Taylor, William 1821-1902 creator text nyu New York Pub. for the author, by Carlton & Porter 1858 11th thousand. monographic eng

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348 p. incl. front., plates. 19 cm. William Taylor (1821-1902) was a Methodist minister specializing in "street preaching" in Baltimore and Washington, D.C., when the Methodist church sent him to California as a missionary evangelist in 1849. He remained in the West for seven years, going on to become one of the church's most tireless worldwide evangelists. He later conducted crusades in Canada, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, South America, and South Africa. In 1884 he was named Missionary Bishop for Africa and he focused his energies on missionary activities on that continent. Taylor spent his last years in California, the site of his first mission. California life illustrated (1858) expands on his reminiscences in Seven years' street preaching in San Francisco (1857). He describes his voyage to California and gives details of family life, social life, politics and church history in San José, Santa Cruz, and Sacramento. He comments at length on California agriculture and mineral resources and offers a chapter on mining camp life. After founding the Powell Street church, Taylor explains, he undertook a mission to sailors in San Francisco which left him so burdened by debt that he returned east to publish books and conduct revivals in the hope of putting his finances in order. By William Taylor, of the California conference ... Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. No known restrictions on publication. Also available in digital form on the Internet Archive Web site. n-us-ca California Description and travel Missions California Ethnic groups California Urbanization California Real estate development California Mines and mineral resources California Religion and ethics California F864 .T26 rc 01000750 hdl:loc.gdc/calbk.063 hdl:loc.gdc/scd0001.0001948063A http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/calbk.063 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/scd0001.0001948063A No known restrictions on publication. DLC 810903 20260227111901.0 rc 01000750