Subject: INCIDENTS #21 From: ELIZABETH RUSSO Date: October 29, 1998 INCIDENTS AND CHARACTERS IN THE EARLY HISTORY OF METHODISM By The Reverend John Elmore DuBois Edited by Elizabeth A. DuBois (c) 1998 DuBois Publishing Co, Simsbury, Connecticut. All rights reserved. The following letter to the editor of the Alabama Christian Advocate addresses Rev. DuBois' treatment of Rev. Levert in a prior article: A Statement Corrected Mr. Editor- Several weeks since in Mr. DuBois's "Incidents and Characters of Early Methodism," he makes a statement in regard to our father, Rev. E. V. LeVert, which his children, after talking it over, would like to correct if you will kindly give us space. Mr. D. attributes our father's failures always to preach good sermons to negligence and want of application. Now, Mr. Editor, we must say, begging Mr. D.'s pardon, that he is very much mistaken. That he was a close student, all his life goes to prove. His early advantages were limited indeed, three months being the extent of his school life; so you see, had he not applied himself diligently, he could never have taken the position which he occupied. We think, had Mr. D. known anything of our father's home life, he would certainly never have made such an assertion. Often have we heard him relate the hardships of his early ministerial days, frequently sleeping under the trees in the forest, unable to get shelter with the settlers of the country. Have also heard him tell of traveling a circuit that extended from Cahaba, in Dallas county, to Elyton, Jefferson county, and preaching every day in the week for two years; and receiving the sum of one dollar and twenty-five cents, and a pair of home knit socks; and having to pay one dollar and fifty cents to have his horse shod. The twenty-five cents and socks were the gift of a poor widow. We feel that Mr. D. has done our dear father an injustice and brought a kind of reproach on his name, and therefore we write, in order that he may have justice done him. F.J.. and M.C. LeVert [Next: Rev. DuBois' reply} ==== SCROOTS Mailing List ==== Go To: #, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, Main |