1. Elijah Hedding was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1824.
14 Facts About Elijah Hedding
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Elijah Hedding was trained in prayer by his mother, who was brought into the church under circuit preacher Benjamin Abbot.
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Elijah Hedding attended public worship with his mother and remained with her in class-meeting after the preaching.
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When he was about 10 years old, Elijah Hedding's parents moved to Vermont.
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Elijah Hedding is reported to have said about those conversations :.
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About six weeks after this, Elijah Hedding remained in class-meeting after preaching, when the preacher and brethren, seeing his distress, kneeled in interceded for him.
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At the time of his awakening, Elijah Hedding received some comfort but he had not a clear consciousness of his acceptance and conversion.
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In 1801 Elijah Hedding was admitted on probation in the Newark Annual Conference.
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Elijah Hedding was ordained, both deacon and elder, by Bishop Francis Asbury.
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Elijah Hedding served a variety of appointments, as a pioneer circuit preacher or a city pastor.
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Elijah Hedding was appointed to Lynn Common, to Boston, and then the Boston district.
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Elijah Hedding was elected and consecrated as a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church at the general conference which met in Baltimore in May 1824.
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Elijah Hedding became seriously ill in 1848 but continued to work.
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Elijah Hedding was buried in a rural cemetery on the east side of the Hudson, below Poughkeepsie.