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Excerpt from The Centennial History of Camden Methodism One hundred years marks a great epoch in any life. A centennial celebration is always a great event. Perhaps there is none more vitally significant than the centenary of a church life. One hundred years having sped and gone since the beginning of a church in Camden, N. J., it seems that more than ordinary attention should be given thereto. In April, 1809, under the direction of Rev. Richard Sneath a class was formed in Camden with James Duer as the first leader. From the nucleus of seven persons the church was started, until now there are about 7,000 members and sixteen Methodist Episcopal churches. The Methodist Episcopal Church being the first of all churches in this city - save a Friend's Meeting House, on Mt. Vernon street, built in 1801 - the history of the city cannot be related without generous reference thereto. The Centennial having been appropriately celebrated with the co-operation of all the churches, it seemed very necessary that this great event should have more than a passing notice. Hence, there was a determination by the Official Boards of all these churches to give the history of this event permanent form. Hence, historical data having been contributed by each of the sixteen churches, the collation of all this material into one book became a logical necessity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.