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CHAPTER I. 

THOMAS A. CUFF

to the life of a farmer until twenty-one years of age. His parents were not members of the Church but would not allow him to keep rude company and he became a moralist. When thirteen years of age, while at home in Elsinboro, he was convicted of his sins and converted, which resulted in the conviction and conversion of his father, mother and nine other children, all of whom joined the Old Mt. Pisgah Church under Israel Scott, from which a large revival sprang and over two hundred souls were converted and added to the church. He felt the call to preach at this time, which call was very clear, but he did not heed it and finally became indifferent to everything pertaining to religion, but finally, at the house of a friend who was seeking salvation, the spirit of the Lord fell upon him and he found himself preaching and heard a voice commanding him to go preach the gospel. From that time the Bible became an open book to him. He was licensed to exhort and preach under the Rev. Joshua Woodlin and was taken up in the interval of the conference by Rev. John Cornich and appointed to Stroudsburg Mission in 1860, being received in the Philadelphia Conference of 1861 and appointed to Bordentown Circuit, where he remained one year and had quite a season of revival on the circuit. In 1862 he was appointed to Langhorn Circuit, Pa., remaining one year. In 1863 he was appointed to Reading, Pa., remaining two years, during which quite a revival was had. In 1865 he was appointed to Oxford, Pa., remaining two years. Then he took advantage of the college at that place and assisted in teaching the preparatory department. He made considerable progress in the study of Greek and Latin and at the same time was instrumental in building up the membership. In 1867 he was appointed to lancaster, Pa., remaining two years and was successful in a soul stirring revival, where almost as many white as colored persons were converted to God. The four points on the charge were left in good condition. In 1869 he was appointed to Bridgeton, N. J., at which place he repaired the church, teaching school at the same time and adding over seventy souls to the church. He received more support here than at any other place. In 1871 he was appointed to Orange, N.J., but while preparing to take charge his child died and while laying it away to rest he received a dispatch that the

Rev. J. W. Cooper, P. E.

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