The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1855-09-22
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PuoiiSh the following interesting sAetch oil
Rev Jesse Walker:
The intrepid and energetic nioncer preach
err, the Rev jesse Walker appearei in the
country in the year ls0G and devoted his
great energies to the permanent prospcri,v
of the Methodist church in Illinois lie wa,
the undauntcd, and kind Of Martin Luth,r
patriarch of the church Of the West and
bore triumph1ntly the standard of the Cross
throughout the wilderness country, as we'll
to the red men A. the white. He was 4 ma
tive Of the country near P.torsLur,,h Nir-
cinia-cmrratcd 10 North Carolina and
there embraced r,li,.j,p if. rc,n"y,d -
West Tennessee in l,l1 and was ordained
t, preach by the "lyestern Conference "
and rrracbrI r,,r yc,rs 49,, tLn -,
frontier, of KcnturLy and Tcnnesyno A.,
hi, rcpur,t he wns I1r,tcd ~ , nrc,cho. -,
Illinois in IA. yo,,. 1snG. o,,J a..
mostly by hi, cfTorts cigbty me,nLcrs y,o n.,
added totbo church which ey,cIIcJ !, l., al
10 300 members -''''' - ''
The next wear. the celebrated Hi.ho, Ne.
Kendrc visited the cour.ry ~, pi.ho, ana
orpauiz.d yarious cI,ur.br, b,,;,',, III
ycar. 1907 two ,omn.I,cc,;,,,s Voc boIJ
in Illinois. one at shiloh in = CI,ir conn.
ty. and In. other a G,,. Mills eo,,,I, oc H.,
present Edyardsyil,r Tho. ,.c,n tto ,,o
iirs, camp.mcctiugs Lcrl in u,ino;s onJ ,r.,o
the first | ever attended A. ,brsc ,,oc,.
inys Rev. Mfr Walker assf.tel pigr,o,, a.
Kculre in urr,cl;pr Sc,.roi ,,,"r ~.
crs also attended, tty, c,,,,,s o v'I raoi'C,i
These protrac,rd ,ncn,i,,,s t,,r'' ,i;,,'.
in the country AZ tba, c,r,,. dan "n 'I''''s
troctca much ,ttc,,;on rt,o ,,r,, a.'r ~
ton Of the American nonnI,tio4 NJ ,ho H.
ritory attended them Thr old and vonrr
the gay and aorioun, all eppcorcd on No.
camp ground, and were plra,cd in Ncir no..
spcct.yc spheres These were fine Iargrst
assemblies Of the people ever saw at that
day, aud thc novelty Of the scene was very
interesting TO the.
The Roy. Jesse Walker located himself
and family in the vicinity Of Shiloh. and
preached and attended to the affairs Of the
church for many years. He was appointed
Elder in 1872, Of Missouri and Illinois. At
one time in this neghb0rhood, in st. Clair
county, between thirty and forty preacher,
resided Mr. Walker was exceedingly eper.
gctc and seemed to be missionary from
on High to advance the Gospel into the ex-
tended frontiers In l12y he appeared in
st. Louis, Missouri, and became determined
~, t'','is ''' ~ S'."',"'" VI "''ho"'a'''h III
s"''; h'5's'''"'c was tHeh III
- III O., ~, many VI '''e "c"lpcfa au'
,,'t 49, 80 NAY II was iinP9's'Dlo
ta':,:Ii ~ ''''''1' '.'"' III II, ~ LOUIS
elements in the character Of Mr. VAL.
~, VI or "a'hcT
l'',' ''G 'C,'''S'' i'Ne 'I'''h hutn'r' that II
- t'. y, '''I ''o"'IS "eIc cotercl WIN
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;,,.. a,'i 80 - go -i'''"'a'I'H ""''u-
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80. ,',.'I',,i - ''''' ""' 'N'''aD"'ty' ana
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H.,i1- t.t i. ''1 ~ III P''a'n'"s' anu l
IN 'I''" was |" arouse 'Hc
,,,ai' ""'I ''o''ol S''l' excitement was
i,'.,,',.[,,i. - u',H'' "'' preaching mat
s .i.%y u Wv Io"i'gta.-on became conv"Sei,
49, ",'.i "",' ",t "1' 'he" calIsu 'He
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'',i' ,.'I ~" u .."s''s OIL iac "Nitc's
an ,i.' 81 MS 'N''l''.7 'n"l many Of
a., - ''''t '"yeI'S'eI III feIISion,
.i ~ arg cHur'H' "hcit,
-. ~ ''''s'.i a. u, ,%'.rt II, Pre'aII'I
ms own No. ,, HMM, ',, ''r'',,, ana
IN ~. LoulS-lud II was erected there -