Old Sands Street Methodist Episcopal Church, of Brooklyn, [electronic resource]: an illustrated centennial record, historical and biographical . r , Ezekiel Coopers do not seem to be a numerous race. He attained the age of eighty-four years lacking one sickness was neither long nor very painful. Calmly, peace-fully, and sometimes exultingly, with hallelujahs on his lips, hewaited for the chariot to come, and at length, on the 21st ofFebruary, 1847, tne hero of a hundred battles, the oldest mem-ber of a Methodist conference then in America,11 was translatedto the highest
Old Sands Street Methodist Episcopal Church, of Brooklyn, [electronic resource]: an illustrated centennial record, historical and biographical . r , Ezekiel Coopers do not seem to be a numerous race. He attained the age of eighty-four years lacking one sickness was neither long nor very painful. Calmly, peace-fully, and sometimes exultingly, with hallelujahs on his lips, hewaited for the chariot to come, and at length, on the 21st ofFebruary, 1847, tne hero of a hundred battles, the oldest mem-ber of a Methodist conference then in America,11 was translatedto the highest heavens. His intimate and venerable friend,Nathan Bangs, preached his funeral sermon in the St. George schurch, Philadelphia, in front of which, near the grave of Law-rence MCombs, his remains were interred. His portrait in oil has been preserved in the Methodist build-ing in New York, of which the accompanying engraving is avery excellent copy His fore-finger hides the large wen on hisneck. So Alexander the Great, while the artist painted his por-trait, covered an imperfection in his face. 11 Stevens Hist. M. E. Church, vol. in, p. 130. he Rev. Lawrence MCombs1 was pastor of theBrooklyn charge one year—1794. This was hissecond appointment, and he was twenty-five yearsof age, having already given promise of the commandingeminence he was destined to attain in the Church. He was born of wealthy parents,2 in Kent County, Del.,March 11, 1769. At a very early period, as his memorial inthe Conference Minutes affirms, he obtained remission ofsins. There appears to be no further record concerning himuntil 1792, the date of his admission on trial into the travel-ing ministry. His history subsequent to t!»iis time is epit-omized in the following MINISTERIAL RECORD: 1792 Newburgh dr., N. Y., with ; 1793 ditto with S. Weeks; 1794 (ordained deacon) New York andBrooklyn with Ezekiel Cooper: (supernumeraries, Wra. Phoebus, J. Brush andD. Kendall); 1795 New London cir., New En
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