This volume
of
THE CHRONICLE

is dedicated to

Paul G. Gilmore

(1896-1968)
pastor, friend, father and scholar
who modeled Jesus the Christ.

THE CHRONICLE is published by the Historical Society of the Central Pennsylvania
Conference of the United Methodist Church, 900 S. Arlington Avenue, Harrisburg
PA 17109.

THE CHRONICLE

Journal of the Historical Society

of the

Central Pennsylvania Conference

of the

United Methodist Church

Milton W. Loyer

editor

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Volume V Spring 1994 .

Editor's Preface.....................................2

Brief Annals of My Horse and Buggy Days..............3

by Joseph V. Adams, 1941

The Dubs-Esher Split: 100 Years Later

Editor's Introduction...........................53

1. The 1894 Evangelical Association Split and

The Williamsport Area Evangelical Churches.....55

by Paul G. Gilmore, 1960

2. The 1894 Evangelical Association Split

In Clinton County's Sugar Valley...............63

by James G. Frank, 1979

3. If Books Could Talk: Liberty, Port Trevorton

and the Strange Connection.....................73

by Milton W. Loyer, 1993

4. Anatomy of a Split: Central Pennsylvania

Evangelical Association Annual Conferences

and Local Congregations (1891-1894)............89

compiled from the Conference Archives

Rev. William Schuler Harris (1865-1956): Minister

Writer, Entrepreneur and Developer.................112

by Susan Shultz, 1993

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