Sketches of prominent citizens of 1876 : with a few of the pioneers of the city and county who have passed away . en he should have accomplished his semi-monthlyround ; invitations were showered upon him to dine, take tea, etc. Manya yellow-legged chickens head paid the penalty for the young ministersindiscretions. Those old maids last referred to usually dressed veryplain, in the good old Methodist style; now, it was noticed that a curlsometimes hung down behind the ear, supposed to be intended for theministers eye, as he was pouring forth the word of God to his devout con-gregation. At last
Sketches of prominent citizens of 1876 : with a few of the pioneers of the city and county who have passed away . en he should have accomplished his semi-monthlyround ; invitations were showered upon him to dine, take tea, etc. Manya yellow-legged chickens head paid the penalty for the young ministersindiscretions. Those old maids last referred to usually dressed veryplain, in the good old Methodist style; now, it was noticed that a curlsometimes hung down behind the ear, supposed to be intended for theministers eye, as he was pouring forth the word of God to his devout con-gregation. At last one of them, more solicitous for the welfare of thechurch than the others, ventured to approach him on the subject, andwanted to know if he was aware that the young lady to whom he waspaying attention danced. Yes, she dances, said she ; Oh, my, my,my, brother Ray, she dances ; how can people be so wicked and sinful ? The only reply she elicited and comfort she got in her interview withthe minister was, the wilder the colt the tamer the horse. The young minister married outside the church, the church survived. GOVERNOR JAMES D. WILLIAMS. Iqj the shock, and now, instead of the old log church we have eight or tenniagnificent Methodist churches inside the city limits, and at least twohundred within the territory that then composed his circuit. Edwin Ray was a man of marked ability, perseverance and studied and mastered the Greek and Latin languages on horseback,traveling from one appointment to another, and had he lived even tothe meridian of life, would have ranked among the first theologians ofthe country. He fell a victim to his industry and zeal in the cause inwhich he was engaged, and died at the house of a friend on the OtterCreek Prairie, in Vigo county, on the 15th day of September, 1831, inthe twenty-ninth year of his age. He was born in Montgomery county,Kentucky, near Mount Sterling, and there entered the ministry, butsoon came to Indiana, where there was a w
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