The Life and Ministry of Jesse Lee

Speaker(s): Nicholas W. Grant

Description: At the 1972 Virginia Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, Dr. Nicholas W. Grant delivers a sermon about Jesse Lee, holding him up as a stellar example of ministry. Grant a resident of Raleigh, NC, was Program Director of the North Carolina Annual Conference. His subject, Jesse Lee (1758-1816) was an American Methodist Episcopal clergyman and pioneer, born in Prince George's County, Virginia. A preacher after 1783, in 1789 he visited New England and established Methodism from the Connecticut River to the farthest settlement in Maine. For his pioneer work in New England, he was often called the Apostle of Methodism. He was a friend of Francis Asbury and served as his assistant from 1797 to 1800. In 1809, Lee was appointed Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives and served for two sessions. Upon leaving the chaplaincy of the House in 1814, he was appointed Chaplain of the United States Senate.

Length: 42:01
Recording Date: June 20, 1972
Recorded at: Hampton, Virginia