1819 FRANCIS ASBURY. Rare "Funeral Discourse for Francis Asbury," Apostle of American Methodism. Divine Healing here in his increasingly poor

here in his increasingly poor vision

but accompanied by facsimiles of his original preaching notes beautifully reproduced here in their original purple ink color

Stamped from the library of Joseph M

And this copy in a lovely full leather binding

Anti-Slavery and abolitionist liberally sprinkled throughout the entirety of the volume

1819 FRANCIS ASBURY. Rare "Funeral Discourse for Francis Asbury," Apostle of American Methodism. Divine Healing here in his increasingly poorVery rare on the market, the first edition of the Funeral Discourse for the apostle of American Methodism, Francis Asbury. Far more than a funeral sermon, it was nigh near a spiritual biography of Asbury and a memorial of the founding years of the Methodist movement in America. Preached by Ezekiel Cooper [1763 1847], one of the earliest and most celebrated of the American Methodist preachers. He joined the Conference in 1785; labored from Boston to