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 . ered that thebuilding of the chapel had taxed the re-sources of the feeble band of three hun-dred who formed the New York Society,and that it was necessary to attend totheir home interests before they lookedfurther afield. It is just possible thatthe youthful ardor of Asbury made himoverhasty in censure. During the first ye
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 . ered that thebuilding of the chapel had taxed the re-sources of the feeble band of three hun-dred who formed the New York Society,and that it was necessary to attend totheir home interests before they lookedfurther afield. It is just possible thatthe youthful ardor of Asbury made himoverhasty in censure. During the first year of his ministryin America he does not seem to haveopened up many new centers of West Chester, East Chester, NewRochelle, Mamaronech, Amboy, Wil-mington, and other places which hevisited, Pilmoor had already been. Balti-more he did not visit until he had enteredupon the second year of his was he at this time probably theequal in pulpit gifts of his two predeces-sors. The defects of his early educationare apparent at this time in his corre-spondence, and only continuous effortscould eradicate them. It is greatly tohis credit that he found time, amidpressing duties, for systematic mentalimprovement, which bore admirablefruit in his later TABEE USED BY ROBERT STRAWBRIDGE AS APUEPIT. The Illustrated History of Methodism. 197 He was particularly clear-sighted, free from jealous},bent on making the most ofhis own capacities and of thoseof his associates and subor-dinates; and these qualitiesjoined to unbounded energyand masterfulness were soonto constitute him the leadingforce in the American move-ment. Moreover, the purityand sincerity of his piety wereevident to all; he carriedabout him the weight} influ-ence of perfect consecration. The progress of the work inAmerica came up before the Conferencewhich met at Leeds in August, 1772. Itwas yet too early to judge of Asburys ca-pacity, and Boardman was still in criticisms and other informa
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