The history of Methodism . ions in the presence of John Wesley. His com-bative but honest soul was greatly stirred. He resolved toappear before his congregation once more and publicly denythe rumor. His physician and family remonstrated in replied that he would rather die in harness than die inthe stall. He was carried to the pulpit, and there made his dying avowal that he was satisfied of the truth of all thathe had ever written. He was carried from his pulpit and soonafter borne to his grave. He was only thirty-eight whenhe died; and Bishop Ryle says: If he had lived longer,written m
The history of Methodism . ions in the presence of John Wesley. His com-bative but honest soul was greatly stirred. He resolved toappear before his congregation once more and publicly denythe rumor. His physician and family remonstrated in replied that he would rather die in harness than die inthe stall. He was carried to the pulpit, and there made his dying avowal that he was satisfied of the truth of all thathe had ever written. He was carried from his pulpit and soonafter borne to his grave. He was only thirty-eight whenhe died; and Bishop Ryle says: If he had lived longer,written more hymns, and handled fewer controversies, hismemory would have been held in greater honor. . Top-ladys undeniable faults should never make us forget hisequally undeniable excellencies. Wesleyan Methodists to-day agree with the evangelical bishop. ()ne of them writesof the sturdy polemic. He was honest in his errors, andhad a stout English heart, which commands our wonder, ifnot our admiration, in spite of his CHAPTER XCVIII The Woman Apostle of Ecclesiastical Freedom Noble Methodist Church Women.—Lady Huntingdons Se-cession from the Established Church.—Lord DartmouthsMethodism.—Lady Huntingdons Last Thought of Wesley.— My Work is Done. AMONG the honorable women who came under theinfluence of Methodism were Lady Glenorchy, LadyMaxwell, and Lady Henrietta Hope. Lady Glen-orchy became a widow when still young. Her grief and asevere illness led her to serious thought, and she gave her-self to a life of active Christian devotion. She built chapelsat Edinburgh, Bath, and in other places. Wesley met her in1770 and obtained for her the services of an Irish Methodistcleigyman, the Rev. Richard de Courcy, whose soul hadbeen fired by the eloquent message of Shirley. He made , Dublin, ring with the new evangel until the bishopsilenced him. From a tombstone he preached to a greatmultitude, and then, coming to London, met Whitefield. Hewas deeply impressed
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