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 . lothed and put in his right mind,as his subsequent life of piety abundantly proved. Henry Willis and Isaac Smith Were the preach-ers sent to the city for the year 1786, each of themto labor six months. Isaac Smith had been a faithful and brave pa-triot during the war of the Revolution. He wasin the main army under Washington, and in allthe principal battles in w
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 . lothed and put in his right mind,as his subsequent life of piety abundantly proved. Henry Willis and Isaac Smith Were the preach-ers sent to the city for the year 1786, each of themto labor six months. Isaac Smith had been a faithful and brave pa-triot during the war of the Revolution. He wasin the main army under Washington, and in allthe principal battles in which it engaged. Heunderwent the sufferings of the camp during thesad winter the army spent at Valley Forge, andwas in the battles of Trenton, Princeton, andBrandy wine, at the defence of Fort Mifflin, thebattle of Monmouth, the capture of Stony Pointyand the surrender of Yorktown, and he bore inhis forehead to his grave the indentation wherehe was struck by a musket-ball. After his con-version and assumption of ministerial vows, he wasan efficient laborer in many parts of the low countryin South Carolina, establishing what was for yearsknown as the JMisto Circuit, embracing what isnow included in the Cooper River, Cypress, METHODISM IN CHARLESTON. 37 Georges, Walterboro, Orangeburg, and tJarnwell Circuits. Early in this year measures were taken towardthe erection of a church. It was located on Cum-berland street; was sixty feet long by forty wide,with galleries for the accommodation of the coloredpeople. • This must have been a considerable un-dertaking for the society, then so weak, both as itregarded wealth and numbers. Yet so economi-cally and prudently was the whole affair managed,that it was completed by the middle of the yearfollowing, unencumbered with debt, the groundand building costing £1300. It is interesting to look through the Stewardsbook and see their method of proceeding. Someof the present day would have regarded their pro-ceedings as decidedly fogyish
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