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 . mWayne was a man of serious and devoutmind, and the people of the place werealso grave and well-disposed. A friendof Mr. Waynes, named Wells, lived inCharleston, and to him he gave themletters of introduction. Armed with theseHenry Willis rode on ahead as an ad-vanced guard in this attack on the chiefcity of South Carolina.
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 . mWayne was a man of serious and devoutmind, and the people of the place werealso grave and well-disposed. A friendof Mr. Waynes, named Wells, lived inCharleston, and to him he gave themletters of introduction. Armed with theseHenry Willis rode on ahead as an ad-vanced guard in this attack on the chiefcity of South Carolina. It was in a moodof heavy despondency that Asbury ap-proached the place, where he feared heshould receive a chilling reception; for the 276 The Illustrated History oe Methodism inhabitants were vain and. wicked to aproverb. The Calvinists seemed to bethe only people who had any sense of re-ligion; but, during their stay of a week,opposition began to die away, and theministers, who had begun by preachingagainst them, at length came to host, Mr. Wells, and his wife,were among the gains of this visit; andAsbury left in better spirits than he hadentered. Willis was left in charge ofthe work, and he succeeded, in the faceof many discouragements, in forming a. THE OLD COLONIAL RESIDENCE OF THE TODDBECAME METHODISTS IN 1773. small but enthusiastic society. By theyear 1787 a spacious new church, situatedin Cumberland street, was ready for ded-ication; and when the two bishops camein the month of March to Charleston toattend the first Annual Conference heldin the state, Doctor Coke solemnly ded-icated the edifice. For long it was knownas the Blue Meeting-house. The bishops had summoned a Confer-ence to meet in April at the residence ofMr. Green Hill, in North Carolina, situ-ated one mile south of the spot wherethe town of Douisburg now stands. It is memorable as the first Annual Conferenceof the Methodist Episcopal Hill was a wealthy planter, andhis brother-in-
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