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liim to every lover of Jesus. He now rests in silent slumbers from 

 those toils which we, his sons, are called upon to endure. May we, 

 like him, pass on from conquering to conquer; and like him, in 

 death, leave the field triumphant. 



The measures earnestly recommended by the Gen- 

 eral Conference in the remaining resolutions were 

 adopted without delay by the South Carolina Con- 

 ference, and at its session next following, in 1821, the 

 Rev. William Capers was appointed missionary in the 

 South Carolina Conference, and to the Indians, and 

 Zachariah Williams and Barnabas Pipkin missionaries 

 in the Mississippi Conference. Mr. Capers visited 

 and preached in the most populous towns and villages 

 in South Carolina and Georgia, and made collections 

 for the establishment of the contemplated mission 

 among the Creek Indians, who inhabited a tract of 

 country lying within the limits of the States of Geor- 

 gia and Alabama. He was received with favor by the 

 people generally, and the proposed mission was viewed 

 everywhere with a friendly eye. Accordingly, Mr. 

 Capers was appointed by Bishop McKendree, in 1822, 

 Superintendent of Indian Missions, with the charge 

 of the collections, and Isaac Smith and Andrew Ham- 

 mill were sent to Asbury and McKendree, the name 

 given to the chosen missionary station. At the same 

 time, Coleman Carlisle was appointed missionary to 

 Laurens District, in South Carolina; Gideon Mason 

 missionary to the upper counties in Georgia; and John 

 I. Triggs missionary to Early county and the adjoin- 

 ing settlements. 



In the month o£ August of this year, Mr. Capers, 

 in company with Colonel Richard Blount, a pious and 

 intelligent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 

 arrived at the Creek Agency, on Flint River. After 



