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 . dent zeal whichto found in the wilderness a center oflight like Bethel Academy, did notburn in vain, although the institutionitself came to naught. In the year 1S00there began a revival which swept overKentucky and the surrounding stateslike a prairie fire. In the great work thePresbyterians and Methodists wereclosely allie
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 . dent zeal whichto found in the wilderness a center oflight like Bethel Academy, did notburn in vain, although the institutionitself came to naught. In the year 1S00there began a revival which swept overKentucky and the surrounding stateslike a prairie fire. In the great work thePresbyterians and Methodists wereclosely allied. Strong as were the Bap-tists in these districts, they do not seemto have taken a prominent part in themovement, and yet a doubling of theirmembership showed that they shared inits blessed results. The revival affectednot only Kentucky, but Tennessee, theCarolinas, and the neighboring parts. In this revival, states Peter Cart-wright in his autobiography, originatedour camp-meetings, and in both these de-nominations (Presbyterian and Meth-odist) they were held every year, and,indeed, have been ever since, more orless. They would erect their campswith logs, or frame them, and cover themwith clapboards or shingles. They would 364 The Illustrated History of EUTAW STREET METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, BALTIMORE- The body of Bishop Asbury was placed under the pulpit of this church May 10, 1816. The church was built also erect a shed, sufficiently large toprotect five thousand people from windand rain, and cover it with boards orshingles; build a grand-stand, seat theshed, and here they would collect to-gether from forty to fifty miles* around,sometimes farther than that. Ten,twenty, and sometimes thirty ministers,of different denominations, would cometogether and preach night and day, fouror five days together; and, indeed, Ihave known these camp-meetings to lastthree or four weeks, and great good re-sulted from them. I have seen morethan a hundred sinners fall like deadme
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