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 . tervalsince the previous meeting. Xew mem-bers were to be admitted only after twomonths probation, and after a free dis-cussion of all possible objections to theircharacter and motives. The memberswere to conform strictly to the standardof conduct set by the society; and, if thriceadmonished, were to be considered as nolong
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 . tervalsince the previous meeting. Xew mem-bers were to be admitted only after twomonths probation, and after a free dis-cussion of all possible objections to theircharacter and motives. The memberswere to conform strictly to the standardof conduct set by the society; and, if thriceadmonished, were to be considered as nolonger in the society. Some of the feat-ures of the Moravian Church life wereintroduced. Every fourth Sunday, fromseven to ten in the evening, a generallove-feast was to be held. It is to be noticed that the free ex-change of the facts of Christian experi-ence at religious meetings was a newand strange thing in the England of thattime. The pious men of the Better-lane society felt that the sudden awaken-ing to a sense of righteousness and joyin the Holy Ghost was something to bespoken of freely, for the encouragementof others and the relief and uplifting ofthe believers own spirit. Another fruit-ful subject upon which believers wereencouraged to talk, was the continuous. KOSS MARKKT, FRANKFORT. assurance of peace and salvation in themidst of doubts, trials and special searching of the Scriptures at 86 The Illustrated History of Methodism.
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