The illustrated history of Methodism [electronic resource]; the story of the origin and progress of the Methodist church, from its foundation by John Wesley to the present dayWritten in popular style and illustrated by more than one thousand portraits and views of persons . ers, they intimated their willingnessto receive similar help, and the matterwas taken up by the capable hands ofDr. William Capers, who was appointedsuperintendent of these missions. William Capers came of old Revolu-tionary stock, his father having been amajor under General Marion. The boyearly showed promise of intellectu
The illustrated history of Methodism [electronic resource]; the story of the origin and progress of the Methodist church, from its foundation by John Wesley to the present dayWritten in popular style and illustrated by more than one thousand portraits and views of persons . ers, they intimated their willingnessto receive similar help, and the matterwas taken up by the capable hands ofDr. William Capers, who was appointedsuperintendent of these missions. William Capers came of old Revolu-tionary stock, his father having been amajor under General Marion. The boyearly showed promise of intellectual ca-pacity, and looked forward to a legalcareer. These were the days of thecamp-meetings, and the young man,happening to be present at one, wastouched. At this time his father hadgrown careless in religious affairs. Thevoice of a daughter in the home whosang a hymn of faith and hope happenedto find its way to the hearts of both ofthem, and the result was a double conse-cration. In the year 1808, at the age of eighteen,he became a preacher. One of hisearliest experiences was at Fayette-ville, with a devout negro named HenryEvans, a freedman. Evans, who wasworking as a shoemaker in the place,set himself to convert the degraded anddown-trodden people of his race, and. OLD MKTHODIST CHURCH,Greene county, Missouri; erected in 1836. 524 The Illustrated History of Methodism.
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