The history of Methodism [electronic resource] . DRAWN BY P. E FLINTOFF. CHESBROUGH SEMINARY, NORTH CHILI, N. Hall. Cox Hall. known as Almira College. It furnishes courses not only inacademic study, but also collegiate and theological registers about one hundred and fifty students annually. In i860 Rev. B. T Roberts commenced the publicationof The Earnest Christian, a monthly magazine devoted tothe advocacy of Bible holiness. Although it has been a Statistics 1015 private enterprise and unsectarian in its patronage, yet it isdistinctly a Free Methodist publication. Likewis
The history of Methodism [electronic resource] . DRAWN BY P. E FLINTOFF. CHESBROUGH SEMINARY, NORTH CHILI, N. Hall. Cox Hall. known as Almira College. It furnishes courses not only inacademic study, but also collegiate and theological registers about one hundred and fifty students annually. In i860 Rev. B. T Roberts commenced the publicationof The Earnest Christian, a monthly magazine devoted tothe advocacy of Bible holiness. Although it has been a Statistics 1015 private enterprise and unsectarian in its patronage, yet it isdistinctly a Free Methodist publication. Likewise the FreeMethodist, a weekly paper, started on November 2, 1867,has enjoyed a considerable circulation outside the bounds ofits own Church. Ten years after its organization the Free Methodist Churchhad grown to a membership of 5,656, and had 129 preachersand 58 churches. According to the latest statistics it has938 preachers, 708 churches, and 26,876 CHAPTER CI Scandinavias Children Olaf Gustaf Hedstrom and his Bethel Ship.—Seed Sown amongSailors.—Immigrants Converted.—Missions in Illinois, Iowa,and Wisconsin.—Jonas Hedstrom and Andrew Erickson.—Willerups Work.—Gratifying Growth.—Literature.—Pres-ent Status. THE work of Methodism among Swedes, Norwegians,and Danes who had made America their adopted homewas late in origin and small in early results. The in-flux of population to New York from these countries between1846 and 1876 amounted to 44,772 Norwegians, 116,665Swedes, and 32,974 Danes, a total of 194,411. Being mem-bers of the Lutheran State Churches, there was only a formaltype of Christianity, and through changed circumstancesmany of them had discarded even that. As a field forearnest Christian effort here then was one of the needy andpromising just at our door. Quick to discern opportunitiesfor new fields, the Missionary Board, in 1844, took the needsof these immigrants into careful consideration. In 1845 th
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