. The history of Methodism. the minds of our best friends were therebyhurt. Asburys comment on Rankins first sermon, from the text, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shutit, was brief and to the point: He will not be admired asa preacher, but as a disciplinarian he will fill the place. Itwas no secret that they were come to lay the ax at the rootof the tree of irregularity. Pilmoor said of Shadfords ex-hortation, He called it True Old Methodism, and seemedto intimate the people had wanted it till now. The missionaries found plenty of work to do. Asburyescorted his successor t
. The history of Methodism. the minds of our best friends were therebyhurt. Asburys comment on Rankins first sermon, from the text, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shutit, was brief and to the point: He will not be admired asa preacher, but as a disciplinarian he will fill the place. Itwas no secret that they were come to lay the ax at the rootof the tree of irregularity. Pilmoor said of Shadfords ex-hortation, He called it True Old Methodism, and seemedto intimate the people had wanted it till now. The missionaries found plenty of work to do. Asburyescorted his successor to New York, where a cheering re-vival rewarded his efforts. The newcomer dealt franklywith the faults which he detected in the society, and ex-pressed his surprise at the extravagance of dress, in par- A New Step 89 ticular among the women. Sliadford, meanwhile, waspreaching at Trenton and other towns in New Whitworth, an English preacher, had been rous-ing South Jersey with his eloquence, and in touching the. FROM THE ENGRAVING BT RlDLE* MAGAZINE REV. GEORGE of the mo^t devoted of the Wesleyan Missionaries to America. great heart of Benjamin Abbott had opened the way for theconversion of hundreds more. Six weeks after Rankinsarrival in America he brought the preachers together atPhiladelphia in a Conference upon the Wesleyan plan, tohear Wesleys instructions and to adopt rules for a uniformgovernment.
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