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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.

SEVENTEEN [cont.]
	
	Other revivals followed this from time to time, even up to this day;
all of which are worthy of mention, but time and space forbid.  One of
very great note was under the administration of T.W. Dorman, who
provided himself an able minister and efficient pastor.

	Now I must be pardoned for going back a little to take some notice of
my old friend, Robert Dickens, one of the most remarkable men known to
Alabama Methodists--remarkable for his many virtues and noble actions.

	He was a man of amiable, generous and cheerful disposition, and gained
for himself the respect of all who knew him. For years I knew him
intimately, and observed the consistent Christian walk and harmonious
blending of saintly attributes in his perfect character.  I have freely
applied to him the words of the Psalmist "Mark the perfect man and
behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace." A man of
indomitable energy, his business connections were extensive; wealth
crowned his efforts and his benevolence prompted a free bestowal of what
his industry had accumulated.  To the Church and to the world he was an
example of liberality.  While he resided in Greensboro his house was the
preacher's home; his larder supplied his wants, his counsel and hand
were ever ready for his support.

[To be continued]

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