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REV. JAMES HAVENS.
REV. JAMES HAVENS,
ONE OF THE HEROES
OF
Indiana Methodism.
BY
REV. W. W. HIBBEN
."Mr. Havens was one of the most powerful preachers I ever heard, and I have no hesitation in saying that the State of Indiana owes him a heavier debt of gratitude for the efforts of his long and valuable life, to form society upon the basis of Morality, Education, and Religion, than any other man living or dead."
HON. OLIVER H. SMITH.
FIRST EDITION.
INDIANAPOLIS:
SENTINEL COMPANY, PRINTERS AND BINDERS.
1872.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872,
By REV. W. W. HIBBEN,
In the Office of the Librarian
of Congress, at Washington, D. C.
DEDICATORY.
To the memories of those who laid the foundations of the moral edifice, the
early Pioneer Heroes of Indiana Methodism,
THIS WORK IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED.
The music of their songs
should never be forgotten, and the nobility of their sacrifices, like the integrity of
their faith, should endure forever.
PREFATORY.
The venerable moral hero of this book merited a far richer monument than we have built for him; but with what material we could get, we have done the best we could, and we place our effort before the public, confident of their indulgence as we are of our own purposes and sincerity.
Our object has been to do justice to the man and to furnish to his friends some abiding evidence of his honesty and usefulness, of his goodness and greatness.
What we have said of him has been written fearlessly, and with no disposition to conceal his defects or to magnify his virtues. We have always remembered that he was but a man.
What we have said of others was forced upon us by their own relationships, and in this connection their fraternal recognition was a matter of duty as well as of justice.
To live forever in the world of example was the well earned honor of our grand old itinerant, and as we here present him, we rely more on the fame of the man, the Christian, and Gospel minister, to sustain the work, than we do, or can, on the accomplishment of our own performance.
THE AUTHOR.
page: [6][View Page [6]] page: [7][View Page [7]]CONTENTS.
- CHAPTER I. His Early Years 9
- CHAPTER II. Christian Character 20
- CHAPTER III. Domestic Habits 30
- CHAPTER IV. Personal Economy 39
- CHAPTER V. Character of his Friendships 49
- CHAPTER VI. His Moral Firmness 59
- CHAPTER VII. Heroic Spirit 69
- CHAPTER VIII. Knowledge of Men 78
- CHAPTER IX. His Opposition to Innovations 87
- CHAPTER X. Devotion to Methodism 97
- CHAPTER XI. Preparation for the Pulpit 107
- CHAPTER XII. Style of his Preaching 116
- CHAPTER XIII. Character as a Revivalist 126
- CHAPTER XIV. Ministerial Success 136
- CHAPTER XV. Personal Popularity 146
- CHAPTER XVI. His Generalship 157
- CHAPTER XVII. Liberality of Sentiment 167
- CHAPTER XVIII. Patriotism 177
- CHAPTER XIX. His Orthodoxy 188
- CHAPTER XX. Peculiar Oratory 199
- CHAPTER XXI. Ohio Confreres 209
- CHAPTER XXII. Indiana Cotemporaries 220
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- CHAPTER XXIII. His Local Ministry 231
- CHAPTER XXIV. His Circuits 242
- CHAPTER XXV. Stations 253
- CHAPTER XXVI. Districts, and Character as Pres. Elder 263
- CHAPTER XXVII. Misconceptions of the Man 274
- CHAPTER XXVIII. Itinerant Review 285
- CHAPTER XXIX. Superannuated Years 296
- CHAPTER XXX. Character and Death of his Wife 306
- CHAPTER XXXI. His own Demise 317
- CHAPTER XXXII. Funeral Obsequies 327
- CHAPTER XXXIII. His Monument 338