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Texas Methodist History: March 2006
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Sunday, March 26, 2006. This Week in Texas Methodist History, March 26. March 27/28, 1844, Littleton Fowler Journeys to General Conference. By March 27, Fowler had travelled seventy miles to Nachitoches, Louisiana, where he was awaiting passage on a steamboat to New Orleans. Once in New Orleans, he would secure passage on another steamboat that would take him up the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers on his way to New York. Posted by texman at 11:25 AM. Saturday, March 18, 2006. Rutersville, Mar. 21 60. Can you...
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Texas Methodist History: February 2006
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Saturday, February 25, 2006. This Week in Texas Methodist History February 27. Daniel Carl Reports on His Theological Studies February 27, 1841. One solution was the development of the Course of Study. Preachers of the first, second, third, and fourth year would be given a reading list. Each year at annual conference those preachers would be examined on the books they had read. Carl was also studying Smith's Grammer. Posted by texman at 8:02 AM. Sunday, February 19, 2006. Posted by texman at 8:47 AM.
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Texas Methodist History: April 2006
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Sunday, April 30, 2006. This Week in Texas Methodist History April 30. Delegates Convene in Louisville to Create MECS- May 1, 1845. The delegates convened at Louisville, Kentucky, on May 1, 1845. Texas was represented by Robert Alexander. Presiding elder of the Galveston District), Littleton Fowler. Presiding elder of the Sabine District), and Chauncey Richardson. President of Rutersville College. Delegates organized themselves into committees and began the work for which they had been elected. In ab...
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Texas Methodist History: August 2006
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Sunday, August 27, 2006. This Week in Texas Methodist History August 27. Ira Key Boasts of Empty Jail in Conroe Sept. 2, 1915. Ira Key was one of the outstanding young preachers of the Texas Conference in the early 20th century. He was born in 1886, graduated from Southwestern University, and joined the Texas Conference. His appointments to Harleton Circuit, Alvin, McKee Street in Houston, and Conroe all before he was thirty years old marked him as one of the rising stars of the conference. Signatures) D...
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Texas Methodist History: May 2006
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Sunday, May 28, 2006. This Week in Texas Methodist History May 28. June 3, 1839- Texas Methodists Resolve to Celebrate Centenary of Methodism. The first celebration presented some problems to the Texas Mission. There was very little money in the Republic of Texas. Many, if not most, Texans lived by barter. Promissory notes, cattle receipts, and commodities were common substitutes for legal tender. How then should the Texas Mission raise money to celebrate the centennial? There may not have. Been much mon...
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Texas Methodist History: June 2006
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Sunday, June 25, 2006. This Week In Texas Methodist History June 25. Drought Prompts Methodist to Debate Praying for Rain June, 1879. The T exas Christian Advocate. Controversies in the church naturally found their way into the columns of the weekly. A local church dispute found its expression in the letters to the editor column in June, 1879. J. W. Billingsley of Iola in Grimes County wrote the following. There is no record of a reply. Posted by texman at 9:16 AM. Monday, June 19, 2006. Freedom for ensl...
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Texas Methodist History: July 2006
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Friday, July 28, 2006. This Week in Texas Methodist History- July 30. Chappell Hill Bellville Camp Ground Association Adopts Constitution August 1, 1892. Posted by texman at 2:13 PM. Friday, July 21, 2006. This Week in Texas Methodist History July 23. Preachers Succumb to Yellow Fever, July 1867. The victim vomited black clots of blood, suffered delirium, became jaundiced, and then died. Mortality rates were about 85%. Coastal Texas experienced nine recorded yellow fever epidemics in the 19th cen...Metho...
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Texas Methodist History: January 2006
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Sunday, January 29, 2006. This Week in Texas Methodist History- January 29. If there had been society columns in Texas newspapers in 1838, the following item might have appeared. Parson Alexander Weds Miss Eliza Ayres. Center Hill, January 25, 1838. Robert and Eliza were married 40 years. She died in August, 1878. He lived until 1882. On Feb. 4, 1838, Robert had written his fellow missionary, Littleton Fowler, to tell him about his marriage. He had said, " . . .I am please...Posted by texman at 1:58 PM.