Excerpt from Religious Experience: Exemplified in the Lives of Illustrious Christians Ilbur F isk (1792-1839) - born at Brattleboro, Vt., converted in his eleventh year, graduated at Brown in 1815, first principal Of Wesleyan Academy first president Of Wesleyan University elected bishop Of the Canada Con ference in 1828, and of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1836, but declining both because he felt that his call was edu cational rather than administrative - was a man Of intrinsic greatness, Of the highest style Of Christian character, Of rare pulpit eloquence, full Of grace, dignity, and power, the idol Of the whole Church, South as well as North. But his life would have been altogether different from what it was, ex cept for that which came to him at Well fleet Camp Meeting, August 13, 1819. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.