History of the Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church: From the Organization of the Missionary Society to the Present TimeL. Swormstedt & J.H. Power, 1850 - 338 pages |
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... continued its operations in this double capacity - establishing and sup- porting missions , and printing , purchasing , and circulating Bibles - until the year 1828 , embracing a period of nine years , when , after considerable ...
... continued its operations in this double capacity - establishing and sup- porting missions , and printing , purchasing , and circulating Bibles - until the year 1828 , embracing a period of nine years , when , after considerable ...
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... continued as foreign missions , and the number of persons to be employed on said missions , and shall , in conjunction with the Board , estimate the sums necessary for the support of each mis- sion , subject to the approval of the ...
... continued as foreign missions , and the number of persons to be employed on said missions , and shall , in conjunction with the Board , estimate the sums necessary for the support of each mis- sion , subject to the approval of the ...
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... continued to prosper . Several churches were erected , and Sabbath schools were organized . In 1840 the num- ber reported as connected with the mission was two hun- dred and thirty - eight , when it was , in accordance with the rule ...
... continued to prosper . Several churches were erected , and Sabbath schools were organized . In 1840 the num- ber reported as connected with the mission was two hun- dred and thirty - eight , when it was , in accordance with the rule ...
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... continued to prosper until 1828 , when it was returned a regular station . Pensacola was constituted into a separate missionary station , and Rev. Messrs . Hardy , Boring , Wyrich , and Shelman , were successively appointed missionaries ...
... continued to prosper until 1828 , when it was returned a regular station . Pensacola was constituted into a separate missionary station , and Rev. Messrs . Hardy , Boring , Wyrich , and Shelman , were successively appointed missionaries ...
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... continued to prosper , and the missionary was indefatigable in his zeal to promote its objects . 1839. Line Creek and Wilcox missions , in the Alabama conference ; Ogeechee , Isle of Hope , Tullulah , Marietta , Dahlonega , Hickstown ...
... continued to prosper , and the missionary was indefatigable in his zeal to promote its objects . 1839. Line Creek and Wilcox missions , in the Alabama conference ; Ogeechee , Isle of Hope , Tullulah , Marietta , Dahlonega , Hickstown ...
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