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olina. He was a man of slow but very sure and solid 

 parts, both as counselor and guide. In his preaching 

 he was weighty and powerful — a man of simplicity 

 and godly sincerity. He was a faithful friend, and 

 absolutely free from selfishness. During twenty years' 

 labor he never laid up twenty pounds by preaching. 

 His horse, his clothing, and immediate necessaries 

 were all he appeared to want of the world. Like 

 Fletcher, he lived as on the verge of eternity, enjoy- 

 ing much of the presence of God. He was always 

 ready to fill any station to which he was appointed, 

 although he might go through the fire of temptation 

 and the waters of affliction. The people of South 

 Carolina well knew his excellent worth as a Christian 

 and a minister of Christ. His last station was in 

 Baltimore, where he ended his warfare in the month 

 of February, 1796. His way opened to his everlast- 

 ing rest, and he closed his eyes to see his God. "It 

 is a doubt/' says Bishop Asbury, "whether there be 

 one left in all the Connection higher, if equal, in 

 standing, piety, and usefulness." 



The appointments for the Pedee Circuit in 1787 were 

 Reuben Ellis, elder, Henry Bingham, Lemuel An- 

 drews, and Henry Ledbetter. Mr. Bingham was born 

 in Virginia, entered the traveling connection in 1785, 

 and died in 1789. He gave two years to South Carolina, 

 and his labors on Edisto Circuit were more than com- 

 monly successful. He was a humble, faithful, and 

 zealous Christian minister, fervent in exhortation dur- 

 ing his last sickness, and resigned in death. Mr. An- 

 drews devoted the four years of his itinerant life to 

 South Carolina. He died in peace in 1790, and was 

 remembered by his brethren for Jiis upright walk and 

 punctual attention to his work. The name of Henry 



