. The history of Methodism. pit openly denounced the Methodists, sixhundred of whom were going about the country preachingdamnable doctrines and picking mens pockets. Yet evenin that ministers parish the people heard Lee with wateryeyes, and one of the deacons scored the persecutor in thepublic prints. The minister at Fairfield had been complaining of ourcoming, said Lee, and, I suppose, will complain more. Are you not come to form a Methodist society here? askeda tavern keeper. I am here to call sinners to repentance,was the quick reply, but if the Lord blesses my labors, andthe people desire
. The history of Methodism. pit openly denounced the Methodists, sixhundred of whom were going about the country preachingdamnable doctrines and picking mens pockets. Yet evenin that ministers parish the people heard Lee with wateryeyes, and one of the deacons scored the persecutor in thepublic prints. The minister at Fairfield had been complaining of ourcoming, said Lee, and, I suppose, will complain more. Are you not come to form a Methodist society here? askeda tavern keeper. I am here to call sinners to repentance,was the quick reply, but if the Lord blesses my labors, andthe people desire to join us, I cannot forbid them. But you Headache and Heartache 429 preach too loud, protested another Fairfield man ; it makesthe womens heads ache. I hope God will help me tospeak hereafter so as to make their hearts ache, was allthe concession the thundering preacher would make to hisrequest. Nathan Bangs, then a lad of twelve, remembered the stirwhich Lees sermons made in that quiet Connecticut corner, •*. x
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