Jesse Lee (Methodist)
Jesse Lee | |
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Baltimore, Maryland | |
Occupation(s) | Preacher and chaplain |
Jesse Lee (March 12, 1758 – September 12, 1816) was an American
Speech at Norwalk
In June 1789, Lee, came to Norwalk to preach his first sermon in Connecticut. He had some reason to believe that the Hezekiah Rogers house on Cross Street would be available for the meeting, and word had been sent around among those interested to assemble there. When Lee arrived, Hezekiah was not at home, and his wife hesitated to open the house to a public meeting. A neighbor refused to let Lee use her orchard for concern that the gathering would trample down the grass. Finally, Lee assembled his audience under an apple tree by the roadside and preached his sermon from the text "Ye must be born again." Such was the beginning of Methodism in Norwalk. Today, there is a stone marker at the location.[7][8]
Church at Granville
In 1797 the first Methodist Episcopal church west of the Connecticut River was built in Granville, Massachusetts. On September 19, 1798, Jesse Lee and Francis Asbury led the Third New England Annual Conference there.
See also
- Second Great Awakening
- Mount Olivet Cemetery (Baltimore)
- Jesse Lee Home for Children
- Jesse Lee Church, the oldest Methodist church in Maine
Literature
- Minton Thrift, Memoir of the Rev. Jesse Lee, with Extracts from his Journals (New York, 1823)
- L. M. Lee, Life and Times of Jesse Lee (Richmond, Va., 1848)
- W. H. Meredith, Jesse Lee, A Methodist Apostle (New York, 1909)
References
- ^ "History: North United Methodist Church, Manchester, Connecticut, USA". Retrieved 2008-02-13.
- ^ "June 17: Jesse Lee; Christian History Institute". Archived from the original on 2006-02-16. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
- ^ Meredith, William Henry (1909). Jesse Lee, A Methodist Apostle. New York: New York, Eaton & Mains; Cincinnati, Jennings & Graham.
- ^ a b "Jesse Lee - FREE Jesse Lee Biography". Retrieved 2008-09-14.
- ^ a b "History of the Chaplaincy, Office of the Chaplain". Retrieved 2008-09-14.
- ^ "U.S. Senate: Art & History Home > People > Officers & Staff > Senate Chaplain". Retrieved 2008-08-14.
- ^ [1]
- ^ Historical Sermons
External links
- Jesse Lee United Methodist Church in Easton, CT established 1789
- Jesse Lee United Methodist Church in Ridgefield, CT established 1789
- North United Methodist Church in Manchester, CT organized 1790
- Cox Memorial United Methodist Church in Hallowell, ME mentions preaching by Jesse Lee in town on October 13, 1793
- Readfield (ME) United Methodist Church Jesse Lee Meeting House dates to 1795
- Duncan United Methodist Church in Georgetown, SC mentions Jesse Lee glanding in February 1785
- Jesse Lee preached at Dudley Chapel in Sudlersville, MD (est. 1783)
- The Jesse Lee homes in Alaska were Methodist run orphanages started in 1890 as a tribute to Jess Lee
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.)
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