The history of Methodism . my Father—were amongher last words. Dr. Haweis, his wife, Lady Anne Erskine, and a lay gentle-man were appointed trustees of the chapels, houses, and othereffects of Lady Huntingdons Connection ; and they were toappoint successors. The lease of the old house at Trevecca expired in 1787,and the students were removed to Cheshunt, Hertford- Memorials of Lady Huntingdon 893 shire, where the college still stands, accommodating fortystudents. The president is Dr. Reynolds, who has held theoffice more than thirty years, and has taken a high place as atheologian and man of l
The history of Methodism . my Father—were amongher last words. Dr. Haweis, his wife, Lady Anne Erskine, and a lay gentle-man were appointed trustees of the chapels, houses, and othereffects of Lady Huntingdons Connection ; and they were toappoint successors. The lease of the old house at Trevecca expired in 1787,and the students were removed to Cheshunt, Hertford- Memorials of Lady Huntingdon 893 shire, where the college still stands, accommodating fortystudents. The president is Dr. Reynolds, who has held theoffice more than thirty years, and has taken a high place as atheologian and man of letters. Four hundred and fortyministers have been trained at Chcshunt, which has enrichedall the churches and supplied secretaries to the LondonMissionary Society, Religious Tract Society, and BibleSociety. A successful mission, with eleven churches, hasbeen carried on for more than fifty years at Sierra Leone,mainly by native ministers. The centenary of Lady Hunt-ingdons death was celebrated at Tunbridge Wells in CHAPTER XC1X Your Daughters Shall Prophesy* Women Preachers in England.—Mary Bosanquet (Fletcher).—Cast Out from Her Childhoods Home.—Sisters of the Poor.—The Orphanage.—Wesleys View of Womans Public Work.—Sarah Crosby and Mary Bosanquet as Preachers.—Fromthe Quarry and the Horseblock. W HAT women these Christians have! exclaimedLibanius, the pagan teacher of Basil and Chrys-ostom, in the fourth century, when he saw themothers and sisters of his pupils. Methodism in the eight-eenth century, as a revival of primitive Christianity, didmuch to restore woman to her true place, not only in theministry of many homes in Britain and America, but in themore public service of the Church and humanity. It must notbe forgotten, however, that the Quakers of the seventeenthcentury had recognized the right of women to Locke, the philosopher, once went to a Quaker meetingin London where he heard Rebecca Collins preach with suchpower that his object
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