es pressed so heavily upon his soul, and there was so great
need of additional missionaries to meet the growing demands of the
wide field, that William Black hastened to Philadelphia to consult Dr.
Coke, and had the pleasure of attending the Conference held in that
city commencing on May 17th, 1791, at which the venerable Bishop
Asbury presided. The following week, he attended the New York
Conference, when six missionaries were appointed to labor in Nova
Scotia. About three weeks after his return home, he went on a visit to
Newfoundland, which was marked by a gracious revival, and the cause of
Methodism in the ancient colony was saved.

The story of Methodism in Newfoundland, reads like a bit of romance.
The first missionary Lawrence Coughlan went there in 1765, and
remained seven years, amid great persecutions, being prosecuted in the
highest court, an attempt made to poison him, yet not only was he able
to rejoice in many conversions, but his enemies were silenced, as the
Governor acquitted him, and made him a justice of the peace. His
health failed, and he was compelled to return to England. His
ministrations in Newfoundland however led to the founding of Methodism
in the Channel Islands, as Pierre Le Sueur, a native of Jersey, during
a visit to Newfoundland was deeply convinced of sin under a sermon
which Coughlan preached, and when he returned to his home, spoke of
the knowledge which he had received, but his friends thought him mad.
When John Fentin, a recent convert, returned from Newfoundland to
Jersey, Le Sueur and his wife found peace to their souls through
Fentin's instructions and prayers, and a great revival commenced,
which swept through the islands, and laid the foundations of religion,
which have continued till the present time. After Coughlan's
departure, John McGeary was sent to fill the vacancy but all that was
left of the good work were a few women, and he suffered so many
hardships and witnessed so little fruit of his labors that he became
so despondent, as to entertain serious thoughts of abandoning the
field. William Black arrived in St. John's on August 10th 1791, and
spent one day in the city, during which he waited upon the
Presbyterian minister, the Rev. Mr. Jones, who was a man of catholic
spirit, and whose spiritual life was deep and genuine. The next day he
went to Carbonear, where John McGeary was stationed, whom he found
"weeping before the Lord over my lonely situation and the darkness o