Subject: INCIDENTS, CHARACTERS #5 From: ELIZABETH RUSSO Date: October 25, 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. All rights reserved. Chapt. One [cont.] But they pushed on over the head of every opposition, and at last found themselves the owners of four churches. They were constant and faithful, firm and zealous. Every interest of the Church was cared for; every ordinance kept up--prayer meetings, love feasts and class meetings. It may seem strange to some of our readers, but tickets to love feasts were issued quarterly, and no one was admitted without one. They could be procured only by serious persons, who were admitted only three times unless they wished to join. My parents were admitted this way as probationers, and professed afterwards. My father was licensed to preach, and with other local preachers served the country churches often fifteen or twenty miles distant. Duke Goodman, a wealthy cotton factor, and other men of means, furnished these men with horses. Goodman finally failed and removed to Mobile, Ala. The introduction of this paper has consumed so much space that I cannot ask more of the Advocate this week. By permission of the editor I will continue in the next issue or as soon thereafter as may fill his spaces. Jno. DuBois Eutaw, Ala. ==== 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 |