Autobiography of Peter Cartwright
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1.60 poundsIn his autobiography, Early American circuit rider Peter
Cartwright shines a bright light on the development of the frontier and the
circuit riders who served its rough-and-tumble people. As a sixteen-year-old
Kentucky boy, he finds salvation at one of the earliest campmeetings that
follow the storied Cane Ridge Camp. He is soon riding and preaching as a
Methodist circuit rider. Ordained by Francis Asbury himself, he plays no small
part in the tremendous advance of the cause of Christ in the early days of
America. Frequently threatened with a thrashing, he often leads his opponents
to faith in Christ. In the freewheeling years of the frontier he is several
times menaced with a horsewhipping (from which he never quails) or mob violence
(which he puts to flight more than once). On one occasion he providentially
finds a loaded pistol in the wilderness road on his way to General Conference,
and just hours later uses it to put a highwayman to flight. His quick wit
stands him in good stead in confronting Shakerism, Calvinism, and a
face-to-face confrontation with Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism. His
involvement in politics even pits him against an Illinois lawyer named Lincoln.
A strong advocate against slavery, he insists the best way to resolve the issue
is through persuasion and is successful in convincing many slaveholders to set
their slaves free. Writing this book in 1856, he forewarns that the obstinacy
of slaveholders and the shrill demands of abolitionists will result in the
violent rending of the country. The Autobiography of Peter Cartwright, A
Backwoods Preacher is an eyewitness account of earthshaking events that
reverberate in both the spiritual and material worlds in which he faithfully
does his part to advance the Church from a few hundred struggling homesteaders
to hundreds of thousands of redeemed souls. Item #: 6416; 472 pages.
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