The history of Methodism . CHAPTER LXIWesleys First Conference No Rope of Sand.—A Church Without the Name.—Recoveryof the Old Minutes.—Wise and Witty Rules.—Were theMethodists Schismatics? WE have seen that Methodism was a revival of prim-itive Christianity; based on apostolic doctrine, in-spired by conscious divine life, expressed and sus-tained by spiritual fellowship, and vindicated by moralmiracles and Christlike philanthropy. No merely self-cen-tered life was theirs who sang: Not in the tombs we pine to dwell,Not in the dark monastic cell By vows and grates conhned ;Freely to all ourselve
The history of Methodism . CHAPTER LXIWesleys First Conference No Rope of Sand.—A Church Without the Name.—Recoveryof the Old Minutes.—Wise and Witty Rules.—Were theMethodists Schismatics? WE have seen that Methodism was a revival of prim-itive Christianity; based on apostolic doctrine, in-spired by conscious divine life, expressed and sus-tained by spiritual fellowship, and vindicated by moralmiracles and Christlike philanthropy. No merely self-cen-tered life was theirs who sang: Not in the tombs we pine to dwell,Not in the dark monastic cell By vows and grates conhned ;Freely to all ourselves we give,Constrained by Jesus love to live The servants of mankind. How were this new life, fellowship, and philanthropy to be sustained and extended? This was the question confronting Wesley. This new communion of saints was composed only in part of those who had been nominal members of the moribund Established Church. A far greater number had belonged to no Church. They had been converted from an utterly godless
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