Bangs, Nathan; Emory, John; et al. The Methodist Magazine, designed as a Compend of Useful Knowledge, and of Religious and Missionary Intelligence, for the year of Our Lord 1827. Volume X. New-York: Published by N. Bangs, and J. Emory, for the Methodist Episcopal Church, at the Conference Office, 14 Crosby-Sreet. Azor Hoyt, Printer., 1827. First Edition. [11838]
Calf spine & corners, red leather title label and separate volume/year label, bown marbled boards, binding is tight, good joints, quite scuffed, 8 3/4 x 5 21/2 inches, page edges stained yellow. Frontispiece engraved portrait of the Rev. Elijah Hedding, without tissue guard. Additional plates are Rev. James B. Finley; and Between the Logs, an Indian Chief of the Wyandot Tribe, & a licensed Preacher of the Methodist Episcopal Church; also, Ma-nuncue, an Indian Chief of the Wyandot Tribe & a licensed Preacher of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 484 pages, counted and complete; the text has foxing and smudges throughout. Good. Hardcover.
Sermons, biographies, accounts of camp meetings and revivals, overseas missionary work, &c. Ten issues bound, January-October, 1827, There are 51 different revival reports in this volume, plus a section on South Seas Missions.
Nathan Bangs, D.D. (1778 – 1862) was born near Bridgeport, Connecticut, was converted in 1800, and in 1802 was admitted into the New York Conference. The next six years he spent in Canada, going from village to village as a missionary. In 1808, he was returned to the State of new York, and appointed to Delaware circuit. After filling important positions both as pastor and presiding elder, he was, in 1820, elected book agent. Under his wise and skillful management previous embarrassments were removed, and the business was greatly extended. The Christian Advocate having been established in 1826, he furnished most of the editorial matter from that time till 1828. He was also editor of the Methodist Magazine.
In 1812, the General Conference appointed him chairman of a committee to collect historical material. This work led him to the publication of his “History of the Methodist Episcopal Church,” in four volumes. He published also several works defending the doctrines and usages of the church. He was always deeply devout, and in his advanced years he seemed to obtain a higher Christian experience. The Wesleyan doctrine of sanctification was to him peculiarly precious, and he delighted to attend services having special reference to this subject.” - Simpson, Cyclopedia of Methodism.
John Emory (1789-1835), b. Spaniard's Neck, Maryland; d. in a carriage accident in Maryland. He was educated by tutors and at Washington College, Chestertown, Maryland. He studied law and was admitted to the bar, but by 1910 he had determined to enter the Methodist ministry. He became an important figure for the denomination, both as a preacher and as an administrator. He was elected Bishop in 1832. Emory founded The Methodist Quarterly Review. He was active in the founding of New York University, Wesleyan University, and of Dickinson College as a Methodist school. He debated in print both Bishop White of the Protestant Episcopal Church and the leaders of the Protestant Methodist division.
