The Pastor of Greenbush at this time was Rev. A.M.  Hulce.  He was a young man in the work, having been received into the Conference at its last session.  Both himself and good lady were fully engaged in the work, and greatly assisted in perfecting the arrangements for the meeting.  Brother Hulce was a well-read man, a good thinker, and earnestly devoted to his work, but his health was not equal to the toil and exposures of the Itinerancy.  After laboring a few years he was compelled to retire to the local ranks, in which position he still holds an honorable place.

Other charges than those mentioned also shared in the revivals of the year, giving a net result for the District of nearly one thousand conversions.  My labors throughout the year were severe, making an average of nearly seven sermons per week.

The Conference for 1854 was held at Janesville, and I was returned to the District for a fourth year.  Several changes of Ministers were made, several new fields were opened, and six new men were brought into the District.

Omro was one of the charges to claim my attention at the beginning of this year.  It had now assumed considerable importance, it being the home of the Brother Cowhams.  James M., the elder, was the Recording Steward, ranking among the most efficient I have ever known, and John M., the younger, was a leading spirit in all Church work, becoming subsequently a Local Preacher of most excellent standing.

The Pastor of the charge was Rev. T.C.  Golden, who entered the Conference in 1850, and had been stationed at Cascade and Sheboygan Falls.  He was a man of mark.  Of a vigorous mental development and logical cast, he early became an able Preacher and commanded a leading place in the Conference.  After leaving Omro, he was stationed in Fond du Lac.  He was then transferred to the West Wisconsin Conference, and stationed at La Crosse, after which he served several years as Presiding Elder with great acceptability.  At the present writing he is a Presiding Elder in the Upper Iowa Conference.  Dr. Golden, for such is his present title, has made a most gratifying record.

A Quarterly Meeting held at Brother John M. Cowham’s during this year, is remembered with great pleasure.  This dear Brother had built both a house and a barn of large dimensions, and the meeting, to be held in the latter, awakened general interest throughout the circuit, bringing together a multitude of people.  Every house in the neighborhood was filled with guests, and the balance, not less than fifty in number, were entertained at what was called the Cowham Mansion.  But great as was the outpouring of the people, the manifestations of the Spirit were still more extraordinary.  Under the preaching of the Word, the Holy Ghost fell on the people.  The shout of redeemed souls and the cry of penitents, “What shall I do to be saved?” commingled strangely together.  And yet, out of the apparent discord, there came the sweetest harmony.  The minor strains were lost in the rapturous paeans of the major movement, as each seeking soul received “the new song.”  The days of the Fathers seemed to have returned to the Church, when, under the Pentecostal baptism, believers fell to the floor, and multitudes were saved in a day.