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·1 e l:'r i tes 1t seci:lg .. ..::. i s ·~o
•-s '!r ·, l' J-,ose v_'""!crah l e aspect .,,_; i ~·1 ifi ed .an:1ers .:ille · e
HH'I ar: ti r..,ti !1 . 1 ;'\Otice
Oi:1CV l- t~ ~- his prea c h i :!~
s q ite disc ursiv ._ , i .: :10t l i SC0.1!1CCt-:.r· ,
a fa ct a~..tri'~t:te...: to ' is "'an·· c r s "! .• d t..nin.,cr .itt e·· La·e l s H ich a::i it ted of little or :~ox
s tud '.'; t...J t 11is -·a:1nt?r H "'~ s inr· •l1rl J· : os i 1(1; '1e ua; ( r ave a!1.J cor·1r.and ino , his "Oic e so.1.orous
1nd ,is del iv " r y atte!l.de l' it'"l rye culi.Jr f or_;e c:n· na~esty . de se"med l i ke a g re ·,t mi.!. i t ·•ry
co ntt<:md~ r \·'·1o I-ta' ·r·ec::1 cr o~ ned ·-,, -Jany victo~ ies .. d" al:-oun.·ea i n wllu st r tions md a:1ccdotes •
.L C' Ot 2 "El"Y exalt d O""~ i ni n o .~ '1 i:l, t ·, uqh
t'a 80 cult:Ji. is ::rp oi n ed in h is pr2ac'1i.1g . -~··y
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profound; he rep ested he tvf10h t--1urc·, , .tor·he lJa:.; it s c h i e.... :1. i s tt::r anci
i ts c ', i ·-~ l al,o rer • .Ln. t~e '-'0:1.f-:rene 1K yre · ide · it!l ;: at td :sdo:n , disp ·l" ch a:1 · d i J :1it:· ,- an tr .
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s tlc r efore , recei v d i.1c o .full ne 1ba~:, i ;"Bnd oraa1.1eJ a
·cacon, "-l nc\ tH.o d<Jys la f'r he ~;v o.rdai.:1e....: a pr~sb t er , cont.r:ary to he custo.1ary cour se of the
'-'..,u c·, , t·: i ch r e u· r cs a ..furtnc r c znd i d2:~· o" t 1·! 0 y: rs for -.he l at er f ncticn . l h is e. ce;:>ti on
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highl J c<n~ li -ncnta v to 'l i n ; it l·'a. j.us.ti..fied n ot on l "· b his _a i thf '-11 serv ic es
i n ""anada , bu t by ~~ :lact ~h he ap""e'"'red b f or e the Confe!' nee as a vo l unteer mi s :::i o:1ary t ot ·
s et tleld::nts on the · ' i · :r - 1a~1es ,t·J h ere he r: i r ht ne.::d aut:1or i t .. · o:.·the consec ra i on 0: t he sacra1 29
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c i ous s~as0:1 t om elf. . t 1 ~1 i:~otitn ~li3S i npre s -Gd u i ch 1.1 a .t ul sol enm it y , 3S t he iJ i S;1<Tl
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l a i d on my he dan he li!'trd U> h i s str un or1 smor ous voic e , s a ing , ' f r c.n the end.s
or t!"~ e ar th \•IE c :oll U!'1(':1 ;:.~ee , li ~ord 0 oci , t o p u r U "'0 :1 t 1l iS t hy SErVant the 'io l _r ~"1ost for tho
offi r:> a!1 , Horl-\ of a dea co!1 i n· 'le '"'hw c'l o · 10d . 1 • • ·'- ': the cl o~'- c·f th s ssi cn h e mo1.ndi ed his
·· orsc <m·· set of f fer thr- 11. i ver haMes , a r eC' i on s ti.i.l un..,enetr ot ed by the ··et hod i st it i :tcrants
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'! i ~ f i rsr t J"a··e l s 0:1 \:he •• i aQara ci.rcu:t 'led e·<tended fromth2 -~ . •t i v-=r \·Jest-esr ri to ·,eyond
vxfC'rc , mor th<m ha l f t he ai sta'1ce '·etHeel L <Jl~cs lintar ic n · ·~on • . 1 '1ey devateJ al s o so·t thF·
to 1.. 0 wl:-'o int. . ,; S ec ,.mcl cir c·Ji t , the w-ay of '-<U i :Jte .• an im:'len~e ran: e On t 1"e north- (?CJSt of
L;:>te v:"~ario . . e ~m, ·e •·:i 'ne_ser~ t'1e s everit·,' of '1 i s t r i al s i n t:1es e new countries .• 1-te Houl d
h'3'-'E a-,':")c2red j us ti .!.'i ed h:H.; he, in r etl"1cin~ "l i s
t eps to h i s p1ternal home , anr3 t o the ~o nfer ~
enc :: i::l ··eu Yore~ city , as.·eci for an ap - ointment ne rer his k i rrlred nnd in a ;nor e ~,enial cli mate
• • .Jt 1 t he 111e:1 •. t'1 ither for t'le expr ...,s s ·urpo!:e of solici tng pern i ss i n to t hroF hi l'lse lf i nto
a sti i] roa:- e t-.testHJr and no
d·sol a e rer i on, a r eg i o:-1 not ed a t hat t i ne , f or p 2sti l entia l
dis e'Jse a:1d eli gi ous r'2:t itutۥ:m-- t'lr r e cent e ttl em2ns on t 1r. n. i v . . r 1 hames . . 131
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/lett er a v} f ord , f r of.l a uermm B 'l tis t Hho 1 i~d onthe •' i ver Tl-tames , ab out s i x t y mil es r om
o r oit , ur i n[l h ·m r.ocol'1e OV C'r and p rocl a i m "l is mes s r e in :. at country , then a l most t oal l y Hi
•~it'lout re li pi o us p r ov 'si on . ue kne\·1 no t J,i:1 cof t1c tJr it er , but t!1e c all s eemed li i-\e t hat of ~ he
"::~ce d o:ll.an v i sion to raul a.1d it fo ll m-·ed 1in c m tinuall y . rle reueated l y o ff e r ed h i s ser v ic e
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net·l f i e l cl to his pres i ding elder; but the l at ter deer1ec. the \-Jan~ s of t he near er f i e l ds
too urqen t , a nd h i s health too f eebl e , to j " tify ~ he f'l i ssi on . . to the Bay of 0uint e c ircuit· bu
v1'1i l e hr th£re l ay, l annt•ish i •£;as He hav e seen , 1~ith fever , and h is b r et'lren Here ~a therinc'
a r rund h i - be tosee 11im d i e , he still s aw the b e ck9n L1~ vi s i on in the further ·- es t , andexne c t inr to r i se no mr e , actually Wlde !li s Hi 11 , bequea thb[ ~ i s h ur e and wa tch--all the
prope rty~ he had e~cept ~1is th~roughl y Ho:n raiment -- ~0 an :· pr each er w?o \·Jou l d go to thCJ t
s ufferi ng peo,..,l e . " hac prayec.; for t hem 1nce!.: sant l r 1n s ecre t , ev ... r s1nc e the rec e ipt of t he l e
t cr w1ch ca l led &i m t o them .
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A... ter '"' i. o!'' i na ti n •s a ~1 eacon at lh conf r nee , here rUested an int er vi eH Hith d ishoo
•"'-sbury a nd ma d e ·notr/:1 to him '1is i uress i on of a pt·ov iden ti a l c al l t o thi s mi ss i on . l he ,\e.en
eye 0/ c e v e t erar: l e~der _li g?ted . up a~ he !=J~ZEd on t h? Y.JLU1! e va~£e li s t . 11 • 1 e unhesitatin~ re'l li d as i f c 8t C, l :1!" ~he 1'1S 1ratl 'n \·J it1 ~h 1 ch m· ot-m h ~-zt H s ku1d l ed, 11 You s1 ;:jll < 0 Pl.)' so .u u
1 ~-,e b i shop r . s ent d t ' case efore th e "'onfere nc e , and o ;u2i nen him a pre sbyter , th_ t he i ch
full po .er s to " mi .i ~· t e the sa cra nen ts . "
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.. i ~h hut fifteen :lol l:Jrs i rt my POrk· t ..L se t off ·n connan v ui ll) 11 .t'nson a :1d .uard e l
int ed t ·o onpe - street , th~ l attn· t<? 1agara . " e entere.:i ~o.nda
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o.H fri r:~r-1 : n an:• h r.r '") t i •tn n:y h :1 s r.. o:~ey a~!Ot.:1tir. .. o ~:. lev~:~ ,;o l rs , eno u~h fo~ my j LTnczy'.
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''1 is 0e lovecl s i st~ r '-a::; o~·te:l ., co• _·art 'o Me in t 1~.,·~ 'i stant l and , ?:'lei ..~.. l o' ·ed h er t e:•c>:.rl ; ,
.. UneY'lec!.ed l y , ayounc f'l.an o ~e re . to accompa:1·· ;t·· , m He s et ofi to~ et he r . rlU ~u ~t Lth a:1c
r't:, •.··z a t.t e:1d er: a qu-.·ter l y HeEt in. a t vxford, uhe .. e .J. H''S r eirr:s'-led a one :1· olr1 ;~ i e1~s , t he
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of my mi:>.istry , ·rit ~ 1-1~oa '"' :1m-1 tooks1·1eet cou:1se l a1)out !...'Je l nbor s a:1o tJr:ra ls
1efor ~ ne • .JC'l"l rti:1• ui t '1 thz i r 1raver , l·le jc ur!'lcy d <J~· ou.: 30 :n iles to -~e la1·Jr tow!'l, "her
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' .tu('l ust lOt h t-.' a 1·ose at break of day , took a little foot: , a:1d start~d for a .. ·i de thru
the vJi l r::e~n~ss , 45 ·iles l one·, \·Jith :10 r oa ds , a:1d only ' b l azed ' or lll:Jrked , tr es t o cu id e us .
·1-:.,ere be i nc :1ot e ,· :::n a beat e:l path , t·Je "L<Iere often CJt a l os ..: to t\:10H uhe the r He 1rrr e r i£~1 or
llr o r, but\1e got sa 1'<1 y ti-1ro ·, ha t 1-! st . 1'1e f li e~· a:1d musK~t oes u e r e so tro.;' l e so.. e th~-- our
l1or~es cou ld not s ta.1d t oe ~ ' thou~ h 1:1e stopned i n · s ~ady mc.Gdml Ior t hat p r 1ose;
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ode h~· o· •r h t ~e 1·/ 0o·s Hithoutany other re _r' shment f o r the:n illi1' .1Hhat t hey nibbl ed ;:c s He pas.ed
alon .r . As or o u· ,. l ,·e s He had a li t t l e .L:-,ci i n 1r~ad and dr i ci '-e <:f in our ock ts, ofv l·lhich e
partook ; but . '1. ~ He oc c 2s i oaal l y Me t l ooked so bl n :;k th t e d:Jre :~.ot drink it. 1-r hor - es
s emed as e a er to r..,t t hrot:,.has r e l ves, for H~E nev ... r pr.,c ti cab l e, the y 1-JOul d t r ot on .. .. e a r
rived J'i-Jol't suns ~ ' ~· - ary , h ..m r y <lnd th ir sty, at a s :rall l og- hut , i !1ha'- i t ed · a r.renchm:m . •·y
t ired horse l av do:J:· 93 soo!'l 2 s h s ad l c mdbr i l c H er·· t ~1t:e:1 off. .L .,s l{ed t"Je 1-1a:1an a the eli::
1 s~e co .. ldg i~re m2 a d.z::i.J;. o L.za , hut sl-)e hn ··J none . weinralmost f an i shed , I r quested t e man
to pr oc ure us S ..7te '' "t:r , uh i ch e s i p~e a li t tle at a tine , as i !. i t t·J er e nectar ; He tl)en ate
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l ay do · n on ahu:~.: l e o straH, s l ep t st.· e tl , an;l ro se m h e ~, orn1n¢' much r eir eshe o an-:! mv l f'Or ted i n body an 1i nd . 134
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he poor \·JO-nan Has s o hi n J a. to s e:~ e r l y to a d i sLant ne i £1h 'Jor , to ..beg. so:ne_ Lea for
us; hut she ha(1 :1eithrr t ea - kettl e , tea - Do t , :1o t ten- cun , s he t herefore bo iled i t i n a 11 d i shk r tt l e11 a•d then p ru re~ i~ i :~t o a ti:>. cun, from •1hi ch He cr a:"ll{ i ~ Hi t1:1ore r eli s h tha n ev r a r
l\i:-t drG k 1-:i :~e fro~ a col den no l et . .L. thour 11t it t '1~ mos r efr e shin;: 1-:lever ase I hod ev er
drun!{ . ·,., ::o l l oH ed oL·r 11or es to rc~t t i ll ahout te.1 o cloc k , <>nr1 the:1 r ode nbout s eve:1 --: il es
to a ~r:av i c.n mi ss.i .. :~ , ax s all l.1di"'n vi1l 1ce e n ~'le"r i v... r 1"-lanes • .. ;: di!'led witl1 one 0 the
nJis i na r ie s , f\10 OL tJho;. 1JE 1'C stal i ·:~ec. he r e .. 1e HaS ve
s oci ab l e , and s, emed t o possess r:l llCh
~f t':e s i mp lic i t y 0 th: uosn~l. L h~s good men har: mu~h tro~:b l e i n th7 ir Hork, fr orJ.the co rrup t ~
1 n~ 1nfl uence of the :1e 1 ~~')onn g Hhl t e 'l$e ttle •·s up' :I trle .L nd 1ans , and 1t H . hoped by them tha ..
o~ ,.. l ab ors among the former t-~o ul h ~l ~ th~ i r miss i c,n .. "he :1 i s i. vnaries,.and lndi ans treated us l.
\-HI"~ r re r esp~·c t , ;:.1nj s eened to reJ 01c r- 1n the pr ospect of hav m g the uosnv l pr .. ac hed t o the
vJ ~, it e se ttlemen s on thebank.s of the ri ,e r r e l o1.1 , 11
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: he n ex t day .::>und a" at lO _a . r, , ll 'f1K hous e H~s croHded • .L cor.. t.lenc Ed t he service by rerr.arlt i t ~at- ·•1len ::J slr· r~rer apr)e rs n ' hese :1HJ countn es the peop l e are t..s unl ly CtJ rious to knmJ
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u~:: di' ~o , a:l_ :·ih "n tie ar· i v
the hous<: "'nd yard He r_ full o · o ol E. , to \·Jho::1 I prea chec
\·:it ~ x li'' e l y s a ti .,.ractio n . "t. nr oth r s p:- :oe~t , :P oaserved avetera:1 man Hith a l on e· bea·-d .
r.t 1-,c c l os e of t h i12etinr he 'H r-S i ntroduce .., s r . e:smo:-e , R German ..Japt ist . -·-2 \'a-the
pas c..:1 t·•ho ha d \·•r i tt~n to .tE. the ~ tter about ttJO y::::>:.:: b.:;·ore , i nvit i n £ n1e to co:ne in to th is
n .:c l ected cot.: nt r y .
l~e nE.xt ciuy l p;:-Ea· ·.:d at h i s hcu s e , 2bou t t1r·enty- oi1e mile s ci i sta:-~ t. 1hus
:id -- oc h ; l ., me and C9En my 1-Ja~' · ..L felt th::J I t s i n the o Ler of h i s prov idenc <'. . ,.:)uc h a s
seet:1e :- of s o ul I enj, y ed , such a libe rty a:1 c unc t i on
pr 1Ch i:1!_" , 2s pl8 inly ind i ca.ed thJt
, as un:J. r h i s n ·danc e , and ~ is :.r1 i le seen
to li :•ht l; p the Hi lde rnes be f o re me .
138
~ he ne xl: d ay i :1 company •d th''r . " ss~1o r e , .L rode te>1 miles o..d pre2 c h ~:;
i n t he ho us e of
1 n lnd i a:~ •·oman , th e1r1idm-: of a . rench ~an"!d i an , Hho had 1 f t her cons i J.:rab l e propEr t y . ~he t"s
a cood , simpl e- hr:: rted , e"'rn":-t c re< turc , "' 00 rem i nded m. of the -.h unami te , f or s he pr epar ed
0 ~ m<O , in an u-n"' .. l' r oo1, ~be d , a t abl e , o ch 8i r , an·J a ca cl cst i ck . ln th i s room .L preac hed ,
,,d a te , andsl ept , and no one Has all ot·!cd lc ent.r it in my a bsence , e. cept to keep it in o r Ger .
.:5he n ev r. r 1skcd me tos i ~ Jt th t3hl e Hi t'• h r , deerlin £· hersel1 un· orthy, 'mt prepared 1'1) f oo
a:•rl out it on the ta-...l e i n m·• ro an . She cons i d red hE.rscl :f hir~ l ;· he 1ored by hav i n ~ the uos;::c
or och::d i n h er h us , and six' tre t ee m i n th i s Hay ciurinr all m stay i n th:-' co ntr ·• ~en
.... p..,rterl uith he!? the n _xt da~· 8 Ler my f i r. t visit , i n sh<hdn ~ ha ds she l eft a d oll:: r in my
p a l :n . .Lt V'~ muc~ ne eded , jDotbc I w~ s n e'3r l y out of mone:J. 138
! t, neY d<Jy He tr2vel eo , p 1r t l y t hro · ~ a s c at ter.:d • rench set tl em~:.nt an ... pa r tly t hrou gl
/ a pr;Jir i .: , f i ft;; mi l es , o ~<:mdolich , a Sr.t<J l l v i lla ~. O"pos i te ue· ro i t , \vhere 1 pr ea cheo in
thc- eve'1 i ng . 11 ··e .f ound t h er-. a rl•de ja].l , and i n i t , amo:1 other pri !"on rs , a younc man , und.::r
se tenc e o r·._al h fo r \.10rsee st<"aling .
"'preached to them all , bt1t mo.:t Jf them be i nr fr ench,
coul r1 rot undetsi:land hiu . The yount cri.,ina l was hovJev er , l ed to r~p:: ntanc e ; he con.fes s :o d 'li s
cri r c Hi 'h te rs , and ci i eJ Hit'1 hope of' t'1e m rcy o uod . . ' 1 e c lun · tothe preac her t·Ji t h a or akil
11
h ei-!rt as hmiS l 8s t, h i s rn l
•rie.1d . "1 coul n not but eflc--t , says the l at t e r , "u'"'lon the
_ s ev r i t· 0 t.~1" cri - ina l c ed e Phi r h condemn <d a man to d eJt h for st a al inr a hor e . " 1 38- 39
Ue t r o i t i n 1804 .
:ie c rossed thE: r i vCc to .U r oit;, a nc' havin a l ett d 0 .1 in reducti on to a 1-'r es byter i an
;,1 i :~ister , call e· 0 !1 hi · , but found him · n a 11 bac ,slidden st1 'c , apparen tl yd e stt itu te of the
f <' r 0
Tod,ne i ther prea c hi :1r, .~ or pr a ing . ,~ e had become a n. btr te , m:l had marr i eJ a
French c·01 an '-' Jth o li c u i f •. e r cceiv -od rr; , hm-:ever, t~i t h a f ri en:lly .:•) ir i t, a'l d ass i sted m~ in
ryrn c urin~ the '-'O ne i l .tou s~ for pre~ch i n • I m eache' that ev.:ni:1~ t o a l arge cmgrE ga t i n . lhe
"1E O"~ l e her \·J ere princi;'al l y rench t-;p ists ; the rest Her ~ a i: t ur '- 0 1. Lngli sh , .lr i sh, and
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Ane r i can s , all as d ck ed a ,; :enlly r~s the y cou l d Hell be .
139
1 l e.t t anotl-ter a n oint •.1en t for tHo \veeks fro ..1 that eve.1in ~ . At the ap ·•oin ted t i ~. 1 e I
~ 1 ,..,0 e red amon ( t 1•em a a i n , 2nrl Hh il e pre >chin
ther e aro:E a terrib l e thunJer- storm tho:: e arose
1
~~ / 8 ·t u ri b l e thund 2r - storm . '1e l ightnin r fbshe d v i v i d l y , : he oeals of thunder rat tl e thro..:g h tl
"le8'1f:nS l ike d i scfu8rgES rf art ill ery . .i. h<;pt 0:1 pr - chi nc: nri admonished tht: h~::a r er s t ha t th.is
Has r1b ut a a int res ar,lb~ <:mce o ~' · 1 t day t.. h cn t '1c h ~v en s S11111 p 8ss tlHay/ t-J i t h a g r e 8 t noi se
and the c: l emenl:s
1t w1th .f ~ rvent h ... •t . it-Jo youn£ m n , as the'" aft'rt-J nl rrlc.1teu , sat tr enblin
I'' noHder
f rin . . ~~ 1 t~e ho ~s H? U l~''~' s t J;l JCK and . ~h('y il led for their Hi cke(,Jn ss . fhey had ut
wto h canu l estlclc,, hop 1n' t~8 t 1 \Wuld 1-, e reached by t!1e l1 _h s and e xp lod~ d ur ing
t!l.e '!Orshio , but,_~,._.
ti,·, clo~ d oo c :·1·· o:· t'l..: i.r -~ i :1 . lh;:.~- s i d th t a
rthe s.r. :u:;.
t·ws e:~deri , an 1 1 t~ ol;: ~2 '"h£. canc11 e ~ r e:<:d the hy-'m, theJ fe::n'(d the c oi:Jd<:r Houle e;SJlode i .1 r.:·
eyes . ~::or e aro i n ~or~ ··a~ ·. rE'l :~E: a;!d :eliv::re' ne .
140
The n~xt ti e 1 i.i ~i t.<ci Oct roi
a 1 r rs'"'y t eria n pmi ::s i cn2ry i rw it c m to d 'ne ioJ i t~ ·,:_,_ , .·1
t'"'i ch 1. than!-:.fuJl v d i d • .J. foun::; hi m a riri c.i ··ook i n~ i a il , ::> il -1 h( end 8"0 reC:: in va i:t to CO:IVi:- c e ':r e
o~.-~., t 'le c :::11e my errors . ..E tr.:..,f-ed .1c , ho~:c, ·er , t·li t~ ...,:1ri ti a:1 court ~ sy . ·1 e told ne that ~e
'nd pr-•ched until none ~ut c 11iU r en cnme t o h ar ~ L1 , . :1'. th ·.' he hml giv n U"J the p lace L 1 ~~.:Sla
, i r , ~ut !l.ope:l 1. Foul c '1~ e he t · er succ e ss . 11-)e r o., le turr1e~ o u sm-;e ll i n the even i nr , th:Jt
I ~ade ar rancenents
to ciue t'l, na :::a"j1,ath a-o ointment , but a la s . t·Jhen
h t irr.~came onl y a fet·J chi l dren .naC:e
~ th e ir apre; ance , a'ld 1 1. shook off the d us t of my" fe e t as n es timo ny as- ai nst t hem ' and l ef t t h
t hem . l n a bout four Her-ks th e uhol e to1:m 1:1 ~ d. stro,,'ed by .li ·e . 11
140
e·1ar!;a ')1 e Scene s
f r O"" J-:- troit he Hent to (ort /;)alden ~nd dm-m t ~ sho :-e of aKe .::.r1e , a ·m s e tt l emmts O.L
" mer icans , .:n£l ish , S co tch, _ri s h, anr·Jut c 'l em i grant . ··e t h us c.Jllp l deci his circuit, and con t inued
to t r vel i t a 1Jout thr"'e mon t ~s . .. c.ore mor3lly de:;tit Lte r eL i on , he says , he had neve r see:-~ •
.10un~ peo-,l e h··· 1r ri ve ·• a t the a e of :::ixteen/ t-.~ho >u-J n v ~ he c..rc prachinQ; and he ~ound a
"'ethodist fan: ily , a s c·Je hav e seen, \·J ho h"'d l iv ed inthec o ·nt r y seven y e ...rs vJ i thout hean ng a
sermon . "Bu t al t 'lour hthe DCO( l e genero lly He · e ext reme 1 v i r nor tt of soi r i tu a l th i ngs , and ve ry
loa; e i:1 their moral s , the·r seErkd ripe for the llospe l ~n:l -receh•ed 2 ~ d tr eat ed '-'Od "s messe :1ger
with ( n~ ~ at enti n and 1'\i:-~l nes s . They tl ea ter1 me as an ar1r E1 o:.' Goc
11:0- 4 1
· "A:r.onr t!l.ose vJhosE h ::Jr t s the Lor d touc h ed Here t!l.e p rents o:la Gernan fa ... ily, vJho h ad
so d i s aar eed ;· ith the ir chi ldren t1at they h::: nll _"or salie-ilt 1-eir father's house , and there a )pe ared a; i !'reconc i l a!Jl e en · i ty be tlL en the rr. . The p ar ents , then conv rted , mad e K.1o1-m to me ,
t·J ih l'lan y tars , the i r unhap~y c ondi t i nan :-?.rm: stly ehteeat eC: me to att et'lpta re conci li a ti on .
1\.ftcor de l iber at ino a H'l il e 1. a L>i'ised t ,1em to sen an i n v i ta t i o n to all the i r chi Jdren, some of
11hom Here married- a d had l ··r s e fa:n il· es , to come home on a part icu lar day, a l so to ir!1Vi tex a
f · o ·· t he i r ne i gh ors r oc ot'G in; to ha ·-e th t. table spread i n th<: r.~ idd l e oi the r oon ar1d a oorl
diilner , all cooked b::o f orehand , r ac:y to be :'1 t on it ; anJ to hav.: the i r cl-} ildren a llseaa ed on
one sid e oft~e room an ~ th e~' therrse lves on the ot'1cr . .L roost: then to preach a s er'lo:l to
1
t l-)et'l . Af t'le · ointe d t i r:le thev a llcaCJe , a:Yi .... x pre::Jch ed on the nanalille oft he r aJ i f; al -=>on . xt
1
t'le conc l us i cn l r ~marke · t h 1 lhe • ro c1 i ~a l i S r epresent ed 2S sa~r n~ f i rs t,
\<Ji ll ar iS E a nd ~ 0
1
o my f ·,tl-Je r ; but ls ar1 i t o the ch il en, ' y our parents fir : t ... ent. for you · 1 and then t o the
03r ents, 1 your chi l ·1 ren h:lv< comp i erJ at ~'our re.-uest ; they h 2ve cor·te at yo~r cal l. ...;re you a.te
all toge the r in the pr sence o_· "'od , and hrn- r e some of your nei .. o rs to Hitnes s ~-hat is done
.J.. f you a ·e a ll t·J il 1i nr- to for~ i ve Hha t i s :el~t , ._ e r econc i l ed/ an d live hereaft( r as parent s and
c1 il dren s o u1 r1 , ri ~e 'D , mef:t c.nch other befo e us, and shak e h a nds tooeta eh a s a token of
your c econciliati on .' they a .1. hstan tly acose , me t , e!'lbra cec 1 an:.i k i ssed e8ch ot he r, arri He':>t
over 0 :1-2 anot ~er most. ? rofu sel :r . 1 r 2s i rd~ .. d an affectin£· scene to all present . Uhen their
eno tions hac' so!!'·tvh1t su:)s id er: .L sa i d, •.. oH ~( t the food upon h t ab l e am l e t us e at and drink
toce ta er in t otien o '· r i erd s~ip .' f1 i s rJ s done; we all d r vJ a ro ~.;n'~ the t abl e , l asked a bl essir
and 1:1e sat dot·m, a te and ::rank to Ether . 1hus had t he Uo spel r , s tore d h ar mony tothis broken circl e . lhey r'e e truly g r ::t eft•l to o l r' or t he r econc i li ation broug ht tot'le househol d . \·J hil e I
r emained i n t~ose pa r ts t h~ '1ou:::e '·•a s rny home ..
141-142
Perhaps no pa r t of our country t ·" mor e subj ec t to .:ever a nd ague , or 1 Lake rev er ' as
it •1., c ~ ll en than tha" a l an the "iv er P1anes . .J..t 10as ec oas i oned bv the st r nant s\~nmp s Hhi ch lie
a little i stance fromthe river m ev ch si~e , anl t h e un\·Jhol es omen css of the t~ater t·J hich t he
peop le are obli r ed to .· s e . Ll1e f2ve r hqa:1 to r aoe i n ep t emb~Zr , and , durinr, i t s progess , in
al os t evvry fam ily ib ess or n ore were sick ; and i n some i nstances ev ery memher o t he famil y ,.1 :;;
J::~rost ""'Jt er1 at the s a ~K ti me . t1'1:nl first v i s i ' ed _<J h:.1us~ 1. t•.Ps u:_u~lly pres n ~e·i ~Jit'l a w1isl\.y
;., 0 ttle, an, urfJ€cl top rtak<:- of 1 t ' Sa pres<-r,·ative a s<Hnst the 1ev~ r; but I a ecll ned the
')ev~ raqe and told lhenl l'Jou l d rhk t·iater .nr' tea,and ~Je \·m uldse. l·Jho sho ul d h;.;ve the be t t er
l-)ealt 1: ... h oucl-J t'"te fev ~ r rare s o tha .J.. ~o u ldsc1rcely visit. a fa. i ly l·Ji t hout see ing mor e or
1v.ss s i cl~ , J. con tantly t vel cr L11e country · n health Wtti l a' t ..~e clos<? o··· the s i ckly se: _
son ,t·h ~n.L toot t·ns seize \·Jith the d isease , 11u t by ti. ely 1 meuiE.s .L esu~,ped t·Jit h b ut tHo or
··hree par oxy sms . r is i s rne11ti ned t o~hoH t'1e mi staken not i on o m:.m 1 !'J€0 •e, Hho suppos the
u e of ~rdenl- sp irits i • s a nt·ev n tiv P ofepidern ic d i sease~ ..
l h2
.ils _attack t '1ou:hbr i ef, 1 os sevcrre ; .he \-I ''Shsleliri gus. sCY.'l~=. o 1:'16. time .f.rb'a ~ dl~ fRisnc Shc. l
. t-~e c abin o the oocduutc'1 1n .• , uho se a 1lv he
d r ec :ICllec, anc t; O -e-m:
c..
1:1 .
-
-5-
at ent i ons ~e OHH1 'l i squi c-k r eco\·ery. rtc i .. chrel· H?.1L f or~h arain, p,..e c'1i:1._ <me pr 3f nL
a onr- th '""llffer i'lr nc.c le . 1.•e frvcr s til !'. a~eu ev- rp1hcrc . de ""12S !:'Ed ov er t o et roi t and
f ound al l the tave c;s cro~·!de
ii.h the s i ck . " co.... l o o '"a in no ;:>·.:-:l ie lc-1c in_, but a C!ir i st i an
1
f ri :: nd !:c,oi;; '1i·•1 in for ;: n. i ~~t . · e r et urne· ," v;endeci h i s H<J:. lD th e fh;_m;;s; an.: fomd the
setl l ers oesp ncle n t and "Je ri··i1 inr . rtc r:!r t a l ar e cor!pan of ~cotc!M en flee i f( ~<:ith t 11e i r
.ra~1 p · es
ro:-n ·
p es t i l ent r c: i n ; :10 l ~s s l:h ':1 t:.~.1ty- one o. "f)e i r nun· er had d Ld '.i ith i n a
f e'' d~.,· c: . -·otv;itta'1c1i:-w . '::l.2ir :ii flict i n t'!e·! Here dru:1k and U;)rori c:us .
1.'...3
•
~:: 1 ; ra··e them a !)H·§~t 0:1 dr .Ju:onn<;ss; vi r rap;Jl y pas .. e j f G• 0:1( to a o ther, 3nd pr·oc:ace(
:::uch 8 n i •~ orzs si on t1::· l)1eir c l "~Ol'S c eased , anc' h \·1 s as.,ed to pre<J c!-J a.Ki proy Fi r h th::n an ..
'JJI'tec1 frm them t'!.-. n.: xt C8'"Ji ':'lthe i r hc:-rty bl;ss i n ~ s . ~ l·'"' thus ever r e ·y f or hi s ''Ork
·. i :1 s a son a --d 'ut o f seCJ so - • 11
i s a c tivi ty and 1Jol<m :-s rnr;e even the rude· n; m:-den~c: c:U? i l, ~-n ..: the'J sotrlPt i m:::s fl •
'eforc:. hi:'l . vnc of'hr:: sto;J~inc -p l ac<.:, Fas at v10 r:1 . As h2 no .. appro•cl-)ed i t on ~crsEhac k a
bo i ste r o•js c rot-Jd , Hho t:Lre !a.·:·· li nr3:tJcr i.tk i n: arvunc 3 l ;rge '3':lle , c ?u"ht a gli ··IJJ~e o: hi:n,
:>::Jrt•nr Ul i :1 ter r or f ro t:v i .r !:. ar~: , rui e : caped , S011te b · :1e ·di n.:.ol~S , so-ne 1) / the "1a ck cioor .•
11Thus : 11 he · r it es , 11 the Bi k c- · :"1 e H~en no r::-:n ;>ursuc:th . 1 "'n of thet"'1~oHever car r i e-.:i al,'a y a s a
ut "'"""J i .tn .. ss i on
of he s e e-K . "l r. f l ri:1 r fro n-oQ , 11 hz e:xc lail'l::c ," '1utu~a ll sh<Jll .L d o
0I
S·•l
l~h n '- Od c a ll s .. e .
I Hi1l '"'a·.h l e no .:ore . "
l l1J
' i" il s by ··ater
•• .,·r il s t o hi t'l s elf •!Xi e s:':c c ia ll y t o ~ i s ~-,ors~, h' s onJ i sp ens a l e c o.. oani on . ~ he
·iver W"' · h i rh , 0 :1. o• r :rfl oucci its b anks . In s oi-.e i .1stances u '1c:1 he ~ot over i t hi i.s l f uit h
safe t·/ , .,ut ~·.1 cl-J d i fficd t _ , t:1e .. a··, l e an i t -~ l s , Hh i ch he sa::·s h e l oved nE"': l y as n: uch as
~il'l'""., l f , i.·' s c:::r "i e
J ot·' 1t'1ecurre:1t , :. n e s cay->e ] c::1ly by h i s uncan11on s tren£ t h . .
n_'\ t ::uot·"er t i me '1avh tr 'Ve l e·
bo"t
mil ~ acros_ the p aa i ns f r o: -anGl·: i ch and
a rr i· i n~· in !1e ni f'ht , .L m2d_ a ~1 i stal\e b putti n:• my horse d01r!: J thestream . 1'J h_.J no socn er
enf; r ed t 11ecu. ent than t1e canoe s• un UJ!On '1 i s')ack , s o th..:t it ua s c arr i eci -a lon£ by h i m i n
t :1 is ma'1!1er . - h "Jeci i -te l u r equ·, ste~· "he o::rsman to ce3s e pacid l n s and l et the h or s~ tai-\e us
over, for J. k:1 H t!-Je cou·a r~ me' 8trenr th o r the m i rw l. .1. g"J". h i n the r Lll l .z :1c t hof the
br i dl e , and he l anded us sa.Le l y on r.h< ot1er s id, , t ·10u: 11'1e l ot-j ·.he usua l l anding- p l ace . lbit i£s sec
the nobl e bru te and t · anl•s ..:o ior th i :: del i v •2ra.1 c e .
1 ~4
on e ;nor e exampl e of a narroH escane h cro: s in th i s liver . Ai e r '1ea'y ra i ns i t ris e s
ery r ;~:d l y . 1-\tt'le ' i me o:." one o:
ese. fr she t. . l ~i shcd v .ry much to c ross,3 n dl.Jent t o the
f : rry ~or th eX "'J D Opos ~ . 1 '1e::. __ rrt:an \·1 : not at ~ ~ o .e , but hi Hif~
.i d that h ;..r dnu ('1 er , a
ni rl ah o·Jt 1! y'2 s ol , caul p:;ac l e .,.;e ove r .. J. requ sLed t he r 1 :' 1 total~e T'le abo,,e . h e u sua l
londinr pl 2 ce hefore she launc hed o J. t i nto t1e cur ren t . - s tooo o;1t '1.:. st ern of the c~1 no e 1 _1d
s'1e in - . -,e rri d l e . .. e f i n ly t r:1e,· in to the rapj d st r ea;~ , Hhi ch uas f i lled Hit~~ l o;"t i nr 1 0 ,
and .rr~-· ent.s o t i r1ber . <'"' p dd l ed 1.-I i thall our mirh t, but in S'~ i te/ of ou r Efforts '''e f loated ~
50,12 d i tan c e 'fJd oh' the l 2nd inr - p l ace , ::mci f i na ll came i nto t :r top of a t r ce Hl; i ch s tocrl on the
f l t bhr-ve i-1 lo1·er 1Janli. . .L cr i ed iot1 e S' i r l t ose i z e hal oi a o ranc!1 and keep h . . r feet st nd
on ··1-,e c 8 :1o e ; I d i d t
sanE. on 1 He held f ;_,s t . ·1 11i s .:§ave us !oone t i e to l ooka r ounrl and see hm-J
we n i n1 t esca!1e · 1 soon p er c e i ve· th-:".l~ beyon<the tr e , s ha:e u rd , thet-12-.er bad{ec and formed
a·, eddv an.! i f til e could nan. ' e t o gc t thc:: c oe on th? s i de oft:he tr ee nr:. .t t o t he l a nd we s ;10u l 1
'Je saf~ : l a ccor d i ncl y directed the £' i rlto p 11 fro11 bra ch to bra noh, ar1d doi ng the same mysel f , t-J e succeed ed in rrwvi n r arounri th e tr ee .. v.•h . . :1 'e S""1run~ t o o:..·pad l cs an ' be'le l d HeH er·e
s afe ..
144-45.
A rl i r ht inthc oo s
Asthe ·,intra· r oach ci he S 8W t'1 t i t uo:tld '1e i mp s i bl c to continue hi s t •u vel s efLc.c t
ivel v in t1is nevi r eo i on , or th- r oa ds \·Je E ·~e co i: r i npractiG3"l e <mdthepe o ·l e \-Jere Hi de: l y
d i sp~ r sE d . ·;orne o r'12 s ~ . t l ., nt ~<re ~:- t.en, t1.-Je.1 ty ::J n.l e ve n f or t\-' ~1 il ~a pa rt , t• i th int erven11 1 h ad , 11 he 1.:ri es,
inc fo t e st s:tJh i ~ h 1 sno s 1.-iou l d l"Ende r i ':~·a s: abl e .
Jh~,t: shoul d h e_ do"?
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11 ~~ . s truq ~ le s o: min , ano.l .a rn stly pr "JC J for d i vine ' ·ioance • He ·i m l ly cl H errri ne t o
returner; e 3 stH · d to ':he "' i arar a c i r cuit , md in:uce s ome l oc ul pd~ che s o em i o r at~= l·J i t h
t '1? i r 1 ·a 1i l i s ' ot ·· !' ·'i· r 1 1lam.es • . xJ-harnglii :>qpc • • int c ndinl t o return h im~·df i n the Sill' i n o.
Accor•l nrly, bout
e t'l i d dl of -•ovem1Jer , h set out t o tht. <·: t. ne pau sed <J·.· the-'ornvi nn -· i s: on , and '1ad/ a day o r prof i ta ',l e canmun i n l.Jith its l ai orers . 1\esumin( hi s
route he reached the l n ·t 1otse--a l ot h ut--heyo ri vlhich his HCJY t re tched forty , il ~s thru
ME:tt?~ i ~~~:';{~ lctor c~ : to J.u~~fler e- tt n . t·rov identia l y he fou.'1: in t hi s c<1!Jin a tr.,ve l er , ,1 ound
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··onntin- Lne·r 'lore_ ~r ly in the 1or:. in~ t'1eyentered ~'1e oocis • .i.,l\..l'.! ;. ..: s:1oH t ·.;o i.:c: 1
es de,.., on ·,e~ro;:n,· ; th .:trear~ ,-_:-" '<.'1 a stil~ o e.1; t ' L i1'"' • : o1t:en l . ' tal..~- i ..1 s
0 1.~ ''1 c i
;,, r ~e s; r:-,:o:r :requr:ntl:· 1:...., ·.ostrip them
S?ddL c:-~c ·Jr i uL ;J .. · ri ve t '1e.l! o\·.z:· th:
C'"'"ek~ ;:?n· t'1en
::~ ov -::he .sel·,..s c:- lo. c:: .
··,._ out e 1: s sot{oc.: i n i s H i nt~!· desc l at i o.. •
-·i rht orrtort~ t'l ~:. on ':" · ·,a:-Jis 0~<1 s ':· e:r anci i t V'"' i. .'~ si-)1<? to cont i nua t'1.:ir c ocr::E
a.l:"ter ·a rk . l '-H.y r rs i . :l.e ~h e l , · .s , rh·rc , .: e t o s l een i .1 t'12 :oocis . lh6
i"le , 1y•( " c"' rr i erl , .i t·, l'1c 1 so r- oo: forthc smEves a:1 th ei r her ;es, ..,:1_ .~.·lint , an a.1
J.'1r'i · n tc•l3hOt:t{ for- 1.;:e JS they i 11t h?V :1~c>c! . ·•e cons~.ruc t ec:, '1c :a is , 11 .A s . .allt·J i C,H" .l oi
hr8:1c'-te. of t e
a.1 s·, r ubs . 1 •y co ·panion a te·:pt cd t o str L ' f ir~ for us , but his h:m~s Here
s o s ti: encd t·JitJ, tl"l co l ~· ·, the fn i l :::d • .L succ ede"i 1·J i tlttho li nt , steel , an.= a p i <:ce of uu:1.l~
a:~ J \IE l• ind l ed a rous i:l.• fb .e , hcec:p·nr :1 n 'rusiJ a:1d lo£·s • .L t ne lt ed t he snoH , an soon ir-i e d
the urfac.c o he pro:!m1 so. r~ i Lane around . ..c ti ~~::d our hors es to tr• es , gave th._;., some o· s
a •e so c f o o · ou- e l s , l·JC.lt ~othc c:el\ :m ~ r 8:1.> , "'n ·then ha,Jin~ ::Jr yed , l ay do·.J'1 to s l eep in
our r-oot'! , t he st.., s s~ i '!i:l. ~r i · tly ab ov e u; , a:1·t!12 t: inds noanin. ~·,rcu h t 'le soLmn t·!ocds .
a okc , "':r· fo·ml my .... ello1·:- tr 'v d ~r u;:> ·, nd s 'l i v..:.r in~ ove r the f i re , u i ch
-' r,.,r L'"lre· holTS
h d :l~ar l yhurn->d o'-!t. 11 :::"~e , 11 sa i d 1 , 11 L t us -et r10re fu el c::~C: rou~, i '.:. u'J agai:-1 . 11 ·_.·r- d i so ,
a:"< soon HH co·rfo r ac:ol e . · ~·.,c, s
·a, :1 i-.,, i ' a:1d soe:1.t t~1e r c'l. ine ._ r of t'1e ni ght in co~
v rs a. i cn . . L. t··-s a t·· il d , ")ic:!:ur · qw SC<'1 , ::1 t"1e~o;rs p as s e ar;r ... eab l y a. t·:e ll as prof i t a"'>ly .
Ub
··t t~e hreak of'dny He momt_d our ors c s a'!( ':J(~nt on a d . · e arr i v~d a t !"le ; i st hous e
a'.,ou t thr e o ' cl oc ~. i:1 t.,e 2 rno . n , hun ry, tl-)irsty, andexha,,sted . l. had no sooner Hnr med J11YS<:l
by th~:: f i re than fdl ""S l eep .
l.;.'v r SU )pH .L prayed l·J i th the far:t il y an 1r•ent to beJ , t ruly ·
t a ankf ul t 11a rhe .:.or ..: hadprc:served r1y li f._ ...!1d hc:Jlth thro . ha ll thcs fat i gues and dnncers .
I s l ~pt Sl,ee tly thJ t ni rh t, anci i:he n x t mornin[tJe nt on my \·Jay t o vxf or d . 'f~1L snm1 had fallen
in t he n i c ht , ana t·Ja s 5 o deep that the tr ve l inrovas d i ff icult; but my hor se , vJho seemed as
gl ad as my_ l f to get sa:'c l · throt.rh theHoods a .d s ·;arnps,, tro t ted on Hi t'1 a brave he2rt , so that
.J. 3rr i ved 2t '-'xford before ni gh t , an~aoon ' s t-Je e t . o.ms e l Hi th my old fr i ends and sp i ritual
c"'l il drm . I remain ed t~e rE: a fe·.-! days :: a re~t and prE.Jch; .. ndthen passed on twenty- f ive mile s
furt~r , to i3urfor d , "here .L \-Jas r ec e ived as or~ r i sen fro1 the de1a , for the man l·Jho acconp an i ed !'le r· hrouQ·, the Hilrl~rn-ss h ~d:v n e 0:1. b.:fore me am ha d ID3(:;nif i ed o r s uff rinf s s o nuch
hat m. fri l' nds hac a l ,,osL . iven me u f or los t. . :at be i nG a· l e t o u:rsuade any local nr ea c hs.~
st .nove t- o the hames , the pea l c: then t·er l eft Hi t 11ou t preachi nr:;...
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l •,e r e 1 ,a i neer of ,e y B' he ,·as reta er on the 1·iagara c i rcu it anon£ !t is old f i e n ds .
dis collea 0 ue --da n i e ( ickec t . 1'hey l abored ,_., i th the i r m i ~ht, an::l rre:t r ef rma ti ns f ollot.J them
aro l•n,'the cir cu i t ••. .J.. t ws in th i s v ar t hat he f ir st "ca 1 - mee t i ng" i n "'anada Has h el d in
nr)olphus town , \-J'le r the : i rst .. - t hcd i :-t cla ss of the p rov inc ~:: l-.13 Of [ . i n 1790 by l:m Los s e and
it s first .-e thod i st cha!Jel erec ::ed in 1 79 2.
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rr on t i spi ~ ce ricture of
than Jan9s a
cl ean - c:: haved \'ith l ong c ur l y f.Jhit ha i r .
age of 78; a t a ll, l ean d i s tin~ i sh ed man ,
Ed•nr d Bangs came from .....ng l and inlh E; 1 1nne to f' l ymouth in Jul y 1623 . ( i he Fortune , ·•ov . 16 21
l n 161.!4 he moved to Las t ll:Jm on ~ n Cod , 1r \vster .
J_os ~ph B_gngs , crand f t her of
athan, of tm-m of 3rw i ch, county o f Barnstab l e on "'ape
Cod . d i ed in 1 hil i i ps ' s i atent ,
in 1757. Lemuel Ban£_s , father , a hones t, stahJart bla ck
rnith and s taunch Churcl-) nf ..:.n!i'l and t~an . A :tudent; had ma' . at ica l knoH l edge and b ecame a
s
suc c: e s ful s ur veyor.
.vathan s brother , hev . l:lemaai: ~ans urote of h i s father : 11 rle\-Ja a conun i
sry in t"'l: ol •' r ench ItF'l r , an-adjut8~t i.n the a r o f ~ h<;_ ",. vo l ut~ n , 'ln fou ght '?f>r t~e i !1dep~
ence of h1s country • .L have sa'· a hrs 1ee t, wh en a llt .l e boy , iOr hours , h ar l n£. h1s .J:=lr
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CJne in ol d a ;::e :1 "'lrinr -'alhan preach, hea d hi 1 make '3n incor.e e c t quo ta ti n fran an
Lngll 'aut"lor . rte not iced it a t once on spoke ri gi t out to hi=-:1 maldnr the corre c ti n . u e h
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taught s~hool. ' 1e marr i ed f i rst a ··• i. s . all. Second Hebe c ca _<-e Lr of Hid gefield , ~ t ; they
h Jd 9 ch1l~ren, s -ven of H1om exper i en ed reli ~ i on oun, and J oined the H • ..:.. Church, four
sons bec otqng prea chers .
lie H .s bi tter l y o o t se d t ot he .-te thodi!'t pr ach ers and lrJOu l d not
consent to hear them pre 2ch for a l on n tifl.e , bec8us e they w~ e uneducated .
(lb-1 8 )
1~ 8 tha~h~u~ f>Z~~afa~ ily ;avdri 6~ P'-'I i1 sh of j-JoQUaRock, in tmm o f r'a arfi eld, near -'r i dqep rt
h"lnd . r 1; text - - ~- rJt ~ r ' ~. .,
Y 2 , 177t5 •. t a~e o f 5 heH~nt t o school Hi th a Ll ibl ~ in .
un!'lerci f ullv f book 0 h:s sc hool
s -:nd of '"li s lif e . S ver1ty of school m ter; b oys I loA h.1
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. or ever 11 t tle f"'lu lt •
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."13 '"1-:' :a ily li :e .
'--o::v··int er evc:n inr . , f the• \1ou l d re :c; , i:1S r uct ·'.than es_:J cially in
athem., ics o s·rrve·,r inQ , .,:: ·lessms o_· i; l e . Tr: i:1 ci :,ii'l i:1 'phit o_ r·3cl:n:. ..Jib l c thru cnce
a y~:.ar .
JO't ld his "li s fa il~·. rou sp cll'Jo••nci hy stOF.,J' o.:;) venture s cid old -~ench \'a!." a:t:: Revel ti r-n , ··n i :l.S?irec t "'e:'l t· i th e--tth,,so i t i c l o·•e of . s'l.Lctcn c:mcl c oL·ntr .- . Par s o:1 cane 0::1
occ<Js i on , a n~ ..,:"tha:1 reci te·l "!le ~1 lU" · C1' ec~ i sr1 to h in: on ~un · ;:1 t rnoons . :e app roved of
da··~ cin n pon i es 5or ll-)e
--ut~ <Jr.c1 vil' . f i d l er .
"Jt i s t 'JiE"r:'l.er s o:.e t nes calle.:: anJ hel d
stnnd--"<J·r· u:ents l' i ~'l.th~ '!Jlac·s.,i b m t~ "succ ~ss i on , 11 ery i sco...,-1cy , ·m(l""a" tism .
·· .'Jt::n a~.h an ': -... s ::bot.:t 11 , ru o· s bec-e rif ~ o a stranre :-1an tr "elino
t!lru ' ' i il·,oe
of
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st..,te o:1 '1orserr>ck an i n a cosl.u t of _)ua~t<::r - lilte si ·:-> licity; averj' "re:1ar ltable r1an ~-·h o
prc:'lche" evEry cl1y . . a::1.-i 1-:e:t' ev ~r·,rt·•"le re .• (J e, s .,- Lee)
L'lc fa ther 'l.o"Jc
to · ive ·.1than a lii). ral ech.!C3ti c n but t he incre sin ,., t·Jants ofa l CJroe
fail " beoa' to Dr ESS '"J(':.I.'il .
'e H:J~ C O' "f.' lle d to l ~•Ok He'S:J.:. . ..'-,out 1791 be f l ily ") ll~d U
s tal.es 2 H'1 i ~- ted to JL::Jnford , Je l aw'~re ..... o n t}' , ·· . Y. "1 <1 :1an anl his older brother .Jo~
··e e- ·.·ance ~·ta ro to pr ep·1re ~:1e 1-ny . 1:1ey 'l-J; l ;;.ed 1:'0 c.i l es ·i th 1~.ap s<:~cks 0:1 the ir ·)acks
in aL·tu;;n of 1791. ·· nt to · ork )lrcpnr i ns_ lor - c a"iils fo: the H;n ter . . . . al-orious vJorh . · a t one
un '1:1 · it H
d t royed b : i ·c . fh€ '' s a~ dot:nn· Ec;:> t . A feu scat.ered_ ~ct tler s . 1 ·ey sy path
i ze · Hi 'h then :·!'1~ turn : O" ': to h~ l"' thP.: .
. :--::n t he fa~~H ar ived . _- t er tr,e rr.o ther 1-Ji th
her st o
·~,::'a t ; 1y .
":~,e .: ; c:: so
''1<: 1' i1 Je r!'lcss; t"le .not·ntai.1s . . to L'1 ea 5t ; t:1c rm ?.n tic
: tn?:::! s .. t'1e d er c"'la ec by the hu:1L-:-· ov o:-~· t>,e s.10'·JSj~.hz·ild 1 u.i o ' ·': > i r:s i n
2 S"Jring t' ·ne; ev <nthe o anC: sto rms a · . ti f''lt , '-c;,l i:l.[ he foest a:1 ::- :o uni in: a . c·nr tl-)e r::oun tains,
nv· n eres': tol.J,e d2:·:- ard ev{;..1i.i; o_· ·, i :- solitude ."
25 .te t her'"' ch il d once lo st in
ti-) e 1-·o cxi 0" ' r ni~ht in ..,1 rc'1 .
·t 3r c of 17, ..., ·th:m r c cei - i ,t o fau1i l y o f .l<..r chant n~o · ~c · 1 ohu i e a a t L. tor . -~ uu~..c:1
nf i r:, or hood . ~njoye 1 d;'!:JCin ~· · ~o n ., t r toot\ cha: ge o p ,, li e schoo l at nosbur y , e :Js t j ra.ich
o [ .Je l n .CJ r e . -urve:'i n q .
s r d t i cs .
;m i t i .:-1-r;nt ~·~t hod i s t pr ach e ; occCJ i · n " l y Hent. --ecam sicl\ . Friend c 3me . ue r 3 i sed
··i."!.:r- l f i n · c and raa de a n r 2ya i.1 oc k"ry o the e ~ t hod i - t s . .-ie b eco cs trou· l e sd by th"'
rE. :el'la::,ra:-~c • .Je!1t to ~.i_
t'1er's ho.~e . ··i. .. s ittm ·.: i th a:H .i sh , unlb l e t o e:J' . Call s 0::1
~od .
cotc '1 ~ec rs ; ri id chu:.-cho~ n
i th~.. evenin a all · :--Dsoc i ., l dr<1:1 haci the i ~· sa:1ctLn .
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1'1Jn .
•-::H~n t on s1n
.J..!1 ' ay 1 799 , J,is ·~rob ~.· - ,:1 lau, ~d'1 ,_, it~ , an0. t1-1o brot:,ers de~ut.be to r1 ove uest to
·~ r vanacla .
atl.;:!n ··:nt Hith t'le:n, t.'ilh sur v ej in~· i :1. t ru;:lent !> . -ettleJ ::1ea~ 'i £2ra .
--l:lffCJlo tl-ten "la d 2 or 3 lo:-x '1uts . ..athan t a·t[•"lt school and push d h is s t u.edls s .
Soul s trugr l e • .J .. nes '-'ol eman ··ethod i t i t i nerant . r r a/ S in t:,e fo re~ t a::1...: f ec l .s hurden
re oved . ~uartenhy r> eetin. a I \,...'. ,ri t ian ·•"l!'ncr,., s hous. ne2r .;,t . Dav id 0 s . Josep'1 ~:n·Jyer 8 n
J ose")..., ~ euell t-: er
h vi si t hr pre3c"lers . "'· , nrn . S 1·1yer pr ays f or hiru and that he may '-1e
co~~ i ss i onr d t o p re ch . ~ i st er '-te l ps hi~ JS 'la? ,e l p e- hi s ~ot"lF
.J chn .
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J o.sEPh _, \N<. r re t vrnedc;J aoa in and
aCJain , to t ne
ttl ci'l nt 1n btr.Js ran1d u · _t-ena l tours , an noH b t8 1e 1l1s prov1ae:1tl al t-ude .
J csE>nt, -~ 1 ye r h·' a dist i n 11 i sh d nr 1ch-. r o.l t 11al day , a 0 0:m r ~e s i n he des~r t . l·e/. saH i n
t "'e outlt conve r t t"' qtal iti es r e{t1isitc fo t'1e iti n::;ran• r,inist r :r of Lhe t ines . ..e ad i tted
ode1 1 y .• t~e ro _a l d",s titu:i on o c heco~ntl .J r equire d ~ m.,eji e l y 11 pcs sE1l e labor . 1he
youn("' di sci n l e y1 Eld e... to h1 ur< ency . 11 . :> t ronc ly pre~ s ec , ~e s?ys , 11 b~ r . ~at·:j:er t·Jho:;e f a th. r 1 c re for r.-.e .J.. s'1<1 1l ever f or: · t , .L cof'l r :1te l to Flake a t r1 gl 1 , <J 11 t l c s oc 1 t y a~out 15
iles f•'C"l :1y hoe . " l'rays '-'o r i f he cal led to prc:a c~ , dw OYn :li s nout h a nd bl ~ s s ;1ir1; he
pr~., ches i ''' etf~c t i w~ ::-s . ~ . . 6~ - o2 . .
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iti r;;."a cy·~y tak i nr hi 2''0Jn d th.:: ci rc..uit
n11 t rh~ fir ~t a"~oi. t n?nt- ·, ~a i ci .!. 11ust2xhort. aftv· '1.:: h~ n c ched . . '
()3 1 .,cn.L ros z tufol loH
'lin: 1 ::hoot in ev-.ry li d. , :· li n.- ~ i fr, noc, m 1 coul ~' h..,· ly. e·,k , bl!l· son t'1EY•XHcre
i.rL. d ~ce .• ' £ on ~ asse,ol' • • 11
l o(:, d. -:1r1 th:: oc Er c t'1e
In .\"£lUSt, 1801, , ·-out o<e ~· 11· qft(r he lu J joi ne Lho.:.. ~ ur •.., , and Lhr €
n t '1s a.L e r
he h::Jr, ,., e lic ensed <1 S an exho te , h r~ c ~ i ve d li .1se to' c ch, n i mn,edi·tel y de"'Jarte
f or ,c; ui t. av i:1 . e - ;,r d s ~ c o e ;::~ 3 CJ ~n vEyor , i ~l 'J, · tion to h is _ al a 1·y os t~:ach r,
he v!'l ~ ahl e to 1 rc'"l ·J_e a.~ outfit 0.1 cl o t,i ,1~ , a'd a ·1 orse Jl i · s fur1~ it un. , not fone .. ti m
the indispensa 1 y _,a d l ' 1e ,•.,_Ja so. 'h{ II 1. t l. ~l~l"m I • 11. 11 1 sol o :vy srnv or ~ i nst rwnents •.' n1otm. eel
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h or ~e Drrl r c· e fort-1 to so~,;n·t·, 2 l <1rT'l 1nth;- h' llcl rness .• 1111 fls an e gl ( sti r ~·e t11 11'l hc.r .~ s t.'J
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cu_ o J ~· "·1 • .•• ·::t~o_:~ o.. .i 1 s eri::::l tra i :1 i:1 ~ ;rovi 'e fo::.·
t r reli('i,..·J:- 1.c:mts of t"lL: ov r· • d h~ ::::) lil-t i o:1 . . • ,·,€' .. ''10.i ~ .
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1501-- -darc;r"! -ircui t , Hit'1 ....... s:->:1 l':1 ;r- ... o:: o·· ~2:.a - - r~ u t·:E .•s circu i t, fr~ ~ oL'
of '--J.<,. ~..-:1'. io ov12 ..:r::(· .:iv .r b~ c:nr 1 :) in ! . .Jec . 1, 1~ 1 p t o ci rcuit called Lo:a : .coi::1t
r1c:t ac~ eci 2:1J -·· n s se:1t ~o tr"'v:? l t:li.:.alo:-1'- • ·.J;_ t·.;o s .. 11 soci~:. i s , c'1i-:_ l y oi . .:1 : i ~:.: :1ts
fro;: etJ J crse·: . - I:1 o:--e '_ t :e· a 11 loc1l '"lrcC!ch-r of co.'s i ·er 1 ·· ta l en s a:ld p iety, 1·~o lJ<JS
"sef'il i 1 kr-e)-i!1 r tl-Je s cic iEs t o.e th r.'11 Jre? che s a' ur ot· o •:::- ·1.1c i e r , 10 ·.il €s :.-r.tr
o the -•oa:l'k noian vi 1 :e . ·"._ r-rs of sel.tlc.:. nt 2S .,il:: cJ i stc:m t. --"':do d 1.:here t~e y Here
a:1xi ous to~ ;- t,e \..osp el. .. . n' 8l1t nrrtlc~eci 3 times . •·a jor .Ln e~S?l l 3 un iv Er sa li st Co::1 1
VFted ; 3; "EC!"S l atH ~i::; c:-ranc:son 1." S a .. ct"l .
ea b'l~l ,· ·i . "' GCCI'i.) \ i·L - 5 1
""c~ . 1802- - to ..)ay o f .. :1te \..i:··:ui t .
u~ :t'1e front i -r 11 a .a:.· l;:~
L :1e o ti isti:1 Li . :1 be tFeen t 11 r i htco:..s a :1d U1e H i cked •• :11
s'lo·ed op12n£y \-;~.Jt 'he,1•ere b t '1eir •·or·s end ~ct i :1s , arri eit', r a ce~teC: r e li gin ,e,rtil.. ·
or o""os::r: it v i c l -=: n tly ;. ->chi ~ the charac~c· of .- rmti r:r co L'1un itiEs .--o!":-;l r _ strai:~ts are
feeb l e a ·o:1d ~ -:::: ; con-- t i - .,1 r str2i:1t are fo.•;rhe freed'· oJ: t'1e i r s i"'nl e '1-Ji ld .:rness - dJ:c
char ac ' er i zes all the i ~c· its .. -·1r:.y Te frank , 11 ::--dl~8b le bt1tv i ol ent i:1 pre j ud i c e an:· pas si :1; fond o - d i sp,,tat i n , o e c i te:'lent a:1<1 0f hc-crty, i 1 n nr r~?-c:;.less am;Jsements . 102
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ry ....olt on of L..du r d s1,ur ::,'1, u• '"' · o ··ei·J lork for Gonfr ence .
nL0 · ·er C":1t-da rern ineci y t u1xolor d '--.y h i 'l , anl h e o 'fer u '1i·n 1 to .'shury 3 S a missi n<J ry
toa:1 ac essibl'2d"1 rt o it . i\1 oi:1teq to ~uebe.c ; a '.e ra snor~ ti me ofu1r dsh i p Hent to .to:1 r eaJ . ~nd of yt=;Jr vid t ect her .., t~e r s •ouse . ur chas in g a sl e i gh he<lded fo r stat es . Cros :: €
t . 1 r ene : "t vc densbur gh, arr i ve·· at h i s brother J oseph n s on ..a rch 4t h . s~ent sever a l \·J ec l t~
visiti:1~ nnd pre3c,i:1C ·
Apr il 6 , 18 J8--'"'onfe r r,ce -":",c:n i n, Jutche ss '"'o . , •• • r • . ~pT"o inted t o !Jcl;:n-Jar e Ci r c ui t
i:l ~ i s h e countrv . He 1d s'1 d to kno\·J "lore of the good an:l reat men o f the '-'burch . Four of
t ~emun i ter, '• ired a t-Ho- hor se 1' -:on to r o to enco r al '-'mfere~c E at 3al timor e . ( 167 ) i'l.sbury
h.,d been k i nd to h i n . 11 The pa;cu::1a l iadul senc of •sbury , 'hol9Jed hin Hi th reculi ar affccti r
induc ed theve t eran b i s~-,~ t o iv e hin an 1h is youn( Hife a Y'-ar s ccrnfort amen!_ his te 1a t i ns ,
. • I·.c:-bury had r alli d hi"l, humorously befo re t"le Pho l e cmferenc e , f or h i s comp~ rat ive l y e rl;,
ma r i .,ge , th ... n a rave event a 10 . .. hod i:::' itine rants; but excused h i m on accou.11t of h i ~
fine a- e · ranc ·m · f ine c t:larnct e1· . 'I kne\·! , 11 said the bishop , s haldn r his p·ay loc ks , H.L
n eH t hnt the yo ·n r1a ide:1~ ''Oula be _ 11 after hi.n ; bu: as h e h s conduct ed th2 matter v ery
ue ll l e t h i s c ~aracter pass . 11 &67
1 29 I-'r <J chers at 1eneral L-onfc-renc e . I pressed by he gr ~ t :lleaders , espe cially t h e lJe-t
cr:1 }T (;'a ch ers :1C0•:ci i :1g ··chendree .
lis s erMon on "-'und ay in the Li ,..ht- s t reet \..hapel. 11 ~eH 'lor!
'-'On.fe n ee bro"r h uro~osal f or de l egated Genera l lvonfc::rence . ..J .. c. t opoos it i on . Turned dm-m .
L 1 · er \·Ji th somemod i f i cat i on a:1 oo t t:-d .
Im!)O ·t ant Confer.: nce , a t han h·J y to h ave bc;:: n a del Eo t
,. r et urn erl to ....,~amford, tv . Y. 11 I h •d l ef t a ~ my brotR(' r Jos eoh 1 s my wi fe , m d . ""~en~..L ·
l ef t v~nacJa my 'le ··lth HlS much i mpa ired by mu• Suff rin['S frol'l va riO US hardsh ips a·nd s i ckness .
' 1av in9. Ol-J t c trave l 8:-lOnf' the rlrl ntains in t hi s r OU£1 h pa c t o.i' the count ry, i n a brac i ng
at osnl-tere, '1-Jith t'ood t-P ter and !'le :1 t~ o_· uhol(sone food , am a mon~ thefrien, s of my youth
my health be~an to i r..prov , 1nt1 .Lf f elt Lhe ''i ~ or of manh·. oe; r (.. turn . · ·y ci r cu i twas l arge
'
e inr Pr"~-Prd of a hundred Miles arounr, a n havinf "r E than 30 ap o i ntments i n four 1.·Jeef~.s .
I tl e etb it a duty to beJ r dle t i mrny to t'l - 1 incln ; - of my hr.olh
.J..o..s.eph , Hho t_- .. a ted me and ill'·
·ife ui'h c ret hospital ity . 1 '1 peo· l e , hm evEl' t-Jere sla ck i!1 nrovidin g fo r t he i r preache rsy
anri ye t e··acting in their de~~:mds up n our lab ors . .l p lanne· Lhe circuit so as to save t hr ee
days in f our Heek s to ·,e <Jt :1o e , hut ev;. n his ~r i ef 1 i.;·-re iJ s 0 "' o sed , and oc c as i onec' m(
some d i soar8rement. 11 173 .
dis- bro the r ;.tev . iema:1 --'an. s -; ri te s: 11 I join;rl the "" hurch Hhen h~ was on our \ the .Jeln\-J8re1 circuit , in 1 808; he \vas e s teemed a m·t·erful nre · '1Er • .L rem~:.m er that a t a quarter l y
,i\ed inr·, a t ,.. the (T Es i rJi:v e l uer h:1d or 1<1Che , h e rosE 'l.11K an coEXhort ; in a fu; m in ut~s
th e p01-1~ r o.f hisdHorr1 ·as 1 u:e a~ e_lL~ t ri c. 1 sh e- en., a nd !.he 1:1hol CJS[ei·lh l y ro sE s i mubtaneousl:o/ th e1r .f€et. "bad .a not1on ctw: 1t WJs my duty tow ::JCh ·m·urote me a lon ~ l e tt e1 )..._ •
1t, esnecia l.ly c nutlomnr me n ot l.O I•larry , as that Hou l CI in t ef fere Hi t h the itine rant \Jor
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~vo i d i t and yet save my so ul. I ws t! il 1 n0 t obe l l oca l pr ·-> che-- , ·lut net a n it i .1e rant . I
dr tv the i fere!1 e fror: hi s l etter thai: a t·J ife Hould be a sur<. barr ier to the tr avel i ng mi :1istry ; so l. deter "1 in ec to rr.arry .::lS s oon as ... coul r:1 , ad di d ta}~e a v ife three nonths aft er I Has
HouL:: :10 read i t a s e5;on'' tir..e.: or a lo.'1g
t t.Jenty- one yeas old . de 1 ttu so v x d n
i·f il e , an ·; ye t 1 t" ouc:...t so . . hoi i t tha' .L he pt it for fifc.y ye'"'rs .. athan and nyse l f have
eve r liv.ec i n S'Beet fe llou h iry ; . . t e o. t en GiLer" d, but !1ev r quar r el. . "
' \ s : :->re ch&n says -ar:.· el L.;d~ey, was th ou,.. h tfu l , or i £> i na l a:1d i ndencnd<- nt . "Th . r e vi
sor.1e t "' incab out hi"'1--a r:J.or "' l anrl .::e ntal S\.rne r i ority- - 'B h i ch h.,rcsseC.: a ll ob :ervers t hat he Ha s
to 1 e a ; rinc e and§ gr ea t man i n Israel. 11
174
Co!1f. 1809; rains 0 S, J00 . 10 on t rial; 10 adm it eo . Gpts i nto t 11e olo~ i cal debate and
d isc us sions Hi th V'"' rious .dnds 0: ~31 vin i sts .
1810 -- t o u ei·! York , he8c. o " 5 preac'1e rs .
roble(Tl of di :: ci , li ne; pro otes .::>unay ~c hoo l s
Cctec :, i ci n( 0 - c' ildr?n, '11 d s tue i e s ·' 11'ni g1 Con t.:Ji stl e s and -..C:8t1 vl ·>rkefls '-'o:n.:entary Hhi ch
a'"'l"Oea~e in .Mer i ca a J...out th i s ti .e • .::;tue iS Jn;ek lan!;U:.(e , 2nd y<. ! n ·• . 1 ,
1812- - l s t deL g t : d Gen. ra l Coa er::1e ce; wang s e l ec ted . Liltethe ''!1nua1_ "'onference s i t raet
Hi th clos ed doors ;but t rave lin p a cher s v1er e admitted t ot he gal l eri e s .
ssue of .t.lec ti on of
· res i d ing cl er s ; Jangs >Jor ked for th i s • .!..., l Bl b 0 lost by 38 t o 60 . ln,) 820 it passed , but
OD os i teon of ~ou l e nd --c eno r ee it w::s Hit~dnwn . 0 anr s o "' oscd the rdi na t i on of lo c"'l pre;
che rs be c··ase he coul d not a;y,rove the r ordina tion oi' any man Hho uoul d :1ot g i ve himsel f
pr ofe ss i na1 J y 2nd ent i rel v ".o the Hork o.: the mi:1i str y .
"I thi nk tha 1 as a thurch , \-.Lha.ve erred ~ome thing§. • • .Ln th e f i rst plJ ce, in ordrr
to s ecure an exper i enced, ';ell - informe>c Mini s t r y, 1 Suc'l a Droyi~im s:,ould ha ve been m1de for i
suooort as to hv e l e i' t no re'lSonabl e excus e for l oc~ i ns • . a ving don~ thi s , and i t mi ght
have b een done , t 1-tose 1 h:> chose to 1:: a ve the ·•o d of od to serve tab l e s should ha ve been str i1
ped of the ir i" in sterial fu cti rns .. fh is Houl d h - ve prevented loc a ti ns , on the on e hand, ;mds ec ure·· an exp r i enc ed mini str y on th · oth r . H.S i t ihosw i s , many of our most poiJ ul ar
n r e..,c 'le- s 'lave e it '1er lo c"lted , h co ing mcr chants , doctors, £a r m ers , or mecha nic s , or h1ve
j oi ned oth er de..,o1inat i "'"'ls , :1 i efl : th- rot~tant I:pi s co p"ll ""hur ch . 1 i1 is has thinned ou·
ta ks and gre atly 1-.1eakened our force •• 11 196
Bangs p con1 i nent i n the debat::s . · 1e i.1iti ated t he C...om . 0..~1 t11e B.ook '""on_ern . ruie aln3dy
s - the g r e ' t capacity of th::t i nsti t ut i vn by H'l i ch i n h i s OHn day ;nd mos tly throu £h h i s oun
exert i ons, it 1-Jas to bec o.~e he sreates t pub l i shing agency o_ the r el g ious -vJorl d . He as
an ointed .. on · e "'O"l . on the ....,p i sc,opacy . He \-J s a me.1 er of a co. itte e on th e c ol]ecti on
an 1 ,,·bli s alion o'" '1i s or ical doc u •.1ents re l ating to t'1e C'1urc' , nd a l so 0 1 a co-:1mittee to
i corporate in to th -~ i sc i 1i l th e n<:: H enact"lents oi'the Confer"'nce . 198 •
. 1 12 apnointE 1 to .,_,e P , .., , in LoHer L..;]n'lda , bt.: t co l J .Lt r o • .1-ol i tical af_itatioh; :boss
in ; ,'f . '-'cnferenc e . Corton drct.." t vii th L uc.~:-·ey .
Con.iere . •·Ry 5, a t.\ .enia, -- .Y. P . ~ . ,hinebedt Di c: tr i ct; as fa· as f'itlsf i e l d, i·lester n
11 · ··orkeo art H n i st~ria l ~·mpo rt . 11 '. '1~.:.n l H nt up.n th is d i str i ct I
Ct. ~oa
~o l rl he p ea chers '-at· i .-the ·uould ::econd Me in my 'll 1ns - Houl d ruaaan tee the ir full CJllot-~anc
, .\t t>,~ fi ~!_ Q.
eeti nc afte 'he anmn l 'eo uerenC'e we a cer tained t h t amount nece sary to
(Tleet "he dee1;n for ·l)e ye1r . f'li ·
divided a .on~ th e s ever alcl ;:; s ses , i:1 pro orti on t o t heir
rr.emher s ..,:1· al-Jil t y, s near l y a<:> cou l d ·,e ascertainet.. , 8'1 thr:n t'le classe. aonort i oned i t
amo!1 t:O,ei t el"';ers .
be l ieve •Jyr Has ve ry lit tle i f any cef ici ency t '1r ru~h the Hhol e our
yea rs; a nd I <:~m p~rsuade · h"'t.., i su · t l e measure s v:ere '"lt.:rsued t he full 8 .ount o1 a ll d01wnd
mi( '1t be coll e c ted e\e r y y r, an thus the h e'1rts o f ou harc1 workin~ p ea chrrs and o th i r u i c
o-vr an· or '1h ans{H o noH ece i ve only about one third of the ir a lloHance , i-Jould be made to
rejoice . 11 (204J "· 1 ne~ l ected 'lot hi s o tn c r•ltu e a s a r.1<m nnd as a theoloc i an . 11 20.5
He al so succe ded in ane lio 1v i n
e cond i t; n of 1 "1e Chw·ch by r.o ify n r t he_pl a'1 of c.ircui t n ini..§_tra · io ns ' hrou h ost o 1-}e d i st i rct .. 1- h e ~o.wr of initi a ti nr t hat chan• e •. w i ch h
s inc e t?xtende' it s en.: ici en t i n luenc s thro /"'h cs t 0 '·h:- ..t l antic vmfe r ences .
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T'1ou d·t o d i sm h Je been 'J l<lnt ed i n i is ..,ar o_ '1e country for a n•mber ofye r s , y t h
·ocietie s we! e cenera lly S(Tl 11 , h nee ti nr - "'~ uses "'e•; and 1 c a c:d in out o 1 '1e \·ny plac s ,
r erote fro"1t 11e c Enters of.,o l o tion anc: os' o. 'henl but hal f finis~ed . 11-Je i t inerants on t
the i r four Heeks 1 circu.Lts Here> inthe hal-dt o. o
c~in~ a: each ap-,..) ntmen l once i n tuo uetks
(there e i n(' lt-Jo p rcn ch~r· us· a l 'y "oe·c hcit cui t,J 1ostly in :7'1ivat or s choo l-hou e
Jnd a~
t'lr ser:1on rh~y vere cp11c 1. '1'rCJy tol-l1e n e .. t an ,ain.ttrlen t: . Ji a cons0--uence ts Ru 'l 'hdi.r l abor .
were bl essed 1n t h con,·ers1on O• s ol s , 10 -t of · ne 1r con:vePts i·T ·-e- -g<nnered 1 l:'El otner-cti':":ur=c.,..h..,..e..,..s, t h
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1 -a i d othe pre:ache.s , 1 Y0u 11i ht as Hell g:> hot1e nd 'o t o s l c:ep , so faras ··1e t ho d i sm i s concerned , as · o pre2c'l :n he manner ou do ; im" thouch/ your labors tn3Y _·,e
blessed oth er sects i·Jill r ea1 the i r results , n.J t hus, .'o f<lt as our ot-'n ~_,hur ch 1s cone ner1 ,' ycu l ose the fruit o!:- y.:-.ur toils ancl suf.:·rings •.• 'Je '1ust • • so to o· k and bu ild
churches in a ll l.he ci ties and po·)u lo us uilla es , ;:tnd hav e przac~1ers . tat i oned in t he:n,
th 8 t . they nay "J r.fo.-rt the duties of p stors , i··atchi:1• over the lock a~_ bu!ld ing then up
in ho l iness . 1 •• vur peo> l e t~ r e ,...enc:cal ly poor anr' '·h e s ocietLs s:·ia l J. . . uut i t meani fes~ ly
:nust ·~e done . 1 ~
vi elJS 1. enr:Jeavor<cJ o press u n t 11e peo-nl e andue Hc:tt t o i·Jork as ~-J 11
as \·/e cort' l d •• 1hrou<h all •r.t rerion
He not• have co:!" zni -nth ~~es , f lI our
i shin. societi e., ,
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-or ;::;c hers stat ione and c on~or La"~-, ly su;:r orted . 1 o .Jod he al l the s lo·y .
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11 ~Hs al-J i ~ t y in the
· l ·E CJttracte · t~e people in cr01;1ds at his nu :~ ous ap cintments
f or his t-Jord Has in 11 dc onsl·.,t i :1 o the .J'Jil'it an-: of poue r . " . a m"'c:te:- o_ t~ec l ocya:1u
l o: i c and better i;.not-m a,rlOn" othe:r sects t'lnn a l :rtn.. t- a-. y ··eth dis~ preacl)c-r , e:sc ept Asbury . '
:", is ye r !le v i s i ted ~ i s chi l dhoor' home inC~ . aft r a~Jse:1ce of 20 years . 11 "he p l ce
Hl)er h used to atte:1d school; the pu"l)l i c 11 1 r en vlher~ t'te vill~ c: •aradcs F r he l d ard
h is b oyi sh sports were pl3yHi; .he old in , once a :1ota:) 1e ~ls c e of the P''Tish .. V1~ fi e l ds
HhEr? 1-K Handerec? n his h·,··h,oc1; the churc'1 :n \vhi.ch he~·/JS bapt i ze( . • 211 " !he a _•earanc<:
of so "!an y' ol·Jed anc ray- '"lcade,, men l'ho.! ..1. kne1: i nt'1eir ;1r:m2 of li fe • • nemQ:> nded me a ga in
o ~~he sw i ft fli ght ofyear s .• "
Gen . Conf. of 1516- - 10 3 ) l eg'Jtes--~J<mg s one . F,-vJ de l egates mor e act ive or more
influenti al than • . uangs . Gn co.lf'li ttee H"lic"l propc sed other COPl!!i ttec:: s on 3ook Conc ern ,
~:ays and l•(:?a ns , etc . "'-,r . o ··a s and ans; pro..,, sed '-'o . on Local · rEa c hers and 1-!:Js ap "loir
a J'lefi11)er o f i t , tc . T:,.e allo'o.~~e oil:.he prea c~ and their tv i ve s rai :- d from e i gh t y to on~
'l.und- d doll::Jrs eac h, an 't1e ~ . '-' . at•tJ,cr i zec' to malte provisi on by ap oi nt!3ent of a c omn it te<:
fo· t'1e pur;--o se, for the . .:a..,1ly e/pens s of t'!e preachers a tationed al'long them.• 11 1 droJ UJ:
the r ul e s of the J i s cipline on tl)eo-e subjects, and of cow·.5e, Ha an advocate f or them . J.hE
sanE com . repo· te 1 the rule ; . t 11i s yea· i ncoro .r at eci i ntoth::: Ui s ci -.l i ne , r equ1r1ng a course
of stuciy for cand i dates or t.he mini st r y . 1 t-Jas the aut~or of thi s rule . 1 h ... s measur~s
encomtered r-r at op....,orsit i n . • ( 214) 10 the Book ~_,oncern he gave spec i al a t tent i on •• He
offered a r( solut i on inst;."uctinr i ts acents to publi sh a r ont:11y ..agazi:1e . T'nt: moti n H s
ro .p tly defe ted but \VclS suesequently rEproduced i n the I epor t of the '"'om. on the ..,0 01~
Concernand adopted .. (215 ) ";fhen assail err by our a dvers.1ries He had no adequate means of
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defense .• i t became proverbi:Jl t'l
the ·\,t'!odists Here enem i es to l :;arning.' " 216
.Jeath o: Asl-mr y . Bangs ' critic i sm o-r h i m. "1 think, 1-,m.Jever , th:Jt he shmJed not enougt
intetest for he intell ectua l i mprovemen t o .~.· t he pr achers and too gr eat a solicit ude toke~
t hen poor •• .uaving n o fam ly of his otm .• he d i d no t SYTP~'Ith i. ·e u ith paren ta l affect i ons
and anxieties as he o t her·Hi e Houl d have doneGtc.d hence
th i nk t'lnt he \-Jas not sufficiently
attent i ve toth~ suffe rin ~s of many of the preachers anc.; ·the ir fa. i l i es in the frequent "Jnd
ristant remova l s t owhich th~y Here subjected . " 219
1~ . Y . '"'onferenc e June 1131 7, ·-idc l ehury, Vt . Heman ':l n:s mdrr . tofull r.tembersh i p . 1~ .
B~ns s ap oi nted t o iJeH Xork ~_,ity, not i :t cha rge . ~'riends noticL his rapid i mprovement as a
p acf\rr . 'Ie gave self diligent l y to stud i es a:1d ur iti ngs , agai:1st Honki ns i ani sm .
He cot the l• . Y. preachers to cons i der a-l i i onar_,y_-oc i~ . He \.Jas t~e f ather of i t •
.L ub lic -· .:. t in!J in L'orsy t h- - t neet Chul ch ..nril 5, 1Bl 9 • . e vias e l ected one of
three vicel'r .s i dents ; others n·-r e Bishops so he Has act t•ally pres i ding officer .
1;m . '-'o:-1f . <bf H320--11 ·· :1uol "'onfcrenc s novJl. l-Ie orought t o Conferenc e a memori al f t
fr m J.~ . Y . Conference uritten by i11sel f fo
creation of den.ominatid:lal sem inari es ; was chr,
of the ~_,omm itt ee on t"'is . ~_,hr . of ..:om . on '-'an·da . All onnu1l onferenc es to establi sh as
soon as pra cti cab l e , l it :rary i nst ituti n s under the ir m-m care .
it-'1 5 o t'lers got a r esol ut i n thru ' hat Lhe 'r s i ding c ld r-r became cab i ne t of the b i shops . ~_,o • on Discip li ne .
de as no-n inated for -'ishon aoa i nst his l-J i l+ , fa il ed of el ec tion by but s ev en vot es . ne 1.as
e l ec ed th~ '-'dit or and ublishing A,.,ent r£ the Book Conc <?rn.
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A ha.EEL man , as Re returned . " !e ro d escaped t'1e onerous resp ns i bil ties of the
episcopate--=aiVJ ys Hhen urge~; t') n him b his 'yethren, as i t epe:Jted tvas , a p r ofound dreac
to him, forthe was oonsti t uti na l ly diff id ent of hinhan d burdensome tru ~s . ~ts int <rferenc'
Hith dom .- tic li fe , b·' its i ncessant tr<:! el :-l i-1-=JS repugant to hisfedings ~ a nd he believed
t'18t he coul dserve t1.e 1urcn more ef1e ctive yl ;.l!J.~ cyen Hith mo;::. .r ~al d 1s t i nct ion,
\'Y t h penan the "' we r ful a!Jency of the 7 denomwatlona press . <:::)9-4U .
p·.sto·s
th in~s
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!ie8 r· of -ook '"'o:~cern- - :e:o~rt: n-- e:1!?r~y .
· H a!1 co2tly t:o:ks as ue:1son"s ~o. entary
under al{en--a stster1 o:· e c hu.1 g~ s 1-Ji t'1 other ;> f)! i shers or ra.1 e_ --olCstock 1.:~ ~ sol d of
t
l o•·"T) ri c'" a!1ct :teH u-e i ·--n to:·'y· ' lJV I n of c.hebus i ns ss • .. :O i .lld.ry·JaS added i n 1822
a:1cl a ....,ri ot i:1r p ~ i ce i:1 11J24 . 1--Perl is es of oL : . .:.s l eya!1.:::.2.J i:l.ar" • rchased in l b 24 . .1...., 1823
the outh ' s .1.nsturc tor , a 10:1thly t•or l• , bC£'W1 . '-'rt lC' S)J r1 c o enterpr i se 1 -,. to the publ i c a ti o:1 or.l-he '"'hr i stian A '.: o ~··e :•nd '"' ourna l 1.·J'1ich ap"E red for the f i st t i .1 e on the 9th o$
~cptember , lF2b . • t he editorial n2tter from lE 26 t l o28 WlS c hi f l y fur:1ished by ur . Bangs ,
t"J ,..lj\ h he ·-·a c: s ti ll d i char i:1 th-z arduous dut i s o f sen io r booh arm t. ~urin:::.theHhol e
-:;eri~ci of his a:e:1cy, lt2J- l 1 28 , h2 "\·.i:JS a l so ed ito r of th_ . \th d i st n agaz i ne . 2Ld .
Jen . L.:onf. of 1&24 i n )alt i ore . 12 conferences; t'1e l-')urch h ·d .... \ranced, over 312, 0Ju
col'l un i c nts , and 1 2 )0 tr,::vel i nr ...,reachers . . . . :1c . f or quJdren..1.ial D riod ov er 7l , OJO . 3angs
s ....:'1a i rma!1 of om. on ay rep:-~:s_ntat i on , the 0rea t qu .s t i no~ i:Jhe day . v , r. of com. on Kul~
o ~ Disci-;) li ne f o r '·dmi ssi nan lri81 of '"'hu:-ch- --erlbers ; o:1e 01 -<2\'i sa l of Ui sc ip l e . Cn ~om . or
.·1.:r i c a:1 Co l on i ?.at i nn . -nter · s s of n i s s i . n' , . educat i 1!1 . and ~ ~ tera tu:e . Se:n i~ar i e s Her~ sp~ ~~~[~
U':J , Gr at ...,ro£r ess of 3ook "'o:1ce rn .
venne lm1n~ ly e l zc ced --<:ntor u uen ral 00
Ste:·-ro . ··' 1: aJ
'!ealt h feeb l e a-:d he :'a £1r teful fiat t o have to go in to theiti:-.er ant iain i s try.
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r i val co :~fe r en ce on t3ay of -< in e u i st r i ct . To educate the peop l e , t i shop ue or r e and 1J i11iar:1
Case crls sed ~ nto '-'an ada iit '-'ge en'1ur r cov- r rimg t e loH r part o the pr ov i nce ; i3i sho Hedding
and .3angs began at .•J i agara . Pe o~l e p l ed th2 i r needed i ndem:ndence as '-'ov 1 t Houl d no t allo\J
t '-lodi st prea chers t o c o:1secr te .nar r i age . .t3is1-Jo s p l e Jged t o u e t~e i r influenc e for indenzn
Clenc e a t ne· t Genera l ~0:1·- renee .
1'1ethod i sm had :na e no prov i s i c'n fo r gneral or can i z at i n or aff ili a t i on of it s ::>unda~'
schoo l s . S. S . Unhn oq1an i zed ·~pr il 2, 1827. Bangs sa ys : "The measure indeed t.;a s ver gen.:r a l 1y a,.,roved , and h'1iled Hi t h £ra . . eful deli ght by our fr i en s an'l b r ethren througho ut t he
c ountry .. annu1l '-'O nfer ence~ . . recoi'"lr ended the p op l e o.: the i r ch·t·ge to form a uxi 1 iar i es in
every circ •r tandstat i n a:1ds€.nd tot'l r en"" ra l dep s itory in·· H lark for the i r books, and s uch
\.Jer the zea l and unan i mity u i t'1 \h i ch they ent ered into t ~ i s ark . .. injudicious a tt.emp t .• ~ o'
ama l ~"1ma te the Oihl e Ta ct , and ..:>W1day- school '"'ocie t. i es to[Pther •• r es t.:sc i tated •• by acto.: uer
v'Jl f. 0
l t40 .
26 2
3angs '1e::1ds del eg~d (•n to Gen . Conft::rence of 18 28 . Chr . o f co .nraitt ee s on ··i ss i ons , m ~ ~
L-an8da Affa i r s , on .Mpoeal s , on pr ·1 rCJ ' i on of Add, , ss to .Jr . L-o:1fer en ce . 11e r epr e s ent d b<"f'•_j
t Co~eren e t~e n.w vuod1y - ~chool Uni n , a~voc tinr i t i n a speech; and pres nted the af~air!
and documents ofthe Book . . . o.1cern a'1dthe '" i s si ·nary .:>ociety .
t a former se s i an he had proc ued a r1odif icati on o .~.·t"le r t le r ~ u r i n s the bienn i a l ch<mGe ofthe ''P ointments of pr ea ch"'::- s
i!1 f avor of such as mi!:'ht e err1uloye in ed uc at i na l i:1stituti ons ; he !10\oJ o"tlta i ned Lhe same
r e li ef for chan l ! ins t o s e1:nen , etc . Ti1e R fornc:rs . Ban gs b lamed both s ides . tie di d not allm
t"le ··aga i ne and .lr voc te to lunge into the controversy . ..:>epnrat i on of l-anada . 11e dec l ined
the C nodian c .., ll l;o hecome the i r J i shop ; he '~-a not stro.ll f or "'anad ian i nde;.Jmd ence .
11 I doub t d the constituti cn · l p OvJer o.r the '-'eneral '"'o:1ferenc e to d i v ide the Church • • ~ec<
~econd l y l r 1 oubt ed the exped i nency of the PlEa s ure . The '"'a:1ad 8 l-o:-u ~ r enee •I a~ comoosecJ of but
f et-.1 pr a c~r.: r s , :.ro•tn ('l i!1 e -per· e:1ce , aw' muc'1 s '1aken b facti n . l he end al so nropos ~d to he
3 ained -- i mp ortan t privile:es from ~ overnment - - .L thought very prob l ema t ica l. " (2b8 ) 11 I felt
an unconquera bl e avers i on toaccept the c all of my bre t hren to go to '-'anada a s t1-Je ir s ooe rintendent.11 269 .
L1ilbur ' isk also declined . 11 ,..\:,s i es my r easons for Illy declining , a l r eady
a llured to, s er i ous obje ti n a--o. e fro m.. my family . Hy Hife , childrm, almost all my
r €l at i ' >nS \-hom .L cou l d consul t , Here dec i dedly a ain s t mv g::ing to Canda . S ti j 1 , l must conf ess t~'lt t"lese ol-:lj -: ct i !15 do not ent i re l y sati sfy my mind . lher "' i s a secr et some thin!_:M lich
i n ti"'13tes it may h <r e he_!1 my ciut y to h·we none . ' 'e l hat lovethfather or mo t h er , wi fe or
c '·lilren .• i s not Horthy of me , sounds i n my "ar s ,anrl s(Jrrlet i mes mal{eS me t r embl e for myself.11
- 269 .
B-p s co~ st i t u i nal term of off i ce as a gent had expired . ur . ""''lory and clever l y augh
vJer e e l ected • .....r1 i.tor:=-rd T' o:· the "'IJ.rLtian .dvoc t e as t;"c1e a di.:itinct off i ce and Or . '1an gs
aP''o i nted to it. ne Hac: edit9r <.. p· 'bli sh?r o• the 11 C1i ld ;: a(az·ne 11 of S • • .Jooks and
l1'2cts an'; a mem ~rd o r the · ·• • t ·oo]t o~wutt.ee,_ anc1 . hacl.~b~r c~ ,0.1.;;f11l.eG: Le rks :.~.I'IN1 0QhlSi :1ess connecef·ed v1ltl-t th A vocgte .uprr men~.. . l-' 1·1. -~~ent 1'/i. Pll~ "SJ.Ofl .y ..:>ot1 '- Y·
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1 829--s ickne ss . A Jl ess i ng . ,-1e had enj oye-1 such hea lth he thou;hi he c o..ld do anyt lu!1Q .
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-'en . \.-onf. 1832- - r'.l ila el1 1i 1 . Le1c' inr -on rt. '-'~r . of co .. • 0:1 "issi !'Is, ::, , .J , , -i".Jl\: 0.1 " -·;>c
~oc i c t i es ; on '""'i<·cip li n mtr . 111 iz nE. v.r l os' si : ht of the sufl' rin:s of l.i s n i n:stcri al br ·~ tl-tr en anrJ Hi th ...Jr . '-'Jpers _Jrocur€,· t'l.e -;na.c_t en' o ~ a h Ja y \·!:t j chthe 11 allo1:1an~s 11 a n~defi..cienc
ofthe p!'~l)ers , esp[ cia .ll~' 0 1 the 1r erannu t c: , "' :1 the Hic.:ou an or:-hans ofthe Ministry, i:og~
t:,er 1-Jithtl)e cont r i "'Jt i ns 2n cef iciencies of ... ve r yci r cuil an' stati ... n , s hould he a.·1:11:iol ly
1 1-)us ori r inated the
r~:lQ.r=es int~e respc- tive ~o:-.fer:nc s a :1d p-illlis 11:d ;n Lhe --inutes .
a1.ual xhibi t of these facts .. lr:s elf.lect ua y tendeC to i prove o·-r &~in·ster i al fi:1ances .. 27'i
~ro osc:d e tendinc r e ui rtc cou,..s e ol ..>t l:o
t o .~our 1 car s . Conf. la i d i t on the tabl e
In 18L•LJ. i t becane a ~1 -::u o: ...:,e _: i:-chlinc: . ~ecured rel'1Xatim of 0i cnnual rule for pr eachers
:...o '1i ch t b_ electe~.~ pro. e~sot·s i.: c~ leges no t'-~elo:1gin~ l o tl.r ""hurch . 278 D~cl ined uis!-toor ic
) unrterly l" ,..vi eH i n 1C30 elevated to a quarterl y , -nore inteJ1cctual ,.,..., u .
1832--L i beri an •· i s~ i c n .
'-!urnino of 3'"'o k ""O.' e n • c'J . l [ 36 . 1~e ire t1-:o 10:1ths before hJd urostraler:l mo~t of
t'ie in suranc~ co!"l"Oan i es , 1:1d no...:;;. it i11 c ssi b le to ~:zt insured . v,l y J 25., 00 1 i nsuranc e eali :-::ec
en . '-'o!1f . of l t 3 ) .
Secr e t ary of the · •issi -n? I"J -oci"'ty--' eg i • of ""€!' 1an
ch . 1-L is:::i ·:1s . Trave l s .
To ...=anada a a i n . Jisi s hi s · elo verJ sister, l i vin 9 8 mil es f rom · 'ia ~' ra 11 e ll, and
dr:ep l y u voted to '"'Od . 11
Pe brother ~apt a in - lij "lh h .
·mrs, a sen~n an nonrelic ious . 1 r isoner <Dii ·'ar of 1812
."::>ees de t_grior:=Jt i on i n • i rg ini , f"r.o slavery b 1537 . l · stear1boat and sta re- c oa t~es
throu h ' alti ore"T1
""1-t in:" ton ar ri vino at r,_,e l "'tter . L abou t 13 hours . • 11 ::!uch i s th veloc i t v ofst earr ! · 1:1 t a ni ght i'OH r dors ~an
ssess ov"
r the el ~n.:n ts and 1 "1·1 of n2.ture . 11 312 .
..1..
11-•elancholy i pressi ons ~~er ,:ecJ e un n my li nd '3S
passe throuah thesta· e . .that it is
fast rc.tro rading i s ma'1 i ·e t to any obs:: rver . fhe b li ~htinc i nfh~nce of s l v er y has l eft
i;:1-::.e li'1-ol e ma r ks of d_ teri ""r at i on u n the v!~o l e co:1diti n o · ll.'le co'..l!ltry . lluch oft he l and has
'eco ·e xhau ste m '~ sterilel . . . . t Hi ll not pay theagricultur i st for his to il and the st e
see~:t s tob
oro an ins under t!-te curse . "''o one c"ln doub t h t s l a ve l abor is the 1ost expens i ve
of all l ;IDor, and , ere could n 0e u',olisheo a r: e~a rd for t he ternpeoral i nt er ~:. sts of the peop:
aloneHoul · d i ct d te th:; policy o! errnci pat i :1 . I an sa i f i eci that i t co s ts tH i ce a s mu( h to
r e:ar a fa ~ ily i::1 hrr i nia as i t does in t ~e free states , and oi th s fact many o: the peo l e in
t he s a e seeM t o 1le fullv convinc ed and they Houl d rel i eve thensel :e s of the evil if the..r cov.:
t l eC:J~ t so tho se ' xpres ~ t"lemsel vc: ui th l·Jho:'l J.. con e r sei. 1. am also cmv inced that had not
the injudici ous me<lsur_s of ultra is ts betrayed th em i nto such S1·Jeeping denunc i at i ons of the
·ou th, before thi s day a tra in of m-asurcs 1·!oul d h. ve been D t i n oper at i on w 1 ch Houl d ha ve
Eventuat ed i n emanc i p3t i on •• J.. u i h here o r ecord my co:wicticn th8t slavery is a curse fro!'l
·. 'lich eve r y :::~ooo l'l<m our'L o l a or to be deliv er(; ,i ; but l se ~ t h·~t our norther n measures
are exuspe r atinc tl. difficult i es of emanc ip •t i on . 11
313
I the ag ita t i on over the s l a v r v i ssue i n 1 838, Janos l_!a caurht . He \·1 s put on trial
3i s'Lon liedring s w s a'h ::ed in t ne •J • .ng l ad an( •1E:\J rt<:J. psh i re o!'lfc nc cs . Li fficult for
o· 'era ':e nen.
•i st . ofd ... th . C'lurc:h- - ls t volur.1e in 1637 .
1839-- -enten .. i a l. " -~ · 25th 11 "hz day on H'1ich thefoundati ,n of ·"'..thod i s.n \·13:: l uid by
_orm i nr: l'le fir~ class . 11 Collnct'ons--half for sun.eran..'1u.1'ed preachers, ui do\~s, c'l il ~~t'en c.
orp'nn ~ o .. pr ac e rs , . 2 ft
.1 L. · 1~ , about ~1 3 fer e ·uc· tion .
327 .
"' en . Crn f. of l tl40 . ]ang _s aut!-tor it·· on . . vHy cp.'e tLn . 1 .. a sin~l c morn ing he had occasion to ap e-1 t 1 ee tL" fro deci s ion OJ cha i to '-'o.uerenc e on points of c rder anJ Has
vo ec' ri ht e ch ti e . Js ual concerns . lnita ': ed custo of p blishinQ daily pro ceed i r.gs .
I " .an . l fl1l he l e: t '' i s. i mary .:::>ecret :.' s"lip <.• bee e rrcs . of ,·~s l e~'an Un iv er s i t y . -choo:
totteri""'~r un ·e del-' . l i se nt n t a::~mrthe students ; he E sigm.c i:11L42 .
Je ca ~e pa tor in ~ ew 10rk.
1en . '-'onf. of 1811'.1.-- t"le l''a• i c brE'Jk .
1t e l ecter1 i n 1P48 . f' • ..._. o... ··nJ 'xorl, ~.., st ..;islrict. .1-'oor it(:1lth . L~ COJ1l.e very i ntereste i '1 urci rt nec-.,d t v o '- ti re: S8,ct i fcat i · n .
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t54f· 1mazed a t the b.han. s. 1\f rnoon se si...n of
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. t .E:tl)od or pro .. otiiw the 11orh of God a'1~ in
rel t 1n0 re ll Q!Ous e p~1ence . 1\ Sl li'ltual f ~:: stlva l.
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The Journals & Notebook of
Nathan Bangs 1805-1806, 1817
Contents
Introduction
fv1 a p s
Im ages
C hr o n ology
Bibliography
Archival
Introduction
I. Religious & political context
• Initial settlement patterns in Upper Canada
? Close of Seven Years' War ( 1763)
? Quebec Act (1774)
? Arrival of United Empire Loyalists ( 1783)
• Church of England and "establi shed'' religion in Upper Canada
? Constitutional Act ( 1791)
? Marriage Act ( 1793, 1794, 1798, 183 1)
? Religious diversity of the upper province
? " Late-loyalists"
? War of 181 2
• Methodism in the United States
? John Wesley & "dissent"
? "Christmas Conference" & Methodist Episcopal Church ( 1784)
? Structure & polity of American Methodism
• Arri val of Method ism in Upper Ca nada
? Hecks and Emburys in Augusta ( 1785)
? Arrival of William Losee (1790)
? Canada district under Darius Dunham ( 1794)
? Canada Conference ( 1824)
? Methodist Episcopal Church in Canada ( 1828)
? Wesleyan Methodist Ch urch in Canada ( 1833)
II. Nathan Bangs (1778-1862)
• Biographical sources
? Primary published sources
? Scholarly literature
? Archival resources
• Early career and the Oswegatchie circuit
? Conversio n ( 1800)
? Received on trial ( 180 I)
? Ordained deacon & elder ( 1804)
? Ass ig ned to Oswegatchie ( 1805)
• Hay Bay camp meeting September 1805
? Antecedents
? Itinerants present
? Attendance and events
• Return to United States and later career
? Presiding e lder of Rhinebeck district ( 181 3- 1816)
? Senior Book Agent of Methodist Book Concern ( 1820- 1828)
? General Conference of 1844 - abolitionism and schism
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Co nt e nt s
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l'v1 a p s
Im age s
C h ro n ology
Bibliograph y
A rchival I
Bibliography
Primary Sources
Bangs, Nathan. Hist01y ofthe Methodist Episcopal Church. New York: T. Mason and G. Lane, for the Methodist
Episcopal Church, 1838-1841. [Link]
Bangs, Nathan. Letlers to Young Ministers of The Gospel: On The Importance and Method of Study. New York:
Methodist Book Concern, 1826.
Carroll, John. Case and his Contemporaries, or, The Canadian Itinerants' Memorial Constituting a Biographical
Hist01y ofMethodism in Canada, from its Introduction into the Province, till the Death ofRev. William
Case in 1855. Toronto 1867-1877. Vol. I. [Link]
Firth, Edith, ed. The Town ofYork 1793-1815: A Collection ofDocuments. Toronto : The Champlain Society, 1962.
Lackington, James. Memoirs of the forty -five first years of the life ofJames Lackington the present bookseller, FinsbwySquare, London. London: Printed for and sold by the author, 1791
Lee, Jesse. A short hist01y of the Methodists, in the United States ofAmerica: Beginning in 1766, and continued till
1809: To which is prefixed a briefaccount of their rise in England, in the year 1729. Cokesbury Press, 1810.
Playter, G. F. The Hist01y of Methodism in Canada: With an Account ofthe Rise and Progress ofthe Work of God
Among the Canadian Indian Tribes, and Occasional Notice ofCivil Affairs of the Province. Toronto, 1862.
Preston, Richard ed. Kingston Before the War of 1812: A Collection ofDocuments. Toronto: The Champla in Society,
1959.
Ryerson, Egerton. Canadian Methodism: Its Epochs and Characteristics. Toronto: Wm. Briggs, 1882.
Stevens, Abel. Life and Times of Nathan Bangs. New York: Carlton & Porter, 1863.
Wesley, John . T he Journal ofthe Rev. John Wesley, A.M sometime fellow ofLincoln College, Oxford. Enlargedfrom
original mss. , with notesfrom unpublished diaries, annotations, maps, and illustrations. Ed. Nehemiah Curnock.
London: Epworth Press, 1938. 8 vols.
Seco ndary So urces
Cornish, George Henry. Cyclopedia ofMethodism in Canada. Toronto: Methodist Book and Publishing House, 1881 .
Fahey, Curtis. In His Name: The Anglican Experience in Upper Canada, 1791-1854. Carleton UP, 199 1.
Fleming, Patricia, Gi lles Gallichan, and Yvan Lamonde, eds. Hist01y of the Book in Canada: Beginnings to 1840.
Toronto : University ofToronto Press, 2004.
Flores, Daniel F. " Respectable Methodists: Nathan Bangs and the rise of respectability in the Methodist Episcopal Churc
in the Early National period." Ph.D. Diss. Drew U., 2004.
French, G. S. Parsons & Politics: The Role ofthe Wesleyan Methodists in Upper Canada and the Marithnesfrom
1780 to 1855. Toronto, 1962.
Grant, John Webster. A Profusion ofSpires: Religion in Nineteenth-Centwy Ontario. Toronto: University of
Toronto Press, 1988.
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Herrmann, Richard Everett. ''Nathan Bangs: apologist for American Methodism." Ph.D. Diss. Emory U., 1973.
Kirby, James, Russell Richey and Kenneth Rowe. The Methodists. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1996.
Lewis, Stephen Wayne. "Nathan Bangs and the impact of theological controversy on the development of early nineteentl
century American Methodist thought." Ph.D. Diss. St. Louis U., 1998.
Mills, David. The Idea ofLoyalty in Upper Canada, 1784-1850. Queen 's-MeGill UP, 1988.
Rawlyk, G.A. The Canada Fire: Radical Evangelicalism in British North America, 1775-1812. Kingston: MeGillQueen's UP, 1994.
Ruth, Lester. Early Methodist Life and Spirituality: A Reader. Nashville: Kingswood Books, 2005.
Sanderson, J.E. The First Centwy ofMethodism in Canada. Toronto: Wm. Briggs, 1908-1910. 2 vo1s.
Semple, Neil. The Lord's Dominion: The History ofCanadian Methodism. Kingston : MeGill-Queen's UP, 1996.
Wigger, John H. Taking Heaven by Storm: Methodism and the Rise of Popular Christianity in America. New York:
Oxford UP, 1998.
Williams, William Proctor and Craig S. Abbott. An Introduction to Bibliographical and Textual Studies. New York:
MLA, 1989. 2nd ed.
Wilton, Carol. Popular Politics and Political Culture in Upper Canada, 1800-1850. Queen's-MeGill UP, 2000.
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Chrono l ogy
Bibliography
Chronology 1778- 1820
~Even t
1778
1783
1784
1787
1789
1790
1791
1792
1793
1794
1795
1796
1798
1799
1800
1801
1802
Mai:, Nathan Bangs born in Stratford, Connecticut
Taxation of Colonies Act erohibits the eai:ment oftaxes to Britain bi: British colonists
Treaty of Paris signed ending the American Revolutionary War
Methodist Eeiscoea1 Church organized in Baltimore with authority to ordain
Mai:-Juli:, Loi:alist refugees begin to arrive in Cataragui
Charles Inglis ofNova Scotia becomes first Anglican Bishoe in British North America
Methodist Book Concern established in Philadelehia
William Losee appointed as first Methodist Episcopal Church preacher to Quebec by the New York
Conference
Constitutional Act divides Province of Quebec into Ueeer and Lower Canada
Constitutional Act sets aside one-seventh of public lands in Upper and Lower Canada for the maintenanc
of a "Protestant clergi' {known as the clergy reserves}
John Graves Simcoe becomes first Lieutenant-Governor of Ueeer Canada
Cataragui (Kingston} circuit established bi: Wi ll iam Losee of the New York Conference
John Weslei: dies
Oswegatchie circuit established by William Losee north-east of Kingston along the St. Lawrence
First Methodist chaeel erected in Ueeer Canada known as the "Old Hai: Bai: Church"
Marriage Act restricts eower to solemnize marriages to Anglican clergy in Ueeer Canada
Toronto renamed York bi: John Graves Simcoe
North American Anglican see divided and Jacob Mountain appointed Bishop of Quebec (embracing Up~
and Lower Canada)
Marriage Act modified to allow justices of the peace to solemnize marriages when Anglican clergy are
scarce or too distant
Upper Canada becomes as separate district under the New York Conference with Darius Dunham as
eresid ing elder
US Senate ratifies Jai: Treaty
Niagara circuit established bi: Darius Dunham
Bay ofQuinte circuit established by Elijah Woolsey and Sylvanus Keeler (formerly part ofCataraqui
circuit)
Methodism officially selits from Church of England in Britain
ICaeital ofUeeer Canada moved from Newark to York
ILutheran, Calvinist, and Church of Scotland clergy authorized to solemn ize marriages
IBangs moves to the Niagara region of Upper Canada to find work as a teacher or surveyor
JBangs converts to Methodism (under Joseph Sawyer of the Niagara circuit)
I Bangs rides the Niagara circuit (and establishes a separate Long Point circuit in December)
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1804
. Montreal circuit established b~ JoseQh Saw~er
Bangs ordained a deacon {while establishing the Thames circuit)
Bangs ordained an e lder b~ Francis Asbury (while riding the N iagara circuit}
British and Foreign Bible Society estab lished
Methodist Book Concern relocated to New York
1805
IMay 1805- AQril 1806 Bangs rides the Oswegatchie c ircu it east of Kingston in UpQer Canada
Yonge Street circuit (including York or Toronto} established
1806
b~
Daniel Pickett
127 AQril, Bangs marries Canadian Mary Bolton of Edwardsburg
. 16 Ma~, Bangs attends a nnual Conference in New York & aQQOinted to Lower Canada
: _ j J u n e, British ship HMS Leopard attack of the US frigate Chesapeake to search for deserters becomes
1808
1809
18 10
known as the ChesaQeake Affair
Public School Act establishes one QUb l ic l~ funded elementary school in each district ofUQQer Canada
Bangs returns to United States to ride the Delaware circuit
Bangs rides the A lban~ circuit (New York}
Canada district becomes part of the newly created Genesee Conference
. Jesse Lee publishes A Short Hist01y ofthe Methodists in the United Slates ofAmerica
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War prevents Bangs from taking up his circuit in Lower Canada
First delegated Conference of the Methodist EpiscoQal Church in America
18 13
18 15
1816
IBangs presiding elder of Rh inebeck district {1813- 1816}
ITreaty of Ghent signed ending war with the Un ited States
Bangs first proposes a "Course of Stud~" for Methodist Episcopal ministerial candidates
American Bible Society established
Niagara auxi liary of British and Foreign Bib le Society established b~ Robert Addison
Bible and Common Pra~er Book Society of Upper Canada founded at York
~Bangs assigned as a circuit rider in New York City
Wes le~an
Methodists arrive in Upper Canada from the Maritimes
Upper Canada district petitions for independence from Genesee Conference
~Methodist Magazine begins ~ublication in New York
York {Toronto) circuit estab lished b~ David Cul p
Methodist chapel on King Street in York
~Bangs a~~ointed ~residing elder of the New York district
Bangs establishes the Missionary Society ofthe Methodist Episcopal Church
Christian Recorder begins publication in York under John Strachan {ceas ing in 18202
Bangs elected Senior Book Agent of the Methodist Book Concern in New York
1820
Black Methodists in New York form the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
British Wesleyans and American Episcopal Methodists divide the Canadas between them agreeing that tl
former will confine themselves to Lower Canada and the latter to Upper Canada
Political evem
Anglican event
Methodist evem
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• Statistics from Cornish's Cyclopedia of Methodism in Canada. Scholars est
members to Methodist adherents at between one to eight and one to fifte
25% of Upper Canadians were involved with Methodism in some capaci
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Nathan Bangs 1805-1806, 1817
Co nt e nt s
Introdu ctio n
Map s
Images
Ch ronol ogy
B i bliography
Archival I
Images (click picture for lar ge r image)
Early North American Circuit Rider
Source: Daniels , W.H. Illustrated History of Methodism in Gre
!!._0 g_ A m e_r i c a , F__ro m_ t b_e D a y s o f t h e W e s I e y s to t h e P r e s e n t T i m
Methodist Book Concern, 1880 .
Nathan Bangs (circa 1820s)
Source: Engraving so ld by the Methodist Book Concern during
tenure at Senior Book Agent 18 20- 1828 .
Nathan Bangs (circa 1840s)
Source: Stevens, Abel. Life anA _Ti __mes of Nathan Bl!_I!_g~ . New 'l
Methodist Bo ok Co ncern , 1863. Frontispiece.
Early Nineteenth-Century Camp Meeting
Source : Anonymous engraving. Reproduced in Elmer Clark' A
M e t h o d i s t H i s t o r y ( 1 9 5 2 ) a n d J a m e s P i I k i n g t o n ' s T b ~-~ th ~ d i ~
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H o_u s e :_ A j-1 is t~Q..IY_ ( 1 9 6 8).
Hay Bay Methodist Church in Adolphustown (1892)
Source: Anonymous photograph of the first Methodist " preachi
constructed in Upper Canada in 1792. U nited Church of Canad~
R i d e r . h t t p : I I w '>V w 3 . s y m p a t i c o . c a I d g e n g e I H i s t B Q ._h t m I
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C o nt e nt s
Introducti o n
Map s
Images
C hronolog y
Bibliography
Archival I
Images (click picture for larger image)
Early North American Circuit Rider
Source: Daniels , W.H . Illustrated History of Methodism in Gre
~n .9 A m e_r i c_a , _F r Q m__tl}_e D a s of t_h_e We s I e s to the Present T i m
Methodist Book Concern , 1880.
Nathan Bangs (circa 1820s)
Source: Engraving s old by the Methodist Book Concern durin g
tenure at Senior Book A g ent 1820- I 828 .
Nathan Bangs (circa 1840s)
Source: Stevens , Abe I. L i~!lJL_Tj m_~s of Nathan Bang ~ . New '\
M e thodi s t Book Conc e rn , 1863. Frontispiece .
E arly Nineteenth-Century Camp Meeting
Sourc e : Anonym o u s e ngraving. Reproduced in Elm e r Clark' A
Method i s t H i ~ tory ( 1 9 5 2 ) and Jam e s Pi I king ton' s T l.l e_ .M ~ t h ~ d i ~
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