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History of the missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church
History of the missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church Author:William Peter Strickland Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Des Plaines, Fort Wayne, Grand Prairie, Chicago, and Fort Clark missions, were organized, and under the supervision of the Illinois conference; and the Can-oil, ... more »Randolph, and Lee missions, in the bounds of the Georgia conference. The South Bend mission was established, in the bounds of the Indiana conference. 1832. The West Point, in the state of New York; the Maccoupin, Peoria, Fort Edwards, Henderson River, Blue River, Upper Wabash, Kalamazoo, and La Port missions, in the Illinois conference; the James' Fork mission, in the Missouri conference; Alachua, in the Georgia conference; La Fourche, Lake Bolivar, and Big Sand, in the Mississippi conference; Braddock's Field, in the Pittsburg conference; the Mattanawcook, and Hatton missions, in the Maine conference ; Savannah, Pon Pon, S. Santee, N. Santee, Cooper River, Wateree, Upper Santee, Waccainaw Neck, and Ca- tawba, in the South Carolina. The most of the missions in this conference are among the slaves on the extensive plantations; and, in almost all the southern conferences, there are missions of this description. From the earliest period of the Church's history, in this country, the wretched condition of this down-trodden people has been deplored, and they have been supplied with the Gospel just so far as the slaveholders would allow. They have been taken into the Church, and instructed orally in the doctrines and duties of Christianity. Thousands have been converted through the instrumentality of the missionary, and multitudes have given proof, in the probity of their lives, of the power of religion in regenerating the heart, and bringing out the graces of Christianity, even under the most unpropitious circumstances. 1833. Bristol, in Connecticut; Laurel Hill, Conemaugh, and Cambria, in Pennsylvania; also, Sinemahoni...« less