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 . this way you would drown me in the river. Im going togive you a chance. Are you Peter Cartwright? Yes. And the ferryman, nothing loth,pulled in his pole, and at it they grappled in a minute, and Cart-wright, being very agile as well as ath-letic, succeeded in catching him by thenape of the neck and the slack of hi
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 . this way you would drown me in the river. Im going togive you a chance. Are you Peter Cartwright? Yes. And the ferryman, nothing loth,pulled in his pole, and at it they grappled in a minute, and Cart-wright, being very agile as well as ath-letic, succeeded in catching him by thenape of the neck and the slack of hisbreeches, whirled him over and sousedhim in the tide, while the companionsof the vanquished ferryman looked on,the distance insuring fair play. Cart-wright plunged him under again, andraising him said: I baptize thee inthe name of the devil, whose child thouart. He thus immersed him thrice, andthen drawing him up again, inquired: Did you ever pray ? No, answered the ferryman, strang-ling and coughing in a pitiful manner. Then its time you did, said Cart-wright; Ill teach you; say: OurFather who art in Heaven. : I wont, said the ferryman. Down he went again. Then liftinghim out: Will you pray now? The poor ferryman, nearly chokedto death, wanted to gain time, and to. WANDA CHURCH, ILLINOIS, ON THE SITE OF THEOLD SALEM CAMP-GROUND. 432 The Illustrated History or Methodism. - V: consider. Let me breathe and think,he said. No, answered the relentlesspreacher, I wont; I11 make you,and heimmersed him again. At length he drewhim out, and asked a thirdtime: Will you pray now ? I will do anything,was the broken-spirited an-swer. So Cartwright madehim repeat the LordsPrayer. Now, let me up, de-manded the unwilling con-vert. No, said Cartwright,not yet. Make me threepromises: that you willrepeat that prayer everymorning and night; that you will putevery Methodist minister across this ferryfree of expense; and that you Will go tohear every one that preaches within fivemiles, henceforth. C
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