Under the tuition of the late Rev. William Curnow, the minister of that circuit, Henry Youngman proved to be an apt pupil in all that pertained to preaching, and in the year 1871 was appointed to the ministry to the difficult circuit of Fish River, with residence at Oberon. The following year he was sent to Deniliquin, and then spent two years as second minister of the Mudgee circuit. Three years were spent in Tamworth, and then followed terms in Adelong, Newtown, Ashfield and Wollongong.
