History of the M.E. Church, Vol. IV - Media Sabda Org
History of the M.E. Church, Vol. IV - Media Sabda Org
History of the M.E. Church, Vol. IV - Media Sabda Org
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CHAPTER XX = PART 55<br />
METHODISM IN THE WEST, CONTINUED: 1790 -- 1804<br />
McKendree takes Charge <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Western Field -- Poythress' Decline and Insanity -- Introduction<br />
<strong>of</strong> Camp-meetings -- Remarkable Scenes at <strong>the</strong>m -- Grenade -- David Young -- Making a Circuit --<br />
The Southwest opens -- Tobias Gibson at Natchez -- He falls a Martyr to his Work -- Recruits for<br />
<strong>the</strong> Field -- Learner Blackman -- Methodism in Ohio -- McCormick -- Dimmitt -- Kobler sent to<br />
Ohio -- Hunt and Smith <strong>the</strong>re -- <strong>the</strong> Miami and Sciota Circuits -- Advance <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Church</strong> -- Philip<br />
Gatch in <strong>the</strong> West -- Kobler at <strong>the</strong> Grave <strong>of</strong> Gatch -- McCormick's End -- Sale in Ohio -- Methodism<br />
in Cincinnati -- At o<strong>the</strong>r points in Ohio -- Bostwick in <strong>the</strong> Western Reserve -- Methodism enters<br />
Indiana and Illinois -- Benjamin Young -- Hardships <strong>the</strong>re -- Methodism in Michigan -- Planted at<br />
Detroit -- Asbury in <strong>the</strong> West in 1797 -- terrible Trials <strong>the</strong>re -- He has to retreat -- Returns in 1800<br />
-- Conference at Be<strong>the</strong>l, Ky. -- Its Academy -- The First Camp-meetings -- Sufferings on <strong>the</strong> route<br />
Eastward -- Returns in 1801 -- Conference in Tennessee -- Back again in 1802 -- Reposing on <strong>the</strong><br />
Holston Heights -- Conference at Be<strong>the</strong>l -- The Bishop in a Storm -- Reflections on his Sufferings<br />
-- Again in <strong>the</strong> West in 1803 -- Conference at Cynthiana, Ky. -- Early Life in <strong>the</strong> West -- Statistics<br />
CHAPTER XXI = PART 56<br />
THE GENERAL CONFERENCES OF 1800 AND 1804<br />
Coke returns to America -- Session <strong>of</strong> 1800 -- Ordination <strong>of</strong> Whatcoat -- Accounts <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
Conference -- Lee -- Coke -- Asbury -- "Allowance" to Preachers -- O<strong>the</strong>r Provisions -- Anticipatory<br />
Measures -- Richard Allen, <strong>the</strong> first African ordained in <strong>the</strong> <strong>Church</strong> -- Antislavery Enactments --<br />
William Ormond against Slavery -- Leading Members follow his Example -- Additions to <strong>the</strong> Law<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Church</strong> on <strong>the</strong> Subject -- Religious Excitement -- Ca<strong>the</strong>rine Bruff (Ca<strong>the</strong>rine Ennalls) -- Coke<br />
revisits <strong>the</strong> United States -- General Conference <strong>of</strong> 1804 -- Its Members -- Unequal Representation<br />
-- Necessity <strong>of</strong> a Delegated General Conference -- Revision and Changes <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Discipline --<br />
Important Declaration on <strong>the</strong> National Sovereignty -- Slavery again Discussed -- The Adjournment<br />
CHAPTER XXII = PART 57<br />
REVIEW OF THE PERIOD 1796 -- 1804<br />
Numerical Gains -- The Ministry -- Locations -- The Local Ministry -- Joshua Marsden's Views<br />
<strong>of</strong> American Methodism -- Itinerants who fell by <strong>the</strong> Yellow Fever -- John Dickins' Character and<br />
Death -- Deaths <strong>of</strong> Preachers -- Geography <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Church</strong> -- Its rapid Growth, especially in <strong>the</strong> West<br />
-- Ratio <strong>of</strong> its Growth compared with that <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Nation -- Conclusion