Elijah H. Pilcher
Published: 2018-03-23
Total Pages: 494
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Excerpt from Protestantism in Michigan: Being a Special History of the Methodist Episcopal Church and Incidentally of Other Denominations It is now over twenty years since the idea was entertained by me of writing a History of the' introduction and growth of Method ism in this State, and I began to make preparations to do so. I thought I had rare opportunities for such a work, being personally acquainted with the first five persons who made a profession of a Christian experience, and who, with two others, constituted the first Christian Protestant Church in Michigan; and, also, being person ally and well acquainted with the minister who was sent here in 1815 - the first after the War of 1812. From these persons the lack of documentary statement was supplied. These persons are all deceased now. Having come into Michigan in 18 30, and having been extensively connected with the work at an early day, added to my means of presenting facts, i have continued this work, with various interruptions, to the present day. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.