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48 Lombard Streets, Philadelphia, Pa., where Mother Bethel now stands and his sainted ashes rest), pulled out and went to the Episcopal Church, he kept his word with Mr. Morris Wilcox the man from whom he agreed to buy; taking the purchase single handed and alone, and gave us the foundation upon which we have built an everlasting heritage for our selves and our children after us.

After Richard Allen, Absalom Jones, William White and Darius Jinnings came out of St. George M. E. Church, and the fire of persecution began to burn thick and fast, the others left the Methodist altogether and joined the Episcopal Church. But Allen said no “Notwithstanding we had been violently persecuted by the elder, we were in favor of being attached to the Methodist connection, for I was confident that there was no religious sector denomination that would suit the capacity of the colored people as well as the Methodist, for the plain and simple gospel suits best for any people; the unlearned can understand, and the learned are sure to un