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 . te forsuccess in that Church: courtly manners,powerful friends, solid learning, admin-istrative gifts. When Wesley first seteyes upon him, in Somersetshire, inthe year 1776, he felt that the Welsh-man was a man after his own union then began, we read in hisJournal, which, I trust, shall neverend. The very important
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 . te forsuccess in that Church: courtly manners,powerful friends, solid learning, admin-istrative gifts. When Wesley first seteyes upon him, in Somersetshire, inthe year 1776, he felt that the Welsh-man was a man after his own union then began, we read in hisJournal, which, I trust, shall neverend. The very important practicalresult of this interview was that Cokecast in his lot entirely with the Meth-odist movement, and easily secured bycommon consent the second place in theconnection. No one else was so wellqualified to supply Wesleys place in anemergency; and almost at once he wasrecognized as his natural influence upon Wesley, though un-doubtedly exaggerated, was great. The influence on the whole, if weconsider the manner of Doctor Cokesconversion and his dismissal from hiscuracy, was not likely to act as a deter-rent to the spirit of schism latent inMethodism. From an early period inthe movement it had become evidentthat there was a strong and determined. WKLLS CATHEDRAL. 234 THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF METHODISM.
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