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n c:... ~ o r t!1:1t uuu.: h c :u b :trras:o~cd church. .:\ bvut tw0
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alluwcJ t::ndc.:d wrnn:.!.., to i·ml:C lti:-' :;pi1·it.
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;:ricv:~:H:c .. 11c bore ii!.: c· a hcr'J, au~l alway:; appc::rc·J !!C :~i:C'<:! •t~d t il..: ...:h:1r;tc of :i:c .:\l•.;thot.iist Epi~·
in :1 >llt! Jl.'; m oot!. l!r: hall u lixetl p utJJOSc •o <i•J C•Jpal ( lnrch at .FrccJom , where he rcruaiucJ
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k new ti1at iifc wa:-; d r:r.rill•' to n cl ..~e, h\! was the: I thollt:"llt he rc tuna:d to t he .\h:t lu:_,di:-.t- Epis cupal . ~
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obeyed :hl! 1.'0!!1111:1!hl ,>t' his superiors iu o;ii.:c, :tp· : mitteJ a~ :1 probui.ionl!r, anU :-cttt to C:I:<.:Jnuu::. !,.! Om
p:11'C!1t ly ;: ..>t:cptin!! thc:n as the ,·oicc ot God.
~Ic : citis ci ..... ~ of :1ppoin tutcnt". the \·cry poun..:,:o;.t in tltl!
wa:i a ~·Jod prcacitc: r. Ht:< n oble Jitt: was :1 powcrJ a l 1 L"o u tl:n.:~te. he tnadc h im:-:dt' to he dc nwu~..l(!d by t llc
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t:hris: i:tn li:'c was :-cn·nt::. He h:\J a fi rm :t:-:'uran \.·c : minL··tr_,. ':!.~ nt :cndc. .l widt J.tr.t~iuu;:, ~vri,·:tb v f n.:·
ot an i n t c: r\!:-,~ iu hcnsc11. 1:or h im to live wa:s Chri::t, lli!!lOIL nn i has ever been rc;.;ar~.l ct.i :L..; tht· pcrio, l t•f ·
but to J ic was gaiu.
the J.!t·catt::--t pro:-;pc:rity to the soci c~i b. .:\ t the c:lu:"~
n( h i :o~ ruiuistn· nt Au burn. :\". Y .. he went ahroad.
J ooEP!t \\-. HoLT wn..; ho rn in lSl~, in the town .,f, Returni m:. he 'w:n. b1· special rcquc >t. tran ,; t~rr<:d to
.Pomtrct, C0un., anll dil!c.l at !tis rL·:~>idcnc c iu 5nin: ::Ia: D c~rOi t <...'on l~rcilcc . und went tl) Ann Arbor.
Chat·!<::<, ~l t<'h., :3ablmth c vcninl!, J ul y 31, 1S5i. Ia ~ l ich .. wl:crc for t hree v car~ hi> ehur~h '-'""'crowded
1:54 :5 ltc \\'a:-> joiued i n lwly lllottrnnony to Caroli ne E. ! by th c :o ~ Ud'-'nt...; nn~..i 't. h ou~htt'tll P''''Plc w ho were
W oo.in:rr. u t" 13urlin!!: .. n , Calhou n Cou n.-·. ~l i ch. I :\ttracted '''" hi• mini>tn·. Fro m there he we n t to
~I c wn~ recci ,·,:U on t ~b l i n tile ~I ic h_ig-n n ~·O~u\:!r{:ucc 'j '£abcrn:lc!e •. .Churcl!. D Ctroir. thence to .:Ucl'iliiau
I ll 184o. and ::H:n· c J h.ewawcnon lnJtan ~ l t:;~ IOU <.lur· Lhureh. llhJianap\' hs. and thcnc(•, two \' Car.-~ ~~·ro , to
in~ that and th e ucxt yc:tt'. In 1548 he was up - 1 Trinity · ( hurch. C hic:l,!!O, his Jot.-;~ n:t..-iol·ntc. =-Here
!'"im"d t'> F unJ Ju Lne. Ilc scr·•cJ ' uecc,osh·e ly 1 he b b<>rtci with ticlelit.' · iutd nc ce ptabl lit~· - under ltlMt i
i:i_andy J,.a k<:1 F entondllc,_ Armad:!, D~troit r:ity ::llb - j scri<>U< phy>ical di,;alJility. I [I~ >ei'IIHono and lcct- 1
" o " ·. ram; ' !'~tOII . Il ~t:.·•c.t:a~ l:lla,!tlla, U,ak!·•lle, u,-,.~ we re lik e be:!tcn oi l. hm wcr~. prepare d wh~!l ~
BcJwrd . Iattnyra :lllu Dll::;titicld. L tm~L nna ~orth :-:.u ticrm:.! i:he rno:->t mtcn:-;c p :11 11. \\ lltt tl 1c new year
Lakt. Hartland, Oak~ro ,· c , Dau:;\'i llc, Brock ,,·ay, 1 he co r u~Jh:ncccl re ri\'al :--cr\"iccP.. t'r~ach!tH! C\'ci'Y
.Mcrn!•h::-:. . p ,,rt ll~ • p(' . !Jar i ~ \· i llc . .F•wcster. ~ 1 :1 1'_\'$· en:nith! . \\" hen t h c ... c cl~JscJ h.: ,\·c:t:. t•) T oront•1.
,·iUe au d ~ai_n t Char_ics. In 1;::,.:::.! h,~.: ~v~·k a :-;np_cran· ! :1nd h_,. n:.::. ::;crmon ::: an~..l lcL·tur..::-: p rod tl c~·d a ,-cry prnuuatcJ rcb:wn. wludt ho held at ;,tc. tUlll' ot l11-;. de-- · t'" mll.l il n m=c:-::-'h,n . Het urni u~. lit: c:d !col r.o~:.r~t hcr hi:;
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l n 1:::::~ he 4.!011:-::cutcd to z.:crr~ a.-;. a :-:.unt,iv ~he . orti ci:tl Hitmber~ nntl a:o;J;:cd :\ fe w wcl'l;:~: \'acation;
'l'ay111o uth Indian )! i ~,iv n , urHl •:on:inm·d itin'il h e l then told t ilclll. what !Jrcvi,•u.•lv his r:uui l<· an<l )'h.'"hcar..l ~he 'oicc of the ~las ter calli u~ llirn higher.
\::.ician h ad k now n. that flu' tlt'ty ,-on ~ccuti\"C n i:thts
ht! had not !:tin d o wn. He went to Clifton ~ prill!.."S
Sou thern Illinois Conference.
t~r reli~r", :ltld I"CIIlai n!:d u:Jtil ~~pril. wl:cn. •lui!kiu;;
h un>ell >'t ron:;er . he re,;untcd '"' worl;. But 111, ,lc·
J ., :ll£5 BAL L W ooun:> wns born in Hc:~ut< .r: 1. vntcd m:J !!cnct·ou; p~ople at once percci v··<l that he
('ouuty, ~- l'. , Dec l•i. 1~04:. ilc died :\[tty 4. I$37. I wa.-c n ot r~.. t ured. :md . .crivin!! him a pur:--c nf "Ill'
li e trl:ll"rl'·d ~I i"s ~lury .\il-l'urh·,-. in T,·niiC>>CC. in . t l aH~>ond d ol lar'!', >~nt hi111 to l::uro pc. Full nf h·•r e
l $:!7 . T it•: \' \'atuc l•, b rcc nd ilc. 'Bl)ttd C~tllllt_r, 111. , ; he \\'cUi.. !'ut rc.-turncd withou t pcnw\n cnt itupro \c·
in 1;::,:.:0. lit l ;,:jt) be joined the l iiinois Con tc n!u ~...·. i ml"ttt. Un nn e: OL'('asion 01·. anJ ~lr~ . 2\lcCaL··, l:.. r.
a ll<l o·:~H·bl ,_.,..·11·!,-.' \i !·:d"t"n . l":~r liu dllc. :'h..l h.'·- : .1. ~ 1. !:,.:d . li n!!. David Dcc k e t·. of Elmira: a11d .1 .
ville. au. i otill·r cit:t: uit:-. li e wa:o~ nrd:ti n cd do~cr l> \" 1 ,\(. C:.ld wdl c: d l ~d. \\' he n ltl! had :.rrcctf.:d Lh~.: 111 1u.:
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g-row in!! l~u nil\' l.':ttt:O:I.!~ l !tin a to lol':th.: in 1$44-. lie 1 wnl'l-;:. th"-· ,·c:-::-;d j ... :':ralldt:d, hu t it i:- all t·i!..dt t. l \ti ll
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Cou tCn.:ncc in l ~.:>a, a11d was nppoiu tcd a ~L·IIr of 1 p:tc t\.
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