. The history of Methodism. sm in America. It would be an eternal dishonor tothe Metho-dists that we should all leave three thousand souls who desireto commit themselves to our care; neither is it the part of agood shepherd to leave his flock in time of danger; thereforeI am determined, by the grace of God, not to leave them, letthe consequence be what it may. ... So I wrote my senti-ments to Mr. Thomas Rankin and Mr. George Shadford. The events of autumn brought the war to his very door,and he reluctantly left his people at Norfolk to go to Bruns-wick Circuit, through a region resounding with
. The history of Methodism. sm in America. It would be an eternal dishonor tothe Metho-dists that we should all leave three thousand souls who desireto commit themselves to our care; neither is it the part of agood shepherd to leave his flock in time of danger; thereforeI am determined, by the grace of God, not to leave them, letthe consequence be what it may. ... So I wrote my senti-ments to Mr. Thomas Rankin and Mr. George Shadford. The events of autumn brought the war to his very door,and he reluctantly left his people at Norfolk to go to Bruns-wick Circuit, through a region resounding with alarms. A fewweeks later Norfolk was burned by the Tories, and the prog-ress of Methodism in the place rudely checked. In February,1776, in obedience to Rankins summons, Asbury left Vir^ginia, which pleased him in preference to all other placesthat he had seen, and in due time, by the good providence ofGod, arrived at Baltimore, where his weary frame he rested while the fourth Conference was held, May, CHAPTER XIV Asburys Coming: to the Front Thk Colonial Aristocracy.—Henry Dorsey Gough.—Persecution.—Recruits from American Volunteers.—Death ofWilliams and Embury. THE impression that primitive Methodism made eon-verts only among- the lowly is far from true. Be itsaid to its glory that the common people heard itsGospel gladly, but it is likewise true that in England and inAmerica its adherents numbered not a few of gentle bloodand social eminence. This was notably the case in thesouthern colonies, where Methodism wore the guise of asociety of the pious within the Church of England, to whichcommunion the colonial aristocracy belonged. Henry Dorsey Gough was one of the colonial gentry whoearly joined the Methodists. He was a Marylander of wealthand position. His country seat, Perry Hall, a dozen milesfrom Baltimore, was regarded as the most elegant estate inthe province. His wife, a daughter of Governor Ridgeley, wasthe worthy mistress of suc
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