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A SHORT HISTORY OF THE METHODISTS By Jesse Lee CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 Of the rise of the Methodists in England in 1729, and of the beginning of Methodism in the United States of America in 1766 CHAPTER 2 From the first society in New-York in 1776, to the first conference which was held in America in 1773 CHAPTER 3 From the first conference in 1773, to the conference in 1779. CHAPTER 4 From the year 1779, to the time of our being formed into a regular church in 1784 CHAPTER 5 From the first general conference in 1784, to the end of the year 1786 CHAPTER 6 From the beginning of 1787, to the end of 1791, the year in which Mr. JOHN WESLEY died CHAPTER 7 From the beginning of the year 1792, in which the first regular general conference was held, to the end of the year 1793 CHAPTER 8 From the beginning of the year 1794, to the end of 1795.
CHAPTER 9 From the beginning of the year 1796, including the second general conference, to the end of 1799 CHAPTER 10 From the beginning of the year 1800, including the third general conference, to the end of 1803 CHAPTER 11 From the beginning of the year 1804, including the fourth general conference, to the end of the year 1806 CHAPTER 12 Containing a list of all the itinerant Methodist preachers. CHAPTER 13 From the beginning of the year 1807, to the end of 1809 CHAPTER 14 The conclusion Appendix Sketch of the life of Rev. Jesse Lee
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Q. What preachers have died this ye
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As soon as Dr. Coke landed in Ameri
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A. "Let them be admitted with the u
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10. "Be punctual. Do every thing ex
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the making up of the deficiencies o
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The annual subscriptions of the tra
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XII. Of Sin after Justification. No
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intermediate space: but wherever it
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incorporated, which was done, and d
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In 1786, we had three conferences.
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command. The preachers at last agre
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together, and uniting with other Ch
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The twenty-fourth in Georgia, on th
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on the east side of the North River
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Several of these conferences were w
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We had also this N. B. "From this t
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house and jumped out on the ground.
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2. To preserve the general union of
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A. "First, they unanimously conside
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A. "At Cokesbury College, or Baltim
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himself to be in the agonies of dea
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from being compelled by law to pay
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In the close of the annual minutes
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Mr. Wesley preached his last sermon
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The eighty-first at the New Mills,
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This motion brought on a long debat
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A. "To the general conference, who
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In the tenth section we formed a ru
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"Let the evening service consist of
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thought proper at this conference t
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Four preachers were entered, withdr
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put into the harbour, and come to a
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The divisive spirit prevailed more
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Mr. William Meredith, who had been
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Massachusetts; and Vermont, in the
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I set out from Lynn in September 17
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never was such a gracious outpourin
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elonged to circuits in other states
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In the close of the minutes there w
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month of September, 1795, being abo
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New Jersey 2351 Kentucky 1750 Penns
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6th. "The money shall, if possible,
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ARTICLE III It is provided and decl
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majority of them, may be wanting to
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commencement of the trial, appoint
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connection; a few years afterwards
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quick and solid parts, a sound and
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for Upper Canada, where he was owne
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Massachusetts 1577 -- 168 New Hamps
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Nevertheless, this rule shall not a
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Virginia. As the rule has not been
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There was a good revival in Chester
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about one hundred and thirteen pers
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The 175th, at Monmouth, in the Prov
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who visited that place, and preache
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time before his death, and in his l
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of the Sabbath morning. On Sunday t
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October 1803, in Brunswick county,
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The above rules and regulations I h
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together in helping forward in this
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as a circuit, or a stationed preach
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to depart and be with Christ; and h
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F Fidler, John -- Admitted 1784 --
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S Shadford, Geo. -- Admitted 1768 (
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Browning, Geo. -- Admitted 1790 --
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Hardy, Edward -- Admitted 1792 -- L
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Moss, Wm. -- Admitted 1788 -- Locat
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Van Nostrand, Albert -- Admitted 17
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Chandler, Wm. P. -- Admitted 1797 C
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Hunt, Lewis -- Admitted 1799 -- Die
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R Risher, Samuel -- Admitted 1793 -
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The reader will observe, that for t
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Cook, Phenehas -- Admitted 1803 Cov
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J Jean, William -- Admitted 1805 Je
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Porter, John -- Admitted 1805 Prend
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Williams, Joseph -- Admitted 1805 W
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Combs, David -- Admitted 1787 Cook,
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Johnson, James -- Admitted 1793 --
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Saunders, John -- Admitted 1798 Sco
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a. He came to America in 1771 b. He
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On the 19th of April this year we f
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In the month of May we had our fift
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The General Conference elected anot
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years. He was very serious and very
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1794 65,508 2,135 150 298 1795 59,2
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upon which, the people in all their
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The latter part of that year he wen
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was so much crying, that it was som
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At the Conference of 1791 he was ap
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He made note of the many changes th
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