The patriarch of one hundred years : $b being reminiscences, historical and biographical, of Rev. Henry BoehmBoehm, Henry
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The patriarch of one hundred years : $b being reminiscences, historical and biographical, of Rev. Henry Boehm
Boehm, Henry
Boehm, Henry, 1775-1875; Methodism
After an absence of months I remained at home one day and two nights, and
the bishop said, “Henry, we must move.” My father and sister and many
others went with us to Lancaster, where, on the fifth of August, we had a
great day. The bishop even felt an interest in this place, where we had
such a hard time to obtain a foothold. He preached morning and evening,
James Smith at three, and I immediately after him in German. The bishop
rejoiced to see such a comfortable house of worship here, and wrote:
“After forty years’ labor we have a neat little chapel of our own.”
“Good-by,” I said to my friends, and at noon on Monday we were at
Columbia, where the bishop preached. I was lame, and the lameness was
increasing; but I did not name it to my parents lest they should urge
me to stay home, or worry about me when I was gone; therefore I bore
my sufferings in silence. From Columbia we went to York. Methodism was
introduced here in 1781 by Freeborn Garrettson. On Wednesday to Carlisle,
where the bishop drew up a plan for a new meeting-house, and answered
twenty letters.
The bishop preached in Shippensburgh from Gal. vi, 9, then we went to
Chambersburgh. We had there a neat little chapel in the town, but the
bishop preached in the court-house, as it would hold more people. Bishop
Asbury made but two visits to this place, and I was with him on both
occasions, the one in 1810, the other in 1811.
The next day our ride was terrible over three lofty mountains, and we
were under the rays of an August sun, and I suffering almost martyrdom
with my lame leg. James Hunter kindly escorted us to Fort Littleton, and
took us to his own house, and treated us as if we were angels. The bishop
says, “On Sunday, August 12, at Littleton Chapel, I preached, and we
administered the sacrament; but as my aid was lame the labor fell on me.
Though wearied and sore with traveling I enjoyed a gracious season.”
I was so lame and in such misery that I was advised to remain at home;
but lame or not lame, bright and early the next morning we were on our
journey to Bloody Run, and though it rained, we reached it at three
o’clock. After having changed our wet garments the bishop preached at
four from Luke xiii, 12, and as soon as he had done I preached in German
from John iii, 19, and at night I preached again in English from Acts
x, 35, and Joshua Monroe exhorted. It was a time of power, and we had a
shout in the camp.
We preached at Bomerdollar’s tavern. There were seven of his family who
professed to belong to the household of faith. It is not often there
is as much salt in a public house. There is generally no room for the
Saviour at the inn.
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