History of Methodism in North Carolina From 1772 to the Present Time . William, wereMethodist preachers. A son of William, Rev. MarcusKing, is now a member of the Kentucky John Dickins was born in 1746 in the city of was well educated—partly at Eton College. He cameto this country, and some time about 1774 he joined theMethodist Society in Virginia. In 1777 he was admittedinto the traveling connection, and appointed to the NorthCarolina Circuit; in 1778, to Brunswick; in 1779 and 1780,to Roanoke; but in 1781 he located, doubtless because offailing health, for when Bishop
History of Methodism in North Carolina From 1772 to the Present Time . William, wereMethodist preachers. A son of William, Rev. MarcusKing, is now a member of the Kentucky John Dickins was born in 1746 in the city of was well educated—partly at Eton College. He cameto this country, and some time about 1774 he joined theMethodist Society in Virginia. In 1777 he was admittedinto the traveling connection, and appointed to the NorthCarolina Circuit; in 1778, to Brunswick; in 1779 and 1780,to Roanoke; but in 1781 he located, doubtless because offailing health, for when Bishop Asbury visited him, hesays, his voice is gone. Two years later he was read-mitted and appointed to New York, where he had greatsuccess for two years. In 1785 he traveled the Bertie Cir-cuit, and the three following years in New York. Andwhen the Book Concern was established, in 1789, he wasappointed to superintend the business, where he remaineduntil his death in 1798. He died of that terrible scourge ^Pioneers of Methodism in North Carolina and Virginia,page JOHX DICKIX: Early Circuits and Pioneers. 61 yellow fever, after passing through two epidemics of thesame malady. Through them all he remained at the postof duty. The following letter was written to his friendBishop Asbury, at the time when this pestilence was num-bering its victims by the scores and hundreds: My muchesteemed friend and brother, I sit down to write as in thejaws of death—whether Providence may permit me tosee your face again in the flesh, I know not. But if not, Ihope, through abundant mercy, that we shall meet in thepresence of God. I am truly conscious that I am an unprof-itable, a very unprofitable, servant; but I think my heartcondemns me not; and, therefore, I have confidence towardGod. Perhaps I might have left the city, as most of myfriends and brethren have done; but when I thought ofsuch a thing, my mind recurred to that Providence whichhas done so much for me, a poor worm, that I was af
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