Old Sands Street Methodist Episcopal Church, of Brooklyn, [electronic resource]: an illustrated centennial record, historical and biographical . and heard a part of the sermon. His comradereviled, but he was favorably impressed, and continuing toattend the services, he was, on the 18th of March, 1789, whilein his twenty-first year, brought to a saving knowledge ofChrist. He wrote in his journal the following vivid accountof his conversion: While my heart sank within me, I ventured out of self and all self-depend-ence. Heaven seemed to stoop and pity the sinner in distress. My burden wasrem
Old Sands Street Methodist Episcopal Church, of Brooklyn, [electronic resource]: an illustrated centennial record, historical and biographical . and heard a part of the sermon. His comradereviled, but he was favorably impressed, and continuing toattend the services, he was, on the 18th of March, 1789, whilein his twenty-first year, brought to a saving knowledge ofChrist. He wrote in his journal the following vivid accountof his conversion: While my heart sank within me, I ventured out of self and all self-depend-ence. Heaven seemed to stoop and pity the sinner in distress. My burden wasremoved, and all was light; I clasped my hands, and walked, and said, Glory,glory to God! He immediately began to lead others to Christ. His burn-ing zeal constrained him to establish family prayer in thehome of an older brother with whom he was boarding. Thecross was very great. He took a candle and started for hisroom, but replaced it, saying, May I pray? When he rosefrom his knees after an earnest prayer, his sister-in-law sneer-ingly said, Aaron has been to the Methodist meetings, andwants to show us how well he has learned to pray. But his. *^O^OTl^7UJL*vV- KEV AARON HUNT, 1st. Record of Ministers. IOI brother in penitence accompanied him to the meetings, andwas converted. Thenceforward Moses and Aaron were unitedheart and hand in the service of Christ. About this time, in aprayer-meeting, he first met Benjamin Abbott. When he heardthat wonderful man give out and sing the hymn, Refining fire, go through my heart, he and nearly all others present were seized with an awfultrembling, and he agonized for a clean heart. Having re-turned from New York to his native town, he was socn madeleader of a class. With his conversion came a conscious callto the ministry. He preached his first sermon near hishome, on the New Rochelle circuit in 1790, from Rom. xiii, 12 : The night is far spent, etc.; and in the latter part of thesame conference year, (January, 1791,) encouraged by his friend
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