Methodism Of The Peninsula: Or, Sketches Of Notable Characters And Events In The History Of Methodism In The Maryland And Delaware Peninsula

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General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1886 Original Publisher: Methodist Episcopal Book Rooms Subjects: Methodist Church Delmarva Peninsula Religion / Christianity / History Religion / Christianity / Methodist Religion / Christianity / General Religion / Christian Church / History Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER IV. PATRIARCHS OF THE CHESAPEAKE. THE isles of the beautiful Chesapeake are already renowned in story if not in song. The weird and fascinating annals of "The Parson of The Islands," written by Rev. Dr. Wallace, have both amused and astonished the church; and perhaps many who have read that book, have arisen from its perusal with the skeptical conviction that the reverend author was gifted with a glowing imagination, on which he drew very freely for his facts. From personal contact with many of the scenes and persons therein mentioned, the author of these sketches is fully prepared to vindicate the faithfulness of the historian. For some of the incidents herein detailed, the writer acknowledges his indebtedness to the above mentioned book. If this chapter shall induce many to buy and read " The Parson of The Islands," it will have demonstrated its right to existence. The ranks of the Methodist local ministry have never produced a more pious, laborious and successful man than Rev. Joshua Thomas. He was born in Somerset County, Maryland, amid the stirring and heroic events of the American Revolution, soon after the Declarationof Independence; and lived to see three-score-and-ten of its returning anniversaries. It will, of course, be impossible, within the prescribed limits, to give any sketch of Mr. Thomas' remarkable and valuable career that will do ju...

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