. The history of Methodism. ge wasneither silent nor idle. He continued to preach as oppor-tunity offered until his death. He died in 1781 or 1782,and was 36 American Methodism buried in an apple orchard overlooking Baltimore. Whenthe news of his decease reached Asbury he grimly affirmedthat the Lord had removed him because he was in a way todo hurt to his cause, though he was willing to believe thatGod had saved him in mercy at last, so hard was it in 178 i to look without preju- dice upon an unordainedpreacher, who dared baptizeand give the bread and wineto the children whom hisvoice had led
. The history of Methodism. ge wasneither silent nor idle. He continued to preach as oppor-tunity offered until his death. He died in 1781 or 1782,and was 36 American Methodism buried in an apple orchard overlooking Baltimore. Whenthe news of his decease reached Asbury he grimly affirmedthat the Lord had removed him because he was in a way todo hurt to his cause, though he was willing to believe thatGod had saved him in mercy at last, so hard was it in 178 i to look without preju- dice upon an unordainedpreacher, who dared baptizeand give the bread and wineto the children whom hisvoice had led to repentance !But those who had been withthe high-spirited Irishmanthrough good and evil re-port, who had witnessed hisself-denying zeal for hisMasters cause, and hadheard his mellow voiceraised in song and prayerand persuasive pleadingwith the sinner, would letno ecclesiastical quibbleshake their loyalty to theirfriend, or cause them todoubt his fidelity to thecause. Richard Owenpreached the funeral sermonfrom the words:. BY W. B. DAVIS. FROM A PHOTOGRAPH strawbridoes monument. In Mount Olivet Cemetery, Baltimore. and i heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, wriie,Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth:Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors;and their works do follow them.
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