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only twelve feet square to confer, sleep, and for the 

 accommodation of those who were sick." The Bishop 

 says: 



Wednesday, January 1, 1794. We removed Brother Bruce — who 

 was attacked with dysentery — into a room without fire. We hastened 

 the business of our Conference as fast as we could. After sitting in 

 a close room with a very large fire, I retired into the woods nearly 

 an hour, and was seized with a severe chill, an inveterate cough and 

 fever, with a sick stomach; with difficulty I sat in Conference the 

 following day, and I could get but little rest; Brother Bruce's mov- 

 ing so frequently, and the brethren's talking, disturbed me. Sick as 

 I was, I had to ordain four elders and six deacons, never did I perform 

 with such a burden. I found I must go somewhere to get rest. The 

 day was cloudy and threatened snow ; however, Brother Reuben 

 Ellis and myself made out to get seven miles to dear old Brother 

 A. Yeargin's house. The next day came on a heavy fall of snow, 

 which continued two days, and was from six to ten inches deep. 



A total membership of six thousand six hundred 

 and sixty-seven was reported. 



