Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-02-27

The Troy N. E. Conference.

For the Free Press and Times
The Troy n. E. Conference.
HISTORICAL NOTES.
The forty eighth session Of Troy Confer
ence will commence in this city, March 3lst,
Bishop Peel, presiding. As the approaching
session will be of unusual interest to large
number of our readers, few Historical
Notes relating to the Troy Conference will
be given by one of its members.
The first beginning of Methodism within
the bounds of the Conference was at Albany,
in 1866. Captain Webb, barrack-master of
the English garrison and holding local
preachers licence from John Wesley, opened
his house for preaching Wesley records
concerning the old captain that he was 'full
of life and fire." and John Adams after
wards President, who heard him preach
considered him one of the most eloquent men
he ever heard 1t seems highly probable
that the first Methodist sermon preached in
America was by Capt. Webb at Albany, n.
Y, in 1866. The loss of his right eye in
storming the French stronghold of Louis
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e
Quebec, untitled Capt. Webb for active SER
vice, and hence his position of barrack-mas-
ter at Albany. lie always preached in full
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preached and gathered the first society about
A. ID. 11,O. within the present boundaries
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trict north of New York city was on the
principle of equity jurisprudence, that is,
vh., v,s cxrac,nd to la wos cors;lercd
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i'i."'', " eN.'' 'o' ~ 'e''''s '''.'' was wy
little that could he called church or society
in the rcmion of country assigned Garretson
IJ;. o,,s,or, ,,-,., to ,r,,-ol from, ,,,o o;,,.
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through MS charsc once Ill three moh'iis'
He states in his diary that in going and re-
turning he travelled about one thousand
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mics, anu preache' over one hui'''eu 'ilncS'
Within the bounds OF what Is now Troy
Conference, four young man were associated
with ,;,rrc,s,p Tbev were Jcmuel Smith
LariGS Duhll'iih- Halllucl Y. lalool anu
Samuel Wist1n These youn. men were ap-
r,;,,ol g., ,.;r.,,;,s m, ,h. game nr;,cinle of
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oaiie'soh appointment u Int oiS''i'''
Lemucl Smith was sent 10 Cambridge, Darius
Dunham TO Shorrham. :. O. Talbot to Lam
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Tho ,;rSt cbmrch in Tho ,,rason, honnds of the
Co,foronc. ,vas huiIt At Ash Grove ON tho
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tho cIosn of ,I,o tirs, ,,oors Iaiora Il; Tho dis
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any niIS9 p 1'Sc Schonoc,od,- and Coorman,s pa,
,on, IA ,,ro I'LL ~ ,ba Ist Of an1o;n,mon,s
D,,.;',t rho sa,,o ,,enr carrstson nraocbed in
,Ia ~ sa,tI,. .,e ch,tn lva a, aIhan, and
.,'e isse.i. "a. nan on'iei ~. AZ 10 80.
~, sn,oii So I. IL.
In I'm Albany and New Tebapon were
oddad IN tho nu,,hrr of circnits and sam
nlJ Sm;tb one of The nraacbers on the New
7 ct,nn, circnit rTtdndsd lis i,hors into
p;,tsf,id VesS
In 17Si ,br S,r,,o,r, .ircp;t ,x,s added IN
tho lie, of onnoir,,,,eEis and G.rrntson dadi-
catoJ durinr thp eoma wear tho first Ne,bo-
disf church in tho civ NJ Albany II was a
n - m : !,
siiiaii puIi''lhS III thc Coin'i Vi eaii anu
orange s,reels; IN,
Anont 80 ,le worn spread rs lar 'is iiills
nae III 1"ssaGhusel's 'iii'' I'ou' 'i,s SAINT 'lt
ticiihiu 'aco's lehc'Ia'eu mo arren anu
tSseA coih'i.s on IN. me wesl sue OF Lake
haiiiiialh. ~ Lii%auctiito"n iarSe NUN
nrrs were a"aAeiif" anu converted uhuer MS
iioors. IN 'iie cPilhS i.9o' "neh oi MS ic
'nfh 10 ms iahiiiy' III 'iii'oh tarh' ne was
dr1wheu Wii'e attempting 10 o cross ,lie
H'iii",'h iH'cI u'l hu!sep"cN- Ihiee vi n'S
sons necalile Mcth"iist preachers anu TWO
ni .,! ms i''fileu -htin1lsi lteacneis
Inc ""fh oi sucH Il iia'i Is l'he ointment
poured i"rlh'
JaConS was one "i "''rt'sot pioneei
preachers 'hat Is: l,e was api'o''ie'i 10 CIR
eu'.S u" .Ic PIin''l,ic 'ii"' "'''' 'us"' " oe
Ill iact ulu l Itiliy =, cA's,.
III i''' .ii' i.,9',''''' r''N,' ''i' u't ~
peas on 'i't h'i",'S' ann 'ie e''cn'.i.
niiy ii,'oi. was S'''l ny ,'a'le'sIn 10 asSs' ,,s
, ne'; H'enu'hS !" INT WIN p'N
iilooird continued IN the Work over
i'ih ',n'"'N' anu y HIS =, ,.'itin Mae''
at'ra'lru ',l'i' I''.ii'ion M Ni''S'ns
were olteh ieVe','u At 'lle IleIailiii5 'nr''"'sy
Ui inc .'''i'S, anu ilc - ''''''eu WIN '"' ""-
thofShlp ol the coul'ict
lyon can and Won can't. YOU shall and YOU shant
Youl hc damned II YOU do and y"u'Il he damned II
Won don't
In l,9S the Ncr=cnnrs circuit appears on
the minutes with Joseph Mitchell and Abncr
Wood IS preachers.
Rev. Mr. Mitchell was very powerful and
pungent minister His labors extended
through all the region between the noun
tains and the lake. During this year Elijah
licdding, residing with his parents IN StarkS-
boro. was converted under the ministry "f
Mitchell. Elijah lleddinS afterwards became
one of the bishops of the church. and pre-
sided nj the first session OF the Troy Confer
encc, August eS, 1888, at the city OF Troy.
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In 1899 Garrcson was superseded as
,,r,siliuu older ,f tho \cw York dis