. Book of the Royal blue . bled in Baltimore than in any other placein the world. The General Conferences of 1792, 1796,1800, 1804, 1808, 1816, 1820, 1824,1840 and 1876 have met in this city, sothat during the great formative period ofthe church it is undoubtedly true that Balti-more was the American rallying point forMethodism. It is during this formative period that thehistoric Light Street Church played such aconspicuous part. The rapid growth ofMethodism soon rendered the Lovely LaneMeeting House too limited to accommodatethe people and arrangements were made forthe erection of a large and
. Book of the Royal blue . bled in Baltimore than in any other placein the world. The General Conferences of 1792, 1796,1800, 1804, 1808, 1816, 1820, 1824,1840 and 1876 have met in this city, sothat during the great formative period ofthe church it is undoubtedly true that Balti-more was the American rallying point forMethodism. It is during this formative period that thehistoric Light Street Church played such aconspicuous part. The rapid growth ofMethodism soon rendered the Lovely LaneMeeting House too limited to accommodatethe people and arrangements were made forthe erection of a large and commodiouschurch in the center of the city. The spotselected was on the northwest corner ofLight street and Wine alley. The buildingwas commenced in August, 1785, being 46feet front by 70 feet deep. On May 21,1786, the church was dedicated by BishopAsbury. This structure was destroyed byfire December 4, 1 796. At the same timeCokesbury College, which stood on thesouthwest corner of Light street and \\inealley, was FOIIT McHENRY. OF STAR BASNEIt FAME. LANDMARKS OF METHODISM. 17 Cokesbury College was the Hist Meth-odist institution of learning founded inAmerica. It was originally erected atAbingdon, Harford county, Md., and wasopened by Bishop Asbury December 10,1787. The building and necessar\ apparatuscost upward of ;£. 10,000. The success ofthe college was highly satisfactory. Decem-ber 4, 1795, the college was destroyed byfire. The Methodists of Baltimore ralliedto the relief of the church, and to repairthis calamity a large and elegant assemblyroom was purchased adjoining Light StreetChurch, and the college year after the first fire, to the veryday, the college was again destroyed withthe Light Street Church, and was neverrebuilt. The site of the college building wasselected for the place of the reconstructedLight Street Church, that is, at the south-west corner of Light street and Wine alley,whereas the church had formerly stood onthe
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