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 . m. Mr. Hotham, a clergymanof that town, had published an ill-in-formed and misleading pamphlet, directedagainst the People called Methodists, in 1<S 12, he again resumed preachingwith the Wesleyan Methodists, and wasregarded thenceforth as a pillar of theChurch. His first auspicious literaryservices to the Church was his
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 . m. Mr. Hotham, a clergymanof that town, had published an ill-in-formed and misleading pamphlet, directedagainst the People called Methodists, in 1<S 12, he again resumed preachingwith the Wesleyan Methodists, and wasregarded thenceforth as a pillar of theChurch. His first auspicious literaryservices to the Church was his defenseof foreign missions. When, toward the close of his busycareer, Dr. Thomas Coke severed hisconnection with the foreign missionboard in London, of which he had beenthe general superintendent and motive-power, it was feared that the work wrouldpermanently suffer. Not only was he 478 the Illustrated History of Methodism. the best collector for the fund, travelinghither and thither to raise money, buthe himself was a liberal giver, and in-spired others by example. In the end,however, the removal of his auspiciouspersonality did not injure the organizing talent of Jabez Buntingplaced that upon a secure footing whichhad hitherto depended on the initiative. MISSIONARY BISHOPS OF THE METHODISTEPISCOPAL CHURCH. i. Francis Burns, Missionary Bishopof the Church in Western Africa. 2. John WrightRoberts, late Missionary Bishop for Africa. and enthusiasm of a single person. Themantle of Coke may, indeed, be said tohave fallen upon Bunting. We have seen how Buntings mother,good Mary Redfern, when a girl in Der-byshire, heard Richard Boardman, as hewas on his way to New York, and howshe underwent a change of heart. Re-membering the text (1 Chron. iv. 10)from which he had preached, she calledher first-born Jabez. He was born inthe year 1779 at Manchester, where hisfather was a tailor. His early education was thorough; andhe was fortunate in attracting the no
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