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 . e minister dur-ing the period of the Revo-lutionary War. Educated atWestminster and at Oxford,Lord Dartmouth early identi-fied himself with the devoutsection of the English Churchand was rejected for office inhousehold by Lord Bute, as being too sanctimonious. People gavehim the nickname of Psalm Singer be-cause of his devo
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 . e minister dur-ing the period of the Revo-lutionary War. Educated atWestminster and at Oxford,Lord Dartmouth early identi-fied himself with the devoutsection of the English Churchand was rejected for office inhousehold by Lord Bute, as being too sanctimonious. People gavehim the nickname of Psalm Singer be-cause of his devout life. At the begin-ning of the American troubles he seemeddisposed to favor the claims of thecolonies, but finally voted against aconciliatory policy. Though an amiableman, with excellent intentions, he hadlittle strength of will or administrativecapacity. His virtues secured him thewarm esteem of honest Earmer name still survives in America, inDartmouth College, which received itscharter in 1769, largely owing to hisservices. His relations were so close The Illustrated History oe Meth OD/SM 115 with the pious Selina, Countess of colonial policy of the British government,Huntingdon, that he was selected by Wesley addressed, in June, 1775, a strung V, her to carry on her religious work in case appeal on behalf of the colonists, which of her death. betrays a singularly accurate estimate of To this excellent nobleman, who was the situation, and a substantially correct personally responsible for the regrettable forecast of the consequences involved in a 216 THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF METHODISM. 1
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