The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-02-04

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~, Eeni tfuin AhhoM and frederick Carp.
r!t' district WAS called the Philadelphia
District, and l,urhar'i Wha:roat :n.! ,IoSel'h
Everett We're the Presiding Elders.
4 few items only have "" been able to
gather respecting these earnest. devoted,
ami successful herald> of salvation. George
Moore WAS = D-lawarean, converted under
the preaching of the eminent free-born Car
! rrttSon, III l17S. Gle WAS useful IN plant
| ing and hulding mp Mrth"diSm on the
f! Peninsula for some twelve years. Emory
Prior was a native OF the Eastern Shore of
Maryland. and most strikingly illustrated
the grareS of the true Christian character.
His temper and spirit We're beautiful
comment on the apostolic iniunCtion-' Let
this mind be in you, which was also III
| Christ Jesus our Lord ,Io>cp!l Wyatt, a
n.riye Of Delaware, began to preach in 1850
and continued SOME seventeen years, when
| i'll health obliged him to retire. - His ser
mons were short, but composed of the best
materials. and delivered in the most pleas
ing manner" Toward the close Of his life,
he resided in Annapolis, aud was chaplain
TO the State LEGISLATURE. Benjamin Abbott,
y ho was appointed to the circuit in 1885,,
WIS one %! the most remarkable men of
early MethodSm. 81 neducated, rough,
rude even in speech and manner, his fervid
pety aud his genial human sympathy made
his wearhe.-worn features glow a. with 4
divine ,i!,lt and entuned his voice will! u
! utr.,pu. 2, ,ra.rr,, lie an irrpSisfill, Dath,S
and power He led Il divine life on earth.
walking with God, like Enoch, from day
to day: and the hardest and most rutfian
men, who came within his presence, the
clamorous rabhle that frequently crowded
I his congregations, fell back or sank pros
tr;,te before him. seeing his face as it had
neen the face of all angel; and il they at
tempted as they often did to escape by the
doors ur the windows, his voice would some
times snite them down like lghtnins'
HIS PREACHING IN PHILADELPHIA.
Having to preach in ST. Georges Church.
PHILADELPHIA, the impression of his opening
PRAYER was so extraordinary, thar no preach
ing was possible atte.' it. THE power OF
the Lord" he writes, 'descUnd",i on the
neople in such II manner that some fell to
The floor under the operation thereof: the
crv OF mourners and other joyful acciama-
mons of Christians We're 50 great that could
not he heard left the pulpit without at
! tempting to preach, and went among the
| lnourners, PRAYING for and almoni>hing
Them "Wherever he Went, the whole
community for les around WAS stirred to
lis ohscurest depths. Few, if any. however
Indifferent about matters of religion, could,
I il within ten miles of his routes, remain
! undisturbed." His f;ivorite theme was sane
titication. preaching i; On all occasions and
i'll all congregations, and what was best of
all. living it," He was an innocent, holy
man, and was seldom heard to speak any
thing hut about God and religion-a man
( full of faith and the Holy Ghost. Previous
/ 20 his conversion he had been here in the
service of the Devil, afterwards he became
/ tveteran in the service Of God. His health
| failed at the close OF his term on Cecil Cir
cult, and in about year he passed from
labor to reward, dying rs he had lived,
/ shouting glory. glory To the Lamb.
Joseph Everett. Presiding Elder l190-93,
WAS native of Queen Anne'S county, Md.
=. He was Il man Of unique character, eX-
hausfleSS energy, protoundeSt piety, and
extraordinary success For thirty years he
Numbered the truth through New Jersey,
Pennsylvania Delaware, Maryland, and
! Virginia. He was rougli-spoken, but di-
fearless anu iait lllui Slii.
/ while the rich promises of the Gospel 10
periten1 sinners dropped from his bps like
! h0nty from the honey-comh. y nearer
/lescrihes him when seventy years old,
''as :. Eeuerahlelooklns man, OF a noble
and mnjtStic appearance. the largest man |
| ever beheld. He preached with authority
aud power" He died in 1909, in his 18th
( wear, with shouts OF glory on his lips.
| Such We're sonu OF the early preachers
10 Sf.a1 Mort Of
/ during the first seven years after the organi-
! zaiiuu of Cecil Circuit. They We're men
! who had passed through the great spirit ual
| change, which the divine Teacher terms the
new birth. Deeply convicted of their con
dition as lost sinners ana of their guilt as
/ voluntary tran>gres>orS, they had Sought
! bv earnest prayer and sincere repentance
I and humble faith, the pardoning mercy and
/ renewing grace, which WAS offered in the
I Gosuel The transition from 4 pungent
/ Sense of guilt and danger to a joyous asslir-
/ ance of the Divine favor and u conscious
ness Of the renewal of the soul i'll righteous
/ ness. was great indeed, and this blessed ex-
j periance they offered to all, believing that
Jesus Christ, by the grace Of God, tasted
death tor every man.
THE GROWTH ur THE SOCIETY.
In the Spring OF 1913 Isaac Robinson and
/ James Moore Were appointed I" Cecil tir-
cult Ia the preceding year, under the pow
| erfll mii4i,trlrions Of Benjamin Abbott, the
Society in North East had been greatly
| strengthened: il lot OF ground for building
| Il church had been secured and this year
IL was proaahiy finished. Bishop Asbury
preached ut liariS meeting house, October
IL l1nI and spent the evening with my
dear son, Daniel sheridin. at the North
E.st forge" In 1876 Christopher Spry was
Presiding Elder, and William Hunter and
! Freius Aldridge he preachers. Mr.. Spry
began his iti;irr;tnt career in Somerset conn
4, Is, Md, in llN,. He spent two years i'll
u New England, aiding Jesse Lee in planting
M-thodlsn III that quarter. Here he WIS
esteemed for his excellent Christian and
ministerial character. He was Il tall.
plain man; a sound and useful preacher.
/ Mr. Hunter was born in Ireland, loo, and
was converted and Joined the NethodlStS in
lT.9. After preaching in his own country
for some eleven wears, he came to America,
Landing at Wilmington, Del, Aug !, 1893,
and was received into the Philadelphia Con
trrenc. in 1893 He faithful man
s,.d successful i'll his work. In 1873 Mr..
| Hunt y had for his colleague Zcbulo!
Kankev. lie, with Fredr> Aliridge, had
h.en To New England, but had NOW re
,ur!cd. He v,asl native OF New York, and
located in l7GS, after iineraiing six years
| In l1gS Thomas Ware WAS Presiding IL
trf, anu w H. biittl - iNltti h'Ni W. WV
| third wear. The next year the preachers
| were Thomas Jackson and VIM. =. Chan
| dlrr. Mr.. Ware WIS native OF New ,ler'
>ty. and became one Of the most di>tin
gniShcd of the preacher, Of that day, dur
ing Il ministry of forty years. Soon after
| MS appolu tm"ut 10 the district, L great re
vival began, embracing all classes, gov
! .rnor. judges, lawyers. statesmen, old and
! Young rich and poor, including many OF
the African rage, who adorned their proIes
sion by a wrll-or,ered life aud sttme Ey 4
triumphant death" At Il quarterly meet
| ing for Cecil Circuit some twenty or lhlrtS
| protessed conversion and joined the church
. From his the fire spread I" the south, anG
soon the whole Peninsula was i'll 4 flame o
revival" thousands, of ali ranks, wer,
drawn 10 the meetings and spent days TO
.ether IN acts ii devotion. apparently for
; .et.u! OF iha,r TIT, pural c0nGGrns Mor'
, rhan ever, the whole night WAS employed
t both in the church and private houseS, IL
prayer Tor pcnitents and in rejoicing Will
those who had obtained an evidence OF par
t DIN, or We're reclaimed from their back
Sl!ttugS. nv. Chandler was u most ettcien
rolaburer in this great work.
(TO BE CoSTINUED.)
The Susqekanna River.
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