The Sun.
London, England, 1835-10-29 00:00:00

APPEAL to 'the natrlSH PUBLIC,
against
the PRIESTLY AND POLITICAL POWER of the
WESLEYAN-METROIDIST CONFERENCE.
.tiasVierylithiezoare awes%) of what Wesleyan Methodism actually is, it
heess looked upon, for the most pert, es, Ma tattreordi-
tnrrib In',"% tmployed by the Providence et .n-oa ,tt, spread of
of o and ,olinesi amongst the pose 'flee Svi'Aseil, and the wretched
if
_ our l' ome population : mut Me beast etAnewledged accordiegly,
if :17 anch of Christ's Chnrch ft6re Upon earth, the efforts of 's'ehich
tits :as been Pleased signally 'to bless and prosper.. Tht Weed Mee
eiist, for about one hundred years, has been erSSlteAto alls4vliat-
.cttrnerr tthhe:r opinions as to speculative theetagy, or their &adtii'i" it'',
bear ecclesiastical governnacnt might he, who were nett 4selained to
reproach of Christ. by whose love the'- \'Stre constrained
p"riseek the extension of the heavenly kietalem every where, but ,
wornncli,l'ivalnlYgemongst their neighbours and fol....countrymen, wt. 1
around them withoet Gott and without hone.
John Weeley was the fonnder of this sect, every tthewe spoken 1
4tif:inst- Beth by his preaching and his living he showed himself
th , witnes, of the truth and power of that inspiration, which enables
Ise 'nal, of God to know nothing amongst men hut Jesus Christs And
ont
crr ged. No one could ever charge him with seeking his Own.
1
T seek and not vours"—was the unchallenged and un-
nrian k spirit, in avhich he lived, and worked, and tiled. All that
i
he did s before the world. He knew nothing of men's opinions amt.
Persuasions as such. Men of all sentiments. 'religious and utdittesl,
Were his brethren—and allies--if, with hiStethey strove tie nee from
the wrath to come, and to lay hold e-n endless bier„ save their
o_ven souls, whilst they were instruSeental in etsalating others also in
"'ling out their salvation wit'', fear and trembling. This mos the
s_gr,eat—the Only bond of his confederated or " United Societies,"
wno.ni he supplied with every means of grace, required by the
coming emergencies of their novel situation, and evidently furnabed
fteitrnos..._,feitfliae
ephrouar•tic,etint,al storehouse of the great Head of the Church.
an (as to its doctrines and discipline generally),
the (1,114 led itivase/f to the reformation of mankind, according to
in;_iight end. help which God himself was pleased to afford, deter-
thin the mean time, to know no man after the flesh—but
thankfuDy to avail himself of the aid of all, and never to rest, until
nsjbea•Yenly character of the church of Christ should be seen and
eyenr-isledged, and every thing worldly and unholy be taken for
the'. out of its way. In one short sentence he has left upon record
I._- full and sett y.
judgment of his enlightened mind upon this
tzdilarnhoeineta,l,os.,uurbject—on which also he uniformly acted throughout
se of his truly apostolical career ; and, instead of
i'''crowding toesether a variety of quotations, all of them to the !erne
itsn:'
.wn shall rehearse these memorable words—written, as if for
deem 'try times—spoken as by a spirit of prophecy, te mark out the
1, And betoken the speedy downfall of the Use' ePA TIQN that has
,11113se'lluentlrbeen built upon the Scriptural fossndation which he was
8 •:''e" of God to lay in this benighted .and. THE BEAST IS A
;.,:i.tkITUALLY SECULAR POWER, OPrbSITE TO THE KINGDOM OF
,A RI"; A POWER NOT MERELY SPIRITUAL OR ECCLESIASTI-
. , NOR, MERELY SECULAIk AND POLITICAL, BUT A M/XTURE
°);,("/"." These oracular . words of his weleave to the thoughtful
thheiarrldittlit)etrouesztiof.thwe terur
re
aCy/sristian. They will bear a second and a
God to carry them forward to his inmost
441,n,, there to becesme auxiliary to the establishment of the almost
o si
,'"•n, unheeded, but Heaven-sprung truth of Jesus Christ,—
lK'N,Gliort Is NOT OF THIS WORLD."
ens,:se d cara Wesley's death, his successors of the Conference have
the ;',3`4"`ed to root themselves as " a spiritually secular power" in ~.
othesi-r,•"•—to rival, to outstrip, and then to cast under them, all
• modes or forms of faith whatever. They have, for near half
ath:e,etury, been underworking the rights and freedoms of mankind;
.r -4,,,ame outside show of doctrine.
and of discipline, which their
14`)',,er left them, being uniformly presented to the beguiled ar..,
th "ntled eye of their unsuspecting adherents. The last meskies of
otieir net have lately been knotted, and upwards of one million of
issr• felieW-countrymen, of their classes and congregatisSes, in Great
,„n alone, now find themselves enclosed withi':l the toils of an
;4_,,i.tieal economy, which asserts the divine right of an irrespon-
ios,' priesthood to legislate in all matter's of doctrine, whilst it
'"tains the legal right ONE nutereaCe sql-chiisen elders of that
9:
."thnocl to have and to hold, to open and to shut, several thousand
sesfor worship, all raised bl voluntary subscription,for the reli-
,,i znstruction and beW-C of the respective neighbourhoods, in
.
"teh they have been In;,ilt. Besides which appalling fact, it is
48'ik1.,1, with
.sorted, that, while this priesthood can deal
"Y list With the, souls of men and the things pertaining to God
no
s right
t o de c
t'he members e
ide. (4 their numerous societies and congregations hay
I_ 3 whatever human or divine, so much as to deliberate, much
.
upon, any of the great principles which associate
lieZl;t4sg'ee-ter as a religious or a corporate body. Certain ?pinio.ns,
and an;Si'Seriminately, amongst all classes of the community, civil
oche I:essious have been declared irreconcileable with the eon-
iss,4Pl existence of the parties holding them ; certain proceed-
t'.l sanctioned every where else in the churches of Christ, have
kaz. denounced as unmethodistical, and have entailed the sum-
tit .7 excommunication of all who have hitherto dared to iden-
tlSa thernselves therewith. Thus, within a few, short months (the
oe,ehinations of these lords over God's heritage being completed),
14111 preachers, with thousands of the members of the body,
obre been solemnly expelled. These men are now unwillingly
~,..ed to renounce all connexion Path their brethren—all claim
theme
title to the temples they haw: assisted in rearing, in which
ti'l teselves and their children, and their neighbours, have toge-
sarn'" worshipped the Lord God of their fathers. Since the in-
e•hi°,4l Act of Uniformity was proclaimed, the consequences of
in,
are matters, of notorious history, so frightful, so dar-
jos,,a tof p.testly prerogative, has never thingsx.b
bss`fie United K:tngdom. Of the real state of in this
smY, the cow ;try at large has but little knowledge—nor are
our fell
in so, "wseoSintrymen at all aware of the dangers with which they
seeiWaup.o with themselves, are menaced by these overt acts of a_ n
Beer "iast-mal tyranny. The concentration, the organisation, the
e Toe„e„Ys the ease siith which, at the nod of one man, th, mest
b55,-,nueted, ye; most efficient machinery in the world Is now
elies-Ptt to bear upon the people of England, as one means of
re ',log the progress of salutary reforms ; and, under the mask of
church at home, and missions abroad, of a vertopping all other
esisrcliess, and upon their ruins causing a second grisly papacy to es„,' These religious and political feAtUres of Wesleyan Metho-
tils,."' as at present administered, are now disclosing themselves in
the al' that, unhappily, leaves no room for doubt, whilst it must fill
if noti'lild of the generous philanthropist with serious apprehension,
with dismay.
bo 0 counteract this influence, and, if possible, to subvert this
le",wer--to find out what is the freedom wherewith Christ has made
NI-1!)eople free, and then—having attained unto the truth of God
kat"her Wesley, or Calvin, or Luther, may have aided us in our
sio, ell after it), to hand down the clustering blessings that grow
so:t9f it, to our children after us : this great idea has led to the for-
see:" of the Wesleyan Methodist Association. Whether it shall •
ever 4 or not, it is for God—for time—for the friends of truth—
AsssYythere to determine.. On this one thing the members of this
themselvest-'elatio have set their hearts, and they hereby again pledge
ees, never to grow weary, so long as they have any hope from
tied eri--any help from their brethren, whatever may be their creed.
thia whatever the name by which they are called. The object of
gooearddress is to call the attention of Christians, and of the public
ter allY, to the esent position and aspects of the Wesleyan Con-
tor:ll,,,s_ce, on the one hand, and of its reformers on the other—to
thei"'rn Englishmen of all classes of the danger that threatens
(Ills ninnicipe/ and national liberties, through the ,oily but stee-
faiihPreZressing career of this now stupendous body, more seeseet_
er'r ramified--and more dangerous than any Orange U-ion that
that potted against our freedom—to forearm all, thug 'forewarned,
tacit tutted
may be ready to meet these Men at every- fresh develop-
Blippo"f their deep-laid schemes, and to besveak the counsel and
Not t of all who are willing to take; any pirt in reforming this
Je, PeePle and so, relatively, in rsforsaii•ig the entire Church of
-,,,its Chris''.
land, friendly leaning of Wester,. • boards the Church of Eng-
k.oe's '') grandiloquently buS,
tel. 'enee of 1834 and • -
tsolighit,°_us crisis chat 'isr-atlitsomuslytrumpeted forth by the
kelyi s to conciliate _Lm,le,overtly made to bear upon the politico-
together with some more recent at-
the „°,IIBIY most (say' 'ihe influential Dissenters, whom they had
9iss'ies of boat- • i ler y•aec e . despise,
.1. . I ff td to has happily opened
to sets, of_ -s these great. parties in. the
.State to the Jesuitical
ti,R With t, Aosiern Methodisnt,—runtung with the hare, but hold-
eat y,. . stes hound,—standing aloof on the field of battle, and in
At 41th each of the contending hosts, until the hour of hottest
6 sho , isos old afford an opportunity to pour down with its
mercenary
,'''t eoo ' acrd occasion their mutual discomfiture. This trickery with
'loth.
4„ VTa',literrty, and treachery with the other has disgusted them
0,1
11ilig and Tory, Churchman and Dissenter, Conservative
`'hie Protestant and Papist, are all alike prepared for the Nioostlas, thot;sh undeviating, policy of the lac's!, organised and
5 ,"'"neerous hierarchy, at present to be found in Chris.endorn.
hist sebek not, as an Association, to mingle in this strife. We are
,the'ltr”,,r,istens, and followers of Christ ; a: suds, we would seek out
'4. •"."' and, having found it, under whatever shape we care
h hit''-e are willing to walk after it, anti to abide by it- Whoever
thieke;"linded with ourselves in this matter, or whoever should
to liil 5 are in this, folhuvers of that which is good, lie is the man
,tiNel()„4l,we look at 'ne. present criss of our ecclesiastical and na-
.l the slsstence. for the kindly help he secs we need ; whilst,
of tha a,oe me,+'.we trust we shall not be backward in doing
‘).
"1' t -•"al be npower to assist him in the furtherance
8,, erv,•, our
0 P,, rig' that shall be shown to be truly wise and good,
L'' "o'',""g' and holy. Sure we are, that the times we live in,
itit,- tinies eitheyr. for sleep or for sloth. The minds of men
Zsetog'4llere are athirst, we might almost, say, agasp, for some better
I'ary au that they have hitherto been furnished with. We are
L'o
tities",wee are woe, when we look at the tearing, the biting, the
to
(s.
.isihiof one another, that has been, and still is,
. worrying
14 est. 'in some of the sections of the professing church of
I. ~rd Alen and brethren help—come up wills us to the help of
INV: :7-, to the help of the Lord against the mighty.
„sad pro 7, then, most earnestly upon the free press, metropolitan
tt'itie o-sy'rseial, to afford their powerful assistance in disabusing the
''''• *cal-'' thePublic,who know little or nothing comparatively of
of
star
.
ofall
Preiti :ate of this hierarchy ;we invite the notice
kii„i:ians to the existence of a priestly power, that is ready for
tti utly- and to the seeming, to coalese with' any, whilst it is
k ' (test its way over them all, and alsote them all, and to
_ito "'Icingrf
them all. We solicit the assistance, pecuniary
! st,...etriY other, of the friends of truth and liberty—the wise—the
.11Y, to I' good of all parties, who are bound to none, but God
14'0have e"'hle us to carry to successrul termination a work which
. Q undertaken not with any private aim, but for the public
hp'ri4:"(l in Whie'll'We are restitredEnever to sla'cken, whatever the
VOght 'tvhe May be called upon personally to make, until having
its ‘v and of e subject befeee the whole British public in its courts of
00o.est swrit'itY, a-ad of supreme legislation ; and., lastly, before
its toes.... ul and ill-determining tribunel—the tribunal of public
(tea it be se .
or 4.1 en what the truth is, and whether that truth shall
„.;
tc.;list
.43:ve.ry
.principal town a Committee of the . Wesleyan Me-
th pions ociation is to be found, to whom Donations and Sub-
10:s.,ter a can be transmitted ; thence to be conveyed to the Man-
le teen", Liverpool Central Committee, or to either of the foi-
ett • `yewml• •Smith,Reddish House, near Stock-
ts'n'' ),''. .---%l‘ EMI"
-Sth'' ...,,s Cod, Esq., Newton-street, Manchester ;
Oitte.`t, Ann-street, Liverpool; or John Thurston, Esq.,
'`..sterpoot:rlTt, Strand, London,
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'tic,' ENI:-.- ',HAM'S ROTTERDAM CORN and BUNION
t0bj.,440, p,:_whi.ch iri'. 'yes relief upon the first application.—This
11kis 'l4). ldrattlm havinss steed th test of experience for the
. last
It'sli , its et" in totally eradicating Corns and Bunions without
'll4;.llS.l:llvenience, needs little of the Proprietor's reeommenda-
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tes,ltsl great'foes without success, was induced by a friend, who had
I.li to ~S relief from the use' of your solvent, to give it a trial;
' ts' •`'Y Utter astonishment and pleasure, after three or four ap-
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la'hsteParsa"" RAY.
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