Subject: INCIDENTS #36 From: ELIZABETH RUSSO Date: November 02, 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. TWELVE [cont.] Pudding Sermons There was a visiting brother from Tennessee, whose name I have forgot. His sermons consisted chiefly of sonorous periods, rhetorical figures and imagery. Am elderly minister was asked how he liked his sermons. He simply said, "Well, I don't like all pudding." After a week spent in religious services an despatching the usual business of such occasions, the preachers received their appointments, and the Conference adjourned. Above I have spoken of the character of the ministers that composed the Alabama Conference of 1834; I have spoken in their praise; but hope this praise of them may not be construed into a reflection on those of the present. [To be continued tomorrow.] ==== 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 |