Without a formal education, equipped only with a Bible, hymnbook & a copy of the "Methodist Discipline" the outspoken, hellfire-brimstone preacher covered circuits on horseback through Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana, & Illinois for over 50 years, preaching more than 15 thousand sermons & personally baptizing over 12,000 converts. He became a member of the Illinois Legislature but lost to Abraham Lincoln in a race for Congress. He founded Illinois Wesleyan University. He knew God & understood men & issues. Many of his statements on the church, evangelism, slavery, cults, & theology were profound & some were prophetic. He had a burning heart for souls that drove him on often against incredible forces. He took on infidels, cultists, slave-owners, modernists, ruffians, Indians, heretics, tavern owners, & Jesuits with equal fervor & boldness.-Print ed.
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Autobiography of Peter Cartwright,: The Backwoods Preacher
Without a formal education, equipped only with a Bible, hymnbook & a copy of the "Methodist Discipline" the outspoken, hellfire-brimstone preacher covered circuits on horseback through Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana, & Illinois for over 50 years, preaching more than 15 thousand sermons & personally baptizing over 12,000 converts. He became a member of the Illinois Legislature but lost to Abraham Lincoln in a race for Congress. He founded Illinois Wesleyan University. He knew God & understood men & issues. Many of his statements on the church, evangelism, slavery, cults, & theology were profound & some were prophetic. He had a burning heart for souls that drove him on often against incredible forces. He took on infidels, cultists, slave-owners, modernists, ruffians, Indians, heretics, tavern owners, & Jesuits with equal fervor & boldness.-Print ed.
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781805230557 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Braunfell Books |
| Publication date: | 02/06/2023 |
| Sold by: | Bookwire |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 371 |
| File size: | 938 KB |
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