ISOG, aged 71. William M'Keudree..lSOS.— Died iu Tennessee, March 5,
1S35, aped 77. Enoch George 1S16.— Died in Virginia, August 23,
1S2S, aged CO. RobertR. Roberts ...1810.— Died in Indiana, March 28,
1S43, ased 64. Joshua Sonle 1S24.— Eut. M. E. Ch. South, 1S46;
died March C, 1807, nged 85. Elijah Hedding 1824.- Died in rouphkeepsie, April
9, 1S52, aged 72. James O.Andrew.... 1832.— Bp. M. E. Ch. South, 1845;
died March 2, 1871, aged 77. John Emory 1832.- Died in Maryland, Dec. 10,
1835, aged 46. Beverly Wangh 1836.- Died in Maryland, Feb. 9,
1858, aged 69.
Thomas A. Morris 1S36.— Residence, SprinL'field, Ohio.
Leouidas L. Hamliue. 1844. —Resigned, 185-.' : died iu Iowa,
March 22, 1SC5,:i.<:ed 07.
Edmund S. Janes 1844.- Residence, New York City.
Levi Scott 1852.- Residence, Odessn, Del.
Matthew Simpson 1852.- Residence, Philjidelphia.
Osmon C. Baker. 1852.— Died in Concord. N. II., Dec
20, 1871,:iged.^S.
Edward R. Ames 18.52.— Residi-nce, Baltiniore.
Francis Burns 1S5S.— Miss. Bp. to Liberia -, died in
Baltimore, A))ril 18, lso:i. Davis W. Clark 1864.— Died in Cincinnati, M;iy 23,
1871, aired 59. Edward Thomson 1864.— Died in Wheeling, \V. Va.,
March 22, 1870, Hired 59. Calvin Kingsley 1864.— Died iu Beirut, Syria, April
0, 1870, aired 57.
John W. Roberts 18GG.— Residence, Monrovia, Africa.
Thomiis Bdwm.in 1ST2.— 1i.-"'<'m<-.>. '^f. T.o^iis.
Willinm L. lL.rris....ls7-. I:,- , i - , i ^v ;;,,.
Randolpli S. Foster.. 1S7-J. Kv .;.i ... ati.
Isa;ic W.Wilev InT-J. i;. !■ ' :!.
Slcplu'ii M.Merrill. ..ls72.-l,'c-:ii , ■■ ■ I'.n'. i;il\vni(l(;. Andrews. .1872.— Kesiii. : - I' - M. iiios.Iowa.
Cillirit IlMven 1S72.— lU-i. . ,\ i.(.;i.
J.'ssc T. reck 1S72.— Rcsi.l. 1 > • . ^.i. li :in<isco.
Y. iS/atistics. — There are in the denomination 70 An- nual Conferences, whose statistics show in 1872 10,242 travelling preachers, 11,904 local preachers, 1,458,441 members and ])robationcr.«, 17,471 Sunday-schools, with 1,278.,"j59 scholars and 19o,09I officers and teachers, and 14,(108 churches and 4484 parsonages, valued together at 6^^8,575,877. The baptisms for the year were 53,459 children and 61,311 adults. The benevolent contribu- tions for the year were, for the Jlissionary Society, tG71,000 21; Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, .$18,755 34; Church Extension Society, 694,572 03; Tract Society, #21,585 07; Sunday-school Union, f 22,074 15: American Bible Society, $'42,528 35; Freed- man's Aid Society, $12,048 97; Education, 60,000 42; and for necessitous ministers. .*1.")0,140 02 — making an aggregate of 8 1,039,900 30. See:Mi:riioi>isM. (D. A.W.)
Methodist Episcopal Church in Canada.
The first Canadian iMclhodist Society, as nearly r.s can \n- asiertaiudl. was formed in the township of Au- gusta, in Upper Canada (now <lntario\ in 1778. Its first memi)ers were some (tf the parties who bad consti- tuted the first ^lethodist Society in New York. See Mktiiouist Ei'istoi'AL CiiLKCii. rromiucut nan:es
M. E. CHURCH IN CANADA 179 M. E. CHURCH IN CANADA
were those of Paul and Barbara Heck, their three sons, John, Jacob, and Samuel; John and Catharine Law- rence— Mrs. Lawrence had been the wido^v of Philip Embury; and Samuel Embury, a son of Philip Embur\-. Besides these, it was joined by such others of the scat- tered settlers of Augusta as wished to unite with them in Christian fellowship. Samuel Embury was the class- leader. About two years after the organization of this society, viz. in 1780, Mr. Tuffey, a Methodist local preacher from England, then connected with a regiment stationed at Quebec, preached to his comrades and to the towns-people; but it does not appear that he at- tempted to form any regular class.
iViethodism was introduced into the country about -Niagara and westward by the Kev. George Neal, who was born in Pennsylvania Feb. 28, 1751. He was con- verted under the ministry of tlie Rev. Hope Hull. Mr. Neal became a local preacher, and went into Canada in 1786. He settled in the Niagara District, taught school during the week, and preached to the people on the Sabbath, and frequently on week-day evenings. Fol- lowing the illustrious examples of Nelson, in England, ■\Villiams, in Ireland, and Embury, in New York, Neal collected together those who had been converted through his instrumentality, and formed a society in the town- ship of Stamford in 1790, appointing Christian Warner the class-leader, an otHce which he continued to till until his death, March 21, 1833. This class, collected with- out the intervention of any travelling preacher, as -was also the above class in Augusta, embraced among its members a number who afterwards distinguished them- selves as pillars in the Church of God (Hist, of the M. E. Church in Canada, p. 34). The ministrations of Mr. Neal were approved by his brethren in the United States and Canada, and he was therefore ordained dea- con by bishop Asbury July 23, 1810, at the Annual Con- ference held that vear at Lyons, in the State of New York.
The Rev. William Losee was the first itinerant Meth- odist preacher on Canadian soil. In 1789 or the be- ginning of 1790 he was visiting some of his friends and relatives near Kingston, Upper Canada. Being zealous in the Master's work, he improved his visit by preach- ing whenever opportunity offered. The people hea.rd him gladly, and, having been edified by his labors, they sent a petition to the New York Conference, of which he was a member, requesting that body to send Losee among them, and he was appointed. The first class was organized Feb. 20, 1791 ; the second Jlarch 2 of the same year — the very day on which John Wesley died. From this year the Methodist societies and con- gregations were regularly supplied with missionaries from the Church in the United States. The ministers in what was then a wilderness endured great privations, and encountered formidable dangers ; but tliey were in- defatigable in their labors, through zeal for God and for the salvation of the people.