History of Methodism in North Carolina From 1772 to the Present Time . heview of death and eternity. Tell them my faith is un-shaken in the doctrines of our Church. He then clappedhis hands and .shouted triumphantly, in the prospect of aglorious immortality. Christopher S. Mooring followed him on the BertieCircuit in 1798. Dr. Bennett in his Memorials of Meth-odism in Virginia says, in speaking of Mr. Mooring,Few have been more useful to the Church and more suc-cessful in all the work of the Christian ministry. Hewas born in Surry county, Virginia, in 1767; was ad-mitted into the traveling min
History of Methodism in North Carolina From 1772 to the Present Time . heview of death and eternity. Tell them my faith is un-shaken in the doctrines of our Church. He then clappedhis hands and .shouted triumphantly, in the prospect of aglorious immortality. Christopher S. Mooring followed him on the BertieCircuit in 1798. Dr. Bennett in his Memorials of Meth-odism in Virginia says, in speaking of Mr. Mooring,Few have been more useful to the Church and more suc-cessful in all the work of the Christian ministry. Hewas born in Surry county, Virginia, in 1767; was ad-mitted into the traveling ministry in 1789. He gavethirty-six years of service to the Church, and the minutessay, He was made an instrument of great good to thesouls of men. His last sickness was an exhibition ofmuch patience and submission to the will of his useful life he was distinguished for his meek-ness and quietness of spirit. Many, led to Christ throughhis efforts, will go to make up his crown of rejoicing inthe final day. In 1779 Methodism suffered the loss of its leader in. CHRISTOPHER S. MOORING. Development in the East. 173 Xewbern. William Early, a most valuable man, diedafter a few days of illness with yellow fever. He was anative of Virginia, and after laboring zealously as a localpreacher for several years, he was admitted into the itin-erancy in 1791. He traveled the Haw River Circuit oneyear. He was earnestly pushing forward his work atXewbern in 1799 when smitten by the terrible malady thatended his days on earth. Dr. Bennett, in speaking of him,says: He was full of zeal, a powerful, earnest, and suc-cessful preacher. He was the honored instrument in thesalvation of many souls. When he was seized with yel-low fever he refused to take his bed, and mounting hishorse, rode off to an appointment. He had gone but afew miles when, overcome by the fatal disease, he dis-mounted and threw himself under the shade of a tree bythe roadside. Here he was found by a gentleman, whokindly con
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