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It would increase the interest of the above account if the name of the individual had been given by Mr. Shadford. Soon after Mr. Shadford reached Baltimore, where he was sent to labor, a young man came for him to go four miles in the country, to his father's, to see his poor distressed brother that was chained in bed in deep despair -- apparently raging mad. When Mr. S. reached the house he was soon convinced that all that the young man needed was the Saviour of sinners; he opened up the plan of salvation to him. The young man laid hold of the name of Jesus Christ, and said he would call on him as long as he lived. The young man was unchained, and it was not long before the Redeemer freed him from the fetters of unbelief and guilt, and he soon began to exhort sinners to embrace the Saviour; he became a traveling preacher, and was remarkably successful in winning souls. We are led to conclude that Joseph Cromwell was the young man described above. He entered the itinerancy in 1777, and was stationed this year on the Kent Circuit. Mr. Shadford says, "I followed him on Kent Circuit, and believe he had been instrumental in awakening a hundred sinners." Mr. S. spent the winter of 1777 and 1778 in Kent, just before he returned to England. Mr. Richard Webster, of Harford County, Maryland, was among the first that embraced religion when the Methodist preachers first came into his neighborhood: he became a Methodist in 1768. As early as 1770 his house became a place for them to preach at. Soon after he became a public speaker among them. In the latter end of 1772, when Mr. Asbury first had charge of the work in Maryland, he appointed Mr. Webster and Isaac Rollin to labor under John King on the Eastern shore of Maryland, in Kent and Cecil counties. He continued to preach under the direction of the traveling preachers until 1774, when we find him stationed in Baltimore Circuit. Mr. Robert Lindsay, of Ireland, was also with Mr. Shadford this year on the Baltimore Circuit. He continued in the work in this country until 1777, when he went to Europe, where he traveled and preached among the Methodists until the year 1788. Mr. Edward Drumgole was a native of Ireland, near the town of Sligo, where he became acquainted with the Methodists in the beginning of the year 1770. He had been raised a Papist, but as soon as he heard the followers of Mr. Wesley preach he was convinced of the necessity of religion, and began to read his Bible -- joined society, -- and resolved to read his recantation publicly in the church, which procured him the displeasure of some of his relations. In May 1770 he sailed for America, and landed in Baltimore, from whence he went to Fredericktown. Having a letter directed to Mr. Strawbridge, in the fall of this year he heard him preach, and importuned him to come to Fredericktown that he might hear the truth and be saved. One Sunday evening while he was praying in great distress of soul, the Lord visited him with his salvation. In 1773 he began to preach. In the beginning of 1774 he was employed as a traveling preacher on Frederick Circuit and at the Conference of 1774 he was stationed on Baltimore Circuit. He was regarded as belonging to the traveling connection until 1786, when he desisted. His labors were confined chiefly to Virginia (where he settled near North Carolina, probably in Brunswick county), and in North Carolina. After he located, he continued to be a faithful and much respected preacher. In 1815 Mr. Asbury ordained him an Elder, at which time he must have been nearly
seventy years old. He then had two sons, Edward and Thomas, that were local Deacons in the M. E. Church. General Drumgole, late a member of Congress, was also his son, and was said to be one of the most eloquent speakers in that body; and he possessed considerable character as a statesman. It would be gratifying if evidence induced the belief that he was as religious in heart and in life as his father, and as most of his father's family were. Mr. Rankin, after spending six months in Philadelphia and Jersey, in the fall of this year made a second visit to Maryland, where he held one or two quarterly meetings. Brother Williams had come (nearly two hundred miles) from Virginia to be present at these meetings. Messrs. Shadford, Webster, and Duke were also present. Mr. Rankin says: "In the love feast the power of the Lord descended in such a manner as I had never seen since my landing in Philadelphia. All the preachers were so overcome that they could scarcely address the people. When any of the people stood up to speak, they were so overwhelmed that they were obliged to sit down and let silence speak His praise. This meeting was at Henry Watters; it lasted three hours; the people scarcely knew how to part asunder."
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WESLEYAN HERITAGE Library M. E. Chu
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A HISTORY OF THE RISE OF METHODISM
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CHAPTER 12 Robert Williams in Virgi
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CHAPTER 26 First Conference in Balt
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CHAPTER 38 Mr. Garrettson introduce
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CHAPTER 53 Methodism introduced int
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When the old log chapel gave place
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him and told him he must refrain fr
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"1. In the year 1736, it pleased Go
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approached him I said, Well, grandf
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Methodist preaching was introduced
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held out promises of easily acquire
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six years he had made no public eff
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When Wesley Chapel was being erecte
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When he came to Albany, N. Y., abou
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in advanced years, considerable pro
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Germantown, Trenton, and Princeton.
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to bring their first church in this
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who daily pass by this house think
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In placing before the reader such n
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From the Rev. Thomas Ware's Life we
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Captain Webb having introduced Meth
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Page 119 and 120: From the Conference of 1775, two pr
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Page 131 and 132: told him there was a dispensation o
Page 133 and 134: Mr. Downs asked Mr. Chew if he were
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opened his mission in America as ea
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headwaters of the Nanticoke, near B
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the next day. After lying in a swam
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He continued in this exercise, maki
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Garrettson showed him his sin in th
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conviction for sin as the result of
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meeting, and lasted six hours -- en
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Mr. Richard Ivy was a native of Sus
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There were a few Methodists in New
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Brown's sister being in the company
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of creature happiness. Mr. Abbott s
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His clear credentials God's own fin
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een instrumental in the conversion
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In this golden age, when different
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comfort in his confinement. Never w
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In North West Fork, Sussex county,
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of their head men, moving out of th
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Bartholomew Ennalls were early Meth
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Barratt's Chapel is memorable on ac
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her husband, professed and exemplif
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When camp meetings were adopted by
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Herman first settled in the town of
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Yeargan, Henry Willis, Francis Poyt
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a Biography of William Adams printe
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meetings), Mr. Boehm and five or si
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In 1780, in Monmouth county, Job Th
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appears that it did as to the time
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cause of his wretchedness; it was g
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most of the early itinerants, had r
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A society was formed in the vicinit
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learned to sing Light Street to the
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Virginia. Benjamin Boydstone and hi
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German Presbyterian minister; also
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His next appointment was at Howard'
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Mr. Garrettson continued in this ci
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charge of the work in Georgia. He b
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Rev. George W. Walker, of the Cinci
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principle was, that there was no fa
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While in North Carolina, his accomm
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chapel. After paying his first visi
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doing on the circuit. Brother E. wa
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to the cook; she loves to hear the
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He observes, "I rode down in the Ne
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men preach the truth!" The father l
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almost all worldly business. In Gen
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his name appeared in the Minutes. H
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His sixth appointment was at Mr. Wo
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and some were fully awakened." He w
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cause of Christ -- how much Mr. W.
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In this unhappy state she continued
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evil of her, and hated her company.
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time, to distribute his well tried
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On his way to his circuit, he met w
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Mr. Thomas Ware, having been recomm
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since abandoned this apostolic plan
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preachers found their way into it.
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prospering; and especially among th
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to Long Island, until he resolved i
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When age and infirmity obliged him
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intercourse with the Methodists, th
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On Saturday, 25th, being the second
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of them has been tried; as to untri
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out of the house with airs of disre
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Mr. Russel was raised in the Church
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Carpenter's son, the late Rev. Char
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In 1852, James Smith, a preacher fo
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enlarged and improved in 1835. The
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In 1855, the Central Church was fou
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in her mind, "Be not forgetful to e
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took her place at court. She was bu
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The new brick M. E. Church in Smyrn
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