Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1859-10-14

John wesley. III MethodlsIn, III lhe per
son of its founder, rolling onward at the Il
rate of 1900 miles per annum, was not il
calculated, in a land of turnpikes and ex- e
else, to gather much Pecuniary moss, it t
did not, as more stable institutions have 5
done, promote social damp or nestle eccle- i
siastical drones. Matutinal discourses L
at five o'clock, A. M,-"the finest exer-
] cises in the world ;" according to the
/ preacher,-were a somewhat crucial ex- {
pertinent of the Methodist faith and ar {
dour at a temperature of 80 Fahrenheit;
but in the cold, wintry dusk, groups of
dim lanterns, for the most part spinsterly,
might be seen struggling through the lanes
and thoroughfares of London in time for
the early exposition. BY foundries and
factories, by docks, by markets, and wher-
ever laboring men had their homes, gusts
of lusty and sedHlous discord, mixed with .
every variety Of howl, and groan, and
shrek, and sob, haze of unsnuffed can /
dies and steam of underlined breath and
perspirated clothes, with awful suppl
catory monologues at intervals, told the
unconverted world when there was band
meeting or a watch night in conflict with
the powers of evil. Bishops might in
hibit, philosohers smile, and magistrates
arrest, but Wesleyism had too much stuff
in it to be laughed or trampled down. For
porters, servants, and men and women of
tall work it had special destinations; from
pitmen and GOLFERS, and men of the Pc
ter Bell stamp, twrung big honest tears.
1t did not fear to soil its hands with TAX
ing theirs, or to hob and mob with them at
the pit mouth or to gather them together
on the bleak hill side, where it had not to
beat the bush for SMILES. Unconverted
husbands could scarce disapprove ola sys-
TEN that effectively quieted shrewish
tongues; and neuralgia and lone Mrs.
Gummidge's were partial to what made
them feel, even more than dram, "pretty
comfortable" To an afflicted soul even
a distant prospect of the preacher was
wonderfully medicinal "Could you SET
Mr.. Whitfield? was the question put to q
jealous Methodist. mo but seed BIZ
of his wig, and it did me blessed dea
of good
Methodism grew and took shape, anc
without and even against-the will o
power became itself power. TWAS un
licensed; it had no titles, no endowments
?. scarcely a certain dwelling place; its par
ochial limits were commensurate witt
poverty, mischance, misery,-and the.
lay all the world over. 1t had no fxe
preachers, whom congregations must hea
through a lifetime of monotony, ever
Tort three weeks brought release from dull
ard the services too, were not prolix, il
Wesley's original scheme limited to a
hour and the music and the tunes, if M
classical, certainly were social enough.
How far gregarious apathy exceeds
merit social bowling subtle doctors Of tn
ology many decide. For Mother Churc
,.,., in England, Methodism was too soci;
An utilization claim was made, bat Il
''' parent, without repudating was in
hurry to own her offspring. The chi
was premature, freakish, far from re
utable, and the mother debated and pc
dered so long what to do, that long befo
ling! judgment the daughter grew up, a
attained the age of indiscretion. VIII
Methodism was in its prime, shod and 81
and Amounted, ready for the race of I
very world-when it had its circuits, its
tiled preachers, its class meetings, its leade
by its conferences,-when its adherer
ret numbered tens of thousands, when
D. D. tribute money, paid mostly in weel
: the pence, equaled if not surpassed Epis
rtion pal RECOMMENDATION it assumed Epis
read pal functions, and itself ordained and c.
missioned officers to represent and ad
fact, cate its claims in Ireland, in Holland
ex- the West Indies, and last of all in An
only lea then Mother Church having d
weet- nothing at all, Immediately grew If
rality The ring had been flung off from the
port but it Loyalty gyrated in the parental p
eye and loved to turn upon an Episcopal pi
Ptory In the wake of Episcopacy, Method
alive sailed for the New World. 1t first "p
! gen pected" among the negroes of Geor
md an Down east, Penn and the Pils
Mr.. Fathers had taken out license, and
Ieered 9th er religious store was not needed
, gro there and then. Wesley soon retu
anner home-whether with his books is
e nei- known,-he had certainly posted n
uman, in the square of Savannah desiring
e that borrowers to return them. White
its in bound for America, was waiting for .