John Phœbus’s at Quantico Neck was another of our preaching places. He was the brother of Dr. William Phœbus, so long known in New York for his talents and his eccentricities. The doctor went out into the ministry from that section of the country. We preached also at Brother Lazarus Maddox’s, at Potato Neck. His house was an excellent home for a wayworn itinerant. On February 14, while preaching at his house, the power of God came down and Brother Maddox was struck to the floor, and lay for some time under the divine influence. Thrilling were the scenes we witnessed. Indeed the whole circuit had a wall of fire around about it and a glory in the midst. The people got so happy and shouted so loud they drowned my voice, and leaped for joy, and sometimes they would fall, lose their strength, and lie for hours in this condition, and then come to praising the Lord. At several funerals many were awakened, and in several instances loud shouts were heard at the grave. This was something entirely new to me. We also preached at Devil’s Island, as it was called. Deil’s it should be named. The first time I visited it I preached from “Prepare to meet thy God.” I had spoken but a few words when twelve were struck under conviction. I was so pleased I wrote, “The devil will have to give up his island.” There was one general revival; the circuit was in a flame. In every appointment sinners were converted. The Peninsula seemed like the garden of God. Scenes took place that gladdened the eyes of angels and thrilled the heart of the Saviour. The Gospel had wonderful power, and the results were glorious, as the records of eternity will reveal. To show that I have not over-estimated the work, and to record the wonderful works of God in those days, I make a few extracts from letters written by men of God long since in Abraham’s bosom. The first was from Thomas Ware to Dr. Coke, dated Duck Creek, Delaware, September 12, 1802, and published in the Arminian Magazine for 1803: “REV. SIR,—In the year 1800 I was appointed to preside on the Peninsula. From the time of my entering on that important charge to the Annual Conference in Philadelphia, May, 1802, above six thousand souls were added to the Church, most of whom, I trust, are added to the Lord.... In Milford Circuit have been added one thousand six hundred members, in Talbot about one thousand, in Somerset and Annamessex one thousand, and the prospect continues equally pleasing in that favored country.”