. The life and labors of Enoch Mather Marvin [electronic resource]: late bishop of the Methodist Episcopal church, n. There wasa trial sermon on Sunday night. On Monday the QuarterlyConference licensed him to preach. Mr. Pratt, who was amember of the class and the conference, gives the simplerecord of a memorable transaction enacted that day: Rev Daniel T. Sherman asked the class to recommendhim to the Quarterly Conference for license to preach, whichwas done. I was a member of the conference, which washeld by Rev Wm. Patton at a place named Pinkney, War-ren County. The Quarterly Confe
. The life and labors of Enoch Mather Marvin [electronic resource]: late bishop of the Methodist Episcopal church, n. There wasa trial sermon on Sunday night. On Monday the QuarterlyConference licensed him to preach. Mr. Pratt, who was amember of the class and the conference, gives the simplerecord of a memorable transaction enacted that day: Rev Daniel T. Sherman asked the class to recommendhim to the Quarterly Conference for license to preach, whichwas done. I was a member of the conference, which washeld by Rev Wm. Patton at a place named Pinkney, War-ren County. The Quarterly Conference appointed Sundaynight for him to preach a trial sermon. Elder Patton was. 94 BISHOP MAEVIN. not very much preposessed in his favor, for he did notcome out to hear him ; but asked in the Conference next dayif the young man had any originality. If in the Class there was any hesitating Annanias, or anydistrust of the Chosen vessel in the Conference, there wasnone on the return to his Mother church in the followingyears and at last, laden with the highest honors of the min-istry and wearing the signs of an CHAPTER VI GRUNDY MISSION. His first sermon at Old Bethlehem—The Dinner—Manner of preaching.—Varying opinions—Other sermons—Recommended for the travelingConnection—Called to the Itinerancy—Received on trial in AnnualConference—Appointment to Grundy Mission—His outfit—Leavetaking—On his travel to first Circuit—Incident of a Sunday atFayette—His field of labor—Preaching places—His acceptability—Life in cabins—Frontier travels—Anecdote of his morning ablu-tions—Privations and hardships—Fruits of his labor—Mrs. Peerysconversion—The first convert of his ministry. Id /HE first sermon by Bishop Marvin was preached at Old|^i Bethlehem, near the camp ground where he joined thechurch. Mr, Sherman gives the incidents of the occasionin the following narrative : A short time before he obtained license to preach, at the request ofthe
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