History of the Methodist Church Within the Territories Embraced in the Late Conference of Eastern British America; Including Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Bermuda - Softcover
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1877 Excerpt: ... CHAPTBE IV. METHODISM IN NOVA SCOTIA FROM THE ARRIVAL OP YORKSHIRE METHODISTS AT CUMBERLAND IN 1772, TO THE ARRIVAL OE LOYALISTS IN 1783. Arrival of settlers from the New England colonies. Guarantee of religious freedom to all Protestants coming into the Province. Arrival of settlers from Yorkshire. Their value from a political and religious point of view. Brief sketches of early Yorkshire Methodists. Hindrances to religious growth. Revival in Cumberland. Conversion of William Black, Jr. Subsequent struggles. His influence at home. He becomes a Local Preacher. His seizure with others, by the officer at Fort Cumberland. His visit to the Peticodiac river. Visit of Henry Alline to Cumberland. Resolution of Black to devote himself to the work of the ministry. Sketch of the Province at that period. Churches and Ministers of the Province. Alline's conversion and subsequent work. Black's labors in Cumberland. His trials there. His visit to the 'Lower towns'. John Smith of Newport. Moral and religious state of Halifax. Visit of Black to Halifax. His call to Annapolis. His return to Cumberland. Encouragement at Peticodiac. Second visit to the 'Lower towns.' Black's correspondence with Wesley respecting ministerial help in Nova Scotia. The expulsion of the Acadians from Nova Scotia in 1755, left many cultivated spots in the richer agricultural districts of the province untenanted. Over the ruins which dotted these, and marked the sites of former dwellings, whence the occupants had been rudely driven forth to be restless wanderers, an almost unbroken silence reigned for several years. In the year 1758, Governor Lawrence held out inducements to the inhabitants of the New England colonies to remove to Nova Scotia, and take possession of the lands of those unfortunate ex...
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- PublisherGeneral Books LLC
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1154290875
- ISBN 13 9781154290875
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages138
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