The Ritual of Happy Dying among Early American Methodists
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3598306 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A Gregory Schneider (Pacific Union College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 348-363 |
| Publication date | 1987-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Church History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-6407 • E-ISSN: 1755-2613 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3166063 |
| PMID | 11616811 |
| OpenAlex | W2002421281 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 35 |
Jane M'Neil died a "glorious death" in 1814 when she was just twelve years old. Perfectly composed during her last illness, she spoke warmly of her attachment to her Methodist class leader and calmly informed visiting neighbors that soon she would be laid in the graveyard. Her biographer recalled that when the local preacher came to pray with her, "the joys of the upper world [seemed] to have been manifested... She was thrown into ecstasies of joy; she shouted the praises of the Redeemer aloud." Her mother's unregenerate prejudices against religious shouting were removed. Her physician, a non-Christian, "was melted into tears, and gave vent to the loudest exclamations of grief" when Jane exhorted him to flee to "the good physician of souls." Squire M'Neil, her proud and haughty father, struggled with deep conviction of sin after her death and became converted, influencing many in the neighborhood to seek religion.1
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The Ritual Process
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,12 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2017 (17) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |