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the prosecution of which he preached through parts 

 of Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina, and 

 Georgia, What success attended his labors in the 

 last-named provinces appears in his journal. Return- 

 ing to the North in the spring of 1773, he continued 

 his work nine months longer in America, and in the 

 year 1774 returned to England, in company with Mr. 

 Boardman. In that country he continued for a few 

 years to travel and labor as a Wesleyan preacher ; but 

 he afterward came back to America, took orders in the 

 Protestant Episcopal Church, and spent the remainder 

 of his life in the cities of New York and Philadelphia, 

 as an acceptable and efficient minister of that Church, 

 and was instrumental in the conversion and salvation 

 of many. 



On the 3d of August, 1769, in the Conference at 

 Leeds, Mr. Wesley said from the chair: "We have a 

 pressing call from our brethren of New York (who 

 have built a preaching-house) to come over and help 

 them. Who is willing to go ? Richard Boardman and 

 Joseph Pilmoor. What can we do further in token of 

 our brotherly love? Let us now take a collection 

 among ourselves." This was immediately done, and 

 out of it £50 was allotted to the payment of their debt, 

 and about £20 given to the brethren for their passage. 



While in London, the Rev. George Whitefield sent 

 for Mr. Boardman and Mr. Pilmoor. The latter says, 

 in his journal: 



As he had been long in America, he knew what directions to give 

 us, and treated us with all the kindness and tenderness of a father in 

 Christ. Difference of sentiment made no difference in love and affec- 

 tion. He prayed heartily for us, and commended us to God and the 

 word of his grace. So we parted in love, hoping soon to meet where 

 parting is no more. 



Sunday, August 20, 1769. At the Foundry, London, Mr. Charles 



