THE CHRONICLE

Journal of the Historical Society

of the

Susquehanna Conference

of the

United Methodist Church

Milton W. Loyer

Editor

Volume XXII spring 2011

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

The Evangelical Church in Northeast Pennsylvania………………………...…… 3

compiled from the conference archives, 2011

The Methodist Protestant Church in Northeast Pennsylvania.…………………..12

The Final Fifteen……..……………………………………..…………….…………….13

by Milton Loyer, 2011

A Resume and Decision on the Claim for Preachers Aid Funds…….……..….20

by Francis T. Tagg and George R. Brown, 1910

A Letter from the South Canaan MP Church…………………………….……………..24

by John F. Lennon, 1915

The Methodist Episcopal Church in Northeast Pennsylvania.……..………..…...26

The Wyoming Conference’s Pennsylvania Boundaries…………………..………..27

compiled from the conference archives, 2011

Elisha Butler…………………………………………………………….…………….....31

from the East Baltimore Conference records, 1859

Our Years in Northeast Pennsylvania………………………………………………..57

by Thelma Proof, 1970

Developing the Eastern Urban Areas………………………………….............…68

The Commencement of Methodism in Dauphin County………………...…..69

by Richard Nolen, 1873

The Colonial Park Church…………………………………………………...85

by Bruce Souders, 1962

The Scranton Area’s Forgotten Methodist Churches…………………......…..91

compiled from the conference archives, 2011