The history of Methodism . forAmerica. At the Conference of 18 10 was reported the deathof Thomas Rankin, who presided over the first AmericanConference. The first Ecumenical Conference was held inthe building in 1881, when, as Bishop McTyeire said, Metho-dists came trooping up from all parts of the world to seethe old places. Wesleys dwelling house still stands unaltered on the southside of the open space in the front of the chapel. He occu-pied the three rooms on the ground floor, and was head ofthe household of London preachers who dwelt above, as a sig-nificant entry in his Journal shows,D
The history of Methodism . forAmerica. At the Conference of 18 10 was reported the deathof Thomas Rankin, who presided over the first AmericanConference. The first Ecumenical Conference was held inthe building in 1881, when, as Bishop McTyeire said, Metho-dists came trooping up from all parts of the world to seethe old places. Wesleys dwelling house still stands unaltered on the southside of the open space in the front of the chapel. He occu-pied the three rooms on the ground floor, and was head ofthe household of London preachers who dwelt above, as a sig-nificant entry in his Journal shows,December 9,1787: I wentdown at half an hour past five, but found no preacher in thechapel, though we had three or four in the house. [Fromthe minutes of the Conference we may infer that these wereDr. Coke, Mr. Creighton, Samuel Bradburn, and John Atlay.]So I preached myself. Afterwards, inquiring why none ofmy family attended the morning preaching, they said it wasbecause they sat up too late. I . . therefore ordered that. DRAWN BY J. O. NUGENT FURNITURE WHICH BELONGED l JOHN preserved in the City Road vestry and Wesleys h Rules of Wesleys House 991 (i) everyone under my roof should go to bed at nine,£hat (2) everyone might attend the morning preaching.
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