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 easily effected arrangements with them to fill appointments for him in Zion Church, once in two weeks, commencing on the 13th of September, 1829, and at their annual Conference, held in this city, our Pulpit was offered to them, which they readily accepted, and preached for us during the sitting of their Conference, which commenced on the 6th of May, 1830.

May 17, 1830, the Tenth yearly Conference commenced in the city of New-York. Those who attended were, from Philadelphia, Edward Johnson and David Stevens; from Fredericksburgh, David Smith; from Connecticut, Charles Anderson and Jehiel C. Beman; of New-York, Christopher Rush, Superintendent, Leven Smith, Jacob Matthews, Peter Vanhas and Timothy Eatto; none from Long Island. Jehiel C. Beman, being recommended to the Conference by the church at Middletown, was ordained Deacon and Elder, the two first days of the sitting of the Conference, to serve the church in that place, and he, having left his wife very ill at home, was under the necessity of returning immediately. William Miller, having returned from Washington, where he had charge of a society of Allenites, and having somewhat repented of the error of straying from his African mother church, made application to join our connexion again, with the society under his charge, viz., the Asbury Church, and was received by the Conference.