, 1866-10-25


IT'S RISE AID PEoGRFss IN ENGLAND,
lnc founder oi Methodism, Jo1n Wesley. was
e7a o1ta 'qns ~ los IL EpwSsth iseetoEy Lneolu
WAS woman OF rarc intellect and pictT, and lie
inuuehcc e1e:ted bT her systcln OF education,
upon 1he ml.de Of her SON. las CAUSED her 10 b.
Mcthodis!a." John became, at an early ner1od of
iils, deeply imbued With thai fersent =p,flt Of pie
+ #. Ten t;I a,s'nga1she Zig, above III a men Of
sE neE q deSS!sd students who gathered around
1!1n' 1a at - Oxford, lie o.santzeG the "I1oly
eonrnaptaous alns,on to the rystcnatic regularity
Or thcir Tres and religious obscsrances. John.
y M supfao5 e. nasnsal capacity, wa4 regarded as
men formed The nuceus OF the new ordrr which
IN Tine was IL spread it, npencc over the wtois
es51n nsIn,c, aEs E M germ Of Aehoasao was already
frcreascd. III I7a5 The little baud ,vas oncl hT
a yoEnE man ~llose fame a. an apostle
x, Mas aoon an, to s25ead over both hcmispte-es
Methodisrn in England and the British Colonies Of
preachers ' that ths Christian clrurch ever Gusw.
Tmpire WhiieGed ard H. " Wv.lcys ys't aevoiea esa
thsst es, Sss Throughout e IL L. esas eogSx sns
mIeiae nl,':s cle''asits nos aad sad "aasa, We.
e haa o:t Il saesn eSsis HS5ss
tianly ai'd it, tese.eFs sEc:e rallied al, "Jl per
sons Of d!scernmcnt'' hsd discovered tit Gospel
he natural fesut was esae1sl dscliae Of popa Ia
lar MOI aitt. according 10 I+aae TAYLOR, tic
Anslisan chu,eh; At ths lime Westey appea.sd.
tie people Of England bad lapscl iato
:;1iebed ron l." and h. a:mis. Liza: Mcthodis,a
l1hg1ltsiiug nun-cuntormiiy Df the Inst century
Which, inst a, the time IT tie Alc.hoiistic revival
Mas rapidly in con'se to be found nowhere but'n
The movement Nas now comr,enccd. The early
apostles bctook themselves to the ais, thu aims
ss I'D n6 and be,
excluded tom the enutehes they e: We're tliyeS fe
10 M as tse woh IL snfh IL es xsas ae III sy
1:s9. when the foundations OF The Grst Methodist
church were laid Al isrt..ol. and before the close
c1a!ed IN London. This Is generally considered
TO be the epuch OF Melhouizm. Societies and
ehapsa sSen @ BEGAN to rtes .p al parts of the
mined opposition and hostility, Mctaodism con-
.inued to take nrrncr root ii England, ireland.
d. On m tbs sds Of the Ans A. 1e.n' + hs
| lowest ahysees. Of tho English Ipopalation
i. chapels and pafsonagcs were multiplying
% ielatnte sn Il COMPLETELY a q ehane e
n oeteles, ~, Tic tand5edth annireEasry Of
English Metho1ism was celebrated In Eng1and,
and in answer to ca1! for pecuniary coatribo-
iion., sum Of money was raised amounting 10
*l>Gs1, GOO, Al that period legs than half a cen
had grown to moro than 100000. inclndinE ahont
G,tsa ia1nesans pssachers: While its missionaries
! were about three hundred ana atty. With nearly
Of The world. Tins faz MsshodIsm had dcsnan-
pfaets y ai%s sffa hs tRa' lite
ITS fNo1HEas IL AMERICA. ....
The true epoch Of American Mesnodis.n dates a
eonrcs a iii 1 hit
| in 1s.> John Wesley visited tho county of Linn
csick, Ireland, where he found singular Teutonic
lilccn, BatliEafaue and ralla4: They had become
[ thoroughly dcmoralizet, aud were chiefly noted
fo5 drunkenness, profanity, and inter neglect Of
had penetrated and they became dGsout people,
with large chapel in .heir midst. They wcIs Dc,
q e 9eR e o as
fonrht shelter IN Ireland. OH Of ,his singular
sSra M 81
denomination from Canada 10 ieo7eia :na from
he Ata,ltic TO the Missias,ppi. In ,he e2sine oI
s; temiF I aiSd e Ameiies: Among !hs band g seig
p1eaeEys @ ~ Nho had besa ssawasensd" by s6e
s' r. 'pfT1aE y Asisass effS
q a pt9: 3 leosa F1a in Ssw ,: I" .0oss 0o e
t,a4ty arrived among whom were the relatives
and fsieu,:s q EnoME sud Ms. ucck. Al The
l'insiIt uitnn Of Barbara Heck. Enbnry commenced
The work et p.cacnins the Word, and soon his
house could not occomrnt date all the hearers sh,
locked to 1t. 4 humble chapel was foan7ed In
IsGs, two years after the 'lngrca," had Lc.n es9a!,
a,cly thsonsed With hearers, and IN about yeaI
: s1os &ssd sasEis:
such Waa ,he origin Of 2lethodism In America
1t would he ir.elt~tinG 10 sracr the hi-tors Of II.
carly psoGsc scss through the various sections ut The
] sioiarfrs4 md the Eairacnions growth Of ths
Church uuder such adverse circumstances, until I:
d M va eG,al T. both III. r., nqna5ss Of IT. preach
ateLchuIel, The II. .ras;ans, Or the Roman Caihc
Within our intea % spase. Il By ihc @S>''t e,'d oi IL,
Revolutionary war it had securely laid ia sonnd1
tjons in both the nortl, and mli1e 1erlons Of III
heii IN Philadelphia. Eight years amer il es
tcnasd tis tahoss as;oss the Al1echanIes and J.
The Sor,hwca,ern British provinces. In ,'s,
stincd to become thu second religious denon,ina
lion In numerical .tret'ssh, and the drt II
e senss lad lad 0a1a psr,v the rs Close saaat s d
coast TO thc farthest west trn iue Of emigration
Il seq la saa9s IL Ssass q nsS
n1cu,'cr. Nil W:.:. began, hid swslls by =
+ Tue s.ar 1ss3 ao ntas1y :1.u4. # n.caehc:s !
pilscd more than 1,1.uMO members, All M1nr
than travell,ug Preachers BY the yeas ISL tn
chu1ch had recovered lie strength, md numbere
nearly 6t'f Gu member 10 travelling, and s.:
local preachers. in +sGu It reported No3ias n n
bers. Gss7 travelling, and s<1ss local pseaehe:,
na 'le to boai for'h ed sogt sog enr9
pseactcrE. II is calculated that In this hRntrclt
: ysas ef the Denomination, there must b., addin
a m ssneess Il. q Methodisnl IS f. ts Tnitd STATE
: II 'he ~eolc Western hemisphere, tnclndans til
W.T. lna,ss 5 7nd I'D Dsish Ses1 America there az
r Such are some Of tl,c results which have snrun
+ from thai little CONGREGATION In New York. roun
BY Barbara Heck It's inlnenec t. to b. seen ii we,
tienal eaor.t, it, Sunday School cutcrpriss, an
above oil In is missionary labors, Ii exhibits le
j. lEious denomination In existence
,. rs FEEsEST coSni!lns: ,.
try viii lie seen b! The h:],:' Ing statistics Of Il
: Methodist Episcopal thnlch:
= has mo1,city IN chn;ehna aad parsoaas
amounting mt g ,o;a 10 sbont s,'.;tttN .,,
:, properly amounting to $, $3,0i',*u: and u acad
:, mics making il 81 body Of III Instructors. a
stsaetf saSsS 1s SeS Uaon as s,
T. 1I4Ht seisoni.. liz Missionary *'ec:ety has IT,
et.c9its and statio,,ss LIS paid laooscrs, II
TIE CENTENARY ons1nrAycEs.
OF Wnh enSh history in thr past, and such pst
If peets 70, The fitrte, Me'hodsra enters nppf, ;
centcnar. Jubilee is TO lc consnc,uorn,ei BY spec
oh:e! sances il all the Churches. ana By llts
n iot education. The rapid growth Of the ropu
.e tion is constantly caustsg Tie demands upon t
canEe,' % Increase, aud Is Tor The int css Of
e neei 'hai dcu,and as. as rI,e has lith:.::o doae.
lc The report Of the Committee on the Ceuteu1
! or American Nethodl<m adopted hy The ;enc
{. 1hc Whole snsIcs, u the celebration. The +
;, lowing are tic l1incipai features Of the report
= The primary object Of the celebration shall I
l. cspceialls by 1e,irwing Ii. great thinaa God ha
j., sra.i!ude fer DC sfies-ip.s received through t
r. As The gratitude ct TIC heart eyer seeks c
lv prex.ion Ii oriward acss, W. tnyife as q spon
n en s
II Tod hath Ptofrcrea him, to be SO appropriated
" TO render more efficient 10 the ccxiu.y 10 co:
81 'psSsn sa S nSS ;aSSs1 = 70 when
&c Two depastmcnts Of Christian enterprise sh
eensrs md Me o,6ss es9 asa
a. tribu.lyc: and all ehs!l be urged 10 n,,sc T,
Is. appropriations to bosh, According .o.heif own
u The Board Of Di.hons shall appoint tvc
III travelling pteschcts and twelve lay.ncu, who,
n Connection with the members OF tlltir Own 1pa
thail be committee 10 dccrmInc 10 What .,bjo
c, and III what proportions tho montys raised
to- eonpectionaI funds shall be appropriated.
Icr hare powcr to take MI Steps necessary 10 Il
10. proper Glsritntion.
nj The local funds ehall be appropriated TO
ID cause Q! Education aud church exclusion, I'm
The direction Of d committee consisting Of
81 equal number o1 ministers and laymen appotrl
81, ly the several Annual Conferences wi!hin
ic: to,Ede Of which they arc faisea,
Each annual confesenee shall provide for
,1- neHse!g ot 4 metaotict settaon besoso Its c
lis, hedy al The session next preceding the ecntcn
III: celebration, and a!so nppoInt committee OF
Ike equal number OF ministers ana laynen 10
isft advice and irecsion for the appropriate ccle
icy Qoh o. lhe cch.enhlal IN our rsAaclpal chafche
uu- uLIA siALts
ent lEc Aeluoaists q luis eecEun ton4c uWG =
du- decided on marking tno centenary year by
L al ifh df Hafi