. History of Hamilton County, Ohio, with illustrations and biographical sketches. r the influ-ence of Rosalia Fageley, a pious woman in whose house the n eeting?was held. He passed from a rough, blasphemous character to a min-ister of the gospel. Being of a determined nature, full of good impulses,he grasped the hand of all alike—the wicked and good—and im-plored them to turn to Christ. His conversion was in a cornfield whileplowing corn, and from thence, the Sunday following, by agreementwith the still-house hands, he preached his first sermon in Chamberstown,in Miami. Great results followed,
. History of Hamilton County, Ohio, with illustrations and biographical sketches. r the influ-ence of Rosalia Fageley, a pious woman in whose house the n eeting?was held. He passed from a rough, blasphemous character to a min-ister of the gospel. Being of a determined nature, full of good impulses,he grasped the hand of all alike—the wicked and good—and im-plored them to turn to Christ. His conversion was in a cornfield whileplowing corn, and from thence, the Sunday following, by agreementwith the still-house hands, he preached his first sermon in Chamberstown,in Miami. Great results followed, and from thence he preached to manydistinguished men. Among his audience at different times were Gener-al Harrison, Governor Bebb, Daniel Howell, the first male child inMiami township, and many others who long since have passed to theirreward. Soon after beginning to preach in 1824, he was licensed by theUnited Brethren church, and travelled throughout the country, preach-ing in barns and log dwelling houses. Soon after, when poverty and hardship were gathering in great. clouds over head, and when the devil tempted him to cease preaching,he came from Venice, where he preached in a cooper-shop in themorning, and in the evening at a school-house, to his home a distanceof twelve miles. He had had his breakfast and went without dinnerand supper. Coming home about 9 or 10 oclock, and-reflecting onhis hard trials, and tempted to retire from the ministry, their came avoice—a song of angels from Heaven singing, How happy are they,exhorting him to continue. In all his he memorable life, neither hasseen or heard so much melody, so great a choir, and so much of Godspower to save. The matter of recompense was very small and dis-tance in circuit very great. One circuit was four hundred miles inlength, and consisted of thirty-two appointments. Sometime in 1841 or 1842, a call was made to go to Germany. Forsix months he debated and prayed over the question, and at one timewas tempted t
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