THE HISTORY OF METHODISM IN CANADA: WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE WORK AND Occasional Notices of the Civil Affairs of the Province. BY GEORGE F. PLAYTER, OF THE WESLEYAN CONFERENCE. Toronto: PUBLISHED FOR THE AUTHOR BY ANSON GREEN, AT THE WESLEYAN PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT, KING STREET EAST. 1862. Entered according to the Act of the Provincial Legislature, in the year of our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred and sixty-two, in the Office of the Registrar of the Province of Canada. 1797 Account of his usefulness and devotion......... PAGE. Samuel Coate's personal appearance and manners........ 55 1798 Calvin Wooster's happy death................................... .................. ....................... 1800 Total Members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.... 63 Controversy between Samuel Coate and Robt. DcDowell 63 Retirement of Darius Dunhan from the itinerant work 65 Daniel Picket, first Preacher to the Ottawa Country..... 67 1802 Joseph Sawyer visits the city of Montreal.................................................. Account of John Robinson and Peter Vannest............ First Camp-meeting on Hay Bay shore, Adolphustown, 85 Yonge Street and Smith's Creek Circuits now begin... 86 Nathan Bangs volunteers for Quebec Station....... Sylyanus Keeler retires from the itinerant work.................... 91 1809 First steamboat on the Canadian waters..................... Three Rivers was added to the circuits...................................... |