The life of RevJames O'Kelly and the early history of the Christian church in the South . o us under the direction of John Wesley, whosename to me is of precious memory. His writings mag-nified the Bible and gave it preference and honor. Hedeclared he regarded the authority of no writings but 20 REV. JAMES OKELLY. the inspired. He urged the sufficiency of the Scripturefor faith and practice, saying, We will be downrightChristians. This doctrine pleased me and so did theconduct of the holy preachers. I entered the connec-tion, and soon entered the list among the traveling min-isters, where I la
The life of RevJames O'Kelly and the early history of the Christian church in the South . o us under the direction of John Wesley, whosename to me is of precious memory. His writings mag-nified the Bible and gave it preference and honor. Hedeclared he regarded the authority of no writings but 20 REV. JAMES OKELLY. the inspired. He urged the sufficiency of the Scripturefor faith and practice, saying, We will be downrightChristians. This doctrine pleased me and so did theconduct of the holy preachers. I entered the connec-tion, and soon entered the list among the traveling min-isters, where I labored both day and night, pleadingwith God for that connection in particular, and theworld in general. It is not known at this time where he first met theMethodist preachers. It may have been in Virginia aswe are not informed as to the date of his removal toNorth Carolina. Immediately after his conversion everything irrelig-ious was abandoned, his iron will knowing no half-wayground, and he deliberately laid his fiddle on a hugefire and burned it. Whatever he did, he wished to • wwsMSwga
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