, 1875-04-17

mnined threo months, and rns much delighted,
though not = little ru5Stet, At homo thinHn., Un
sorayIan aociety. In London. for whore ,,.c ,o
complied stnall hymn hook, containing snvdnty
hymns. About halt IT these wcrs hy Watts,
Weelcy furnishing rix foundations. IlIoo WINS
was nosabo As having been tho t,tat Of forty
| hymn bucks uoI,nrai tluting tho next half con-
| tufy by ono tr buth Of tho hrothtrs.
Messy was still. and Indeed profoascd nsl bis
| lifo to h.,
MEMBER or THE ciuRon or ENGLAND.
| lfo preached Whenever church was GprnoA to
! him. 1hcHo grow fever and fowor, aid bofurB
tho cIoBo af 17dJ thesn wcre only llssoo In Lon-
was sdn,lttc1. WLitot!oid. who lad returned
from ilyinH vfais to America, waa at frat moto
fortunate III tho first tive weeks of tho ycAr ho
preached thIrtyntne t.nlca In l.ontlon. Ills wou
cution) produced great effect. lie then 'set OF
for tho most OF England. IN q few wooAa alt tho
| churches but two weto rioned to him. 11lo
Chancellor Of tlie Diocese Of bristol warned linn
out q llce.isc llo should 10 suspended or ex-
pctod. Ilo took ilro at iilis. and OH tho l7th OF
| February ho went To kingsyood, wleic ho
preached IN tho open az to 200. coltols.
! we,c 10000 hearers. II from ali yeats,
| aud all days Of tho gear, vo wcro 10 chooso the
! QUO Which should DO
1 TIE lETHUDlET ANf1VEKJAKTt
1t should to this 17th day OF February, 1850. for
on that day for Tho iirst tmo Clergyman Of tho
Established Church preached, III deiiance OF
Eulscofa! prohibition, outside tho waiia Of q con-
10 1,'is.ol. and On tho Sd q Ai1il preached his
iirst upen.n,r eerlnon. ~ coul." he wrute,
"scasco reconcile myself as first 10 tls stiauvo
way Of Preaching III tho fields; having boou nil
point rotating to dcccncy and ordur. thas ! ahou[l
have thought lle saving or souls almust aia II
It bad not beeu done iu 4 church"
11o soon found meaus 10 Justify himself
and as such l,e wlitos: 'aoi, in
my power, to Instruct tho is6oraut,
reform tho wicked, confirm tho ytrtuoliB, AlAn
| forbids mo to do ths in anothor's parish; that
is Ii, ELECT. not 10 do It at all, scsng rave now
NJ PARISH OF my own, nor probably never shall.
| Whom, then, shall hear-God, or man Z"
| Then follows Tho famous sentence. :" look upon
MI tho world as my Iareh tlna far, mean,
that IN whatever part of II nm. judge it right,
meet, mud my bounlei duty 10 deoiafe unto ali
that aro wiling to hear the glad tdiugs OF nalva-
ton"
Va DO not propose to attonpt tho largo wosk
| OF describing tho
n,sE Or TME METHODIST INSTITUTION;
10 show how from faeble root it cano to its
present stately growth. 10 It may be flty np-
pllctl tle magnificent words OF Cololidgo respoet-
Ing tha urgtowing Of civil liberty and Law !:
treo transp1autcd from Paradise With all lts
bEaucAcs in full iEMtsges Was It nowol In tho
sunshine? Waa 1t IN vernal brcezcs uni gcntlo
| rams that Il uxed its roots aud grow antl
| Elrengthenod9 With blood wns it planted; 1t
WAS rocked IN The semCests; tue gont. the ase,
aud the Stag guaweli II; The Mid boar haa whet
tod Ills tusds on kta bark. The deep SCARF aro
still extuut on It's trunk, and tho path Of the
lightning may bn ttaced on tts higher blanohoa.
| And syen aftet It's full growth, In tho scksou OF
iss strougth. when It's height lcnchcd to ,le
tcavenn and tho breadth thereof to ali the earll,,
the whirl"ind has moro than onco forced It's
l.ko tic bow and sprung back like tho shaft.
Altghtler powers were At work than n1ere oxre.
dienc7 over called up; yea, mlshlier than the
nero understanding Gun comprehend" OF nll
those mighty powers
Tue s11dnT1rsr,
savtug only that Of the ln0nto MAS John Wos.
Icy.
'f1oorlic'ds, tho eccne OF Wcaloy's eat1y labofs,
plots with broad gruvol wallis. Here. and on
Remington Common nnd B!ackhcath. Whitc-
field began TO preach Immediately On Ills rokt1rn
from Dsisto. Ills audiences nero soon mum.
bcred by thousands aud scores Of Thousands.
Once on bennington he computed theEs veto
5o,Goo and onoo Iii MoorIosds 10, 900. III a fon
weeks io net OF on hts second voyage to Amer.
,ca, aud Wosicy took up Ills .nrth III earnest.
Tho Moravlan Society formed thu naciout
around which tue elements Of tho new orGsniza.
.ion began 10 ctystallize. Scattered also hort
and there tltou8Aout Eug1aui wero small bnndf
Ut obsc.re men aud women who met for praycl
and e1hortatton. WcsloY soon began lis course
of 1ourncys and pteachinga, .nd each Of thcas
little bands became now centre. Bristol TIA.
| ono Of tle earliest Of these. Tho Bishop
T,oK WESLEY 70 TAsE.
IT hear that !ou administer the sacta.
noTer did yot, and believe never thAli," re-,
piled Wesley. ~ boar that niany pooplo full
fhto fill III your societies, mud that yo, pray ovel
tlle'n 7" 1 10 60 Wien Sny chow by, strong
eos "a tea e1s that ts i ofs fSa .sy arc n ds
cxtlAordinayy Indeed aud row, since you ast
my advice. Mill eisa IL freely. You hoyo Mt
busluaas here; you arc not commissioned II
preach in tlia diocese. rlorefore, adv!ss 20,
"my bnHinssa on earth IS 10 do what good can
Wherever thtnk cah do must guo1, the1o
mnbt stay 10 long ~ / tlluk eo. At present
think en- do most good hnto; thdrefore. hst'
siou tten received an priest Of tle ohutc'
universal; dna being ordained a. fellow Of I
college, waa not limited to any pnrtlcuan
euro. but hhve an indclelm,nato com1nls
tho Church. Of England. CONCEIVE not, there
fore, that til prnac!lng hero by this commission
| break any human Law. When am cunvlucet
lhat Do, then Il ,v'l he time 70 ash, Shalt
! In tho monnwhilo that could advance tho slor.
Of God and tho salvation Of souls in any otho
place mora finn lu Bristol, In tllat 4our. b,
Gods help. will 20 hence which till then
MAY NOT d."
Ho tomancd ln and Near Bristol for about ntp
months, oyery niaht preachins and o.poundiuI
10 tho societies which wcfo splinGing up. kiuga
wood, not far fron H'istol, where Whltofloltt ttd
preached his list outdnns ser1nou, bad turulctI
| pcen royal chasc Of thrcn OF four tlousani
acrca hut 1t Lad boon gradually appropriated
BY several mobiles whose estates euclFclod Il
Tho docr had disappeared. and most VI III
forests had bqon cut down. Goal had been dis
covered, and tho ioEion occupied by coll ord
! who formed pccul,as people' ienurast 90
, liglble tp tht,s ueishbufs. Slx wcokH from III
. t.ne whou he Psenclled LIS trft sotnon thor
WosleY had collected go tvNard tho erection Q
, atoIo ids lad. Soon aFtor hs hesan tho cree
t ton Of soou IN bristol largo euaugh to Accom-
i modate two ut tho llttio societies. I0wa,d til
: close OF tho year 10 returned TO London, pul
j chseol rl.tnoua old building shlch lal bee
! used rs ncaunon-foundry, aud procesdel to 1
1 II up as place uf Worship. Iho wllole cost IN
3 fs0o, Of ,nltch In about thteo fears Et5o la