Martin Ruter . By Ernest Ashton Smith . (Cincinnati: Methodist  Book Concern, 1915. Cl. 18mo. Pp. 127. Portrait.  25 cents, net.)

In the pages of this little book is sketched briefly, in broad outline, the character of this pioneer Methodist missionary. Very little is added to the information concerning Ruter's work in Texas, contained in Dr. Cody's article in the Texas Methodist Historical Quarterly, I, 7-38, but Professor Smith's chapters on “The youthful itinerant,” “The self-taught scholar,” “The educational pioneer,” “The editor and author,” and “The president of Allegheny,” give one a perspective that lends a new interest to Ruter's work. The cause of the Texans appealed so strongly to him that in May, 1836, while president of Allegheny College, he tendered to the General Conference his services as a missionary to that country. He crossed the Sabine November 23, 1837, and was claimed by death at Washington on the Brazos May 16, 1838. During the brief period of his ministry in Texas he labored incessantly for the cause of the gospel and of education.

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"Martin Ruter", Volume 019, Number 3, Southwestern Historical Quarterly Online, Page 319. http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/publications/journals/shq/online/v019/n3/review_35.html
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