Earliest Methodist Preaching
The first Methodist sermon in this area was given near this site at Lough’s Tavern, Newton Village, by Rev. William Colbert, Dec. 16 1792.
Text Mathew 5:6 "Blessed are They That Hunger and Thirst After Righteousness." This Circuit rider dressed in buckskin, was sent by Bishop Francis Asbury on a 175 mile circuit into the "Western wilderness of New York ... with howling wolves and greedy bears." He founded faithful Methodist Classes and saw thousands converted in his 41 year ministry. He married Elizabeth Stroud and lived in Stroudsburg, Pa.
Marker is at the intersection of East Water Street (New York Route 352) and Harriet St., on the right when traveling west on East Water Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
