Jesse Lee (March 12, 1758 - September 12, 1816) is an Episcopal priest and pioneer of the American Methodist, born in Prince George's County, Virginia. A preacher after 1783, in 1789 he visited New England and established Methodism from the Connecticut River to the furthest settlement in Maine. He formed the first Methodist class in New England, in Stratford, Connecticut, September 26, 1787. He preached his first sermon (outside) on 7 or 17 June 1789 in Norwalk, Connecticut. He held the first Methodist class in Boston, Massachusetts on July 13, 1792. For his pioneering work in New England he was often called the Methodist Apostle. He was a friend of Francis Asbury, and served as his assistant from 1797 to 1800. He did not have one vote elected Bishop by the 1800 General Conference, but was appointed to the head of Virginia's southern district assembly in 1801. He writes The Life and Death of Pastor John Lee (1805) and History of Methodism in America (1807), which has a value for the initial period. On May 22, 1809 Lee was appointed as Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives. He was reappointed on 2 November 1812 and served for two sessions. After leaving the captain's palace, he was appointed Chaplain of the United States Senate on 27 September 1814 where he served until December 1815.
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Ucapan di Norwalk
In June 1789, Lee, came to Norwalk to preach his first sermon in Connecticut. He had several reasons to believe that Hezekiah Rogers' house on Cross Street would be available for the meeting, and words had been sent among those interested in gathering there. When Lee arrives, Hezekiah is not at home, and his wife hesitates to open the house to a public meeting. A neighbor refused to let Lee use his garden for fear that the meeting would step on the grass. Finally, Lee gathered his listeners under an apple tree by the side of the road and delivered his sermon from the text "You must be born again." That's how early Methodist is at Norwalk. Today, there are stone markers in the location.
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Church at Granville
In 1797, the first Episcopal Methodist church to the 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
- The Second Great Awakening
- Mount Olivet Cemetery (Baltimore)
- Jesse Lee Home for Kids
- Jesse Lee Church, the oldest Methodist church in Maine
Literature
- Minton Thrift, Memoir of Pastor Jesse Lee, with Extract from His Journal (New York, 1823)
- L. M. Lee, Life and Times of Jesse Lee (Richmond, Va., 1848)
- W. H. Meredith, Jesse Lee, Methodist Apostle (New York, 1909)
References
External links
- Jesse Lee United Methodist Church in Easton, CT founded 1789
- The Jesse Lee United Methodist Church in Ridgefield, CT was founded 1789
- The North United Methodist Church in Manchester, CT organized 1790
- The Cox Memorial United Methodist Church in Hallowell, ME cites news by Jesse Lee in town on October 13, 1793
- Readfield (ME) United Methodist Church Jesse Lee Meeting House dated 1795
- Duncan United Methodist Church in Georgetown, SC mentions Jesse Lee's carrier in February 1785
- Jesse Lee preaches in Dudley Chapel in Sudlersville, MD (estimated 1783)
- Jesse Lee's home in Alaska is the Methodist orphanage that began in 1890 as a tribute to Jess Lee
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