A history of the most interesting events in the rise and progress of Methodism, in Europe and America [electronic resource] . ery direction. By the faithful exertions of Mr. Asbury, and those whowere associated with him, the work of God extended amongthe people, and it was soon perceived that more help wasmuch needed to supply the calls of the people. Indeed thepeople in |pny places, particularly in the middle and south-ern provinces—for so these United States were then called,being a part of the British dominions—were but poorlysupplied with the word and ordinances of Christ, and purereligion
A history of the most interesting events in the rise and progress of Methodism, in Europe and America [electronic resource] . ery direction. By the faithful exertions of Mr. Asbury, and those whowere associated with him, the work of God extended amongthe people, and it was soon perceived that more help wasmuch needed to supply the calls of the people. Indeed thepeople in |pny places, particularly in the middle and south-ern provinces—for so these United States were then called,being a part of the British dominions—were but poorlysupplied with the word and ordinances of Christ, and purereligion was generally at a very low ebb. A taste for ex-perimental religion had, it is true, been created in somehearts, by the powerful preaching of the celebrated White-field, who, some time previously to the arrival of theMethodist missionaries, had travelled through the country,and preached with his usual zeal and success. The fields,however, at this time, were ripe for the harvest; and afaithful account of the state of affairs here being transmit-ted to Mr. Wesley, in 1773, Messrs. Thomas Rankin and PI. 11. -Fage 25 2. 1,1,/r -li>J
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