o^^^ CORNELL Ag^ UNIVERSITY g^i^ LIBRARY Cornell University Library BX 8495.A56S64 The life and letters of James Osgood And 3 1924 006 349 769 Cornell University Library The original of tliis bool< is in tine Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924006349769 BY THE SAME AUTHOR. HISTORY OF METHODISM IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA. i2mo, cloth, S20 pages, $1.25 ; Russia, 13 steel plates, . $2.00 LIFE OF JNO. W. KNIGHT. Cloth, 32mo, 30 FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT. A Word to Penitents. Cloth, 32ino 15 WALK IN THE LIGHT. The True Christian Life. Cloth, 32010, 15 CHILD AND THE SAVIOUR. Religion for Children. Cloth, . 15 YOUNG METHODIST. Cloth iS The last three in paper at five cents each. FAMILY GOVERNMENT. By James O. Andrew. 32mo, . 40 MISCELLANIES. i2mo, 75 All sent by »tail from SOUTHERN METHODIST PUB. HOUSE, Nashville, Tenn. JNO. W. BURKE & CO., Macon, Ga. J M^Ayl^y^Jl:>JJ O cM^L^W iKi;-;'^'. ISii!;ilji]:IijlP ^ THE LIFE AND LETTERS James Osgood Andrew, BISHOP OF THK METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH SOUTH. .GLANCES AT HIS COTEMPORARIES AND AT EVENTS IN CHURCH HISTORY. BY The Rev. GEORGE G. SMITH, A.M. ! " " Victory ! Victory —His last words. '^ NASHVILLE. TENN.: ".^^ '^ •\,,m.,.,, SOUTHERN METHODIST PUB. HOUSE. (f\ "\ \ 111 V JNO. W. Burke & Co., Macon, Ga. \ Shaw & Blalock, Galveston, Texas. f' •', 1882. 1 : ^-^ ; \;\ -\,.y Copyright by GEORGE G. SMITH, Jr. 1>0 ,.vv^*^"^!"";"'. HJebictttiott. TO THE YOUNG PREACHERS OF THE TRAVELING CONNECTION OF THE M. E. CHURCH SOUTH, THIS STORY OF ONE OF THE MOST FAITHFUL AND USEFUL OF THE FATHERS, IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR. PREFACE. " ""HE gifted and saintly Bishop Marvin was selected I -*- by the family as the biographer of Bishop An- drew. There was a peculiar fitness in the selection, and he readily acceded to the wish of the Bishop's children, and visited Alabama to secure material for the work. He made all his arrangements to begin it at once. The mandate of the Episcopal College sent him around the world before he wrote a line. He died soon after his return, and the materials he had collected were returned to the friends in Alabama. Another was then selected, a gifted man, who would gladly have done the work, but that other and press- ing duties forbade. I was then requested to undertake it. I cheerfully consented, and now give the reader the result of my labor. I have attempted no more than a simple narration of the events of his life, and an accurate portrayal of his character. The Rev. Mr. Rush, of the Alabama Conference, son-in-law of Bishop Andrew, has materially aided me, viii Preface. and so has Judge Merriwether, another son-in-law, and his gentle daughter, Annie, the Bishop's grandchild. The life of the man who was the central figure in 1844, brings a matter to the front which many would be glad to see left in the obscurity which has been gathering around it for these forty years goge by. I certainly have no disposition to revive old animosities. I do not think X have said anything calculated to do so. It has been mine to narrate, not to acquit, nor to condemn. The authority to which I have constantly deferred in my narrative of these events is the " Journal of the General Conference of 1844." I have not attempted to give my authorities for the facts of this book. I have consulted all the printed literature bearing upon the subject within my reach, as well as letters, journals, and the personal recollec- tions of friends. The work has been so long delayed that I have not felt at liberty to hold it back for a longer time that I might give it more careful preparation. Satisfied it is in the main a correct picture of one of the ablest and best of men, I give it to the Church, praying that God will make it a blessing to it. George G. Smith. Madison, Ga. , August, 1882. — CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. PARENTAGE.—BIRTH. —BOYHOOD.—ENTRANCE INTO THE MINISTRY. 1794-1812. The Puritan Church at Midway, Liberty County.—John Andrew Bom. The Revolution. —The New Purchase.—John Andrew a Schoolmaster. —He Becomes a Methodist—Takes a Circuit—Marries Mary Cosby and Locates.—James Osgood Andrew Bom. —Boyhood in Elbert.— Some of the Preachers. —The Camp-meeting.—His Conversion and Call to Preach. —Lovick Pierce. —The First Sermoa —Recommended to the Annual Conference pp. 15-41 CHAPTER n. THREE YEARS -ON CIRCUITS. 1812-18x5. The Conference of 1812.—The Timely Gift—The Appointment Received. —The Salt Ketcher Circuit—William Kennedy.— His First Letter Home. —His Father's Letters to Him.—Thomas Darley. —Anecdote froin Bishop McTyiere. —Home Again.—Bladen Circuit in 1814. —The Journey. —The Scotch Highlanders. —Hard Times.—Success in the Word. —The Conference of 1814 — Milledgeville. —Asbury and Mo- Kendree. —The Warren Circuit.—Incidents. —Letters pp. 42-62 — X Contents. CHAPTER III. ON A STATION. 1816-1823. Charleston.—Appearance and Preaching.— Colleagues.— Ann Amelia Macfarlane.—Her Parentage.—Marries Her.—Conference, 1816.— Wilmington, N. C, 1817.—Stormy Voyage.—Kind Welcome.—Par- sonage.—Church.—First Child.—Extracts from Journal. —Infidel Con- verted.—Revivals.—Returned, 1818.—Happy Year.—Letters to his Father.—Columbia, S. C, 1819.—William Capers.—Methodism in the City. —Parsonage. —Some Trials. —Revival.—Augusta, 1820-21. —Augusta Methodism. — New Parsonage. — Asaph Waterman. Reminiscences of General Conference.—James Russell.—Savan- nah, 1822-23.—Affliction.—Loses his Babe.—Narrow Escape from Drowning. — Kindness of the People. — Bishop Roberts. — The Singing Sister.—Lewis Myers.-Conference. —Sent to Charleston District PP- 63-156 CHAPTER IV. DISTRICT WORK AND CHARLESTON STATION. I 824-1 828. Charleston Again. —The Charleston District. — Stephen Olin. —Samuel Dunwody. —General Conference of 1824, —The Charleston Station. Yellow Fever.—Death of Asbury Morgan.—Letters. —Appointed to Greensboro and Athens pp. 157-198 CHAPTER V. GEORGIA AGAIN. 1829-1832. Greensboro. —Athens. —Hope Hull. —The Protestant Methodist Church. —Mr. Andrew's Views on Freedom of Thought and Discussion. 1829. —Athens. —^adison. —John Andrew's Death. —Sketch of his Character. — Augusta Again. —Visit to the South Carolina Confer- ence. —Missionary Address. —Bishop Wightman's Account George F. Pierce.—Resolves to go on a Mission. —General Conference in Philadelphia. —Elected a Bishop pp. 199-239 — Contents. xi CHAPTER VI. EPISCOPAL LIFE IN AUGUSTA. 1832-1836. First Four Years of Episcopal Work. —Home Purchased in Augusta. First Tour. —Camp-meeting in Clarke. —^Journey to Tennessee. —To Mississippi. —Alabama Conference Organized.—Georgia Conference at La Grange.—South Carolina. —Home Again. —Visit to Florida, —Georgia Conference. — With Emory at Washington. — Northern Tour in 1834. —Again in 1835. —Bishop Simpson's Letter. —General Conference at Cincinnati. —Removal from Augusta to Chestnut Grove pp. 240-287 CHAPTER Vn. LIFE AT CHESTNUT GRO.VE, AND SECOND QUAD- RENIUM OF EPISCOPAL WORK. I 836-1 840. Chestnut Grove.—Visitations in the Winter of 1836 and Spring of 1837. Visits North Carolina Conference in 1839. —Dr. Edwards' Account of Missionary Address.—Home Lite at Chestnut Grove pp. 288-304 CHAPTER VHI. OXFORD LIFE. I 841-1844. Emory College, Oxford. —Daughter's Illness.—Amelia Andrew's Fatsil Attack.—Her Death.—Tour to the West in 1842.—Letter to Bishop Soule. —Visitation of 1843. —Iowa.—^Indiana. —Illinois. —Missouri, Arkansas,—Texas pp. 305-335 — xii Contents. CHAPTER IX. DIVISION OF THE CHURCH. 1844-1846. Second Mariiage.—Happy Surroundings.—General Conference in New York.—Excitement on the Subject of his Owning Slave's.-General Conference Proceedings.—His Speeches.—Passage of the Finley Substitute.—Return to Georgia.— Resolution of Southern Delegates. —Visitations.—Convention at Louisville. —Conference Tour in 1845. —General Conference in 184B ; PP- 336-38S CHAPTER X. METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH SOUTH. 1847-1855. First Book.—Episcopal Visitations. —Interest in Missions. —Mrs. An- drew's Sickness and Death.—Letters from Bishops Capers and Paine pp. 386-408 CHAPTER XI. LIFE IN SUMMERFIELD. 1855-1861. Panama.—Letter to Rush.—California.—Recollections of Dr. Fitzgerald. —Return to Alabama.—Visits Oxford.—Virginia Conference. —Great Sermon.—North Carolina Conference at Wilmington.—Florida Con- ference.—Rest at Suramerfield. —^Visit to Georgia.—Death of Eliza- beth Lovett. —Episcopal Tour.—Changes in his Old Conferences. Serious Attack of Sickness. —Compelled to Turn Back in Missouri. Remained at Home until May.—General Conference a.t Nashville. Episcopal Visitation. —Visit to Gfedrgia Contributibns to the Press. —Visit to Texas; —Changes. —Missionary Enterprise. ^Central Amer- ican Mission ^ . i . .pp. 409-434 — Contents, xiii CHAPTER XII. DURING THE WAR. 1861-1866. His Political Views. —Letters to his Son. —Letter from General T. R. R. Cobb.—Tour of 1861. —Visit to Jimmie in Camp.—Last Visits to Henrietta.—Her Death.—Letters from Merriwether and Reply. Life in Summerfleld during the War. —Merriwether's House Sacked. —Annie's Account.—Letter to Merriwether. —Peace pp. 435-492 CHAPTER XIII. LITERARY LABORS. Qualifications for Authorship. —Work on " FamilyTSovemment."— " Mis- cellanies."—Newspaper Contributions.—Review Articles, .pp. 493-505 CHAPTER XIV. RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE. Conversion. —Consecration. —Obedience.— Christian Perfection. —Faith in Providence. —Instances of Interposition. —Submission to God's Will. —Bishop Pierce's View pp. 506-525 CHAPTER XV. AT THE CLOSE. 1866-1871 pp. 526-562 — THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF JAMES OSGOOD ANDREW. CHAPTER I. PARENTAGE. —BIRTH. —BOYHOOD. —ENTRANCE INTO THE MINISTRY. 1794-1812. The Puritan Church at Midway, Liberty County. —^John Andrew born. The Revolution. —The new purchase. —John Andrew a schoolmaster. —He becomes a Methodist. —Takes a circuit. —Marries Mary Cosby and locates. —James Osgood Andrew born. —Boyhood in Elbert. Some of the preachers. —The camp-meeting. —His conversion and call to preach.