“Mr. W—–, a minister for thirty or forty years standing, has gone (since I was here last) to give an account of his stewardship, as we all must shortly do.”
Let a man so consider us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful. 1 Corinthians 4:1-2.
Francis Asbury in The Journal of the Rev. Francis Asbury: Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church (New York: N. Bangs & T. Mason, 1821) 86.