. The history of Methodism. they were the firstday we arrived. On their return to England Boardman at once took a Con-ference appointment and continued in the itinerant service,chiefly on Irish circuits, until 1782, when he died suddenly inthe midst of his usefulness. On Friday morning, October 4,1782, says a contemporary, he was observed to pray with anuncommon degree of power and at nine oclock in the even-ing he expired in the arms of two of his brethren. Kind,loving, childlike, were the attributes with which his friends Pilmoors Subsequent Career 103 described his character. Pilmoor did no
. The history of Methodism. they were the firstday we arrived. On their return to England Boardman at once took a Con-ference appointment and continued in the itinerant service,chiefly on Irish circuits, until 1782, when he died suddenly inthe midst of his usefulness. On Friday morning, October 4,1782, says a contemporary, he was observed to pray with anuncommon degree of power and at nine oclock in the even-ing he expired in the arms of two of his brethren. Kind,loving, childlike, were the attributes with which his friends Pilmoors Subsequent Career 103 described his character. Pilmoor did not resume his Con-ference connection for several years, though preaching fre-quently five times a week. In 1776, however, he wasappointed to London, and continued to be sent to the mostimportant circuits until 1 785, when his name was dropped fromthe roll. His self-esteem was wounded by his exclusionfrom the Legal Hundred of preachers—the corporationto which John Wesley deeded the vast property and authoritywhich he had f. DRAWN BY WARREN B OAVIS. fROM A PHOTOGRAPH, THE TOMB OF REV. RICHARD BOARDMAN, AT CORK. accumulated asthe founder ofMethodism—andh e w 11 h d r e wfrom the con-nection ,the Connecticutminister whohad just beenconsecrated tothe episcopacyby the Scottish bishops, ordained him, and he devoted theremainder of his long- and useful career to the regularministry of the Protestant Episcopal Church in new associations did not cool his evangelical ardor ordestroy his friendly regard for the Methodist people. Aslate as 1807 he exhibited his Christian liberality by writing: The Methodists bid fair to outnumber most of their neigh-bors. This is indeed the Lords doing, showing that lifeand zeal in religion are worth more than all the arts andsciences together. He served parishes in New York andPhiladelphia, where he died in 1825. 104 American Methodism
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