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 . - connected them-selves with St. Edmunds Hall, the prin-cipal of which seems to have been aworthy man. Eager to do some religiouswork, they visited the houses of the poorin the town and engaged there in relig-ious exercises, praying, singing hymns,and expounding the Scriptures. Eor thisoffense against propriety, a complaint
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 . - connected them-selves with St. Edmunds Hall, the prin-cipal of which seems to have been aworthy man. Eager to do some religiouswork, they visited the houses of the poorin the town and engaged there in relig-ious exercises, praying, singing hymns,and expounding the Scriptures. Eor thisoffense against propriety, a complaintwas made against them to the vice-chan-cellor—by the Bishop of Oxford, it issaid. The result was a visitation of thehall and their expulsion; in spite of thefact that the principal of the hall spokein the highest terms of the piety and ex-emplariness of their lives. This eventtook place in March, 17MX. One of theheads of houses present observed, thatas these six gentlemen were expelled forhaving too much religion, it might bewell to inquire into the conduct of thosewho had too little! It was this piece of petty tyranny thatfilially led the Countess of Huntingdonto carry out the scheme which she hadlong been contemplating. Having con-. si*. DAVIDS CATHEDRAL, hKMBROKKSHlRK, TREVKCCA DISTRICT. 132 The Illustrated History of Methodism.
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