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mental powers were much above mediocrity; his perceptions were 

 quick, and his power of • analysis keen and searching; sound judg- 

 ment and common sense were preeminently his distinguishing char- 

 acteristics. His sermons were clear expositions of the text, and 

 generally able and exhaustive; his preaching was always earnest, 

 and generally attended by the divine unction of the Spirit of all 

 grace. His message to the Conference was: "Tell my brethren I 

 am a sinner saved by grace. I regret that I have not done more, 

 but I have a consciousness that I have done the best I can." His 

 last utterance was, " Harvest-home ; welcome ; the Lord is my right- 

 ousness." 



Tarrant, John was born in Virginia in 1784 ; received on trial 

 in the South Carolina Conference in December, 1809, and appointed 

 for 1810 to Louisville, Georgia ; 1811, Warren ; 1812, Cedar Creek; 

 1813, Keowee; 1814, located; 1845, readmitted, and sent to Colum- 

 bia Circuit; 1836-37, Barnwell; 1838, Laurens; 1839-40, New- 

 berry; 1841, Edgefield; 1842, Greenville Circuit; 1843, Wades- 

 boro Circuit; 1844, Center; 1845, "Winnsboro Circuit; 1846, super- 

 annuated, and held that relation until the end of his earthly career 

 April 1, 1849, in the sixty-fifth year of his age. He was a man of 

 God, and possessed of a kind and amiable spirit, and sustained the 

 character of a plain, practical, and successful minister of our Lord 

 Jesus Christ. Though his path through life was beset with many 

 snares, his end was peace and triumph. 



Talley, Nicholas was born near Richmond, Virginia, May 2, 

 1791 ; converted at Burke's Camp-ground, in Green county, Georgia, 

 August 5, 1810 ; received on trial in the South Carolina Conference 

 in December, 1811, and appointed for 1812 to Little Pedee Circuit ; 

 1813, Louisville, Georgia ; 1814, Buncombe, North Carolina ; 1815, 

 Reedy River ; 1816, Santee ; 1817, Cedar Creek and Milledgeville ; 

 1818, Sparta ; 1819, Fayetteville ; 1820, Wilmington ; 1821, George- 

 town ; 1822, Camden; 1823-24, Columbia; 1825-27, presiding elder 

 of Augusta District ; 1828, Augusta ; 1829-30, Charleston; 1831-34, 

 presiding elder of Fayetteville District; 1835-38, presiding elder 

 of Charleston District ; 1839-40, Charleston ; 1841-44, presiding 

 elder of Cokesbury District ; 1845, Cokesbury Circuit ; 1846-49, pre- 

 siding elder of Columbia District ; 1850, presiding elder of Wil- 

 mington District; 1851, Sumterville Circuit; 1852-65, Congaree 

 Mission ; in November, 1865, superannuated, and sustained that re- 

 lation until his death, at his home in Columbia, May 10, 1873. He 

 belonged to what may be called the heroic age of Methodism — an 

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