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History of the M.E. Church, Vol. Iii WESLEYAN HERITAGE Library M. E. Church History HISTORY OF THE M.E. CHURCH, VOL. III By Abel Stevens, LL.D. “Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord” Heb 12:14 Spreading Scriptural Holiness to the World Wesleyan Heritage Publications © 1998 HISTORY of the METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH in the United States of America By Abel Stevens, LL.D., Author of "The History of the Religious Movement of the Eighteenth Century called Methodism," etc. VOLUME III New York: Published By Carlton & Porter, 200 Mulberry-Street 1867 Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1867, by Carlton & Porter, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New-York HISTORY of the METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH By Abel Stevens VOLUME III CONTENTS BOOK V FROM THE GENERAL CONFERENCE OF 1792 TO THE GENERAL CONFERENCE OF 1804 CHAPTER I = PART 36 GENERAL CONFERENCE OF 1792 -- O'KELLY'S SCHISM Necessity of a General Conference -- Coke returns to America -- The General Conference -- The "Council" ignored -- Excited Debates -- Religious Interest -- Amendments of the Discipline -- The Presiding Eldership established -- General Conferences ordained -- Supernumeraries -- Preachers' Wives -- Other Amendments -- O'Kelly and the Appointing Power -- Great Debates -- O'Kelly and others Secede -- Merits of the Question -- Conclusion of the Conference -- Its Character -- O'Kelly's Schism -- Disastrous Consequences -- War of Pamphlets -- Asbury -- Loss of Members -- Results -- Asbury's Interview with O'Kelly -- His continued Hostility -- Was there a General Conference between 1784 and 1792 -- Note CHAPTER II = PART 37 METHODISM IN THE SOUTH, FROM THE SECOND TO THE THIRD GENERAL CONFERENCES, 1792 -- 1796 Coke -- His Proposition to Bishop White for the Union of the Methodist Episcopal and Protestant Episcopal Churches -- Cokesbury College -- Coke in Philadelphia -- At New York -- Perilous Accident -- Asbury in the South -- Among the O'Kellyites -- His great Labors and Sufferings -- At Rembert Hall -- Hammett's Schism in Charleston, S. C. -- Asbury in Georgia -- At the Ruins of Whitefield's Orphan House -- Among the Western Mountains -- At General Russell's -- Death of the General-- Asbury at Baltimore -- Scenes and Labors in the South -- Death of Judge White -- Further Travels and Labors CHAPTER III = PART 38 METHODISM IN THE SOUTH CONTINUED -- 1792-1796 Benjamin Abbott in Maryland -- His Singular Power -- Remarkable Examples -- Scenes at Quarterly Meetings -- His Health fails -- His Death -- His Character -- Whatcoat in Maryland -- Henry Smith and Francis McCormick -- William McKendree's early Itinerant Life -- Anecdotes -- His Character -- Enoch George -- John Easter -- Illustrations of George's Life and Character -- Hope Hull's Labors -- His Prayer in a Ballroom -- Interest in Education -- Character -- Coleman and Simon Carlisle -- Remarkable Charge and Deliverance -- Stephen G. Roszel -- Joshua Wells -- Great Men of Southern Methodism -- Deaths of Preachers -- Statistical Results CHAPTER IV = PART 39 METHODISM IN THE MIDDLE AND NORTHERN STATES, 1792 -- 1706 Asbury Itinerating in the Middle and Northern States -- His Excessive Labors -- His Morbid Temperament -- On the Northern Frontier -- Garrettson -- Governor Van Cortlandt -- Further Travels -- Paucity of his Journals CHAPTER V = PART 40 METHODISM IN THE MIDDLE AND NORTHERN STATES, 1792 -- 1796 Paucity of Documents in the Middle States -- George Pickering -- His Spartan Character -- Ezekiel Cooper -- His Labors -- His Character -- His Passion for Angling -- John McClaskey's Rank and Services -- Lawrence McComb's Character and Labors -- Dr. Thomas F. Sargent -- His Labors -- His Death in the Pulpit -- Thomas Morrell -- A Successful Failure -- He Founds Methodism in Chatham, N. J. -- Itinerant Labors -- Asbury's Tea -- Morrell's Triumphant Death -- His Appearance and Character -- Ware Itinerating among the Tioga Mountains -- On the Hudson -- Trials of the Itinerancy -- A Suffering Preacher -- Success -- Colbert among the Wyoming, Tioga, and Cumberland Valleys -- His Hardships -- Henry B. Bascom -- Asbury among these Valleys -- Thomas and Christian Bowman -- Thornton Fleming -- Methodism in the Lake Country of New York -- Valentine Cook -- A Student at Cokesbury -- Power of his Preaching His Sufferings -- His Farewell Sermon -- Results -- Extension of Methodism in the Middle States -- Its Singular Introduction into Southold, L. I. -- Statistics CHAPTER VI = PART 41 METHODISM IN THE NORTH, CONTINUED: CANADA, 1792 -- 1796 The Emburys and Hecks in Canada -- Dunham and Losee -- Dunham's Life and Character -- Examples of his Sarcasm -- First Quarterly Meeting -- Paul Heck's Death -- Methodism takes precedence of the English Church in the Province -- Romantic Close of Losee's Ministry -- Final Traces of him -- James Coleman enters Canada -- Sketch of him -- Elijah Woolsey -- His early Trials -- His Adventurous Passage to Canada -- Sufferings and Successes there -- Sylvanus Keeler -- The First Native Methodist Preacher in Canada -- Reminiscences of him -- Woolsey's Labors and Death -- Samuel Coate -- His Eccentricities and Fall -- Hezekiah C. Wooster's Extraordinary Power -- Lorenzo Dow -- Wooster's Death -- Success in Canada -- Statistical Strength of Middle and Northern Methodism CHAPTER VII = PART 42 METHODISM IN THE EASTERN STATES -- 1793 --1796 Lee at Boston -- His Itinerant Excursions -- Asbury re-enters New England -- The Lynn Conference -- Benjamin Bemis -- Pickering's Homestead -- Conference at Tolland -- Enoch Mudge, first Native Methodist Preacher of New England -- His Early Labors and Character -- Aaron Hunt -- Joshua Taylor -- Daniel Ostrander -- Zadock Priest, first Itinerant who died in New England -- His Affecting Death -- His Grave -- Joshua Hall -- Lee itinerating in Maine -- First Circuit formed -- Persecutions -- Thomas Ware -- Hope Hull -- His Eloquence -- Rev. Mr. Williams and Rev. Dr. Huntington attack the Methodists -- Methodism in Tolland -- Asbury Returns -- Methodism in Boston -- Results of the Year CHAPTER VIII = PART 43 METHODISM IN THE EASTERN STATES, CONTINUED: 1792--1796 Another Conference at Lynn -- Asbury Itinerating -- The Wilbraham Conference -- Interesting Scenes there -- New Preachers -- Wilson Lee -- Scenes in his Ministry -- Nicholas Snethen -- The Protestant Methodist Controversy -- Lee Itinerating -- First Preacher Stationed in Maine -- Its first Class -- First Chapel -- First Methodist Administration of the Eucharist -- Scenes in Lee's Itinerancy there -- Asbury again returns -- Results -- Conference at New London -- Scenes there -- Location of Preachers -- Lee and Asbury Itinerating -- Statistics -- Outspread of Methodism -- The Thompson Conference -- Lorenzo Dow -- Results CHAPTER IX = PART 44 METHODISM IN THE WEST -- 1792 -- 1796 Review -- Asbury again among the Mountains -- His Hardships -- John Cooper the first Itinerant appointed to the West -- His Colleague Samuel Breese -- Henry Willis -- His Sufferings, Persistent Labors, and Character -- Moriarty, Tunnell, and Poythress -- The Frontier at this Period -- Smith and Boone in the Wilderness -- Extreme Hardships of the Pioneer Itinerants -- Character and Condition of the Settlers -- Methodism saves them from Barbarism -- Barnabas McHenry enters the Field -- The first Methodist Itinerant raised up in the West -- His Labors -- Anecdotes -- His Death by Cholera -- His Character -- William Burke -- Perils from Indians -- Perils in the Wilderness with Asbury -- Martyred Local Preachers -- Burke's Trials and Services -- John Kobler -- Judge Scott -- His Early Labors -- He receives into the Church Dr. Tiffin -- Sketch of Tiffin -- His first Preaching -- Scott meets him in the West -- Tiffin's Usefulness -- Mrs. Tiffin -- Tiffin becomes the first Governor of Ohio -- His Character -- Scott's Success -- Francis McCormick, Founder of Methodism in Ohio -- Sketch of his Life -- Henry Smith's Western Adventures -- Major McColoch -- Valentine Cook -- Asbury again in the West -- Review CHAPTER X = PART 45 GENERAL CONFERENCE OF 1796 The Third General Conference -- Coke's Return -- Pierre de Pontavice, his Traveling Companion -- The Proceedings of the Conference -- Definitive Annual Conferences -- Chapel Deed -- Censorship of the Press -- The Methodist Magazine -- The Chartered Fund -- Local Preachers -- Spirituous Liquors -- Slavery -- Rules for Methodist Seminaries -- Marriage with Unbelievers -- Address to the British Conference -- Asbury and Coke on the Session CHAPTER XI = PART 46 REVIEW OF THE PERIOD: 1792 --1796 Importance of the Period -- Numerical Declension -- Sectional Growth -- Statistics -- Great Number of Locations -- Public Fast and Thanksgiving-- Slavery and Loyalty -- Methodist Preachers and Politics -- Washington's Letter to three of them -- Ministerial Recruits -- The Presiding Elders -- Obituary Characterizations -- Birchett -- Scene at the Grave of Acuff -- Prophetic Letter from Coke CHAPTER XII = PART 47 METHODISM IN THE SOUTH: 1706--1804 Asbury and Coke Itinerating in the South -- Losses by Locations -- Slavery -- Asbury's Interest for Africans -- The Bishop and Black "Punch" -- Asbury's Dejection -- The Bishops in Charleston, S. C. -- Burning of the Second College and Light Street Church -- Death of Edgar Mills -- Hammett's Failure -- Asbury rests -- His Sufferings -- Death of Jarratt -- Lee in the South -- Asbury's Letter to him -- Methodist Unity -- Coke and Asbury -- Lee in Charleston His Birthday Reflections -- Presentiments -- Lee
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