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 . BETHEL MEETING-HOUSE. This represents the first Methodist church edifice erected in Illinois Territory. It was built in 1805 and stood about two miles south of EdwardS- ville in what was known as the old. Goshen RESIDENCE OF FATHER WRIGHT, NEAR EDWARDSVILLE, ILLINOIS. In 1817, the first Illinois Conference, Bi
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 . BETHEL MEETING-HOUSE. This represents the first Methodist church edifice erected in Illinois Territory. It was built in 1805 and stood about two miles south of EdwardS- ville in what was known as the old. Goshen RESIDENCE OF FATHER WRIGHT, NEAR EDWARDSVILLE, ILLINOIS. In 1817, the first Illinois Conference, Bishop Roberts presiding, washeld in this house. The engraving- is from a recent photograph. ing scenery of its wood-crowned hills!The year 1812 is memorable in thehistory of Ohio Methodism. On thefirst day of October there met at Chilli-cothe the first session of the Ohio Con-ference. Hitherto there had been a jointOhio and Tennessee Conference, but therapid increase of the work made a sepa-ration necessary. The Western Confer-ence, formed by Bishop Asbury in 17(.M>,and embracing all the territory west ofthe Alleghany mountains, included in1S05 twenty-six circuits, five districts,and thirty-seven preachers. Five yearslater Ohio alone contained almost asmany circui
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