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el Mission; 1857, Waccamaw Neck Mission, where he died sudden- 

 ly on the 26th of February. He was no ordinary missionary. His 

 ministry for nearly sixteen years in the same field of labor attests 

 his worth and the confidence reposed in him by his brethren. None 

 were too high to be influenced by his godly life, none too low to 

 be overlooked in his discharge of duty. He won the confidence of 

 the master and the abiding affection of the slave. 



McMackin, John was born in Cabarrus county, North Carolina, 

 January 4, 1813; converted at Center Camp-ground in August, 

 1832; received on trial in the South Carolina Conference in Jan- 

 uary, 1837, and sent to Rockingham Circuit ; 1838, Deep River ; 

 1839, Laurens; 1840, Rock Fish; 1841, Morganton; 1842, Shelby; 

 1843, Greenville Circuit; 1844, Columbia Circuit; 1845, Center; 

 1S46, Pleasant Grove, where he died on the IGth of August. He 

 labored with acceptability and usefulness. Although his preaching 

 was not marked with that vivacity of style which characterizes the 

 orator, yet it was so clear and forcible, so affectionate and practical, 

 that all were constrained to allow that he was a man of God. The 

 last words he uttered were, "How sweet it is to have Jesus to accom- 

 pany me through the dark valley of the shadow of death !" 



Mastin, Addison P. was born in Laurens District, South Caro- 

 lina; converted when sixteen years old; received on trial in the 

 Conference in January, 1847, and sent to Waccamaw Mission for 

 two years; 1849, Spartanburg Circuit; 1850, Black River Mission ; 

 1851, "Waccamaw Mission ; 1852, Walterboro Circuit ; 1853, Dar- 

 lington ; 1854, Liberty Chapel Mission ; 1855, Jocasse Mission ; 

 1856-57, Laurens Circuit; 1858, put on the supernumerary list, 

 which relation he sustained till his death, August 13, 1862. He was 

 a very pious man, and a zealous and useful minister. His end was 

 peace. 



Miller, John Wesley was born in Charleston, South Carolina, 

 October 27, 1829 ; converted in childhood ; admitted on trial in the 

 Conference in December, 1850, and appointed for 1851 to Laurens 

 Circuit; 1852, Wadesboro ; 1853, Charlotte; 1854, Cheraw; 1855, 

 Shelby ; 1856, supernumerary at Georgetown ; 1857-58, Black River 

 and Pedee Mission; 1859, Santee Mission; 1860, Charlotte; 1861, 

 Spring Street and City Mission, Charleston ; 1862, Summerville 

 Mission; 1863, chaplain in the army; 1864-65, chaplain in the 

 hospital at Summerville; 1866, Darlington Circuit, where his la- 

 bors terminated. He died in the village of Darlington on the 20th 

 of June. He was blameless and harmless — a son of God without 



