Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-11-07
From lie philadelphia National Go:.0e.
THE CENTENARY OF METnoblsN

HE tfFf ENAh1 VI NE IIOiiSM
This occasion Of much interest to The Christian
world has been widely observed BY tie drnofnins.
iion who respect the Wcslevs as founders of ll,r,
cburch The aprella'ion Methodist vas fret anil
ed TO CHARTS Wesley hen NJ Gulleec Who from, the
eedairness ohis sand tie regularity and met,
81 his life gathered around kim lew ~ the NOR
,hourhtful. white he sublccied 10 The ,idirnle
81 others. Their number al first 1920 consisted
't iour 1"hn Wesley. fellow uf Lincoln Cellroe
Chtries Wesley, student ct Chrst Chnfrh Mr.
Morgan. tommnneI OF Christ ChIifch and Mr.
knknan. Of Merton College In If32 Mr. lppb,,,
at Queen College. and Nh. Drouehton al Exeter
added 10 their numhri. sud soon llcf Nj Civ
ice. II Brazsn Nose, James Sicc,ey and Geo,Sr
Whitfield loiued them. The FIST Organization oi a
class OF religious persons, under The pfiailop oil
Method'sis was made by the Rev. John Wesley IN
The year 1889, 40 The CT, OF London. HIS FIRST place
ii worship was transformed loundr, IN Ion,on and
the members numbered toriy-two Nav the sorie
ties numhef halt as many places IL wo,sb,n in The
kingdom as ihere are parish chu,ches: the number
al members being exclusive of those IN the Uni,ed
STATES shout 5eo,O00. Their means and Iberalu,
may be estimated from the fact that for Ms.,ona,y
purposes alone they raised in 1897 about 400 oon
dollars.
The principal Missionary Stations Of the Enc
hs' Meihodisis are IN Western and Southern Af,ir.
Grylon, Continental India, New South Wales V.n
Dirmans Land. New Zealand 'rongo or Malsi Isl
snds. NavsD and Frjee Islands the Wosi Indies
aud British North America. Ia many of ibcse ,,l,s
crs THE. have printing embellishments: The mum.
Der OF scholars 10 the Mission Schools Is az oG6
The FIST chapel erected in hs eountry was in
job" street, New York, ~ l7G6, though y church
was organised there 10 l1b6, and about the same
time society was formed Ly Mr. Stombride, in
Mar land. The soeie, IN New York wa. rom
neneed by Mr.. Philip Embuty. n local prcache,
and Captain Thomas Webb. ofihe British army nj
go aioca' preacher. The first ministers sen, by Al,
wesley were The Rev Messrs. Boafdman and PHI
su.f In r. tnau e,,4,sc
depha M l169, where they found Captain Web,
md society OF aboni one hundred member, Nj,
Bosrd,nan wen, TO New Yoik and Mr. p,lno,. con.
tinued here, where lac preached, the first SUNDAY r
.ening' upon ne commons, having. as he says I'M
letter 10 Mr.. Wesley. .ih. stage appointeJ H., ,bs
horse race for my pulpit, and hi / abon, fan, n,
five thousand hearers. who listened with nm s,t.o,,ou
stiIl as night In l77I Messrs. Asbury Wbatcoai
aud Wright landed in Philadelphia on The 7th Oe,
tober where they were most warmly Welcomed
In i!72 the Meihodists numbered in PHILADELPHIA
ls0 members,now they arc over 1000 Then IN, nun
Der oil Ministers stationed 10 the respective cbn,eh
rs 10 this country was 10, now the number is 33OO
"a which ma, be added nearly Coco local pre,cbe,s
Then The whole number Of members IN ,he colos,e,
WAS llG0. Now there are in the Upned STATES mn.
wards 81 100000. W
lhan'as Coke, l.. l.. ID. OF Jesus College. Ok.
lord, was ordained bishop aud entered upon hi.
duues 10 1893. In the same year Frncis Asbu, Y
MAS dreamed TO The same office. Bishop Coke may
: " "ec""eo 'He i"'hcf VI Tie missionary
Ut the Methodist Church. He crossed the Atlan,,c
-" missions eighteen times, and died on a VOYAGE To
BRUSH luda ~ The year 1914. He commenced
The missions IN Western Africa and in the IVES, In
DIES. aud having spent lie whole Of large fortune
~ The cause had The happiness Of numbering Is,
100 members IN The West India missions.
bishop Asbury, Who was more exclusively deyo,ed
10 'e care OF the church IN this country, was born
"r"r birmingham in England. in I745. lie enter
I'd The ministry at the age OF II. lie came a mis-
so"sfs 70 Tue colonies IN 1875. was ordained Bsi,
opin iIo4. aud died al fredericksburg. Virginia.
!" ,oio' >" me Ilst year OF his age
Inc ch"f' h 10 the Unned States h ,vino wider
,fofy' abn 1rnS remarkable for il assduous l,bsts
~ 'he ne" >aies cannot be expected 10 ACCOMPLISH
MS "'uci as the British connexon in the c,us. NJ
hissions Siiilis labors are vast and ef6rier, lie
Irinripai pss'ons are among the Indian tribes Afri
ca. S'uih America Texas aud the Southern States
connected with these missions are $50 missona,ies
2l.o35 church members, 2l63 being Indians 90
fraehers 23o scholars. For the support Of these
there we're collected the past year. lac 900 dollars
The ceniensry occasion. besides being i.iously
observed las elected gratuitous offerings 10 Eug-
land "a the amount OF 800. 900 dollars. OF the
su' winch will be raised IN this country no esii-
ns;e can yet be made About 10 600 dollars il is
tresumed, will be contributed from Tins city alone
The Union Church in Fouh street has collected
5000 dollars