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 . many of them are well ed-ucated and even cultured. The quietlife on their holdings suits the temper-ament of the race, which is little adaptedto the stress and strain of modern indus-trial life, and prefers a dignified retire-ment. Meanwhile there had been considera-ble activity in the foreign field. It hasalways been a fav
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 . many of them are well ed-ucated and even cultured. The quietlife on their holdings suits the temper-ament of the race, which is little adaptedto the stress and strain of modern indus-trial life, and prefers a dignified retire-ment. Meanwhile there had been considera-ble activity in the foreign field. It hasalways been a favorite policy amongmany of those who are deeply concernedwith the future of the black race, to ad-vise their reshipment to the continentwhence they came. A large section ofthe colored people themselves ardentlydesire it; and some of their religiousleaders continue to advocate it with azeal that sometimes oversteps the year 1S16, Dr. Robert Kinley, ofBasking Ridge, New Jersey, who hadbeen greatly interested in the experi-ment made by English philanthropy atSierra Leone, gathered together at Prince-ton a few men of character, and laid be-fore them a scheme for thus deportingfree negroes. He advanced three telling 492 THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF DISTINGUISHED MISSIONARIES. i. Gogerly; forty-four years a sessionary in Ceylon. 2. William Moister; the missionary Barnabas Shaw; pioneer South Africa missionary. 4. John Thomas; pioneer missionary in the FriendlyIslands, Pacific Ocean. 5. John Hunt; pioneer missionary in the Fiji Islands. 6. James Calvert; Second mis-sionary in the Fiji Islands. arguments: first, the country would befree of an uncongenial element; secondly,Africa would benefit by receiving on hershores a partially civilized and Christian-ized population; and, lastly, the negroeswho remained would be in a better po-sition. A meeting held soon after inWashington, with Henry Clay presid-ing, resulted in the formation of TheAmerican
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