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 . the stimulus of their south-ern Methodist brethren had a great dealto do with the lavish manner in whichthe Scotch laity came to the aid of thenew organization. The Theological Institution was one of the chief beneficiaries of this greatoutburst of liberality. So contagiouswas the enthusiasm that the Rev. JamesEverett, who
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 . the stimulus of their south-ern Methodist brethren had a great dealto do with the lavish manner in whichthe Scotch laity came to the aid of thenew organization. The Theological Institution was one of the chief beneficiaries of this greatoutburst of liberality. So contagiouswas the enthusiasm that the Rev. JamesEverett, who had been one of the chieiopponents of the scheme, and was closelyin. sympathy with the seceders of 1829and 1835, subscribed twenty poundssterling, and burned fourteen hundredcopies of a pamphlet of his, entitledThe Disputants, in which he hadfiercely assailed it. At a meeting inNewcastle he publicly avowed his changeof opinion and his full approval of theinstitution. The sum of £72,000 was assigned tothe Theological Institution, which wasdivided into a north and south building,the first situated at Richmond Hall, nearEondon, the other in Lancashire, be-tween Manchester and Stockport. An-other large sum of £70,000 was devotedto the Missionary Society, for which an. RIGHT HON. SIR HENRY FOWLER, G. C S. I., M. P., British Cabinet Minister; son of the Rev. Joseph Fowler; born, 1830; appointed under-Secretary of the Home Department, 1884, and Secretary of India, 1894. The Illustrated History of Methodism 593
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