On Sunday, April 14th, he makes this entry : " I
preached at the chapel, and then went to Church. I
read the lessons for Mr. Jarratt, who preached a great
sermon on ' Union and Love,' from the 123d Psalm.
We 'received the sacrament, and afterward went home
with Mr. Jarratt, that we might accompany him to



» Asbury's Journal, 1821, VoL I, p. 343.
• Isaiah xlix, 20, prob. to 23 ; Asbury's Journal, Vol. I, p. SU.
188 Governing CoNFfeR:eNCB in Methodism.
our Conference."* The gentleman to whom As-
bury refers had been a clergyman of the Church of
England, and was one of a very small number
left in the country after the War of Independ-
ence- began; and it will be seen tbat Mr. Asbury
illustrated his teachings, for he preached in the
Methodist Chapel and then went to " Church " .for
the sacraments from an Episcopally ordained clergy-
man. It is interesting to note that the Methodist
preacher read the lessons for the Episcopal clergyman.
The Rev. Devereux Jarratt, to whom allusion has
just been made, was born in New Kent County, Vir-
ginia, in 1732 or 1733. Determining, to enter the
ministry, he went to England for that purpose in
1762. On his return he became rector of the parish
at Bath. He was an evangelical clergyman, and be-
cause of his friendliness towards the early Method-
ists, and especially because of his relation "to ques-
tions in dispute, deserves special mention.
