Subject: INCIDENTS #41 From: ELIZABETH RUSSO Date: November 03, 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. FOURTEEN [cont.] A free chapel was built near what is now known as Pickens Mill, nine miles south of Greensboro, where Rev. Mr. Hillhouse, a zealous Presbyterian minister, and others preached with great power and success, in those early days, and soon all denominations had churches and very neighborhood had the Sabbath occupied. But alas like the tides of the ocean, when they reach their climax, a reaction takes place, and back they roll. So it was in this section. The fame of this region continued to spread and widen, population continued to increase, especially the blacks. The small planters were bought out, improvements were made, the lands were cleared up, field was linked to field and plantation to plantation, until the whole country became one vast sea of corn and cotton. [to be continued] ==== 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 |