See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

FRANCIS See also:

• FRANCIS ASBURY (1745–1816)

ASBURY (1745–1816)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American clergyman, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Hamstead See also:

• BRIDGE

Bridge in the See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish of See also:

• HANDSWORTH

Handsworth, near See also:

• BIRMINGHAM

Birmingham, in See also:

• STAFFORDSHIRE

Staffordshire, See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, on the loth of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1745 . His parents were poor, and after-a brief See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of study in the See also:

• VILLAGE

village school of See also:

• BARRE
• BARRE, ISAAC (1726-1802)

Barre, he was apprenticed at the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of fourteen to a maker of " See also:

• BUCKLE, HENRY THOMAS (1821–1862)

buckle chapes," or See also:

• TONGUES, GIFT OF, or GLOSSOLALIA (yXwova, tongue, aXeiv, speak)

tongues . It seems probable that his parents were among the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early converts of See also:

• WESLEY (FAMILY)
• WESLEY, JOHN (1703-1791)
• WESLEY, SAMUEL (1766-1837)
• WESLEY, SAMUEL SEBASTIAN (1810–1876)

Wesley; at any See also:

• RATE

rate, See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis became converted to See also:

• METHODISM

Methodism in his thirteenth See also:

• YEAR

year, and at sixteen became a See also:

• LOCAL

local preacher . He was a See also:

• SIMPLE

simple, fluent See also:

• SPEAKER

speaker, and was so successful that in 1767 he was enrolled, by See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John Wesley himself, as a See also:

• REGULAR

regular itinerant See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister . In 1771 he volunteered for missionary See also:

• WORK

work in the American colonies . When he landed in See also:

• PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia in See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1771, the converts to Methodism, which had been introduced into the colonies only three years before, numbered scarcely 300 . See also:

• ASBURY, FRANCIS (1745–1816)

Asbury infused new See also:

• LIFE

life into the See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement, and within a year the membership of the several congregations was more than doubled . In 1772 he was appointed by Wesley " See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general assistant " in See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of the work in See also:

• AMERICA

America, and although superseded by an older preacher, See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas Rankin (1738–181o), in 1773, he remained practically in See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control . After the outbreak of the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War of See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

Independence, the Methodists, who then numbered several thousands, See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell, unjustly, under suspicion of Loyalism, principally because of their refusal to take the pre-scribed See also:

• OATH (0. Eng. ddh)

oath; and many of their ministers, including Rankin, returned to England . Asbury, however, feeling his sympathies and duties to be with the colonies, remained at his See also:

• POST

post, and although often threatened, - and once arrested, continued his itinerant See also:

• PREACHING (Fr. preecher, from Lat. praedicare, to proclaim)

preaching . The hostility of the See also:

• MARYLAND

Maryland authorities, however, eventually drove him into See also:

• EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)

exile in See also:

• DELAWARE

Delaware, where he remained quietly, but not in idleness, for two years . In 1782 he was reappointed to supervise the affairs of the Methodist congregations in America .

In 1784 John Wesley, in disregard of the authority of the Established See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church, took the See also:

• RADICAL (Lat. radix, a root)

radical step of appointing the Rev . Thomas See also:

• COKE (a northern English word, possibly connected with " colk," core)
• COKE, SIR EDWARD (1552-1634)
• COKE, SIR JOHN (1563-1644)
• COKE, THOMAS (1747-1814)

Coke (1747–1814) and Francis Asbury superintendents or " bishops " of the church in the See also:

• UNITED

United States . Dr Coke was ordained at See also:

• BRISTOL
• BRISTOL, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF
• BRISTOL, GEORGE DIGBY, 2ND EARL OF1 (1612-1677)
• BRISTOL, JOHN DIGBY, 1ST EARL OF 6 (1580-1653)

Bristol, England, in See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September, and in the following See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December, in a See also:

• CONFERENCE

conference of the churches in America at See also:

• BALTIMORE
• BALTIMORE, GEORGE CALVERT, 1ST BARON (C. 1580—1632)

Baltimore, he ordained and consecrated Asbury, who refused to accept the position until Wesley's choice had been ratified by the conference . From this conference See also:

• DATES

dates the actual beginning of the " Methodist Episcopal Church of the United States of America." To the upbuilding of this church Asbury gave the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of his life, working with tireless devotion and wonderful See also:

• ENERGY (from the Gr. ivipyela; iv, in, ipyov, work)

energy . In 1785, at See also:

• ABINGDON

Abingdon, Maryland, he laid the corner-See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone of Cokesbury See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, the project of Dr Coke and the first Methodist Episcopal college in America; the college See also:

• BUILDING

building was burned in 1795, and the college was then removed to Baltimore, wherein 1796, after another See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire, it closed, and in 1816 was succeeded by Asbury College, which lived for about fifteen years . Every year Asbury traversed a large See also:

• AREA

area, mostly on horseback . The greatest testimony to the work that earned for him the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of the " See also:

• FATHER

Father of American Methodism " was the growth of the See also:

• DENOMINATION (Lat. denominare, to give a specific name to)

denomination from a few scattered bands of about 300 converts and 4 preachers in 1771, to a thoroughly organized church of 214,000 members and more than 2000 ministers at his See also:

• DEATH

death, which occurred at See also:

• SPOTTSYLVANIA

Spottsylvania, See also:

• VIRGINIA
• VIRGINIA, or VERGINIA
• VIRGINIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Virginia, on the 31st of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1816 . His See also:

• JOURNALS

Journals (3 vols., New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, 1852), apart from their importance as a See also:

• HISTORY

history of his life work, constitute a valuable commentary on the social and See also:

• INDUSTRIAL

industrial history of the United States during the first See also:

• FORTY

forty years of their existence . Consult also F . W . See also:

• BRIGGS, CHARLES AUGUSTUS (1841– )
• BRIGGS, HENRY (1556–1630)

Briggs, See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

Bishop Asbury (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1874) ; W . P .

See also:

• STRICKLAND, AGNES (18061874)
• STRICKLAND, HUGH EDWIN (1811—1853)

Strickland, The See also:

• PIONEER

Pioneer Bishop; or, The Life and Times of Francis Asbury (NewYork, 1858) ; J . B . Wakeley, Heroes of Methodism (New York, 1856) : W . C . Larrabee, Asbury and His Co-Laborers (2 vols., See also:

• CINCINNATI

Cincinnati, 1853) ; H . M . Du Bose, Francis Asbury (See also:

• NASHVILLE

Nashville, Tenn., 1909) ; see also under METHODISM .