Sketches of the founders of the Methodist Protestant Church, and its bibliography . season. And he is most likeGod who spends his life in doing good by liberally sup-plying the wants of others with the means which theLord has given him. .Judged by this criterion, theRev. Charles Avery occupied a prominent positionamong the Christian philanthropists of his day. He was born in Westchester County, New York, onthe 10th of December, 1784. Being one of a large family,and having to depend upon his own exertions for ad-vancement in life, his opportunities for securing aneducation were very limited. He
Sketches of the founders of the Methodist Protestant Church, and its bibliography . season. And he is most likeGod who spends his life in doing good by liberally sup-plying the wants of others with the means which theLord has given him. .Judged by this criterion, theRev. Charles Avery occupied a prominent positionamong the Christian philanthropists of his day. He was born in Westchester County, New York, onthe 10th of December, 1784. Being one of a large family,and having to depend upon his own exertions for ad-vancement in life, his opportunities for securing aneducation were very limited. He came to New YorkCity while a youth, and obtained a situation as a clerkin a drug store. Here he applied himself closely tostudy, availing himself of the advantages of the nightschools, and thus secured a good business education. He was converted to Christ in his youth and unitedwith the M. E. Church. Feeling himself called topreach the gospel, he hesitated for some time whetherto enter the itinerancy, or engage in business andthereby secure financial ability to aid the cause of. REV. CHARLES AVERY. ?tuti Methodist protEstant cbtdrch. 421 Christ in a pecuniary way and preach the word onSabbath, as a local minister, as opportunity was afford-ed. He decided upon the latter course, and becamean acceptable local minister while connected with theM. E. Church, and in the unstationed relaiion of theMethodist Protestant Church he was everywhere es-teemed as an able and worthy minister of Christ. In 1812 he was united in marriage with Miss MarthaBryan, au excellent Christian lady, and removed toPittsburgh, Pa., and engaged in the drug the war of that year he had invested his capi-tal in a small cargo of drugs, which with the vesselwas lost between New York and Philadelphia. At thisjuncture friends came to his assistance, and he suc-ceeded in establishing himself in that business in the(ity of Pittsburgh. He was very enterprising, and incompany with Messrs. John and Thoma
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