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 . d off-spring. The insistent manner in whichFoote and others of his tribe harp onthis physical defect, is a little weari-some. Their nickname for the greatpreacher was Doctor or Mr. woman of bad repute, named , who is one of the leading charactersin The Minor, is represented as hav-ing applied in vain for


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 . d off-spring. The insistent manner in whichFoote and others of his tribe harp onthis physical defect, is a little weari-some. Their nickname for the greatpreacher was Doctor or Mr. woman of bad repute, named , who is one of the leading charactersin The Minor, is represented as hav-ing applied in vain for absolution to thebare-footed, bald-pate beggars atBoulogne. But she fares better with theMethodists than with the Roman Catho-lics: So in my last illness I was wishdto Mr. Squintum, who stept in with hissaving grace, got me with the new birth,and I became, as you see, regenerate,and another creature. And she con-tinued her infamous trade of procuress,while a zealous and regular attenderof the Tabernacle at Tottenham-Court!Foote himself is said to have played thepart of this woman. An attempt to secure the approval ofthe Church for the play was happily afailure. Its author had the assurance tosend the manuscript to the Archbishopof Canterbury, with a request that His. DKATH OF CHATTERTON. 346 The Illustrated History of Methodism.


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