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both failed him under protracted years of toil and 

 disease. His worn-out body sleeps in a peaceful grave 

 in Edgefield District, and his sainted spirit has flown 

 to its home in the skies. He died in peace, on the 

 14th of February, 1851, in his eighty-fifth year, hav- 

 ing been sixty-seven years a worthy member of the 

 Church, and about sixty-five an effective minister of 

 the gospel of Christ. 



Servant of God, well done ! 



Rest from thy loved employ; 

 The battle fought, the vict'ry won, 



Enter thy Master's joy. 



James Jenkins was one of the links which connected 

 the preachers of the present generation with the pio- 

 neers of Southern Methodism. He was received on 

 probation into the South Carolina Conference in 1792, 

 and appointed to the Cherokee Circuit; in 1793, to 

 Oconee; in 1794, to Santee; in 1795, to Broad River, 

 and for the third quarter to Edisto ; in 1796, to Great 

 Pedee; in 1797, to Washington, in Georgia; in 1798, 

 to Bladen, in North Carolina; in 1799, to Edisto; in 

 1800, to Santee and Catawba; in 1801, presiding elder 

 of the South Carolina District; the three following 

 years, presiding elder of the Camden District; in 1805, 

 superannuated; in 1806, located. He reentered the 

 Conference in 1812, and was appointed to the Wateree 

 Circuit; in 1813, again located. From 1831 to 1847 

 his name stood on the superannuated list of the South 

 Carolina Conference. Mr. Jenkins was tall and com- 

 manding in person, with a face even in old age ex- 

 pressive of great courage and energy, and a voice, till 

 impaired by long use, clear and trumpet-toned. He 

 was known among the people by the name of " Thun- 

 dering Jimmy " and " Bawling Jenkins." His preach- 



