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 . BAPTISMAL FONT IX KIWORTII CHURCH W1IKKKTIIK WKKK I! A ITIZKD. of the English Church were, in thesedays, for the most part, able, sincere andgodly men. At Epworth the Wesleyswere almost as close to \ ork as to Lin-coln; indeed, it was much easier in roughweather to reach York, because of thebroad, unbridg
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 . BAPTISMAL FONT IX KIWORTII CHURCH W1IKKKTIIK WKKK I! A ITIZKD. of the English Church were, in thesedays, for the most part, able, sincere andgodly men. At Epworth the Wesleyswere almost as close to \ ork as to Lin-coln; indeed, it was much easier in roughweather to reach York, because of thebroad, unbridged Trent that boundedthe parish on the east. Occupying theprimates seat there was the excellentvSharpe, a man certainly after SamuelWesleys own heart, and an ideal arch-bishop; a prelate of whom it might trulybe said that he preserved the unity of the 32 The Illustrated History of Methodism. spirit in the bond of peace. A vigorousmovement for the reformation of man-ners, the spread of Christian knowledgeand the conversion of the heathen was agation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts,known as the S. P G., the diocese of Lin-coln, under Bishop Gardiner, took aprominent part. ALTHjbRPE ^ • •$*6AINSB0R0U6HSCRdpBY \J. MBUTHOflFB 6RANTHAM%&OOJLSTHOflP£ IYM MAP OP LINCOLNSHIRE TO ILLUSTRATE WESLEYS EARLY LIFE. fostered by the archbishop and his the founding in 1695 of the Societyfor Promoting Christian Knowledge, stillvigorous and known as the S. P. C. K.,and in 1701 of the Society for the Prop- The circle of Samuel Wesleys ac-quaintance—Robert Nelson, Dr. , Gastrell, Bishop of Chester, SirRichard Blackmore, Halley, the astrono-mer—were at one in their desire to advance The Illustrated History oe Methodism. 33 Gods kingdom on earth. Toward theclose of Queen Annes reign, unfortunate-ly, things were to change for the tone of the episcopate was percepti-bly lowered; Christian zeal was ingreat measure supplanted by the bitterspirit of ecclesiastical fact
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