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worked several weeks in a revival meeting, where many souls were blest.
In 1851 he was licensed to exhort; in 1853 was licensed to preach; in 1859 he was ordained a local deacon and was taken up by Bishop Quinn and appointed to the Danville Circuit, Pennsylvania, which comprised Danville, Bloomsburg, Wilkesbarre, Abington Centre and Mt. Rose. This circuit was one hundred and twenty-five miles in distance, which had to be traveled back and forth. This was a successful year and many souls were added to the charge. It is now in the Pittsburg Conference under three appointments.
In May, 1860, he was appointed to Princeton Circuit, which comprised Princeton, Rocky Hill and the Mountain. He organized a society at Millstone. The church at Princeton, whose foundation had been laid by Rev. S. Logan, had its corner-stone laid the week after conference and the work carried on to completion. He served this circuit three years. At the close of this term Bishop Nazery remarked that the A. M. E. Church, at Princeton, had not been in so flourishing a condition since the days of Henry Turner, who had twelve years previously been pastor. In preparing for conference he was waited upon by one of the elders of the colored Presbyterian Church, and asked to serve them, and they made him very liberal offers. He said, "No; God forbid that I should tear down that which I built up."
In May, 1863, he was appointed to Burlington, New Jersey. He served three years on this circuit. During his pastorate God blessed his labors. Revival services were held at each point; many souls professed faith in Christ and the membership was nearly doubled. The new church at Mt. Holly, which was in the course of erection and had been blown down by a tornado, was rebuilt larger and more substantial. It was all paid for except a few dollars. At Evesham the foundation and corner-stone of a new church were laid. The lumber was nearly all on the ground and paid for and the money in the treasury with which to pay the carpenters. The debt which had hung over the Burlington church like a pall was nearly lifted. A lot adjoining it, with two houses, was purchased; one for the parsonage, the other to be torn down and the space occupied to be added to the graveyard. The work of an incendiary laid both houses in ashes, but the
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