200 Years of United Methodism An Illustrated History
Gallery of Photographs
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"The Holy Club in
Session." Engraving by S. Bellin after painting by Marshall Claxton,
printed in London by Thomas Agnew & Sons, 1861. (204 KB)
Philip Embury
(1728-1773). Engraving after John Barnes' 1773 painting, printed in New
York by Daniel T. MacFarlan, 1878. (42 KB)
Margaret
Switzer Embury (1743-1807). Engraving after John Barnes' 1773 painting,
printed in New York by Daniel T. MacFarlan, 1878. (39 KB)
John Wesley (1703-1791).
Oil on canvas, painted in Tewksbury, England by an unknown artist in 1771.
Wesley presented it to John Cole (1750-1808) along with a letter of commendation
to the Methodists in America. Cole and his family emigrated to America
in 1785. Reputed to be the first oil painting of Wesley in the colonies.
(90 KB)
Susanna Wesley
(1669-1742). Engraving by W. H. Gibbs, ca. 1720. (37 KB)
Death Mask of John Wesley.
A plaster facial cast taken shortly after his death March 2, 1791. Gift
to Drew University in 1880 by trustee Anderson Fowler, part of the George
Osborn Collection he purchased in England that Spring. (53 KB)
John Wesley's
autographed letter to William Wilberforce on slavery, February 24,
1791, written six days before his death at age 88. (64 KB)
John Wesley's diary
for 1740. This small pocket diary in shorthand was a gift to Drew University
in 1880 when the Osborn Collection of Wesleyana was purchased by trustee
Anderson Fowler. (132 KB)
Title-page
of AN EXTRACT OF THE REV. MR. JOHN WESLEY'S JOURNAL FROM FEBRUARY 1, 1737
TO HIS RETURN FROM GERMANY. London: Printed by W. Strahan, 1740, in which
his Aldersgate experience of conversion was first published. (70 KB)
Charles Wesley
(1707-1788). Engraving by A. H. Ritchie after the painting by William Gush,
printed in New York by Nelson & Phillips (Methodist Publishing House)
1873. (32 KB)
Robert Strawbridge
(1732?-1781). Engraving after the Thomas Coke Ruckle painting, ca. 1880.
(35 KB)
Captain Thomas
Webb (dl796). Pastel on paper by Lewis Vaslet, drawn in Webb's native
Bristol, England, ca. 1795. (46 KB)
The Rigging Loft.
First preaching house of the Methodists in New York City, 1767. Engraving
1866. (110 KB)
John Street Church,
New York, erected 1768. Hand tinted engraving printed by I. B. and P. C.
Smith, New York, ca. 1836. (207 KB)
Joseph Pilmore
(1739-1825). Engraving after painting by Charles Wilson Peale, ca. 1790.
(17 KB)
Richard Boardman
(1738-1782) at age 42. Engraving, London, 1780. (30 KB)
Title-page of
John Wesley's A CALM ADDRESS TO OUR AMERICAN COLONIES, first printed in
London by J. Hawes, 1775. (60KB)
St. George's
Church, Philadelphia, purchased by the Methodist Society in 1769. Lithograph
of engraving, Philadelphia, 1896. (60 KB)
Bishop Francis
Asbury's Hebrew Bible published by Jacob Wetstein in Amsterdam, 1753,
bequeathed to his successor, Bishop William McKendree. (81 KB)
The Otterbein Clock,
ca. 1750. Swiss works by Jacob of Veron, near Bern. American case. (62
KB)
Isaac Long's Barn
near Lancaster, Pa. Hand tinted photograph, ca. 1910. (128 KB)
William
Otterbein (1726-1813). Oil on canvas by Catherine Weiner, ca. 1850.
(40 KB)
Martin Boehm (1725-1812).
Engraving, 19th century. (34 KB)
Jacob Albright (1759-1808).
Engraving, mid l9th century. (32 KB)
Title-page
of John Wesley's COLLECTION OF PSALMS AND HYMNS, published in Charleston, South Carolina, by Lewis Timothy, 1737. (48 KB)
Pottery jug, Wedgewood
plaque, Wesley in pulpit figurine, commemorative ring and small plate.
Late 18th century British, with exception, modern Wedgewood plaque. (393
KB)
Three Wesley busts
and minature chapel. Right to left: bust by Enoch Wood, 1784; standing
figurine, bust and chapel, early 19th century. (204 KB)
Bishop Thomas
Coke (1747-1814). Engraving by J. Cochrane, London, ca. 1860. (63 KB)
Harry Hosier (1750?-1806).
Watercolor on paper, early 20th century. (34 KB)
Barratt's Chapel,
Frederica, near Dover, Delaware, erected 1780. Engraving. about 1866. (65
KB)
Lovely Lane Chapel,
Baltimore, Maryland, erected 1774. Engraving early 19th century. (93 KB)
Francis Asbury
(1745-1816). Oil on wood by John Paradise, New York, ca. 1812. (56 KB)
Ordination
certificate handwritten on parchment, signed and sealed by Bishop Thomas
Coke, 1804. (58 KB)
"The
Ordination of Francis Asbury, December 27, 1784." Engraving by
A. Gilchrist Campbell after painting by Thomas Coke Ruckle, published by
T. C. Ruckle in New York, 1882. (197 KB)
Bishop Asbury's
Powder Horn for a pistol he carried when traveling through the wilderness,
May 1790. (41 KB)
Old Otterbein
Church, Baltimore, Maryland, erected 1785-1786. Pen and ink sketch,
ca. 1960. (36 KB)
Bonnet Schoolhouse
near Mount Pleasant, Pa. in which the United Brethren in Christ held their
first General Conference, June 6, 1815. Photograph, late 19th century.
(69 KB)
Hymnal
of the Evangelical Association Hymnal of the Evangelical Association in German: DAS GEISTLICHE SAITENSPIEL, published in New Berlin, Pa., by Georg Miller, for the Association, 1817. 2nd Edition (88 KB)
Methodist
Camp Meeting, engraving by E. W. Clay, published in New York by H.
R. Robinson, 1836. (70 KB)
Mourner's Bench
(ca. 1805) used in revival meetings of the Evangelical Association held
on the Becker homestead near Kleinfeltersville, Pa. Tradition says Jacob
Albright knelt in prayer at this bench. (339 KB)
McKendree Chapel,
near Jackson, Missouri, erected 1819. Photograph, ca. 1960. (68 KB)
Peter Cartwright
(1785-1872). Engraving from HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 2, 1869.
(89 KB)
Title-page,
A COLLECTION OF HYMNS FOR THE USE OF THE UNITED BRETHREN IN CHRIST TAKEN
FROM THE MOST APPROVED AUTHORS, AND ADAPTED TO PUBLIC AND PRIVATE WORSHIP.
Dayton, Ohio: Vonnieda & Sowers, 1859. (45 KB)
The Wyandot
Indian Mission at Upper Sandusky, Ohio, about 1825. Photograph of oil
painting by Frank H. Halbedel, late 19th century. (78 KB)
Title-page
of early Native American Hymnbook with music: INDIAN MELODIES by Thomas
Commuck, published in New York by G. Lane and C. B. Tippett for the Methodist
Episcopal Church, 1845. (27 KB)
Der Brantweins-Drache
("The Alcoholic Dragon''). Temperance poster engraved by J. Traubel
and published by H. Camp, Philadelphia, ca. 1840 which belonged to Bishop
John Seybert. (75 KB)
Handwritten
petition sent by black Methodists in Philadelphia to the 1832 General
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church "to give the Bishop power
to appoint Ministers of Colour to Coloured congregations." (102 KB)
Title-page
of the first CONSTITUTION AND DISCIPLINE OF THE METHODIST PROTESTANT CHURCH.
Published in Baltimore by John J. Harrod, 1830. (53 KB)
Section
of first discipline of the Methodist Protestant Church outlining "officers
of the Church" which does not include Bishops. (77 KB)
Title-page,
JOURNALS OF THE GENERAL CONFERENCES OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH,
SOUTH, HELD 1846 AND 1850. Published in Richmond, Va., by John Early, 1851.
(48 KB)
"Rev.
William P. Corbit Preaching to Thieves and Harlots in the Green Street
Methodist Episcopal Church (New York City) on April 1, 1860." Engraving,
New York, 1860. (347 KB)
Leather saddle-bags,
tradition says, belonged to Bishop Asbury; leather-bound copies of early
hymnal and discipline; early 19th century miniature copy of the Paradise
portrait, and a pair of spectacles Asbury wore. (403 KB)
Chippendale Chair (ca.
1750) belonging to the Otterbein parsonage; oak chair (early 18th century)
on which Wesley stood to preach at Stockport in 1765; and "Pennsylvania
Dutch" chair (early 19th century) used by the founding bishops of
the Evangelical Church in their visit to the church in Orwigsburg, Pa.
(385 KB)
Engraved certificate
for life membership in the Missionary Society of the Evangelical Association,
printed in Baltimore by C. P. Gerber, ca. 1850. (111 KB)
Children
in story hour, Bethlehem House, Nashville, Tennessee, photograph ca.
1910. (36 KB)
Fine Victorian cloth binding of
pioneer Methodist pastor to Chinese Americans Otis
Gibson's book THE CHINESE IN AMERICA, published in Cincinnati by the
Methodist Publishing House in 1877. (67 KB)
ZION'S HERALD,
Boston area Methodist newspaper, 1909. (56 KB)
"Boundaries of the
Annual Conferences, Methodist Episcopal Church, as fixed by the General
Conference, 1920." Prepared and published by the Board of Home Missions
and Church Extension, Philadelphia, 1920. (125 KB)
Methodist
camp-meeting, Sing Sing, N.Y. Engraving from HARPER'S WEEKLY, August
29, 1868. (180 KB)
Handwritten
petition to the 1880 General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church from the trustees and stewards of the Willoughby Ave. Methodist
Episcopal Church, Brooklyn, supporting the ordination of their pastor,
the Rev. Anna Oliver. (60 KB)
Phoebe Worrell
Palmer (1807-1874), pioneer woman Evangelist, engraving by H. B. Hall
& Sons, New York, ca. 1860. (85 KB)
Printed
rules of St. John's Church of the Evangelical Association at Bethlehem,
Pa., published ca. 1875. (245 KB)
Early handwritten
draft of Frank Mason North's famous hymn, "Where Cross the Crowded
Ways of Life," dated 1903; first published in the Methodist Hymnal
of 1905. (50 KB)
Title-page
of pamphlet published by the Methodist Peace Fellowship: CRUSADING
FOR WORLD PEACE IN THE LOCAL CHURCH 1955-56, by Charles F. Boss, published
in New York, 1955. (40 KB)
