The makers of Iowa Methodism; a twentieth-century memorial of the pinoeers

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BISHOP THOMAS A. MORRIS.

The Makers of Iowa Methodism

TWENTIETH-CENTURY MEMORIAL OF THE PIONEERS

CHAPTER I. — "The Beautiful Land." Page

First seen by White Men — Jacques Marquette — Louis Joliet — The "Father of Waters" — Iowa — Dubuque — Lewis and Clark — Close of Black Hawk War — Land of Promise — First Governor — Burlington — Old Zion — Iowa City — Methodism — Outposts of Zion, ........ 13-17

CHAPTER II.— The Picket Line

Frontier Work — Giants — Peter Cartwright — Andrew Monroe — Alfred Brunson — Hooper Crews — Bartholomew Weed — Henry Summers — The Real Pioneer Presiding Elder, 18-25

CHAPTER III.— Earliest Missionaries

Illinois Conference — Barton Randle — First Church in Iowa — Henderson River Mission — Barton H. Cartwright — Flint Hills— First Methodists— John T. Mitchell— John H. Ruble — Nicholas S. Bastion — Learner B. Stateler, . 26-33

CHAPTER IV.— The Iowa Conference

Thomas A. Morris — Pioneer Bishop — H. W. Reed — First Secretary — Original Members — Geo. B. Bowman — William Simpson — A Volunteer — The Missouri Slope — Success — Triumphant Death — T. M. Kirkpatrick — Ottumwa — Career and Death — Andrew Coleman — Samuel Clark — A Veteran — Milton Jamison — Joel Arlington — Isaac I. Stewart — David Worthington — Interesting Lifestory — Happy Death, 34-48

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CHAPTER V. — Some of the Young Men. Page

Allen W. Johnson — Oskaloosa — John Hayden — A Stayer — Sudden Death — Joshua B. Hardy — Even Down to Old Age — Mrs. Hardy — Last Words — Levin B. Dennis — Early Life — Call to Preach — Arkansas — To Iowa — Kansas — Ministry in Four States — Death, 49-56

CHAPTER VI.— Great Evangelists

Landon Taylor — Nativity — Journey to Iowa — P irst Circuit — Pioneer Experience — Evangelism — Last Days — John Jay — Popularity — Early Death — Michael See — Unique Character— Prominent Converts — Michael Hare — Chaplain in Army — Bitter Experience — Fort Tyler — Return Home — Death, 57—65

CHAPTER VII. — Various Types

John Harris — Englishman — Conversion — Early Ministry — To America — Join Iowa Conference — A Story — Edmund W. Twining — Cornell College — Richard Swearingen — George H. Jennison — Joel B. Taylor — Early Settler — Long Life— Uriah Ferree— W. W. Knight- Joseph Ockerman — Fort Des Moines — J. L. Kirkpatrick and Others, 66-71

CHAPTER VIII.— Some Men of '47

Joseph Brooks — Central Christian Advocate — Ansel Wright — J. Q. Hammond — James T. Coleman — Experiences — Snowbound — Perils by Storms— Character — German Methodism — Sebastian Barth — Ludwig S. Jacoby — Prevailing Prayer — German Missions, 7 2 ~77

CHAPTER IX.— Methodist Statesmen

James Harlan — Indiana — Education — A Teacher — First Superintendent — Iowa Wesleyan University — United States Senator — Cabinet Officer — Last Years — Public Benefac-

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tions — Death — Hiram Price — Davenport — Beginnings — Success — In Congress — Temperance Advocate — Anti-saloon League — George G. Wright — Temperance Address — James B. Weaver — Early Life — Sunday-school Superintendent — Army Life — The Political Arena — General Conference Delegate — William E. Miller — Methodist Parentage — Attorney — Judge— Noted Newspaper Men among Methodists, 78-89

CHAPTER X. — Men of Experience from the East

Joseph McDowell — Great Revivalist — Chaplain Iowa State Prison — J. G. Dimmitt — Happy Death — H. C. Dean — Eloquence — Chaplain in Congress — His Later Life — James Gilruth — Lucas C. Woodford — George W. Teas — Eminent in Early Iowa History — Death, 9^-95

CHAPTER XI. — Young Men for War

An Epochal Period — Alfred Bishop — Early Called — George H. Clark — The Son of a Pioneer — Work and Death — Thomas E. Corkhill — Valuable Services — William F. Cowles — Characteristics— In Time of War — Financier — Even Down to Old Age — Francis W. Evans — The Little Giant — Polemical Skill — Still Living — Alpha J. Kynett — His Long and Valuable Career — Church Extension Nine General Conferences — Anti- saloon Movement — Death at Harrisburg — Tributes — William C. Shippen — E. H. Winans, 96-109

CHAPTER XII.— Young Men of '53

Some gone to Other Fields — Benjamin Holland — Story — C. Perry Reynolds — Great Soul-winner — Triumphant Death — Samuel Hestwood — Army Life — Death at Knoxville — Isaac McClaskey — Impression in Youth — Isaac P. Teter — A Life of Activity — Sudden Death — His Prayer Answered — James G. Thompson, .... 110-118 s

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CHAPTER XIII.— Men from the East. Page

Orville C. Shelton — Strong Principles — Over Half a Century — James H. White — Peculiarities — A Champion for the Right — Last Hours — Richard S. Robinson — Ministry in Indiana — Iowa — Peter F. Holzinger — Joseph Gassner — Saddlebags — A Model Circuit Rider — Cyrus Morey — 3,000 Souls for Christ — His Wife — Jesse Craig — Rugged Pioneer — Lucien W. Berry — Anecdotes, . . 11 9-1 31

CHAPTER XIV.— Recruits to the Ranks

David Donaldson — Faithful Worker — Called to the Other Home — George W. Bamford — Breaks Down — His Death — Richard B. Allender — Lay Worker — In Ministry — Sweet Singer in Israel — Great Revivals — Retirement — Ripe Old Age — Translation — Nelson Wells — Thomas D. Boyles — George W. Friend — Experience — William Poston — Army Incident — James Haynes — Veteran, . . .132-142

CHAPTER XV.— The Upper Iowa Conference

Veterans — Some Fallen Asleep — Alcinus Young — John C. Ayers — Long Ministry — Great Age — Death — Richard W. Keeler — Varied Experiences — Pioneer Educator — Conference Chronicler — Translation — Stephen N. Fellows — Early Struggles — Success — Bringing forth Fruit in Old Age — William Brush — Upper Iowa University — In Southwest — Northwestern Iowa — James M. Rankin — Henderson — In Nebraska — Geo. W. Brindell — Saintly Life — Others — Dead and Living, ...... 143-153

CHAPTER XVI.— Some Self-made Men

John H. Power — Kentuckian — Disadvantages — Conversion — Ministry — Scholarship — Offices — Authorship — Last Work — Peaceful Death — Charles Elliott — An Irishman — Education — When a Boy — To' America — Missionary — Editor — Author — Central Chi'istian Advocate — Iowa Wesleyan University — Last Days — Adam Miller — Finding William Nast — Old Man — Epworth Herald . . 1 54-1 61

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CHAPTER XVII— Representative Men of '56. Page

George N. Power — A Model Presiding Elder — Abundant Labors — Last Bequest — Matilda B. Power — Woman's Foreign Missionary Society — John T. Simmons — Eccentricities — So-called — Anecdotes — Prohibition — Stumping — Home — Almond W. Stryker — Amos Bussey — W. J. Spanieling — Professor and President — Henry Crellin 162-169

CHAPTER XVIII. —Types of '57

George W. Conrad — A Sinner Saved by Grace — His Epitaph — James H. McCutcheon — Final Triumph — Edmund H. Waring — A Long Time Secretary — Amos S. Prather — Conference Historian — Legal Adviser over Fifty Years — George W. Byrkitt — Mrs. Byrkitt— A Noble Couple — John B. Hill — A Veteran — Anthony Robinson — Fourscore and Ten — The Closing Scene — John R. Carey — Bishop Hamline — Residence in Mt. Pleasant — Death — Charles C. McCabe — Account of Conversion — His Tribute to Landon Taylor, .... 170-183

Chapter Xix.— 185s-1859

Leaders — Dennis Murphy — Roman Catholic — Conversion — Triumphing over Difficulties — Career — The Final Summons — James W. Latham — Army Service — Civil Life — Broken Down — John Burgess — From Ohio — Welcome to Iowa — Goes to Army — Valuable Services — Life in Many Phases — Pleasant Pathways — Manas seh B. Wayman — Promising Life — Takes Sick in South — Dies at Home — George Gammer — J. B. Casebeer — JohnHaynes — Model Sermonizer — Noble Record — John Orr — Conversion — Patriotic Services — A Money Raiser — Pioneer Work — James A. Wilson, 184-192

CHAPTER XX.— The Conference of i860

Western Iowa — At Indianola — E. M. H. ITemming — Secretary — Other Pioneer Work — Simpson College — San-

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ford Haines — David N. Smith — First and Only Delegates from Western Iowa Conference — Iowa Conference — Class Admitted i860 — Early Crowned — Leroy M. Vernon — S. M. Vernon — Samuel H. Thomas — Harrison Runyon — James M. Coates — Emory Miller — J. F. Goolman — Growth of Methodism in Iowa — Forty Years — Bennett Mitchell — Outlook, 193-200