A History Of The Rise Of Methodism In America - Media Sabda Org
A History Of The Rise Of Methodism In America - Media Sabda Org A History Of The Rise Of Methodism In America - Media Sabda Org
worshipping in Wesley Chapel more than five years, and received the best pecuniary support of any Methodist preacher in America at the time; he received, while in New York, nearly three hundred dollars per annum. The British officers and soldiers attended Wesley Chapel, and contributed to his support. Under his ministry, Richard Leaycraft was converted and joined the Methodists. He moved to Newark, N. J., where he was the germ of Methodism; he died at a great age. In 1783, the Minutes say Samuel Spragg and John Dickens were stationed in New York. Soon after, Mr. Spragg left the Methodists, and united with the Protestant Episcopal Church; and preached in the old church in Elizabethtown, N. J., where he died, and was buried. In the church of which he was the pastor, there is erected a tablet to his memory. (See "Lost Chapters," from p. 279 to p. 290.) In October, 1774, three preachers, James Dempster, Martin Rodda, and William Glendenning arrived from England; the first two were sent by Mr. Wesley. They will be further noticed hereafter.
A HISTORY OF THE RISE OF METHODISM IN AMERICA by John Lednum CHAPTER 22 In May, 1775, the third Conference was held in Philadelphia. The Minutes show ten stations, and there were twenty traveling preachers. In 1774, the Methodists had their greatest success south of the Potomac, where their increase was 664. The increase north of the Potomac was 411, making a gain of 1075 throughout the work. The whole number of Methodists returned at this Conference was 3148. There was no new circuit taken in this year, according to the Minutes. Mr. James Dempster was a native of Edinburgh, in Scotland, and was educated in the university of this city. In 1765, he was received as a traveling preacher by Mr. Wesley; and continued to labor as such in England, until he was sent by Mr. Wesley, to labor as a missionary in America. He arrived in this country in the latter end of 1774, and commenced preaching in New York, where he was stationed in 1775. His name does not appear in the Minutes after this year. We suppose Mr. Asbury refers to him, when he says, "I received from Mr. Rankin a full account of what related to the unhappy Mr. D." Whatever it was, it is veiled in mystery. His connection with the Methodists ceased, and he connected himself with the Presbyterian Church, in which, it appears, he was an acceptable minister. He was, for many years, the pastor of a Presbyterian church in the town of Florida, in Montgomery county, New York, where he died, in 1803. The Rev. John Dempster, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, is his son; and has been favorably known, for many years, as an acceptable and talented minister. He was, for several years, a missionary in South America, at Buenos Aires. There were three preachers -- John King, Daniel Ruff, and William Duke -- stationed in New Jersey this year. Samuel Spragg was in Philadelphia. Mr. King, in December of this year, went to Virginia, and took a wife; he was the second itinerant that married, and, it seems, married a Virginian. During this year, Mr. Wesley addressed the following letter to him: -- "I advised you once, and you took it as an affront; nevertheless, I will do it once more. Scream no more, at the peril of your soul. God now warns you by me, whom he has set over you. Speak as earnestly as you can, but do not scream. Speak with all your heart, but with a moderate voice. It was said of our Lord, "He shall not cry;' the word properly means, he shall not scream. Herein be a follower of me, as I am of Christ. I often speak loud, often vehemently; but I never scream. I never strain myself; I dare not; I know it would be a sin against God and my own soul. Perhaps one reason why that good man, Thomas Walsh, yea, and John Manners, too, were in such grievous darkness before they died, was because they shortened their own lives. O, John! pray for an advisable and teachable temper. By nature you are very far from it; you are stubborn and headstrong. Your last
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worshipping in Wesley Chapel more than five years, and received the best pecuniary support of any<br />
Methodist preacher in <strong>America</strong> at the time; he received, while in New York, nearly three hundred<br />
dollars per annum. <strong>The</strong> British officers and soldiers attended Wesley Chapel, and contributed to his<br />
support. Under his ministry, Richard Leaycraft was converted and joined the Methodists. He moved<br />
to Newark, N. J., where he was the germ of <strong>Methodism</strong>; he died at a great age.<br />
<strong>In</strong> 1783, the Minutes say Samuel Spragg and John Dickens were stationed in New York. Soon<br />
after, Mr. Spragg left the Methodists, and united with the Protestant Episcopal Church; and preached<br />
in the old church in Elizabethtown, N. J., where he died, and was buried. <strong>In</strong> the church of which he<br />
was the pastor, there is erected a tablet to his memory. (See "Lost Chapters," from p. 279 to p. 290.)<br />
<strong>In</strong> October, 1774, three preachers, James Dempster, Martin Rodda, and William Glendenning<br />
arrived from England; the first two were sent by Mr. Wesley. <strong>The</strong>y will be further noticed hereafter.
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