. Historic towns of the Southern States. s seen on every hand. In i 760. theMarket House was built, and the Presbyte-rians had their pastor, while as early as 1764the Reformed Church boasted of a belfry,which, remodelled in 1807, is yet one of the Clustered spires of Frederick that rise from what the enamored Washingtoncalled the garden-spot of Maryland. In 1765, Father Hunter began the arduousduties of a priest whose flock was scatteredover uncounted miles of wilderness ; and evenbefore that, perhaps, the whole country, whichembraced all that is now known as WesternMaryland, was one parish of
. Historic towns of the Southern States. s seen on every hand. In i 760. theMarket House was built, and the Presbyte-rians had their pastor, while as early as 1764the Reformed Church boasted of a belfry,which, remodelled in 1807, is yet one of the Clustered spires of Frederick that rise from what the enamored Washingtoncalled the garden-spot of Maryland. In 1765, Father Hunter began the arduousduties of a priest whose flock was scatteredover uncounted miles of wilderness ; and evenbefore that, perhaps, the whole country, whichembraced all that is now known as WesternMaryland, was one parish of the EstablishedChurch, with x\ll Saints for its centre. Herclergymen had an annual revenue of five thou-sand pounds, and this rich plum was given toone or another of the beneficed clergy whotoo often disgraced the reign of the earlyGeorges. The most notorious of all the NewWorld incumbents was, perhaps, the Allen, who came to All Saints in1768, greatly against the will of the the first Sunday after his arrival the. 82 Frederick Town vestrymen left the church in a body. A peace-making worshipper ventured up to the pulpitwith a remonstrance, only to be met with adrawn pistol in the clerical hand, and an oath-ful threat of immediate happy despatch if heinterfered with the service. That his wildcareer included the murder of one Dulany ina duel, and the plotted assassination of an-other, and that he died an unknown, drunkenoutcast of London streets, is the shameful andpitiful ending of this oertrue tale. That hehas been succeeded by a long line of devoutand godly men has long ago effaced the stainhe left upon the parish annals. Some miles to the northeast of the town ayoung man, Robert Strawbridge by name, whohad imbibed the doctrines of the Wesleys,formed a class after their ideas in 1764, whichBishop Asbury said was the first in Mary-land and America. The small log chapelwhich they built antedated any other Metho-dist meeting-house in America by three years,
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