The religious denominations in the United States: their history, doctrine, government and statisticsWith a preliminary sketch of Judaism, paganism and Mohammedanism . rrie and Porter, and now for infor-mation relating to the introduction of Methodism into this country weare indebted to the contributions of the Hon. G. P. Disoway, made to The National Magazine. Thirty years before Mr. Wesleys death several members of hisreligious societies had emigrated to America from Great Britain andIreland. Of this number a fewT resided in the city of New York, andthe little pious band met in a private hous
The religious denominations in the United States: their history, doctrine, government and statisticsWith a preliminary sketch of Judaism, paganism and Mohammedanism . rrie and Porter, and now for infor-mation relating to the introduction of Methodism into this country weare indebted to the contributions of the Hon. G. P. Disoway, made to The National Magazine. Thirty years before Mr. Wesleys death several members of hisreligious societies had emigrated to America from Great Britain andIreland. Of this number a fewT resided in the city of New York, andthe little pious band met in a private house for religious services. Thiswas a room in the residence of Philip Embury, who had heard Wesleyin Ireland, and was also a local preacher in the Connection. was a carpenter by trade, and resided in Barrack Street, nearwhere the present City-Hall stands. Six persons only attended hisfirst sermon, which was preached in his workshop, and during 1766this little flock formed the first Methodist Society in America. A larger congregation followed this commencement, until theplace could not contain the increasing number of hearers, and a more 556 Cradle of American Methodism. commodious place was soon obtained in the same neighborhood fortheir meetings. Upon one of these occasions, while singing, an officer in fullmilitary uniform entered the place. He wore the dress of the royal-American troops. This was Lieutenant, or, as he was generally called,Captain Thomas Webb. He was a pious officer of the British army,then stationed at Albany, and h*. shares the glory of being one of thefounders of Methodism upon this continent. On this occasion, he kneltwith them in prayer, and introduced himself as a preacher of righteous-ness, and soon became a zealous and successful advocate of the newsect. The memory, of this excellent man should be preserved andhonored ; for his character and exertions, with those of Mr. Embury,form some most important recollections of the earliest
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