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 . HOMK OF McKINLKV WII ILK COI,I, A AT both. After serving for a time as protempore president of Transylvania Uni-versity, he was finally elected its presi-dent; and proved a successful adminis-trator. In the crisis of 1844 he bore an impor-tant part, and was also active in the or-ganizat
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 . HOMK OF McKINLKV WII ILK COI,I, A AT both. After serving for a time as protempore president of Transylvania Uni-versity, he was finally elected its presi-dent; and proved a successful adminis-trator. In the crisis of 1844 he bore an impor-tant part, and was also active in the or-ganization of the Methodist EpiscopalChurch, South. The whole faculty ofTransylvania University, of which hewas president, tendered their resignationsto the General Conference of 1846, whichmet at Petersburg, Virginia, in orderthat they might hold office directly fromthe Conference; and Doctor Bascom wasduly reappointed. He was also elected 508 The Illustrated History of JOHN BARKER,Elected Professor of Natural Science in Allegheny College in 1839 editor of the Quarterly Review, whichwas started at this time under the pat-ronage of the Church. At the nextGeneral Conference, held in the city ofSt. Louis, he was elected bishop. Be-fore the first year of his episcopal laborshad closed, death overtook him. Hehad entered with great activity on hislabors in the St. Louis Conference, whichwas specially assigned to him, and hadtaken a long journey to visit the IndianManual Labor School, at Fort Leaven-worth, with which he was highly August of the same year, when trav-eling east, he fell sick at Louisville, anddied at a friends house. Like Stephen Olin, Bascom united the capacities of administra-tor and orator. By many hewas considered the ablestpulpit orator of his is said that, while preach-ing as chaplain before con-gress, he so thrilled the au-dience at one passage thatthe president, GeneralJackson, involuntarilystarted from his seat wit
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