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faithfulness and revived his strength. Through- 

 out the entire year he grew more and more 

 Christlike. His gentleness and teachableness 

 were remarkable. He had implicit confidence in 

 the ministers of his district and had the welfare 

 of every one of them greatly at heart. He humbly 

 and prayerfully sought to be a real benefit in 

 upbuilding every circuit on his district. He loved 

 God's Zion as his own soul and zealously watched 

 over and prayed for it. As he went about from 

 circuit to circuit he earnestly studied the needs 

 of the people and endeavored to give them just 

 the Spiritual food that would build them up in 

 the most holy faith. He seemed to take especial 

 pains with the small classes. Whenever he 

 noticed signs of discord or spiritual decline, he 

 became greatly burdened and would hold on to 

 God in faith and prayer, until Christ's Spirit pre- 

 vailed. 



Of his work on the district, Brother Tobey 

 writes thus : "In subjection to his Conference, 

 lie threw all the faculties of his three-fold being 

 into the work of the New Castle district. There 

 were some things connected with the work that 

 made it very difficult to preside over, and would 

 call into action every power and faculty of the 

 most able mind. But he was so perfectly master 

 of the most perilous situation that, under God, 

 he was able to meet and dispose of the most in- 



