. A consecrated life; a sketch of the life and labors of Rev. Ransom Dunn, D. D., 1818-1900. r-ful awakenings under Whitefield fifty years pre-vious had somewhat faded away. Dissipationand profanity were prevalent. We have seenhow this was realized in Vermont, and the fewconsecrated Christians were praying for re-awakenings. One small and young denomina-tion was standing for vital piety and activeChristian service as opposed to the hirelingunconsecrated ministry, hyper-Calvinism, andother errors of the larger churches. Its leaderhad been Benjamin Randall, a convert ofGeorge Whitefield and a ma
. A consecrated life; a sketch of the life and labors of Rev. Ransom Dunn, D. D., 1818-1900. r-ful awakenings under Whitefield fifty years pre-vious had somewhat faded away. Dissipationand profanity were prevalent. We have seenhow this was realized in Vermont, and the fewconsecrated Christians were praying for re-awakenings. One small and young denomina-tion was standing for vital piety and activeChristian service as opposed to the hirelingunconsecrated ministry, hyper-Calvinism, andother errors of the larger churches. Its leaderhad been Benjamin Randall, a convert ofGeorge Whitefield and a man of wonderfulspiritual power. His associates and followerswere noted for humble piety and self-sacrificinglabors ; and, conversion of souls being their chiefobject, revivals followed their efforts and Buzzell had started churches ofthis faith in Vermont, Colby and others fol-lowed them, and the influence of this devotedpeople was being felt. Charles Bowles, a negro born in Boston,whose mother was a daughter of a celebratedofficer in the American army, had become a 2-i. EARLY CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE Christian and united with this people, calledthe Freewill Baptists. He was a man of greatnatural ability, and felt called to the ministry,and the results of his first efforts in Vermontseemed to prove his divine call, for one hundredand fifty were converted and a church of ninetyorganized. At one time he stopped at the homeof John Dunn at Bakersfield, and as he left he?placed his hand on the head of little Ransom andsaid, My boy, be ready for the call of theLord. He may want you. This little inci-dent made a deep impression upon the youngboy. In 1823, Mr. Bowles organized a church atEnosburgh, Vermont, consisting of five members,one of whom was Perley Hall, a licensed MethodistEpiscopal preacher who was soon ordained asa Free Baptist minister. Thus was laid thefoundation of the Enosburgh Q. M., with whichRansom became connected. It was the preach-ing of Elder Bowles
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