New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-29
EARLY OHIO METHODIST.
Incidents in the Experience Of
Pioneer Itinerant Preachers.

osotion given the members of the conference at
sn,esei Grove the old home OF President r
3 Hayes the bishop expressed much satisfac-
zion over resolutions passed by the conference in
favor Of international arbitration.
oh that is not fairt'' came the laughing
snonse from younger man You, bishop had
ali the fun of the Civil War and now you would
cut the young men Of the future from their
share of the fun"
abr exclaimed the bishop perhaps
better known as Chaplain McCabe 1.-The Civil
War wasn't fun" He looked up st q fine por-
trait of Lincoln hanging on the wall. rose and
saluted H.
President Hayes who knew the chaplain we'll
an their army days used to delight in telling
this story: certain officer famous for his pro-
family used to urge his men in action by crying.
'Give 'em hell. boys: give 'em hell!'' The chap
lain no less excited. would follow him up: do
as he says boys. do he says!'
TSisbop McCabe's uncle DR.. L D. McCabe, was
q notable Methodist preacher. and was named
after that famous early circuit rider. Lorenzo
Dow Dow celebrated for his eccen-
tricities OF dress and speech as for his zeal and
eIoauence He wore buttons on his coat,
.ving that garment around his waist with d
rope He would say at the close of a service:
sTwo years from this date at 10 o'clock Will
nreach here again. He would go away and
nothing would be heard from him in the interim;
INT so implicit the faith in his promise that
On the appointed day great crowds would gather
from the whole country round, and at the desis-
mated hour Dow would appear and preach One
Instance is recorded where he preached thus,
nunctually to the minute. in pursuance OF an
snpointrnent made five years previous
Few rornances can equal the romance Of early
Nethodisrn in Ohio Settlements had hardly be-
gun before the Methodist minister was found in
the rude cabin of the settler In 1898 two itfn-
Grants were appointed to Ohio-a wide field 1t
was the beginning Of Methodsm in the North
west Territory. No part OF the United states
sound a more fruitful field; none yielded a
greater harvest. Twelve years after that time
Chic was covered over with network OF cir
cults and districts with a membership OF not
less than six thousand
In 1915 John Stewart. free mulatto iivlnT IN
Marietta addicted TO drunkenness and OF his
vav 10 the river to drown himself. heaJd the
,,oiea Of an itinerant stopped at the churEh door
10 listen and went home with an awak9hed con-
science The next Sunday he Joined TIE society,
and subsequently showed himself regenerate
man He endeavored in a humble way TO 90
good and resolved TO go among the indian tribes
and tell his story. He could read and was a
beautiful singer Wandering northward, he
came at last to a Wyandotte village on the San
dusky River. His first congregation consisted
of an old Indian and still older squaw, but he
soon had the whole tribe under his influence
From this small beginning grew the prosperous
wyandotte mission which in 1919 was included
in the Ohio Conference Stewart died at the age
OF thirty-seven Tnourned and honored. the first
American missionary Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church.
One OF Stewards converts was the wyandotte
chief Between-the-Logs. He was born at Lower
sandusky now the city OF Fremont. He was
with the Indians defeated by Wayne In 1Sl2
he attended great meeting Of Northwest
ern Indians 10 deliberate what side they should
take in the war Here. though powerfully OPP
pesed and even threatened with death, Between
the-Logs utterly refused to take up arms against
his American brethren Soon afterward he led
most OF his warriors 10 the American standard
and accompanied Harrison in his invasion OF
Canada
Not less celebrated was the wilderness hunter
Simon Kenton, companion of Daniel Boone. In
1907 Kenton attended a Methodist camp meet
ing. Light broke upon his understanding and
he said TO the itinerant preacher: Sir, have
been in so many battles. encountered so many
dangers so many times have been taken
prisoner, have run the gauntlet, have been taken
into the woods by the Indians. stripped and tied
fast on the back of d wild colt stretched and
Iashed fast with my hands under its TANKS. my
heels under its breast and then let loose TO the
mercy OF the wild animal TIL some OF my limbs
were broken. and 1 at last niraculously es-
capped I have been wounded so often ana met
various other difficulties. but after all have been
firm to my purpose and mistaken in my re-
solves And now sir, by the help Of God have
determined to serve Him Do you think, slr
viii ever give IL up2''
Personal violence was offered to almost all of
the early itinerants. Scarcely one escaped with
cut an experience of these trials, from Blshop
Asbury to the hunblest circuit rider. 1t is a
remarkable fact, however, that not an instance
Is recorded where the itineTant deserted ms post
because OF danger They all adopted wesley
motto 10 Face the mob and conquer II
a of thunder was the eplthet app4so
to many OF the early itinerants Notable in TINS
class was Peter Cartwright who IN l6oZ al me
age OF seventeen. licensed 10 exnorI-
His circuits were like lines OF battle one quar-
tery meeting was held in the woods ne MOP
led by 9wo champions with loaded whips, IN
vaded it Cartwright seized one after another
of the principal rioters. threw them TO the earth
and aided by his friends. secured thirty per-
them under guard over Sunday and had every
one tried and brought TO justice mat SUNDAY
Cartwright preached from the text, the gates
OF hell shall not prevail For stXty-ilVe years
Cartwright continued his ftinerant preaching
For twenty years he often preached twice a day,
sometimes three times. He received INTO lhe
Church over twelve thousand members
The camp meeting originated and attained us
highest development in Ohio. twenty thou-
sand persons gathered at the Cane Ridge camp
meeting and hundreds were snltten TO the
ground at one time. Under Bishop Mckendree
such the eagerness of the people 70 attend
that the roads were literally crowded Win
much that entire neighborhoods would pe
forsaken for season by their inhabitants NC
kendree, while a young man. was selected oY
Bishop Asbury to take charge Of the western
conference then embracing the whole Norm
west Territory Here he had TO travel nfteen
hundred miles every three months ne WdS
made a Bishop in 1903 greatly relieving AS
bury. who wrote The burden Is now oorne
by two pairs of shoulders; the care is on two
GF-E inst nS