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 . ( ) S( >l Til CHlKCII, 111 ISII IN. entitle man, who in his labor- has dis-covered an intensely interesting phe-nomenon, and desires to record the mani-festations in the exactest manner. Herecognized it as Gods doing, and it wasmarvelous in his eyes. Edwards and Weslev were not des-tined ever to meet. But, happily, t
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 . ( ) S( >l Til CHlKCII, 111 ISII IN. entitle man, who in his labor- has dis-covered an intensely interesting phe-nomenon, and desires to record the mani-festations in the exactest manner. Herecognized it as Gods doing, and it wasmarvelous in his eyes. Edwards and Weslev were not des-tined ever to meet. But, happily, there 140 The Illustrated History of Methodism. was a bond of connection between themother than the medium of mere printedmatter. Whitefield was to serve as achannel of communication. For him NewEngland possessed a peculiar one occasion in his journal he ex-presses a hope that death will not be so bitter to him ashis friends inGlad shall I bethither againnative seemed parting withNew England,to be prayedbefore I see myHis visits toto give him re-. THF, OIvD SOUTH CHURCH, NEIWBURYPORT, PRIOR TO 1S56. newed spiritual power, and an increasedunction. Whitefield hoped in making his firstvisit to New England in 1740 to be re-freshed amongst the descendants of thegood old Puritans. He found that hemust give as well as receive; for thechurches there needed to be roused. Theeffect of his preaching at Boston is de-scribed as extraordinary- To many itseemed as if the early days of Puritanfervor were revived. The effect uponHarvard College was also powerful andlasting. At Cambridge, writes Doc-tor Colman, a Boston clergyman, in aletter to Whitefield, the college is en- tirely changed; the students are full ofGod, and will, I hope, come out bless-ings in their generation; and, I trust, arenow so to each other. Many of them arenow, we think, truly born again, andseveral of them happy instruments ofconversion to their fellows. The voiceof prayer and praise fills thei
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