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service. Still he was far from being penurious, and 

 never hesitated to respond liberally, according to his 

 ability, to the claims of any good object that might 

 present itself. During his latter years he used to at- 

 tend the annual sessions of the Conference to which 

 he belonged, and deliver an address to his brethren 

 designed to quicken their zeal in the great work to 

 which they were devoted, and especially to guard them 

 against any departure from the ancient landmarks as 

 identified with the faith of their fathers. There was 

 no sort of drudgery which promised good to the cause 

 of Christ to which he was not ready cheerfully to sub- 

 mit. When he was presiding elder of the district 

 which included the city of Savannah, where the Meth- 

 odists then had no church-edifice, Mr. Myers resolved 

 to make a vigorous effort to build one and succeeded. 

 He passed through the rural portion of his district 

 begging in aid of the enterprise from door to door. 

 On one of these begging trips which were performed 

 mostly on foot, he came toward night-fall to the house 

 of a gentleman whose name was a synonym for the 

 most generous hospitality. He knew the house and 

 family well, for they had often made him welcome, 

 and he consequently felt himself at home. The trav- 

 eler was dismissed to his room at an early hour, but 

 the next morning the servant reported that the bed 

 had not been occupied during the night, unless Mr. 

 Myers had made it up before he left his chamber. 

 When he was called upon to explain the mystery, " 0," 

 said he, " I must confess my faults — I knelt down to 

 say my prayers, and I was there in the morning." 



In the latter years of his active itinerancy he used 

 an old sulky — the seat resting -on the shafts, with no 

 springs to break the severity of the jolts of which 



