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London, England, 1835-11-18 00:00:00

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A.PPEAL to the BRITISH PUBLIC, against
the PRIESTLY AND POLITICAL POWER of the
WULEYAN-METHODIST CONFERENCE.
Very
.m_ few are aware of what Wesleyan Methodism actually is. It
'u hitherto been looked upon, for the most part, as an extraordi-
LarY means employed by the Providence of God in the spread of
"th and holiness amongst the poor, the wicked, and the wretched
of
l'nr, home population : and has been acknowledged accordingly,
tajoras.nch of Christ's Church here upon earth, the efforts of which
fin, been pleased signally to bless.and prosper. The word Me-
umst, for about one hundred years, has been applied to all—what-
their opinions as" to speculative theology, or their practice as
Zoeclesiastical government might be, who were not ashamed to
'7ar the reproach of Christ, by whose love they were constrained
priseek the extension of the heavenly kingdom every where, but
werela!ly amongst their neighbours and fellow-countrymen, who
• r 'mg around them without God and without hope.
"13na Wesley was the founder of this sect, every where spoken
rg. Both by his preaching and his living he showed himself
it, witness of the truth and power of that inspiration, which enables
-"e loan of G° d to know nothing amongst men but Jesus Christ, and
tittii •
4, rucified. No one could ever charge him with seeking his own.
he•
,_" Is you I seek and not yours"—was the unchallenged and un-
'"lng spirit, in which he lived, and worked, and died. All that
did is
la before the world. He knew nothing of men's opinions and
serso. •
&mons as such. Men of all sentiments, religious and political,
he his brethren—and allies,if, With him, they strove to flee from
0 wrath to.coree, and to lay hold on endless life—to save their
:n souls, whilst they were instrumental in assisting others also in
~,!rkitig out their salvation with fear and trembling. This was the
V•t--the only bond of his confederated or " United Societies,"
~no he supplied with every means of grace, required by the
—`4„ Mg emergencies of their novel situation, and evidently furnished
tir, of the providential storehouse of the great Head of the Church.
lotself a churchman (as to its doctrines and discipline, generally),
aPplied himself to the reformation of mankind, according to
4 light and help which God himself was pleased to afford, deter-
th flea, in the mean time, to know no man after the flesh—but
Ka nkfully to avail himself of the aid dell, and never to rest, until
heavenly character of the church of Christ should be seen and
"-Koowledged. and every thing worldly and unholy be taker: for
teiter out of its way. In one short sentence he has left upon record
fq full and settled judgment of his enlightened mind upon this
Vaanental subject—on which also he uniformly acted throughout
4.,„e whole course of his truly apostolical career ; and, instead of
'ding
we shallether a variety of quotations, all of them to the same
rehearse these memorable words—written, as if for
doote very times—spoken as by a spirit of prophecy, to mark out the
'
,ibrn, and betoken the speedy downfall of the USURPATION that has
010sequently been built upon the Scriptural foundation which he was
,:en of God to lay in this benighted land. THE BEAST Is A
(!:ITUALLY SECULAR POWER, OPPOSITE TO THE KINGDOM OF
galsT • A aowsta NoT MERELY SPIRITUAL OR ECcLEslAsTi-
e
t„ at
, NOR MERELY SECULAR AND POLITICAL, BUT A MIXTURE
10TH These oracular words of his weleave to the thoughtful
igh eiditation. of the true Christian. They will bear a second and a
I,,„fd Perusal. We pray God to carry them forward to his inmost
14`Trt-- there to become auxiliary to the establishment of the almost
s''nown, unheeded, but Heaven-sprung truth of Jesus Christ,—
‘ '
tY
KINGDOM Is NOT OF THIS WORLD."
th.,_Noce John Wesley's death, his successors of the Conference have
tlt'"Lveured to root themselves as " a spiritually secular power" in
othearid--to rival, to outstrip, and then to cast under them, all
, modes or forms of faith whatever. They have, for near half
thierritury, been underworking the rights and freedoms of mankind;
same outside show of doctrine and of discipline, which their
let!or left them being uniformly presented to the beguiled and
their!Lusted eye of 'their unsuspecting adherents. The last meshes of
% net have lately been knotted, and upwards of one million of
11: fellow-countrymen, of their classes and congregations, in Great
5514 in alone, now find themselves enclosed within the toils of an
tihl esiastical economy, which asserts the divine right of an irrespon-
kaie Priesthood to legislate in all matters of doctrine, whilst it
p,,i4tains the legal right ONE HUNDRED self-chosen elders of that
4,,4th00d to have and to hold, to open and to shut, several thousand
9i:B.for worship, all raised by voluntary subscription,for the reli-
kP instruction and benefit of the respective neighbourhoods, in
tnich they have been built. Besides which appalling fact, it is
sie,a,,lY, unblushingly asserted, that, while this priesthood can deal
,trY list with the souls of men and the things pertaining to God
so ":e members of their numerous societies and congregations have
I,right whatever, human or divine, so much as to deliberate, much
th--* to decide upon, any of the great principles which associate
1441. together as a religious or a corporate body. Certain opinions,
Indiscriminately, amongst all classes of the community, civil
d. religious, have been declared irreconcileable with the con-
itio..anal existence of the parties holding them; certain proceed-
14' sanctioned every where else in the churches of Christ, have
41,4 denounced as unmethodistical, and have entailed the sum-
tifezeoremiinication of all who have hitherto dared to iden-
io themselves therewith. Thus, within a few short months (the
se:oinations of these lords over God's heritage being completed),
eral preachers, with thousands of the members of the body,
(4e been solemnly expelled. These men are now unwillingly
%cited to renounce all connexion with their brethren—all claim
IL!itie to the temples they have assisted in rearing, in which
Ciselves and their children, and their neighbours, have toge-
c worshiPped the Lord God of their fathers. Since the in-
hilt's Act of Uniformity was proclaimed, the consequences of fsu'll are matters of notorious history, so frightful, so dar-
le,,, stretch of priestly prerogative, has never been exhibited
bete United Kingdom. Of real state of things in this
%It the country at large has but little knowledge—nor are
list,_'llovr-countrymen at all aware of the dangers with which they
rni_ mon with themselves, are menaced by these overt acts of an
sk,;tiastical tyranny. The concentration, the organisation, the
esso:eiY, the ease, with which, at the nod of one man, the most
!eated, yet most efficient machinery in the world is now
thett to bear upon the people of England, as one means of
46; in; the progress of salutary reforms ; and, under the mask of
thr,ri at home, and missions abroad, of overtopping all other
4lskenel, and upon their ruins causing a second grisly papacy to
Itsol: These religious and political features of Wesleyan Metho-
as at present administered, are now disclosing themselves in
se'L. that, unhappily, leaves no room for doubt, whilst it must fill
:ind of
with disthe generous philanthropist with serious apprehension,Pow
t may.
° counteract this influence, and, if possible, to subvert this
er---to find out what is the freedom wherewith Christ has made
(se,l'eePle free, and then—having attained unto the truth of God
itarO,ther Wesley, or Calvin, or Luther, may have aided us in our
eo after it), to, band down the clustering blessings that grow
tlAt°f it, to our children after us • this great idea has led to the for-
k. :(1 of the Wesleyan Methodist. Association. Whether it shall
ts,',"ted or not it is for God—for time—for the friends of truth—
AS 'Where to,determine. On this one thing the members of this
tiCriVation have set their hearts, and they hereby again pledge
14,,,,5e„1ve5, never to grow weary, so long as they have any hope from
'144 a"—any help from their brethren, whatever may be their creed.
this
~,-"atover the name by which they are called. The object of
teAc:""dress is to call the attention of Christians, and of the public
4rs-orLieelY, to the present position and aspects of the Wesleyan Con-
ics,* on the one hand, and of its reformers on the other—to
amEnglishmen of all classes of the danger that threatens
ilyregressin:ittinicipai and national liberties, throuh the •wilut stea-
hrg career of this now stupendougs body, mores srecret—
tvsr ramified--and more dangerous than any Orange Union that
Netted against our freedom—to forearm all, thus forewarned,
minteY may be ready to meet these men at every fresh develop-
Illppor7 their deep-laid schemes, and to bespeak the counsel and
krekt of all who are willing to take any part in reforming this
"44,1"e0P1e, and so, relatively, in reforming the entire Church of
la ~„
e friendly leaning of Wesleyanism tcwards the Church of Eng-
,Nrer° grandiloquently but gratuitously trumpeted forth by the
tlitios!nce of 1834, and so covertly made to bear upon the politico-
Lklpt us crisis of that period, together with some more recent at-
preto conciliate the influential Dissenters, whom they had
tl,e most cavilierly affected to despise, has happily opened
kQtrlet;' of both these great parties in the State to the Jesuitical
ilivit,'sr of modern Methodism,—running with the hare, but hold. -
st,nr Vito hound,—standing aloof on the field of battle, and in
illt*Ql with each of the contending hosts, until the hour of hottest
tiop, (nild afford an opportunity to pour down with its mercenary
4: and occasion their mutual discomfiture. This trickery with
ei,arty, and treachery with the other, has disgusted them
e'Vhig and Tory, Churchman and Dissenter, Conservative
kitt*:l4°rTner, Protestant and Papist, are all alike prepared for the
Ivk s' though undeviating, policy of the best organised, and
men eingerous hierarchy, at present to be found in Christendom.
not, as an Association, to mingle in this strife. We are
ts 'ltem, and followers of Christ; as such, we would seek out
A ,4th, and, having found it, under whatever shape we care
iti? we e willing to walk after it, and to abide by it. Whoever
cled with ourselves in this matter, or whoever should
li
to rah Ire kre in this, followers of that which is good, he is the man
it we look at the present crisis of our ecclesiastical and na-
th,existence, for the kindly help he sees we need ; whilst,
th,tianle time, we trust we shall not be backward in doing
Ore aY be in our power to assist him in the furtherance
/44 stZ ‘n ing that shall be shown to be truly wise and good.
e 4 ng
Pan holy. Sure we are, that e times we in,
c't tunesdaash either for sleep or for sloth the
. The minds live
en ef m
1;1111 there are athirst, we might almost say, agasp, for some better
i,!ssy, an that they have hitherto been furnished with. We are
Ilttitir-.,We are woe when we look at the tearing, the biting, the
eikr Worrying' of one another, that has been, and still is,
ii'llisitTne in some of the sections of the professing church of
40,,,, Men and brethren help--come up with us to the help of
kt "10 the help of the Lord against the mighty.
eat', then, most earnestly upon lass free press, metropolitan
lh°drovir
to afford their powerful istance in disabusing the
„t rev 'ne public, who know little or nothing comparatively of
1111'04 !tate of this hierarchy ; we invite the notice of all parties
e tillliciaus to the existence' power, of a priestly that is ready for
t'i!thtiv and to the seeming, to coalese with any, whilst it is
i4l"rking its way over them all, and above them all, and to
:t ruction of theta all. We solicit the assistance, pecuniary
rit:2 other, of the friends of truth and liberty—the wise—the
tc:Ie1(1.0d of all parties, who are bound to none, but God
4av "awe us to carry to successful termination a work which
4,,`114, undertaken, not with any private aim, but for the public
t;;."..an`l in which we are resolved never to slacken, whatever the
‘tv,e may be called upon personally to make, until having
' and
ofne subject before the whole British public in its courts of
° 41°st a,„„certy, and of supreme legislation ; and, lastly, before.
~
and all-determining tribunal=the tribunal of public
ik the
rsyeei:itzliat the truth is, and whether that truth shall
ncipal town a Committee of the Wesleyan Me-
ktki:ern‘slnsiveeietion is to be found, to whom Donations and Sub-
LZtes end
be transmitted ; thence to be conveyed to the Man-
t.-4'4, Liverpool Central Committee, or to either of the_ fol-
"e‘it., on :--W. Smith. Esq., Reddish House, near Stocks
~ "°0(1, Esq., Newton-street, Manchester ; Richard
St. Ann-street, Liverpool; or John Thurston, Esq,,
ver,,,,l.rcet, Strand, London.
"01, Oct. 24, 1835.