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 . atan trans-formed into an angel of light; but thesepastors add all sorts of sins eighteen years he remained bishop,and a center of spiritual life and organiz-ing energy in the community; a real shepherd of the flock. After his deaththe University of Oxford petitioned thathe might be canonized, but their requestw
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 . atan trans-formed into an angel of light; but thesepastors add all sorts of sins eighteen years he remained bishop,and a center of spiritual life and organiz-ing energy in the community; a real shepherd of the flock. After his deaththe University of Oxford petitioned thathe might be canonized, but their requestwas not granted. Very dear must the cathedral have beento Samuel Wesley associated as it waswith such men as Grostete and with thesaintly life of the past. At this time loftyspires crowned the towers, and pointedheavenward; but these were removed a hundred years later. The town in hisday was laid out in a confused manner,with straggling, uneven streets. Its pop-ulation amounted to five thousand, orabout an eighth of its present size. Thebishops palace had been in ruins for halfa century. To return now to the family at Ep-worth. The earlier period of Samuel Wes-ley s pastorate there was not by anymeans wholly unfavorable to religiouseffort. The archbishops and bishops. BAPTISMAL FONT IX KIWORTII CHURCH W1IKKKTIIK WKKK I! A ITIZKD. of the English Church were, in thesedays, for the most part, able, sincere andgodly men. At Epworth the Wesleyswere almost as close to \ ork as to Lin-coln; indeed, it was much easier in roughweather to reach York, because of thebroad, unbridged Trent that boundedthe parish on the east. Occupying theprimates seat there was the excellentvSharpe, a man certainly after SamuelWesleys own heart, and an ideal arch-bishop; a prelate of whom it might trulybe said that he preserved the unity of the 32 The Illustrated History of Methodism. spirit in the bond of peace. A vigorousmovement for the reformation of man-ners, the spread of Christian k
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