ers. His aid was anxious important occasions in the and wherever he appeared he was hailed as a harbin multitudes of people, on I moved by the Spirit of gra as the trees of the forest w of heaven. His last public by those who were present, camp-meeting, in Dixon co signal triumph. While pre such a power came down duced such an excitement, desist till order was parti after he resumed speaking the same cause. A third same result. He then sat *Morris's Miscellany shower of grace, and wept, saying, 'If the Lord sends rain, we will stop the plow, and let it rain.'"* Impressed with the belief that his work was wellnigh done, in the autumn of 1819, he consummated a fondly cherished desire of his heart, in visiting his old friends in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia. He "felt a wish to kneel by the graves of his departed parents, and to take a last look, as well as a last leave, of the memorable spot where first the light of Heaven broke upon his soul." In his route, he passed through Lexington, Kentucky, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he preached "the unsearchable riches of Christ." He then proceeded to Philadelphia, New York, and Baltimore, where "vast crowds of people flocked to hear him," and "scores and hundreds were awakened and converted to God through his instrumentality." Returning home, he passed through the Greenbrier country, seeing "many of his relatives and early friends;" looking upon "the scenes of his childhood," and kneeling "at the spot" where slept the dust of his parents. Then, bidding adieu to his friends, he wended his way to his own home, from which he had been absent for several weeks. Passing around his little farm, the well-known sound of his sweetly toned voice was heard, as he sang: "Salvation, O the joyful sound! 'Tis pleasure to our ears: *Morris's Miscellany, p. 177. crowd, from these words: 'I which is but for a moment more exceeding and eterna Corinthians iv. 17. After a pressive pause, he lifted his said: What! our afflictions glory!-a far more exceeding glory!' and added, 'I believ because thou, O God, hast re volume.' The effect upon t to have been very remarka throughout has been represer able and effective that he eve * Dr. Steven the last sermon he preached, as I was informed by his weeping widow, a few months after his death. "On his return home from this meeting, he was violently attacked with bilious fever. His case, from the first, was considered doubtful, and finally hopeless. Conscious of his approaching dissolution, he called his wife and children to his bedside, and, after taking a last earthly leave of his family, he committed them, with many expressions of confidence, to the guidance and protection of Almighty Goodness. When asked by one of his neighbors, a few moments before his death, how he felt, he answered, 'I scarcely know,' and then added, 'When I think of Jesus, and of living with him for ever, I am so filled with the love of God, that I scarcely know whether I am in the body or out of the body.' These were the last words that ever fell from his lips. He died as he had lived, 'strong in faith, giving glory to God.""* The year 1798 was distinguished for the introduction of Methodism into that portion of the Northwestern Territory now known as the State of Ohio. Kentucky was already the great center of Methodism in the West. The rapid tide of emigration to the vast fields beyond the Ohio, not only from Kentucky, but also from other States, very properly invited the attention of Bishop Asbury to the importance of sending a missionary to them, and John Kobler was selected for that enterprising yet arduous field. *Sketch of Cook, by Dr. Stevenson, pp. 75, 76. Mr. Kobler "spread the f ment of the Lord's Supper west of the Ohio," when thirty-the sum total of all try "-communed. At the following Confer Miami Circuit with ninety-eig one colored-and to which pointed the succeeding year. At the close of this year, v report an increase of thirtythough small, indicates that t is checked. *Finley's Sketches of Wester |