Indiana Methodism
F.ag* hy W. Wells to orl la [Fo(So »LU INDIANA METHODISM: BEING AN ACCOUNT OF THE INTRODUCTION. PROGRESS, AND PRESENT POSITION OF METHODISM IN THE STATE; AND ALSO A HISTORY OF THE LITERARY INSTITUTIONS UNDER THE CARE OF THE CHURCH, SKETCHES OF THE PRINCIPAL METHODIST EDUCATORS IN THE STATE, DOWN TO 1872. REV F C. HOLLIDAY, D. D. CINCINNATI: HITCHCOCK AND WALDEN i873- Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1873, BY HITCHCOCK & WALDEN, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C. PREFACE. TN writing the following account of Methodism in In- *- diana, I have desired not only to rescue from oblivion valuable information that would soon be lost, but also to pay a feeble, but justly merited, tribute to the heroic pioneers and founders of Methodism in our state. The record of their toils is found chiefly in the numerous and flourishing Churches that have sprung up all over the state, in the multitudes of living witnesses to the truth and power of the Gospel that they preached, in the schools of learning which they founded, in the vigor of the benovolent institutions which they fostered, and in the educational effect produced by their earnest and evangelical preaching on the public mind and conscience. The pulpit is always a popular educator, and its teachings are the basis of doctrinal belief, to a great ex- tent, in every Christian community This is especially true in a community where books are scarce, and in a state of society where the opportunities for reading are limited.
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