. Religious denominations of the world : comprising a general view of the origin, history, and condition of the various sects of Christians, the Jews, and Mahometans, as well as the pagan forms of religions ... with sketches of the founders of various religious sects. r,Pa.; Dr. C. F. Walther, of St. Louis, Mo.; Dr. Bittle, ofSalem, Va., and Dr. A. 11. Rude, of Columbia, S. C. METHODISTS. It is not generally known that the name of Methodisthad been given long before to a religious sect in England,or, at least, to a party in religion which was distinguishedby some of the same marks as are now s
. Religious denominations of the world : comprising a general view of the origin, history, and condition of the various sects of Christians, the Jews, and Mahometans, as well as the pagan forms of religions ... with sketches of the founders of various religious sects. r,Pa.; Dr. C. F. Walther, of St. Louis, Mo.; Dr. Bittle, ofSalem, Va., and Dr. A. 11. Rude, of Columbia, S. C. METHODISTS. It is not generally known that the name of Methodisthad been given long before to a religious sect in England,or, at least, to a party in religion which was distinguishedby some of the same marks as are now supposed to applyto the Methodists. John Spence, who was librarian ofSion College in 1657, in a book which he published, says,* Where are now our Anabaptists and plain pikestaff Me-thodists, who esteem all flowers of rhetoric in sermons nobetter than stinking weeds? But the denomination towhich we here refer was founded in the year 1729, by oneMr. Morgan and Mr. John Wesley. In the month ofNovember that year, the latter, being then fellow of Lin-coln College, began to spend some evenings in reading tlieGreek Testament with Charles Wesley, student, Mr. Mor-gan, commoner of Christ Church, and Mr. Kirkham. ofMerton College. Not long afterwards, two or three of the. Enaraved By
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