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 . llege wasto be a center for the cultivation of theorthodox faith, and the studies were tobe essentially theological. The revenuesof three churches—St. Michaels, AllS lints, and St. Mildreds—were devotedto its support. In the church of St. Michael, onMichaelmas Day, 17_0, John Wesley, asthe recently appointed fellow, preache
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 . llege wasto be a center for the cultivation of theorthodox faith, and the studies were tobe essentially theological. The revenuesof three churches—St. Michaels, AllS lints, and St. Mildreds—were devotedto its support. In the church of St. Michael, onMichaelmas Day, 17_0, John Wesley, asthe recently appointed fellow, preached brew and Arabic, Friday for logic andmetaphysics, and Saturday for is noticeable how clear-cut system en-ters into everything with which JohnWesley had to do. It is also noticeablethat his attitude is always constructiveand sympathetic; never merely negativeor critical. He wasted no breath incomplaining of the college or its heads,of whom he says nothing but good. Allhis energies he kept for transforming thebad into good and the good into better. 52 THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF METHODISM. Where anything had a favorable sidethat could be developed, he was sure todiscover it. It is from this period that his keepingof a diary commences, a habit to which. INTERIOR OF CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL. we owe many valuable particulars re-specting his views of life and his innerdevelopment. The thorough honestywith which he met every situation as itcame up, the complete mastery whichhis will possessed over his physicalframe, make the pages a clear mirror inwhich we see the unblurred image of theman. The notes are not limited to mereintrospection, but cover a wide range ofinterest. Busy as the man was in theactive pursuits of life, he found time toperuse every book of any consequence asit appeared; and he often registers hisopinions thereon in the diary. A period of restiveness supervened,which nearly led to his accepting a teach-ing post in Yorkshire; but the plan fell through,
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