And the last word which his weeping family caught from his failing lips, was Glory! Glory!"

§ 4. REV. JOHN T. BURRILL.

Mr. Pickering having completed his term of service in Worcester, Mr. Burrill, by appointment of Conference, succeeded him. He ministered to this church with great acceptance, two years; and the people would gladly have retained him still longer. They petitioned that he might remain with them another year; but their petition was denied. So earnest were they to carry this point, that it was with difficulty they could be persuaded to abide by the rules of Methodist Itineracy.' He was an interesting and popular preacher, an excellent pastor, and very much beloved by the people.' Nor was his popularity confined to his own society. Christians of other denominations highly esteemed him for his talents, and were delighted with his preaching.

§ 5. REV. JAMES PORTER.

Mr. Porter came to Worcester in 1837, and remained here one year. His labors seem to have been greatly blessed. One hundred and seventy-four individuals were added to the church in that single year. Mr. Porter was afterwards presiding elder in this District. He is now stationed over the Methodist Episcopal church in East Boston. Having finished his labors in Worcester, he was succeeded by the

§ 6. REV. JOTHAM HORTON.

The new incumbent was devoted to the interests of the church, and diligently performed the duties belonging to his station. His labors here terminated at the expiration of

one year.

He was esteemed as a sound and forcible preacher, and much respected for the sobriety of his deportment and general excellence of character. Soon after leaving Worcester, he dissolved his connection with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and united with the True Wesleyans.' He is now laboring in the vicinity of Boston.

§ 7. REV. MOSES L. SCUDDER

Was Mr. Horton's successor. Mr. Scudder was a man of very active mind and pursued his labors here with great ardor. The people now remember him with pleasure as an amiable, active Christian man, a good pastor, and an interesting preacher.' He continued here two years. Could he have remained longer, his people would have been gratified. He has preached in several other places, and always very much to the acceptance of his people. He is now a member of the New York East Conference,' and stationed in Middletown, Ct. He was followed in Worcester by the

§ 8. REV. MINOR RAYMOND.

Mr. Raymond began his labors here in 1841, and closed them in 1843. He greatly endeared himself to his peo

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ple, and made friends also beyond the limits of his own society. Having enjoyed superior advantages for intellectual cultivation, his sermons were carefully thought out and conveyed much valuable instruction. The church often speak of him now with emotion, and his remembrance is fondly cherished. As he was thought to have superior qualifications for teaching, he was transferred from the 'Itineracy' to the Wesleyan Academy at Wilbraham, Mass. As principal of that institution he has already acquired a high reputation, and is still devoting himself with energy and good will to its interests.

§ 9. REV. CHARLES K. TRUE, D. D.,

Succeeded Mr. Raymond in the pastoral supervision of this church. Mr. True is a graduate of Harvard University; and, in 1849, was honored by his Alma Mater with the degree of Doctor in Divinity. His services in Worcester were highly appreciated by the more intelligent of his hearers, and he was held in estimation by all who formed. his acquaintance. With less of the exciting than some others in his preaching, he had perhaps more of the instructive. While he was not deficient in those qualities which are requisite to rouse the thoughtless, he was better adapted to the service of instructing those already thoughtful and building up Christians in their most holy faith." During his ministry here, the society was deprived of its house of worship, by fire. His term of service closed with the year. He is now Prof. of Polite Literature in the Wesleyan University at Middletown, Ct. He was followed in the pastoral care of this church by the

§ 10. REV. AMOS BINNEY.

The ministry of Mr. Binney was of two years' continuance, and very acceptable to his people. These were years of peculiar interest to the church. A part of their number was set off to form a new body, under the name of the Laurel Street Methodist Episcopal Church. A new house of worship was erected, more spacious and convenient than their former one, and also more eligibly situated. Mr. Binney having done good service to his temporary charge, left for other fields of labor, and is now presiding elder of Charlestown District. He was followed here by the

§ 11. REV. JONATHAN D. BRIDGE.

Mr. Bridge brought with him a reputation for more than ordinary effectiveness as a preacher, and for excellent qualities as a man and a Christian. He was much esteemed by his people and by others, and during the two years of his ministry was a useful pastor. He has left behind him pleasant recollections for the urbanity of his deportment and the general excellence of his ministrations. At the present time, he is pastor of the Methodist church worshiping in Church street, Boston. His immediate successor in Worcester, was the

§ 12. REV. LORANUS CROWELL.

This incumbent, in the single year of his service here, made himself so acceptable and useful, that his unexpected

removal at the expiration of that period, was a great affliction to his church and society. Though comparatively silent and unobtrusive, he was yet making deep impressions on many minds and winning his way to many hearts. Mr. Crowell was graduated at the Wesleyan University in Middletown, in 1841. On leaving Worcester, he was transferred to Boston, and is now pastor of the Bromfield street church in that city.

§ 13. REV. NELSON E. COBLEIGH

Was Mr. Crowell's immediate successor, and he still continues here as pastor of the Park street Church. He was graduated at the University in Middletown with the class of 1843, joined the New England Conference in 1844, and since that time has been a traveling preacher. Since his entrance upon this field of labor, his church has enjoyed a season of special religious interest, and more than forty individuals have been added to its numbers. Mr. Cobleigh has nearly completed his term of service here, and will be followed by another in April, before this account will pass under the eye of the reader.

It has not been deemed advisable to give an extended biographical account of each of these pastors, for the reason that no one of them remained here more than two years. Nor is it expedient that the number of sermons here published should equal the number of clergymen who have ministered to this church. Still, some illustration of the Methodist Pulpit in Worcester is desirable, and the author has applied to the present incumbent in office to furnish it. The following is his response to that application.