. A history of Methodism [electronic resource]: comprising a view of the rise of this revival of spiritual religion in the first half of the eighteenth century, and of the principal agents by whom it was promoted in Europe and America; with some account of the doctrine and poli. ts of New York and thence, in 1774, across the line, gaveto Canada Methodism the same origin with that of John mowing in his field in 1773 the good Philip injured him-self so severely as to die suddenly at the age of forty-five years,greatly beloved and much lamented. His widow and sons,and brothers and ki
. A history of Methodism [electronic resource]: comprising a view of the rise of this revival of spiritual religion in the first half of the eighteenth century, and of the principal agents by whom it was promoted in Europe and America; with some account of the doctrine and poli. ts of New York and thence, in 1774, across the line, gaveto Canada Methodism the same origin with that of John mowing in his field in 1773 the good Philip injured him-self so severely as to die suddenly at the age of forty-five years,greatly beloved and much lamented. His widow and sons,and brothers and kindred, including Paul and Barbara Heck,took shelter under the flag of George the Third, at the approacho: 76, and belonged to the first Methodist class in Augusta,Upper Canada; and there they are buried. AVilliam Losee was sent over by Bishop Asbury from the NewYork Conference in 1790, and went again next year as soon asthe winter was well set in and the ice on the St. Lawrence strongenough to allow crossing with a horse. He was followed bySawyer, and Coleman, and other missionaries. In 1805 WilliamCase, father of Indian missions in Canada, and HenryRyan were appointed to the Bay of Quinte. Father Case didmore for Indian evangelization than Eliot or Brainerd. Nathan(532). Canada—The Clergy Reserves Question. 533 Bangs went to Canada in 1799 as a surveyor, but for want ofconstant employment he taught school. In 1800 he was awak-ened and converted through the instrumentality of the and Sawyer, near Queenstown, and commenced in 1801as an itinerant preacher under the direction of the presidingelder of the district—Joseph Jewell. He spent the first sevenyears of his laborious ministerial life in Canada, after which heentered the work in the United States, and earned an imperisha-ble record. In 1811 the apostolic Asbury made a visitation toCanada on his way to the Genesee Conference, with which it wasconnected. In his journal he says: Our ride has brought usthrough o
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