| Description |
1 online resource (551 pages). |
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Methodist Camp Meetings anthology |
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Methodist Camp Meetings anthology.
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BiblioBoard Core module.
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Original document: Book. |
| Contents |
Introduction of Methodism into the West -- Autobiography of Rev. William Burke -- Michael Ellis -- Origin and progress of Methodism in Cincinnati -- Francis Poythress -- Barnabas M'Henry -- Thomas Scott -- John Kobler -- Benjamin Lakin -- John Sale -- The first Methodist church in Ohio -- Samuel Parker -- Learner Blackman -- Lost child; or, The camp of Lydia -- James Axley -- Joseph Oglesby -- William Beauchamp -- Governor Tiffin -- John A. Grenade -- Western Methodist book concern -- John Collins -- Nathan Emery -- The conversion of a family -- John Crane -- William Young -- The conversion of an infidel -- Alexander Cummins -- The conversion of a cruel master -- Marcus Lindsey -- The Dutchman's experience -- John Strange -- William P. Finley -- Russel Bigelow -- Henry B. Bascom -- Samuel Hamilton -- William H. Raper -- John Ulin -- William Phillips -- The intrepid missionary -- Thomas Drummond -- Indian camp meeting -- Conversion of an inspector-general -- Pioneer women -- Rhon-yan-ness. |
| Summary |
As Americans expanded further and further west throughout the early decades of the nineteenth century, they often settled in isolated areas lacking authorized houses of worship and ordained ministers. Led by itinerant preachers who frequently traveled wide distances, camp meetings became a common feature of frontier Christianity during this period. In this 1854 volume, Reverend James B. Finley provides a collection of sketches on western Methodism "illustrative of pioneer life," including memoirs of early itinerant preachers in Appalachian and Midwestern states; the history of the Western Methodist Book Concern, an early Methodist publishing house; and vivid chronicles of camp meetings. |
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GMD: electronic resource. |
| Subject |
Burke, William, 1770-1855.
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Methodist Episcopal Church -- Clergy -- Biography.
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Methodist Episcopal Church -- History.
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Methodist Church -- Clergy -- Biography.
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Methodist Church -- Missions.
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Methodists -- Biography.
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Frontier and pioneer life -- Northwest, Old.
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| Added Author |
Strickland, W. P. (William Peter), 1809-1884.
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