Sketches of the founders of the Methodist Protestant Church, and its bibliography . ngness to forgivewrong upon repentance, than Rev. Cornelius Springer. He was born of Swedish parentage, near Wilming-ton, Delaware, on the 29th of December, 1790, and wasthe fourth descendant from Charles Christopher Spring-er, so favorably mentioned iii Clays Swedish Annalsand Ferris Original Settlers on the Delaware. In 1798 he removed with his parents to Virginia,and settled in the forests below Wheeling. In1806they removed to Ohio, and settled again in the forestnear Zanesville, where he took an active part
Sketches of the founders of the Methodist Protestant Church, and its bibliography . ngness to forgivewrong upon repentance, than Rev. Cornelius Springer. He was born of Swedish parentage, near Wilming-ton, Delaware, on the 29th of December, 1790, and wasthe fourth descendant from Charles Christopher Spring-er, so favorably mentioned iii Clays Swedish Annalsand Ferris Original Settlers on the Delaware. In 1798 he removed with his parents to Virginia,and settled in the forests below Wheeling. In1806they removed to Ohio, and settled again in the forestnear Zanesville, where he took an active part in remov-ing the forest and in clearing new farms, which havedeveloped into a very rich section of country. Ofcourse, his educational advantages were very limited,yet by a faithful improvement of his meagre opportu-nities he acquired a good knowledge of English litera-ture. At the age of twenty-one, he engaged in teach-iii;4 school as a means of further mental improvement. In 1808 he was converted to Christ, under the minis-try of Rev. Robert Manly, and joined the M. E. REV. CORNELIUS SPRINGER. THE METHODIST PROTESTANT CHURCH. 413 In the war of 1812 he enlisted as a soldier and servedwith distinction as a lieutenant of a company in theUnited States Army. At the close of the war, he resum-ed the profession of teaching, but in 1816 left his posi-tion in the Putnam Academy to enter the ministry inthe Ohio Conference of the M. E. Church, where helabored with success for about fourteen years, havingthe Rev. T. A. Morris, afterward a Bishop of the M. , for his assistant on the Marietta circuit in 1817. As a Reformer, he was consistent, decided, outspokenand energetic. He was one of the first men in the Westto advocate a Reform in thegovernment of the 1822, he became a contributor to the Wesleyan Reposi-tory, conducted by W. S. Stockton, and wrote a series ofable articles over the signature of Cincinnatus, dur-ing the years 1822, 1823 and 1824. In 1827, whe
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