Lewis,

Stephen

Lovell,

GENESEE CONFERENCE.

Franklin Metcalf, Joseph Williams,

Samuel Bebins, Dennison Smith, Asa

Abel, Ezra Healy, Orin Foot, John Sayre,

Gaylord Judd, John Ryerson

James -- 12.

Total remaining on

Hodge, trial --

Asa 124

Orcott,

Quest. 3. Who art admitted into full

connection ?

OHIO CONFERENCE.

Isaac C. Hunter, Abner Goff, James

Gilrueth, Thomas R. Ruckle, James Mur

ray, Moses Henkle, Thomas S. Hitt, Wm.

H. Raper, nell, John

PR.obDeurrtbiDn,elaJops,iaZhecFhoasrtiearh--C1o2n.-

KENTUCKY CONFERENCE. William Peter, Martin Flint, William Gunn, Josiah Browder, Chelsea Cole, Na thaniel Harris, David Dyke, Isaac Col

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lord, John

BKeennjnaemyin--T1.1C. rouch,

John It.

Keach,

MISSOURI CONFERENCE.

John Wallace, Washington Otr, Wm. Medford, James Scott-- 4.

TENNESSEE CONFERENCE. Elijah Kirkman, Richard W. Morris, Moses Smith, Samuel Patton, John Rice, Elliston Taylor-- 6.

MISSISSIPPI CONFERENCE. Thomas Clinton, Meredith Renneau, Daniel De Vinne -- 3.

SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE.

Thomas Samford, Barnet Smith, Robert Adams, Nathaniel H. Rhodes, John Mullinex, Thomas Gardner, John H. Trade-

well, Thomas Mabrey, George Hill-- 9.

VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. Moses Brock, Thomas R. Brame, Geo. A. Bain, John P. Andrew, Robert Wilkerson, John Hales, John Thompson -- 7.

BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. Charles B. Tippet, Mordecai Barry, Charles Cook, William C. Pool, Dennis WB.illDiaomrseBy,raDnadveibderrSyt,eeGl,eoWrgileliaWmellHs--an9k.,

PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE.

None.

NEW-YORK CONFERENCE.

SuRmombeerrtfieSlde,nJeoyh,nJoChlanrkD, .NaMtohraianrRtyic, eJ--oh5n.

NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. Jotham Horton, James P. Harvey, Wil liam M'Coy, Phineas Crandle, Charles Baker, David Culver, Samuel Baker, Jo seph Kellam, Ezra Kellogg, Samuel Plumner, Gillman Moody, Abraham Holway, True Page-- 13.

GENESEE CONFERENCE.

Ira Brownson, Josiah Kies, Caleb Ken dall, jr., K. M'K. Smith, Manly Tooker, Richard Wright, W. H. Williams, Phi

lander Smith, Jasper Bennett, Robert

Parker, Philetus Parkus, John D. Gil

bert, Thomas Demarest -- 13. Total admitted into full connection

--92.

Quest. 4. Who are the deacons ?

Those marked thus (*) were ordained this year.

OHIO CONFERENCE. Samuel Adams, Charles Elliott, James Smith, Samuel Brockunier, Edward Tay lor, Dennis Goddard, Thomas M'Cleary, Leroy Swormstedt, Andrew M'Clain, Jas.

T. Wells, Peter Stephens, Isaac C. Hun

ter,* James Gilrueth,* Thos. R. Ruckle,* Moses Henkle,* Thomas S. Hitt,* Wm. H. Raper,* Robert Delap,* Zechariah Council,* John P. Durbin,* Abraham Lippott -- 21.

KENTUCKY CONFERENCE.

William Peter,* Martin Flint,* William Gunn,* Josiah Browder,* Chelsea Cole,* Joseph Farrow,* Hezekiah Holland,* Al len Elliott,* David Dyke,* Isaac Collord,* Benjamin T. Crouch,* John R. Keach,* John Kenney,* Joshua Butcher,* Elisha Sirmnons*-- 15.

MISSOURI CONFERENCE.

Calvin Ruter, Wm. Townsend, Wash ington Orr, William Medford, Jas. Scott --5.

TENNESSEE CONFERENCE.

John Brooks, Samuel Harwel, John Kesterson, Ansel Richardson, Robert Paine, Hartwell H. Brown, David Adams, Abraham Stitt, Lewis S. Marshall, Thos. Maddon, Obadiah Freeman, Elijah Kirk man, R. W. Morris, Elliston Taylor, Samuel Patton, Thomas Rice -- 16.

MISSISSIPPI CONFERENCE.

Barnabas Pipkin, Thos. dith Renneau,* Daniel De

CVliinntnoen*,*--Mi.ere

SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE.

Thomas Rosemand, James Dannelly, Matthew Raiford, John B. Chappel, Chris tian G. Hill, Thomas Gardner,* Thomas Mabrey,* Thomas Samford,* John How ard, Jesse Sinclair, John L. Jerry, Ro bert Adams,* Nathaniel H. Rhodes,* John H. Tradewell,* George Hill,* Banet Smith*-- 16.

VIRGINIA CONFERENCE.

Francis A. Ward, Enoch Johnson, Henry Ally, Miles Nash, Thomas How ard, George C. Chesley, William East wood, Moses Brock,* Thos. R. Brame,*

bGsoeenrot*rW--geil1k4Ae. r.soBna,i*n,*JnoJo.hHnalFe.s,*AnJdnroe.wT,h*omRpo

BALTIMORE CONFERENCE.

Dennis H. Battee, Thomas J. Dorsey,

Richard Armstrong, Jacob Larkin, Mor

decai Barry,* Chas. Cook,* David Steel,*

William Brandeberry,* James Sanson),

John Miller, Bennet Dowler, Charles B.

Tippet,* Dorsey,*

William William

HCa.nkP*o--ol,1*5.

Dennis

B.

PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE.

Henry G. King, Edward Stevenson,

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Benjamin Collins, John Talley, Joseph Carey, William Allen--6.

NEW-YORK CONFERENCE.

George Coles, Orin Pier, Samuel D.

Ferguson, Robert Seney,* John 1). Mo-

riarty,* Nathan

John Summerfield,* John Clark,* Rice,* H. Humphreys* -- 9.

NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE.

Samuel Norris, Isaac Stoddard, Elijah Spear, James L. Bishop, Jotham Horton,* James P. Harvey,* Wm. M'Coy,* Phineas Crandle,* Charles Baker,* David Culver,* Joseph Kellum,* Ezra Kellogg,* Samuel Plummer,* Abraham Holway,* True Page,* Samuel Baker*-- 16.

GENESEE CONFERENCE.

Horace Agard, Henry Peck, James Brown, C. V. Adgate, Elijah Boardman, Enoch Barnes, Ira Brownson,* Josiah

Kies,* Caleb Kendall,* jr., K. M'K.

Smith,* Manly Tooker,* Rich'd Wright,* W. H. Williams,* Philander Smith,* Jas

pPaerrkuBse,*nnTehtto,*maRsobDeermt aPraerskt*e--r,*

Philetus

18.

Total number of deacons -- 155.

Quest. 5. Who have been elected and or dained elders this year ?

OHIO CONFERENCE.

John P. Taylor, Ira Green, Abner Goff, Josiah

Eddy, Foster

--P5h. ilip

KENTUCKY CONFERENCE.

Josiah Whitaker, John Deuer, George Taylor, Burwell Spurlock, Richard Corwine, William Allison, Jacob L. Brnmwell, William Holman, James Blair, Ed

ward Ashley, Benjamin Peoples, Simon Peter-- 13.

MISSOURI CONFERENCE.

Alexander M'Allister, John Wallace, John Harris, Job M. Parker, elect, John Stewart -- 5.

TENNESSEE CONFERENCE

Moses Smith, Jesse ten, Samuel Kennerly

Green, -- 4.

James

Wit-

MISSISSIPPI CONFERENCE.

John Seaton, Ledbettcr, John

Ebenczer Hearn, Booth-- 4.

Wiley

SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE.

James Dunwody, Elisha Calloway, Ro bert Flourney, Thomas L. Winn, William Hankins. John Mullinex, Nicholas Ware, Asbury Morgan, Benjamin Rhodes, John

L. Greaves, Charles Betts, Josiah Evans, Thomas A. Smith-- 13.

VIRGINIA CONFERENCE.

Charles L. Cooley, Peter Doub, Thos.

Garrard, George M. Anderson, Hezekiah

G. Leigh, George W.

ECxhuamrletCohna, pJmoaanc,himIraLaPnaer--ker9,.

BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. Yelverton T. Peyton, Jesse Lee, John Tanyhill, Robert S. Winton, P. G. Buck ingham, Wm. Hamilton, James Moore, Thomas M'Gee-- 8.

PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE.

James Long, Samuel Grace, William Wright-- 3.

NEW-YORK CONFERENCE.

Ebenezer Brown, Harvey De Wolf, elect, Noah Levings, James Quinlan, HLaenndryonH--a7tf.ield, Cyrus Silliman, Seymour

NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE.

Jesse Fillmore, John S. Ayre, Peter

Burgess, Sullivan Bray, Damon Young,

Squire Steel,

JoBs.epHhasIkreels,onJo, hWnilbBurriggFsi,skE--le1a0z.er

GENESEE CONFERENCE.

N.CvFrluinst,

Story, Truman Dixon, Calvin Edmund O'Flyng, Dana Fox,

James G. Peal, Samuel Belton, Russel

Downing, Hiram G. Warner, William W.

Rundell, Zacariah Paddock, James Wil

son, Alanson Gifford, Andrew Peck,

Timothy Goodwin, Micah Seager, Jeter

Foster, Benajah Williams, John D. Gil bert, John Beggarly -- 20.

Total number ordained elders -- 100.

Quest. 6. Who are the bishops

perintendents ?

William M'Kendree, Robert R. Roberts-- 3.

Enoch

and *u? George,

Quest. 7. Who have located this year? OHIO CONFEREN'CF

None.

KENTUCKY CONFERENCE.

--2G. eorge Locke, Samuel Montgomery MISSOURI CONFERENCE.

Charles Slocumb, liam Stevenson -- 3.

John

Shrader,

Wil

TENNESSEE CONFERENCE. Obadiah Freeman, John Smith -- 2.

MISSISSIPPI CONFERENCE. John Lane.

SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. , Hugh Ilammil, Thomas A. Smith, Ja-

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cob Hill, Elijah Thomas Gardner,

BHiradr,twTehllomSapsainC--ra7vens,

VIRGINIA CONFERENCE.

William Harris, Curtis Hooks, Amos

C. Treadway, Jones, James

SMmaitthth--ew6.

M.

Dance,

Wm.

BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. C.JoThhonrnMto'Enl,frTehsohm, aJasmKeesnnTearylylo--r, 4.Thos.

PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE.

Samuel J.

Sam'l Budd,

SGarmif'flitJh.,

James Smith, Cox, John Price

s--en5.,.

NEW-YORK CONFERENCE.

WeNsatothna--n

Emery, 3.

Isaac Candee,

Horace

GENESEE CONFERENCE John Dempster, William Jones, Baker, John B. Alverson^-4. Total supernumeraries -- 24.

Peter

Quest. 9. Who are the superannuated or worn-out preachers ?

OHIO CONFERENCE. John Sale, David Young, Truman Bishop, Walter Griffith, Michael Ellis, Samuel West, John P. Kent, Abbot Goddard-- 8.

KENTUCKY CONFERENCE. Leroy Cole, Benjamin Lakin, John R. Keach, Simon Peter-- 4.

MISSOURI CONFERENCE.

NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE.

Calvin Ruter.

None. GENESEE CONFERENCE. Russel Downing, Gideon Draper, Jona than Huestis, David Yeomans -- 4. Total located-- 37.

Quest. 8. Who are the supernumerary preachers ?

TENNESSEE CONFERENCE. James Dixon.

MISSISSIPPI CONFERENCE. None.

SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. John Gamewell, Benjamin Gordon--2.

OHIO CONFERENCE.

VIRGINIA CONFERENCE.

James M'Mahon. KENTUCKY CONFERENCE.

Philip Bruce, Samuel Lattimore, Edward Cannon

G--ar4r.ard,

John

None.

BALTIMORE CONFERENCE.

MISSOURI CONFERENCE. Jacob Whitesides.

TENNESSEE CONFERENCE Thomas D. Porter, Moses Smith, Jas.

Seely Bunn, Joshua Wells, Richard M'AUister, Israel Cook, Nelson Reed, Morris Howe, Joseph Frye-- 7.

PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE.

Agoxoledy--,

Jesse 5.

Cunningham,

William

MISSISSIPPI CONFERENCE.

All-

James Polemus, Robert M'Coy, Nathan Swain, Richard Sneath, John Goforth, Jacob Moore, Thos. Smith, Joseph Snull. Wm. M'Lenalian, Thomas Everard, Wm,

Thomas Griffin.

Hunter, Asa Smith, Peter Vannest, Wm.

SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE.

Coleman Carlisle, Reuben Tucker -- 3.

Jesse

Richardson i.

Ross, William P. Chandler, James Ridgaway-- 16. "V NEW-YORK CONFERENCE.

VIRGINIA CONFERENCE.

Elisha P. Jacob, Samuel Fowler, Eze

Samuel Hunter. BALTIMORE CONFERENCE.

Asa Shinn.

kiel Canfield, Earl Bancroft, Luman Andms, Zalmon Lyon, Cyprian H. Gridley, Osiglinv,erBeSlyakeSsm, itJohh, nSmCirthawAfornrdo,ldD--at1u2s. En

PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE.

OsbEozrenkeie--l

Cooper, 3.

James

Smith, Joseph

NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. Asa Kent, Orlando Hinds, Wilbur Fisk, Charles Virgin-- 4.

NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. Timothy Benedict.

NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE.

GENESEE CONFERENCE. Jeter Foster, Benajah Wiiiiams, Israel Chamberlayne, Reuben A. Aylworth, Na

Zenas Adams, Oliver Beal, Francis thaniel Reeder, Thomas Whitehead, Ben

Dane-- 3.

jamin Bidlaek, William Brown, Joseph

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Willis, John Kimberlin, Peter Jones, Eli jah King -- 12.

Total superannuated -- 71.

Quest. 10. Who have been expelled from the connection this year?

BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. Abraham Dawson.

GENESEE CONFERENCE. Robert Jeffers.

Quest.

11. Who have withdrawn from the connection this year ? None.

Quest. 12. Were all the preachers' charac ters examined before the Conferences ? This was strictly attended to, by calling

over their names before their respective

Conferences.

Quest. 13. Who have died this year? 1. Hamilton Jefferson. -- He was born in Calvert county, Maryland, in March, 1769. In early life he became convinced of his fallen condition, and of his absolute need of a perfect Saviour : this conviction was produced through the instrumentality of the gospel, as preached by the ministers of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He earnestly sought and happily found him of whom Moses in the law and the prophets did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the sinner's

friend. Some time after his conversion he became seriously concerned for the salva tion of others ; and being fully persuaded

ho was called to preach the everlasting gospel, he entered the travelling connec tion about the twenty-fourth year of his age, and after graduating with honour to himself and usefulness to the church, he was ordained elder on the 13th of October, 1797. He continued to serve the church with great punctuality and fidelity four

years as a presiding elder, and many years in travelling circuits, chiefly in Maryland and Virginia, and was persevering with unabated ardour and zeal when attacked with the disease which terminated his

labours and his life. Hamilton Jefferson was a man of an

amiable disposition, of great dignity and mora] worth. Respectful and submissive to his superiors, affable and familiar with his equals, kind and condescending to his inferiors, polite and obliging to all men, he proved himself to be a gentleman and a Christian. His talents as a preacher were not of the most brilliant kind ; but he was

sound in the faith, and was a very accept able and useful minister of Jesus Christ. For twenty-seven years he laboured in the vineyard of the Lord, with a prudence and

uniformity seldom equalled, and halted not

until he was compelled to retire from his

charge by the influence of disease. This happened in the fall of 1820. At his quar terly meeting in Montgomery circuit, in the month of October, he complained of an un pleasant sensation in his left eye. This continued to become worse, till he was

advised by a medical gentleman to desist

from travelling, and more particularly at tend to his disease. He did so ; and the

best medical aid within his reach was em ployed, but the disorder baffled all its skill. In March, 1821, he was removed to Balti

more, and placed himself under the care of some of the most skilful physicians in

that city. They judged it necessary for him to submit to a very painful operation, to which he consented. Many of the me

dical gentlemen attended, while Professor Pattison performed one of the most difficult

and dangerous operations, perhaps, that was ever performed in this or any other

country. The upper bone of the jaw was taken off; the eye taken out; the bones of the socket laid bare ; and, after being scraped, were seared with a hot iron. The

practitioner, although completely master

of his profession, was one hour and fifteen

minutes engaged in the operation.

All

this time our suffering brother sat in a

chair without having his hands tied, and

never once raised them toward his head ;

and his groans could scarcely be heard in

the adjoining room. For some time after the operation ap

pearances were favourable, and hopes were entertained of his recovery ; but in a short time the disease, which proved to be a

malignant cancer, made its appearance iu the surrounding parts, and hurtled every

application. Every thing was done that wisdom and art could devise, but all in

vain. Through the whole he was cheer ful, calm, patient, and resigned. His eter nal concerns seemed so well settled in his mind, that he could peacefully look forward to his approaching dissolution without dis may. He thought it his duty to the church and his family to do all he could to pre serve his life ; but was entirely resigned, and expressed his confidence that his soul was ready for the solemn change.

After patiently sustaining great and pro tracted sufferings, he closed his life in

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peace on the 13th day of June, 1821, in

the fifty-third 2. Edward

yOeraermo,f--hais

age. native

of Talbot

county, Eastern Shore of Maryland. He was born December 25, 1795. His pa rents were subjects of the grace of God,

and members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was taught from his infancy

to fear God, and respect and observe the institutions of the gospel. The happy in

fluence of religious instruction was obvi

ously manifested in him from his child

hood ; and although his heart was not re newed by the Spirit of grace, his life was governed by moral principle. His youth

was not stained with crime, but adorned

with virtue. When he was about sixteen

years of age he was bound an apprentice in the city of Baltimore : here his religious

privileges were greatly increased, and he

was diligent in the improvement of them. Through the preaching of the gospel he

was deeply awakened to a sense of his

guilt and danger, and -immediately applied

himself to seek redemption in the blood of Jesus. He soon obtained the evidence

of his acceptance with God, enabling him

to cry, "Abba, Father." Soon after his

conversion it appeared obvious that his divine Master had designed him for a dif

ferent employment. His heart was filled

with ardent desires for the salvation of his

fellow-creatures. ' license to exhort

He successively received and preach, in both which

relations he was acceptable and useful. At

the Conference which sat in Alexandria in

March, 1819, he was received on trial in

the travelling connection, and appointed to Lancaster circuit. In 1820 he travelled Hartford circuit. He filled both these

appointments with dignity and usefulness. He was diligent, zealous, and faithful in the work committed to him. In both the

circuits on which he travelled he has seals

of his ministry. His excessive labour the

last year he travelled is believed to have

injured his constitution and impaired his

health. Although repeatedly requested by

his colleague and other friends to stop and

seek medical aid, he could not be per

suaded to desist from his Master's work. He attended the Conference held in

Baltimore in March, 1821, passed his exa

mination, and was elected and ordained a

deacon. From the Conference-room he

retired to his lodgings, and to his bed ; and

although he received his appointment to

Jefferson circuit, he was never able to

leave the city. During his last illness he

was patient, and resigned to the will of God. As death approached, his soul be

came joyful in the Rock of his salvation. He found, indeed, that the grace of our

Lord Jesus Christ was sufficient for him,

even in that hour when his heart and his

flesh failed. The gloom of death was illuminated with the light of his Saviour's countenance, and the hope of a glorious

immortality. He closed his warfare May 26th, 1821,

in the twenty-seventh year of his age, and,

we have no doubt, rests from his labours,

and lives with 3. William

EhaisrleGyo,d--. a

native

of Glou

cester county, in the state of New-Jersey.

He was born the 17th of October, 1770.

His father, John Earley, is yet living, and

has been a respectable, pious man, and a

steward of the circuit for nearly forty years. William Earley, the subject of this me

moir, embraced religion, and joined the

Methodist society, when about nineteen

years of age. He remembered his Creator in the days of his youth. He was called to preach the gospel, and entered the tra

velling connection, on trial, in the year

1791, being at that time between twenty-

one and twenty-two years of age. The same year, at the New-York Conference,

he was appointed to go to Nova Scotia

and New-Brunswick as a missionary, and sailed from New-York the 11th of June in

a vessel bound to Halifax. He continued

on that mission about two years. His first

station was in Shelbume ; afterward he

travelled extensively through the provinces of New-Brunswick and Nova Scotia. He

had to encounter great difficulties in his

travels, labours, hard living, and persecu tions. In New-Brunswick, during the

winter season, he travelled on foot, with

his saddle-bags on his back. In one place

he was arrested, and put into confinement

for a time. After his release he went on

his way, preaching the gospel of the grace

of God

tience

with some success, exercising in tribulation, rejoicing in God

pa his

Saviour, submitting to sufferings and re

proaches for the sake of Christ. On the 1st of May, 1793, he left St.

Johns, and took his final leave of that

country, safe at

and after ten

New- York.

daTyhse'

passage arrived following ex

pression of his mind and motives relative

to his self:

"goIingentteoreNdovaonScbootaiard

is from him of a vessel

bound to Halifax the 11th of June, 1791,

with a degree of fortitude, quite ignorant

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