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 . WESLEYS HOUSE, LONDON. Its successor was to meet at a stormcenter, in the great seaport on theSevern, where the questions of the ad-ministration of the sacrament, and ofholding service in church hours had 406 The Illustrated History of W^SLKYS as it now appears. caused a disruption; and it was ve
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 . WESLEYS HOUSE, LONDON. Its successor was to meet at a stormcenter, in the great seaport on theSevern, where the questions of the ad-ministration of the sacrament, and ofholding service in church hours had 406 The Illustrated History of W^SLKYS as it now appears. caused a disruption; and it was very-necessary to have a tried man in thepresidents chair. A north-country manwas chosen, the veteran Thomas Hanby,who had served Methodism throughstorm and sunshine in Yorkshire, inKent, in Scotland, and throughout thekingdom. At his death, which occurreda year after he quitted the presidency,he was the oldest preacher in the con-nexion. The work effected by this Conferencewas of a disciplinary character. It re-enacted the rule against ecclesiasticaltitles, and the wearing of gowns, bandsor other clerical dress. Preaching inchurch hours, except in very specialcases, was to be discountenanced; andthe privilege of administering the sacra-ments was to be confined to ninety or moreplaces, definitely mentioned. Moderatemen hoped that the conciliatory natureof the measures it passed would allay theexisting ferment; but in this expectation they were disappointed. The next Con-ference was, however, to pass a Plan ofPa
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