The history of Methodism [electronic resource] . ight while journeying from his home in Camden,N. J., to Brooklyn, N. Y., to plead his cause the followingday. The vacancy causedby his death was temporarilyfilled by the Rev Robert , , whose son,Robert E. Pattison, has sincetwice occupied the guberna-torial office of Pennsylvaniaand is highly honored by theMethodist Episcopal Church,of which he is a member. In May, 1867, the bishopsappointed to the office, tosucceed Dr. Pattison, theRev. Alpha J Kynett, whoentered upon his duties July1, 1867, and was repeatedlyreelected by successi
The history of Methodism [electronic resource] . ight while journeying from his home in Camden,N. J., to Brooklyn, N. Y., to plead his cause the followingday. The vacancy causedby his death was temporarilyfilled by the Rev Robert , , whose son,Robert E. Pattison, has sincetwice occupied the guberna-torial office of Pennsylvaniaand is highly honored by theMethodist Episcopal Church,of which he is a member. In May, 1867, the bishopsappointed to the office, tosucceed Dr. Pattison, theRev. Alpha J Kynett, whoentered upon his duties July1, 1867, and was repeatedlyreelected by successive Gen-eral Conferences until hisdeath, in 1899. He at onceapplied to the embarrassedsocietys affairs that businesssagacity and courage which distinguished him, adoptingplans for meeting the wants of the Methodist people forhouses of worship in every part of the country, and adoptingnew methods for raising and appropriating moneys. The General Conference made the society a part of theconnectional work of the Church, inserted in the book of Dis-. SAMUEL Y. MONROE, The first corresponding secretary of the Boardof Church Extension, 1865-1867. 1042 American Methodism cipline rules and regulations for its proper conduct, and in1872 assumed the control of its management. The Loan Fund has been one of the most helpful parts ofthe work of the Board of Church Extension. The first sub-scription to this fund was made in 1866, a centenary offeringof $1,000 to the Upper Iowa Conference by the Hon. HiramPrice, then a member of Congress from Iowa and after-ward United States Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Othergifts made the total for that year $4,725. The ConferenceFund has since grown to $12,606, and has been worth byreturn of loans $46,374, besides interest, and has aided fifty-eight churches. In 1870 it was transferred to the parentboard to be used within the Upper Iowa Conference. , having seen the Loan Fund instituted in his ownConference, saw the practicability of the sa
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