Methodism in Charleston [electronic resource]: a narrative of the chief events relating to the rise and progress of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, : with brief notices of the early ministers who labored in that city . to 1835, there was an increase ofonly fifteen whites,—the schism of 1834 havingdirectly and indirectly caused the loss of over twohundred members. Among the colored therewas an increase of six hundred and ninety-sixmembers. From 1835 to 1845, there was an increaseamong the whites of five hundred and ninety-seven, averaging nineteen members each greatest
Methodism in Charleston [electronic resource]: a narrative of the chief events relating to the rise and progress of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, : with brief notices of the early ministers who labored in that city . to 1835, there was an increase ofonly fifteen whites,—the schism of 1834 havingdirectly and indirectly caused the loss of over twohundred members. Among the colored therewas an increase of six hundred and ninety-sixmembers. From 1835 to 1845, there was an increaseamong the whites of five hundred and ninety-seven, averaging nineteen members each greatest increase during any one year of thisdecade was in 1836, when William Capers, JamesSewell, J. W- McColl, and W- A. Gamewellwere the preachers. They reported an increaseof one hundred and forty-four members—thelargest increase among the whites ever reported inone year since the establishment of the churchin the city. During these ten years there was anincrease of four hundred and twenty-five colored. From 1845 to 1855, there was an increase ofone hundred and ninety-two whites, making anannual average increase of nineteen members-being the same rate of increase as the ten yearsprevious. The greatest increase in a year during. ;i\>:! METHODISM IN CHARLESTON. 201 this decade was in 1846, when an increase ofninety-two was reported, Samuel Leard, White-foord Smith, Claudius H. Pritchard, and John , being the stationed preachers. The larg-est increase was at Cumberland and St. Jamess—the one reported an increase of thirty-sevenmembers, the other an increase of these ten years there was an increase offour hundred colored. The churches now number an aggregate mem-bership of eight hundred and thirty-five whitesand five thousand two hundred and sixty-sevencolored, with eight Sabbath-schools in active ope-ration, numbering one hundred and fifty-sevenofiicers and teachers, and four hundred and nine-teen whites, and fifteen hundred colored abov
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