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 . cathKdkai,. discuss possibilities of doing good; andthis meeting has been called the firstMethodist Conference; but the phrasemust be understood in no separatist vStonehouse, the vicar, was a warmfriend of the movement. Soon afterward Whitefield received hisordination as priest from the good Bishopof
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 . cathKdkai,. discuss possibilities of doing good; andthis meeting has been called the firstMethodist Conference; but the phrasemust be understood in no separatist vStonehouse, the vicar, was a warmfriend of the movement. Soon afterward Whitefield received hisordination as priest from the good Bishopof Gloucester, Doctor Benson, who hadbefore ordained him deacon. John Wes-ley s friend, the former Bishop of Oxford,who was now Archbishop Potter of to have their sympathies turned against Canterbury, supported Benson in thishim. unpopular act; lor quite a clamor had 96 The Illustrated History of MARSHAI<SK,A PRISON IN THK HIGHflHKNTH CKNTURV. arisen against Whitefield. Benson wasclosely connected with the family of theEarl of Huntingdon, to whom he hadbeen tutor, and who, with his countess,was to be of great assistance to White-field in his future work. The two wereconstant attendants at his preaching andbrought many of their aristocratic friendsto hear him. At this time hewas active in raising fundsfor his orphanage at Savan-nah, and many of the nobilitycontributed generously to thescheme. Early in February of thiseventful year, an unfortunateincident took place at , Westminster,which tended to embitter thealready strained relations ex-isting between Whitefieldand the regular clergy Whitefield had been askedby some sympathizers to lect-ure in the church; but whenhe arrived it turned out thatthe regular lecturer had ap-pointed a substitute. White-field was preparing to retire,but his sympathizers insistedupon hearing him, and theresultwas an unseemly
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