. The history of Methodism. r having been detained, theassembly adjourned to Wednesday. It was not until the dayfollowing, the second of the session, that Francis Asburyarrived at that first of the long series of Conferences in which,until his death, he was to be the controlling mind. Fewcould have prophesied at the time the magnitude of his ad-ministrative career or the splendor of his strategic was only in his twenty-eighth year, and had been hardlytwo years in America. His zeal for the cause, however, wasalready apparent, but his steady insistence upon the vigorousenforcement of t
. The history of Methodism. r having been detained, theassembly adjourned to Wednesday. It was not until the dayfollowing, the second of the session, that Francis Asburyarrived at that first of the long series of Conferences in which,until his death, he was to be the controlling mind. Fewcould have prophesied at the time the magnitude of his ad-ministrative career or the splendor of his strategic was only in his twenty-eighth year, and had been hardlytwo years in America. His zeal for the cause, however, wasalready apparent, but his steady insistence upon the vigorousenforcement of the rules had somewhat strained his relations 92 American Methodism with some of the older preachers. Perhaps even then thosequalities were developing of which his good friend Jarratt,the Virginia clergyman, spoke somewhat tartly a few yearslater (1780) as his strong passion for superiority and thirstfor domination. Thomas Rankin presided, by virtue of his commission fromWesley, as general assistant, or superintendent of the. THE FIRST CONFERENCE IN AMERICA, 1773. American societies. Numerous complaints had reached Wes-ley at City Road concerning the disturbed condition of thework in the New World and because of the failure of his mis-sionaries to enforce the discipline ; and he designated Rankin,one of his most trusted helpers, to set matters right. Hewas a stranger to the country and its conditions, and wasprobably but slightly acquainted with the men whose opera-tions he must direct. It will help us to understand the suspicion under which the The Men of 73 93 Methodists rested in the early years of the Revolutionary Warif we consider that every member of this pioneer gatheringof their preachers was of alien birth. They were, in fact, foreign missionaries among- us. We can scarcely wonderthat their presence in Philadelphia passed unnoticed in thepublic prints. There was not an ordained minister amongthem. Not even Rankin himself had authority to administerthe sacraments. They
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