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at the Methodist Church. And a more decorous con- 

 gregation I have never preached to. 



"An affectionate people, a kind and respectful com- 

 munity, crowded congregations, and our meetings for 

 Christian fellowship well attended and profitable, 

 made this year one to be remembered. What was 

 thought to be the hardest appointment I could have 

 received proved the best I ever had had. And a bet- 

 ter no one need desire, of my pretensions and with 

 my aims in view. Every thing went well." 



He was returned to Savannah for the year 1820, 

 and was also chosen a delegate to the General Con- 

 ference to be held in Baltimore in May of that year. 

 He attended the General Conference, and introduced 

 the resolution, which was carried with very little op- 

 position, instituting District Conferences for the local 

 preachers — a measure which he subsequently re- 

 gretted. 



In 1821 he was appointed missionary in the South 

 Carolina Conference, and to the Indians; and during 

 the three following years he served as superintendent 

 of the mission to the Creek Indians, and in addition 

 did the work of a stationed preacher at Milledgeville, 

 Georgia, in 1823 and 1824. In 1825 he was removed 

 to Charleston, where, in addition to his manifold other 

 labors, he undertook the editing of a paper called the 

 Wesleyan Journal, which was, however, at the close of 

 the next year, merged in the Christian Advocate, pub- 

 lished in New York. The four succeeding years he 

 spent on the Charleston District, in the office of pre- 

 siding elder. In May, 1828, he was chosen by the 

 General Conference held at Pittsburg as a represent- 

 ative of the Methodist Episcopal Church in America 

 to that of Great Britain. In due time he met the 



