Missions and missionary society of the Methodist Episcopal Church . to the work. Are not his deeds and sac-rifices written in the Lambs book of life.** And is notthe visible result a recompense.* In the east, in 1824, Rev. George Pickering was sentas missionary to Newburyport and Gloucester; Lindsey, to South Hadley and Sunderland;and Rev. Oliver Beale, to Piscatteques, in Maine. TheWelsh Mission of the Oneida Conference was begun in1828. Rev. John Wood was sent to work on the R^er, Ohio; Rev. Elias Patten, and afterwardRev. Benjamin Cooper, were sent to St. Clair River,Michi
Missions and missionary society of the Methodist Episcopal Church . to the work. Are not his deeds and sac-rifices written in the Lambs book of life.** And is notthe visible result a recompense.* In the east, in 1824, Rev. George Pickering was sentas missionary to Newburyport and Gloucester; Lindsey, to South Hadley and Sunderland;and Rev. Oliver Beale, to Piscatteques, in Maine. TheWelsh Mission of the Oneida Conference was begun in1828. Rev. John Wood was sent to work on the R^er, Ohio; Rev. Elias Patten, and afterwardRev. Benjamin Cooper, were sent to St. Clair River,Michigan; and Rev. Erastus Felton to the north of River, in the same State. Missions were alsostarted on the Salt River and Gasconade River, Missouri. * The present Bedford-street Church and the Seventh-streetChtrrch. English-speaking Missions. 89 In the extensive frontiers of Indiana and Illinois nu-merous missions were established, namely: on the FoxRiver, Rev. Jesse Walker, missionary; at Logansport,Rev. S. R. Beggs, missionary ; at Galena, Rev. Benjamin. FIBST METHODIST EII8C0PAL CHURCH IN OHIO. Stephenson, missionary; on Rock Island, Rev. PhilipCordier, missionary; also at Fort Wayne, ** Chicaugoand various other points. The sight of these fields nowcannot but inspire gratitude to God for the services thatgave birth to this great work. Their numerous and in-fluential Churches stand as monuments to the usefulnessof the Missionary Society in the home field. Equally important missions were originated in the 90 Methodist Episcopal Missions. South, namely: at Pensacola and Mobile, under P. Cook; Providence Mission, on the Mississippi,between Vicksburgh and Lake Washington, under A. MWilliams; and at St. Augustine and St. Johns,under Rev, A. P. Manly. The work of the Society extended into Canada. Reed and Kenneth M. Smith were sent as mission-aries to York, Upper Canada, in 1821; Rev. HenryRyan, to Chippeway and Grand River Falls. Therewere also
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