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THE CHRONICLE

 

Journal of the Historical Society

of the

Central Pennsylvania Conference

of the

United Methodist Church

 

Milton W. Loyer

editor

Volume IX                                                                                                 Spring 1998

 

Editor's Preface ...........................................................................................................2

 

Dedication: Mary A. Davis Worthington....................................................................4

 

          Two Camp Meetings On the Edge                                                                              

 

The Chautauqua at Eagles Mere......................................................................5

by Donna Andrews, 1997                                                                              

 

Christian Perfectionism in Pennsylvania Dutch Country:                 

The 1868 Manheim Camp Meeting of the National Holiness Association...25        

by William Kostlevy, 1997                                                                             

 

Dauphin County: the Eastern Edge                                                                           

                                                            History of the United Brethren Church in Dauphin County..........................36                                         

by I.H. Albright, 1917                                                                                    

                                                            The Evangelical Church in Dauphin County.................................................54                                          

by Paul Diener, 1953                                                                                     

 

The Wellsboro District: The Northern Edge                                                             

                                                            Central Pennsylvania's Northern Tier: The Wellsboro District....................70                                               

                                                           Genesee Conference                                                                                                                                       

          A. Gilbert Anderson: The Sleeping Preacher............................................79              

         B. Owen Goodman: The Reading Preacher...............................................81

        C. Caleb Boyer: The Disappearing Preacher.............................................85

      D. William Armstrong: The Reconsidering Preacher...............................87

     Central New York Conference                                                                 

         A. The Carbon Run Church........................................................................88

        B. Early Bradford County Methodism......................................................93



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