All Souls held its first services in 1822 using circuit riders.
He was a circuit rider for two years and then assigned to mission schools.
His father was a Methodist minister who also worked as a circuit rider.
"I don't want to become a circuit rider or a magic man," he said.
He served as an itinerant circuit rider for several years.
And circuit riders can help businesses make transitions in a changing economy.
It was served by a circuit rider from Caledonia between 1855 and 1876.
Rev. Darnell had in fact been a circuit rider for half a century.
For the next 30 years, services were performed sporadically by circuit riders.
That created a greater need for circuit riders to reach those areas not easily served by the remaining offices.