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
The preachers and subjects during the rest of the meeting were as
follows: _Friday_—John Chalmers, Eccles. iii, 3; Matthew Greentree, Col.
iii, 3, 4; Peter Vannest, Rev. xii, 1, “And there appeared a great wonder
in heaven,” etc.; a wonderful text, and there was a wonderful time.
_Saturday_—James Aikins, Zech. ix, 12; Richard Lyon, Luke xii, 57; John
Chambers, Matt. i, 21. On this day the sons of Belial made a great stir,
and for a time somewhat hindered the progress of the work; yet there were
two hundred and sixty-three conversions and one hundred and twenty-three
reported to have been sanctified during the day and night. _Sunday_—John
Chalmers, Rev. xx, 1-3; Henry White, Rev. xxi, 27; he struck with the
hammer of God’s word and broke the hearts of stone, and the work went on
during the whole night. On Monday I held forth, from Gal. vi, 9, on not
being weary in well-doing.
On Tuesday morning the Lord’s supper was administered; after which we
had our Christian parting, which was truly affecting, for many of us
parted to meet no more till we pitch our tent in the groves of Paradise.
A number of friends were there from Baltimore. The preachers and the
people who were there have gone most of them the way whence they will not
return. The number of conversions reported in the course of the meeting
was over nine hundred.
Brother Chalmers went with me to Snow Hill, where he preached. I was
taken very ill. I lodged with Samuel Porter. I read a part of a chapter
and fainted, and Brother Porter prayed. I fainted also in preaching that
day. I was kindly cared for at G. Ward’s, a local preacher. Here I was
dangerously ill for several days under the doctor’s care. I then went
with Brother Ridgeway to the Line quarterly meeting to see Dr. Chandler,
to get some advice from him concerning my health. The chapel could not
hold the people, so the preaching was out of doors, and the preachers
lodged in the meeting-house. There were one hundred and twenty converted
at this meeting. Dr. Chandler advised me to go with him to Dr. Edward
White’s, in Cambridge. I was so weak I could not have gone had not Doctor
Chandler kindly permitted me to ride in his carriage. For five weeks I
was under the care of Dr. White, who was a skillful physician as well as
Christian gentleman. And here slowly I began to recover. The doctor and
his family were very kind to me.
During these days I enjoyed the society of Joseph Everett, who was then
worn out. It was a privilege to hear the old warrior talk of bygone days,
of battles fought and victories won. On the 30th of October I took my
leave of Dr. White, and recorded this prayer: “May the Lord bless this
kind family. I trust I shall never forget the kindness they have shown
to me.” I never can. They have gone to their reward, but my heart throbs
with gratitude when I recall their peculiar kindness to me over fifty
years ago.
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