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200	1		_aJohn Byington _eFirst General Conference President, circuit-riding preacher, and radical reformer _fBrian E. Strayer
210			_aCanada _cPacific Press Publishing Association _d2017
215			_a302 p. _cillustrations
225	0		_aAdventist pioneer series ; _v12.
300			_aIncludes index.
327	1	1	_bForeword _p7 _bPreface _p9 _bAcknowledgments _p13 _bList of Acronyms _p16 _bI. The Byingtons in England, Massachusetts, and Connecticut, 1066-1786 _p17 _bII. The Byingtons Become Methodists in Vermont, 1787-1817 _p23 _bIII. Historical Background and Development of St. Lawrence County, New York _p42 _bIV. The Byingtons as Farmers in St. Lawrence County _p52 _bV. The Byingtons as Methodist Reformers in St. Lawrence County _p61 _bVI. The Byingtons as Abolitionists and Radicals _p69 _bVII. The Byingtons Become Seventh-day Adventists _p91 _bVIII. Famous Byington Firsts _p101 _bIX. The Byingtons Move to Michigan _p113 _bX. A Farming Family in Michigan _p140 _bXI. Circuit-Riding Preacher in Michigan and Indiana _p151 _bXII. First General Conference President _p161 _b _p174 _bXIV. A Growing Family Spreads Out _p188 _b _p202 _bXVI. Still Riding the Circuit, 1876-1880 _p213 _b _p223 _b _p236 _bXIX. Final Years of Service to the Church _p253 _bPhotographs _p269 _bEpilogue _p277 _bIndex _p294
330			_aohn Byington, the first president of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, was so much more. A loving family man and successful farmer and businessman, Elder Byington was also a social radical. More than just a token abolitionist, new evidence presented in this biography indicates that he actively assisted fugitive slaves along the famous Underground Railroad.
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600		1	_2lc _aByington _bJohn _f1798-1887.
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676			_a286.7092 _v23
680			_aBX6193.B95 _bS77 2018
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700		1	_aStrayer _bB. E. _4070 _92099 _f1950- _gBrian Eugene
801		0	_aUA _bUA-BuIAS _c20180803
942			_2udc _cBOOK _n0 _h27:286.3 _j27:286.3 / S88 _vS88