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THE TRUTH OF CHRISTIANITY ESTABLISHED BY THE CHRISTIAN'S EX-
PERIENCE. Rev. T. Spicer, A. M.,.............

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THE INFLUENCE OF CHRISTIANS AND CHRISTIANITY. Rev. H. W.
Ransom,

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THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY GHOST. Rev. R. Wescott, A. M.,.
EARLY DEATH OF MINISTERS. Rev. M. Bates,.

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CHRISTIAN LOVE.

Rev. E. Goss, A. M.,.

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ANALYSIS OF THE NEW RULE ON SLAVERY PROPOSED BY THE TROY
CONFERENCE IN MAY, 1853. Rev. A. Witherspoon, .
A PROVIDENTIAL INCIDENT. Rev. J. Pegg, Sen.,..

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THE IDENTITY OF THE HUMAN BODY IN THE RESURRECTION.
M. Wever,

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Rev. J.

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LITERARY INSTITUTIONS,

APPENDIX.

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TABLE showing the time and place of the several sessions of the Troy Conference, with the names of the presiding bishops and secretaries.

Page 412 TABLE showing who have been presiding elders of the several districts from 1832 to 1854. Page 413 STATISTICS of membership, Sunday School scholars, collections, &c.

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TABLE containing an alphabetical list of all the preachers who have been connected with the conference from its organization to 1854; showing the time of their reception, and who have withdrawn, located, been transferred, expelled, or died, and the date of such events.

TRACT and book depositories.

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PART FIRST.

HISTORICAL SKETCH OF METHODISM WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF THE TROY CONFERENCE OF THE METHODIST

EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

"And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thy heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no."-Deut. viii, 2.

HISTORICAL SKETCH.

CHAPTER I.

FROM 1766 TO 1800.

The Troy Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, which had previously constituted a part of the New York Conference, was organized in 1832. It is bounded on the north by Canada East, on the east by the Green Mountains, on the south by a line running east and west from Pittsfield, Mass., to Schoharie county, N. Y., and on the west by a somewhat irregular line running from Schoharie in a northerly direction to Canajoharie, Lake Pleasant, and thence to Canada East, leaving Franklin county on the west, and Clinton county on the east of this line. It therefore includes Rensselaer, Albany, Schenectady, Montgomery, Fulton, Saratoga, Washington, Warren, Essex, and Clinton counties; with a part of Columbia, Schoharie, and Hamilton counties in New York; so much of Vermont as lies west of the Green Mountains; and about ten towns in Berkshire county, Mass.

Within its bounds are the cities of Albany, Troy, Schenectady, and Vergennes, together with a large number of flourishing villages, extensive fertile regions, and much picturesque and beautiful scenery. Howes' Cave, Saratoga and Lebanon Springs, and Cohoes, and Glenn's Falls, are among the natural curiosities within its limits. The Hudson river, Lake Champlain, the northern and western canals, and numerous rail roads constitute its thoroughfares, and render traveling within its bounds cheap, pleasant, and expeditious.

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