. The history of Methodism. on Baltimore Street. Theinterest spread so rapidly that the meetings had to be trans-ferred to a rigging loft. Before the end of the year Asbury,assisted by Jesse Hollingsworth, George Wells, Richard Moale,George Robinson, and John Woodward, purchased a plot ofground at Fells Point and began to build the StrawberryAlley Chapel, a brick structure forty-one by thirty feet, witha gallery for colored worshipers. A sounding board was sus-pended over the pulpit, as if to extinguish the preacher, anda motto, Thou God seest me, in gilt letters on a blue field, A Two Hundred
. The history of Methodism. on Baltimore Street. Theinterest spread so rapidly that the meetings had to be trans-ferred to a rigging loft. Before the end of the year Asbury,assisted by Jesse Hollingsworth, George Wells, Richard Moale,George Robinson, and John Woodward, purchased a plot ofground at Fells Point and began to build the StrawberryAlley Chapel, a brick structure forty-one by thirty feet, witha gallery for colored worshipers. A sounding board was sus-pended over the pulpit, as if to extinguish the preacher, anda motto, Thou God seest me, in gilt letters on a blue field, A Two Hundred Mile Circuit 83 was the sole mural decoration. Before this preachinghousewas ready a second, that in Lovely Lane, was begun andcompleted. Asbury arranged a circuit of two hundred miles and twenty-four appointments, all centering in Baltimore. He traveledit with several efficient local helpers. In March he held itsquarterly meeting at vSusquehanna. Multitudes love feast was thronged, and the sermon and exhorta-. DRAWH BY P. E- FUNTOFF. LOVELY LANE PREACHINGHOUSE, first house built and occupied for Methodist preaching in Baltimore. tions struck many to the heart. We all went in thestrength of the Lord to our several appointments, wroteAsbury at its close. In the winter of 1771-1772 Webb, tired of having onlyyoung preachers sent out to the colonies, went to England tolay the case before Wesley, and to obtain, if not his personalpresence in America, at least some man of long experienceand recognized position. Pilmoor and Boardman, notwith-standing their unstinted devotion and fruitful labors, had 84 American Methodism been much spoken against to Wesley, and Asburys rigid ad-ministration of discipline had provoked bitter worthy captain thought nothing was too good for hisown people, and asked for Christopher Hopper and JosephBenson, two of the ablest men in the connection. Thoughhe failed to secure their appointment, he was introduced tothe
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