had, for he had too much anxiety to die; 'but, glory to God!' he said, 'I am resigned to the will of my Master.' Another person standing by discovered the blood settling under his nails, and told him the Master had come. He replied, 'I am glad of it,' and began crying, 'Glory, glory to God!' until his hands fell upon his breast, and he expired in peace." * At his own request, he was wrapped in white flannel and committed to the silent grave. No man had been connected with the ministry for so short a time, to whom the Church and his fellow-laborers in the work were more ardently attached. He was, perhaps, the best pastor in the West. He regarded the children as the future hope of the Church, and improved every opportunity that offered in their catechetical instruction, so that by the children he was remembered with affection long after he had entered into rest. The printed Minutes say: "He was one among the worthies who freely left safety, ease, and prosperity, to seek after and suffer faithfully for souls." Notwithstanding the zealous efforts that had been made to promote the cause of religion, the net increase for this year was only eleven members. There had, however, been a sifting throughout the Churches, and the most of them were in a more healthy condition than they were the previous year. *Rev. Learner Blackman. war brought to a successful termi cluded-The Conference of 1794-J Peter Guthrie-Tobias Gibson-Mo -William Duzan--John Buxtonhis death-Thomas Wilkerson-De IN the year 1792, Gen. Ant of distinction in the United pointed by President Wash Gen. St. Clair, in the com gaged against the Indians of The depredations of the In were not only incessant, but safety of the people, as well the Commonwealth. The e been made to secure the Sta sions, had proved ineffectua Gen. St. Clair, a short time only unsuccessful, but calam and autumn of 1793, Gen. preparations for another ca however, was too far advance s's Chapel, the Minachers who ky: John e. nerancy in e he came nt in Vir94, he was nce to the n the Lexpresent of ccessful on a considert, yet this orial limits on trial Gloucest junior p we find lying in t the Frede lowing yea of labor of tier settlem sylvania and descended th erants in Ker ence which co on trial into the Confer Gloucester Circuit; the su junior preacher on Berkel we find him in charge lying in the State of Virgi the Frederick Circuit, in lowing year he was sent to of labor of great extent, st tier settlements of the Ohi sylvania and Virginia. In descended the Ohio River, erants in Kentucky, and w ence which convened on th He embarked on a flatwith provisions for Gen. W where Maysville now stand the Danville Circuit, on w forms us, there was an exte At the Conference of 17 1796, at the request of the the Presiding Elder, he took charge of the Lexington Circuit, in the place of Aquila Sugg, whose health had failed, until the ensuing Annual Conference. This circuit spread over the present territory of Fayette, Jessamine, Woodford, Franklin, Scott, and Harrison counties, and included portions of Bourbon and Clarke. The appointments were filled every four weeks, and the circuit had within its bounds the following preaching-places: Lexington, Reynolds's, Widow Prior's, Lewis's Chapel, Burns's, Versailles, Frankfort, Snelling's, Griffith's, Widow Waller's, Col. Thomas Morris's-below Cynthiana, Coleman's Chapel, Tucker's, Smith's, Matthews's, Col. Robert Wilmot's, White's, Ewbank's, and Bryant's. A class had been previously formed at each one of these points, and Mr. Scott represents the most of them as in a healthy condition. The one in Lexington, however, he speaks of as being small, though in it were "several excellent members, who were ornaments of society.”* At the close of this year his labors as an itinerant minister ceased. A short time afterward he was married, and turned his attention to secular pursuits. For a brief period he was a clerk in a dry-goods store in Washington, Mason county. He then turned his attention to the study of law, and while prosecuting his legal studies, in order to support his family, he worked at the tailoring business-some idea of which he had gathered, in early life, from his |