The illustrated history of Methodism [electronic resource]; the story of the origin and progress of the Methodist church, from its foundation by John Wesley to the present dayWritten in popular style and illustrated by more than one thousand portraits and views of persons . hich attended to theneeds of the remotest districts. It was in the year 1805 that DoctorCoke met the lady who became his visiting Bristol on one of his beg-ging excursions, he was strongly ad-vised by Mr. Pawson to visit a MissPenelope Smith, who was staying at theHot-wells for the benefit of her health,and was r
The illustrated history of Methodism [electronic resource]; the story of the origin and progress of the Methodist church, from its foundation by John Wesley to the present dayWritten in popular style and illustrated by more than one thousand portraits and views of persons . hich attended to theneeds of the remotest districts. It was in the year 1805 that DoctorCoke met the lady who became his visiting Bristol on one of his beg-ging excursions, he was strongly ad-vised by Mr. Pawson to visit a MissPenelope Smith, who was staying at theHot-wells for the benefit of her health,and was reputed at once wealthy andliberal. Her home was at Bradford inWiltshire, a place where Methodism hadearly taken root. When Coke, accom-panied by Pawson, visited her and madehis request, she at once subscribed onehundred guineas, to be paid when heshould call on her at her home. Thevisit to Bradford resulted in a doublingof the very handsome subscription, andthe ripening of their acquaintance into awarm attachment. Before the year wasout Miss Smith became the doctors wife,and changed her very secluded life for oneof wider interests. Despite her feeblehealth, she accompanied him everywhere. In his life of Doctor Coke, Mr. Drew The Illustrated History of Methodism. 413. PRESIDENTS OF THE BRITISH CONFERENCE, 1814-1841 18. Richard Reece. 19. John Gaulter. 20. Jonathan Edmondson. 21. John Crowther. 22. Jabez Bunting. 24. Robert Newton. 25. Richard Watson. 26. John Stephens. 27. James Townley. 28. George Morley. 30. Joseph Taylor, 2d. 31. Edmund Grindrod. 32. Thomas Jackson.$$. TheophiluS James Dixon. 23. George Marsden. 29. Richard Treffry. 414 THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF METHODISM. gives an interesting account of theirmode of life: To furnish her with everyaccommodation while traveling, DoctorCoke purchased a plain carriage, inwhich, without servants, and with hiredhorses, they traveled from place to placeby such easy stages as her health wouldallow. But as they had no cer
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