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200 Years Ago

Bishop Asbury?s Letters, May 18, 1806
? Bishop Asbury wrote Daniel Hitt from New York. He will sell his wagon and procure a single carriage, he said. He wants General Conference to assure an ongoing episcopacy.

100 Years Ago

Methodist Protestant, May 9 & 16, 1906
? Alnutt Memorial in East Baltimore celebrated 50 years and published its history.
? President Theodore Roosevelt was handed a report that Standard Oil Company had manipulated markets and crushed competition.

Central Pennsylvania United Evangelical Conference Minutes, 1906
? Baltimore churches reported included Memorial, Olive Branch and Grace; also Hebbville, Alberton, Dorsey, Hagerstown and Morgan (W.Va.) Circuits.

25 Years Ago

Circuit Rider, May 1, 1981
? Olga Worrell of the Mt. Washington New Life clinic described her healing techniques at the weekly service.
? Longtime New Testament professor Montgomery Shroyer of Wesley Theological Seminary died.

Circuit Rider, May 8, 1981
? Woodside, St. Luke?s in Washington and Glenmont UMCs were assailed by a group against religion. The group also threatened that 'thousands' of Protestant clergy and President Reagan would die.

10 Years Ago

Connection, May 1, 1996
? The conference leased 4,000 square-feet of space in Columbia for a new center. It will be handicapped accessible but not on public transit lines.
? The choir of Africa University joined Mt. Zion UMC in Georgetown for their 180th anniversary celebration.

The Rev. Edwin Schell is the executive director of the United Methodist Historical Society.