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 . uit preacher of this prov-ince was a brave Scotchman named Dun-can McColl, who had served in the Brit-ish army. Ordained by Bishop Asbury in 1795, he worked zealously in the val-leys and bleak uplands of this maritimedistrict. The gem-like Prince Edward Island,known as the Island of St. Johns until1798—the year, by the way,
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 . uit preacher of this prov-ince was a brave Scotchman named Dun-can McColl, who had served in the Brit-ish army. Ordained by Bishop Asbury in 1795, he worked zealously in the val-leys and bleak uplands of this maritimedistrict. The gem-like Prince Edward Island,known as the Island of St. Johns until1798—the year, by the way, whenAmerican missionaries ceased to operatein the maritime provinces—had early re-ceived a visit from William Black. Inthe year 1807 it obtained a regular min-ister in James Bulpit, who came fromNewfoundland; and he was followed byseveral able and zealous preachers. CapeBreton, another portion of the lowerprovinces, lying contiguous to NovaScotia, received its first permanent min-ister in 1829, in the person of MatthewCranswick, an eloquent preacher andattractive Christian. Newfoundland, that home of earlypioneer work, received an uninterruptedsupply from 1794 onward, and in 1815could boast of six circuits, with a staff ofsix regular ministers. Next year an ac-. REV. PHILANDER SMITH, Born in the State of New York in 1796; elected Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Canada in 1847; died in 1870. The Illustrated History of Methodism 573
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