Background
John Wesley Butler was born on October 13, 1851 in Shelburn Falls, Massachussets, the son of Julia (Lewis) Butler and William Butler, founder of the missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church in India (1856) and Mexico (1873).
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John Wesley Butler
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On his father's departure for India, John Butler was put in a boarding school at Wilton, Connecticut Rejoining his father on the latter's return (1865), he had two years in the Chelsea (Massachussets) High School and a year in the Boston Latin School, and graduated from the Passaic (New Jersey) Collegiate Institute (1871). His delicate health making a college course inadvisable he went to the Boston University School of Theology for three years of study (1871 - 74).
Career
While a student in theology, John Butlerheld held small pastorates in the city of Boston. He was ordained at the age of twenty-two, and appointed to Mexico for missionary service, arriving May 9, 1874.
He reported to his father who was superintendent of the mission. For almost forty-four years he held his residence continuously in Mexico City, and was at death one of the best known and most influential men in the capital, for he was not an ardent denominational ecclesiastic, but a broad-souled and eager lover of men.
As pastor and "preacher in charge" (1874 - 88); as publishing agent (1886 - 90, 1898); as overseer of schools and acting-president of the Mexico Methodist Institute (1895 - 97) and of the Mexico Methodist Theological School (1897); as editor of El Abogado Cristiano and other religious publications (1892 - 1907); as presiding elder or district superintendent (Mexico or Central District, 1889-1918 with exception of the year 1891 when he was in charge of the Hidalgo District); as president of the Mexico Annual Conference (1911); as treasurer and attorney for the Mission; and as author of books, pamphlets, and articles on Mexico he rendered long and notable service.
In addition, he was delegate to two Ecumenical Conferences (1901, 1911), and to eight successive quadrennial General Conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church (1888 - 1916).
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The work of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Mexico stands as Butler's enduring monument. He lived to see some 30, 000 communicants and adherents and 5, 000 children in schools. He aided the beginnings of interdenominational cooperation; the Union Hymn Book and Union Theological Seminary. Greater than these, however, was the regard of Mexicans for this humble Protestant missionary. John Butler's principal books were: Sketches of Mexico (1894), Mexico Coming into Light (1906), and The History of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Mexico (issued on the very day of his death in 1918). He also wrote the article "Christianity in Mexico" for the New Encyclopedia Americana (1907).
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Mexico (Classic Reprint)
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Sketches of Mexico in Prehistoric, Primitive, Colonial, and Modern Times: Lectures at Syracuse University On the Graves Foundation, 1894
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Sketches of Mexico (Classic Reprint)
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History of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Mexico; Personal Reminiscences, Present Conditions and Future Outlook
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Sketches of Mexico in prehistoric, primitive, colonial, and modern times; lectures at the Ohio Wesleyan University on the Merrick Foundation
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Sketches of Mexico in Prehistoric, Primitive, Colonial, and Modern Times (Classic Reprint)
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Mexico (Classic Reprint)
Religion
John Butler was a Roman Catholic, so many Catholic priests were among his acquaintances.
Politics
He kept outside of national politics.
Views
John Butler had the interests of Mexico at heart and Mexicans knew it. He enjoyed personal and friendly relations with every president from Lerdo de Tejada on. No Mexican ever harmed him in his frequent travels. In Mexico he pleaded for popular education, and in America for a free hand for Mexico in her own internal affairs.
Connections
John Butler was married on August 13, 1878 to Sara A. Aston, who also became a writer on Mexican themes.
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