Methodism in Charleston [electronic resource]: a narrative of the chief events relating to the rise and progress of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, : with brief notices of the early ministers who labored in that city . embalmed in the heartsof many, around whose bedside he waited, minis-tering to them the word of life, and affording com-fort in the hour of affliction and in the summer the yellow-fever broke out,and from frequent contact with it he soon con-tracted it, which, with a constitution then feeble,soon bore him from his scene of labor. Thus fell the
Methodism in Charleston [electronic resource]: a narrative of the chief events relating to the rise and progress of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, : with brief notices of the early ministers who labored in that city . embalmed in the heartsof many, around whose bedside he waited, minis-tering to them the word of life, and affording com-fort in the hour of affliction and in the summer the yellow-fever broke out,and from frequent contact with it he soon con-tracted it, which, with a constitution then feeble,soon bore him from his scene of labor. Thus fell the second martyr to this dire-ful plague among the Methodist preachers inCharleston. During the ten years just notieed, there was adecrease of three white members; and, as it in-cludes the period of most violent open hostility to the church, this should go far toward convincing9 98 METHODISM IN CHARLESTON. those who think that persecution is the time mostfavorable for the growth of the Church, that theymay be mistaken. The colored membership,however, continued to increase with a steadygrowth. They averaged, during this decade, ayearly increase of sixty-two; so that at the closeof the year 1804, they numbered nine hundredand METHODISM IN CHARLESTON. 99 CHAPTER IV. J. H. Mellard—Measures to repress disturbances — Cranmer andBrady—Mr. Owens and the mob—Arrest of the congregation bythe military—Bichmond Nolley—Dr. Capers—Singular incident—Illness of F. Ward—Measures for building a brick church—S. Dunwody and J. B. Glenn. Conference again assembled in Charleston atthe close of 1804. A good state of feeling wasdeveloped during the session, the preachers leftwith a general feeling of satisfaction, and thechurch seemed much encouraged. Buddy WWheeler and James H. Mellard were appointedto labor in the city. Their labors were crownedwith considerable success. James H. Mellard is widely known throughthe South by the older members of the survived most of
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