Old Sands Street Methodist Episcopal Church, of Brooklyn, [electronic resource]: an illustrated centennial record, historical and biographical . in which he in great simplicity attempted to pray, The official brethren gathered around the preacher; one inquired who the boywas; another said his forwardness must be checked; and a third that he must bestopped altogether. The preacher simply replied, No, brethren, let that boyalone; there is something in him more than you are aware of; and from thattime no one questioned the right of the blacksmith boy to officiate in the pub-lic prayer-meeting
Old Sands Street Methodist Episcopal Church, of Brooklyn, [electronic resource]: an illustrated centennial record, historical and biographical . in which he in great simplicity attempted to pray, The official brethren gathered around the preacher; one inquired who the boywas; another said his forwardness must be checked; and a third that he must bestopped altogether. The preacher simply replied, No, brethren, let that boyalone; there is something in him more than you are aware of; and from thattime no one questioned the right of the blacksmith boy to officiate in the pub-lic Thus actively from the first did he engage in Christianwork but he did not receive the spirit of adoption until twoyears afterward. At this time, encouraged by his pastor, To-bias Spicer, he improved his gift in exhortation. Stevensquotes the following concerning him: After working at the anvil through the day, he would throw off his apron andpaper cap, wash, and change his dress, and walk with Spicer to Albia, wherehe exhorted at the close of the 1 Clark in Meth. Quar. Review, 1849, p. Hist. M. E. Church, vol. iv, p. i ST r. _ ^t S, t. -. ORIGI_V\L BY JAMES PLVE , LLEVDK(Qg0E)c. V ?/.?//-cytyr/cr .>_ /?? ?/ ?- J-/./^/ Record of Ministers. 259 In 1807 he received from his pastor, Samuel Luckey, an ex-horters license, and soon afterward he was licensed to was then twenty-one years of age. Samuel Luckey recordsthat on coming to Troy he became deeply interested in theyoung blacksmith, finding him serious, modest, well-disposed,and of an uncommonly brilliant mind ; and he gives the fol-lowing interesting account of a meeting conducted by Levingswhile visiting Troy, during the first year of his ministry, whichsets forth in a strong light the zeal and faithfulness of the youngitinerant: At the close of the evening service I returned to my house and left him atthe church with a large number of his companions, who remai
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