, 1875-11-08

ley DECLARED th.t I'm yio*, Of i.4,.f: ',;,n ~
rcn'nncn. tati1. and OF all tho doctrines teehui.
cslIs tcrrnol tl,o.o Of the tiras Maino ol;rta, ht
obs..tued fur, Tho Artic:es and Ilomilca Of tlls
Cnnrch. D.d not tho oxford Mcthndls:s auott
them coutjnu 1tly In sup,nrt of thc,r no,itinn
Wesley. =, h,s father's cur.so f5r thsos years.
WAS the fai,hfn! Church mina,or.
Charles Wesley hta brotI,or, AMI thrc. other
ford. with whom john wbcu ho returned fran,
1.iuoolnshito hoArtilv united. This nacramootal
fT,uiattty ard conformity to Tho rsacee al
| Chtata rArly Clu.ch, gayo iho n Inn, name nj
aEethot.ts. Method,sm vas b,ru in tn. thu cathulin
practice Of weakly communion,
Nhn wnre thnss Oxford Mcshodi-ta7 Wcro
.hcy not al the rrHluct OF ciurchly tuition
] Who we1 Knhe,t Kirkh.m7 Tho ron Of A HIo,1.
oostersllire Church Clergyman. WtY va, wi 1Iau,
MnRnu 4 con,aloacr or trist Church, Run.
ari Nlcrean? A commoner Of Lincoln College,
Oxford. Who VIA Jol.u Olayton1 An Oxford
tutor and candidlte for Priests orders, a High
| chntrlimau Who was John 0amboll? Tic
eon Of a l'riess Of tho Church OF England OF
South Wates. And Jamos ilervey. tho idtcr,ry
rntisl-l'r1cstf Ais, the Ron Of q country clcr-
gyman nj stle Church. And Thomas Droughtosy.
Collc9c, Oxford. kinchtn7 Fel!on OF Corpus.
Christi, Oxford. 1lntcnns7 Tutor OF Lincoln,
Oxford. Wllitlsmb, Doyc". Chapman. Atkinson,
Hale, and 1nsham, tho forkshito EVANGELIST ?
Who aao w'te Fletcher. Of Madc'ey Griffith
Joncs. and Howell, lscctors among tho Wolsh ?
| Who werc Wtitofiel1 Thompson, ltGctor of st..
Gems. aud perpnet, Vicar of hhotoham3 Grim
shaw, Rector OF EYwotth; and Manning, Vicar
OF Hayes aud Hateman, Rector of st. l5artholo-
tuaw tho Great Piers, Vicar os Benicy Merton
And Doyeridgc. F.carA Of Everton Hicks, Vicar
| Of We.tliogswotth Fonn, Gurato Of Chaplain !;
aud Romans, Rector OF st. Andrews Ward
robo Who wore Shirley and his Irish Cura,o
| De Centcy, aud DR.. Co.e, Of patherton7 Who
| waa tho first aprroror Of Metlodlsm7 a
| priest OF the Church. WcHloy's father Who
| waH tho second approver and patron Vt Method
| lain The bishop Of Oxford. with his Chap.
LAIN zoaions auns of Tho Church, tenacious OF
hor doctttnoa aud discipline, indebted to her undor
uod for their faith and theit ordera and for all
that made Methodisna what she was, and much
Of wnas aho ia. who gaso 1t power auong tho
psoplo; aud nd , not ono of !. whom you'd ioE mo;
s,ppoacd 1t would lead to separation from tho
Chnrch.-no. not oven john Wosley himself.
The riso Of Metuoalnm sllo va that tho Church
Afforded theso men OF God all tho u,eaus Of
that lie Holy si'ir!s, through tho ohurrh. her
hor nacraments and prayers, had nude thcm
what they Neso.-fair types OF what tho Church
would mako all willing disciples. When they
ogS oss reeovo1 o1s1s they weFe !he samo tef
Taught BY tho Church, they cndcarored to
rescue the yonng from OWL o'rnpany, to instruct
md roEioyo impoyerlshe4 families, to teach chill
dron, aud visit tho workhoueo, TO daily read in
tile chapel to sllo prisoners. and to bring them to
repentance. psayor. and tho sacramento. to pur-
chase for tilsm books, medicines, and other nec-
essnrles and TO pay tho deoss Of small amount
Of ooufinad debtors to preach to them on Sun
day, and admintster tho Sacrament monthly.
Wo.loy was fully as much OF \ Christian At
thiH time ~ afterM ards. whom ho bocnmo ac-
qna.uted with tue Aloravians. Gambold tells us
that he had become OF childllko almpitclty; that
he ne communal ~ constantly With God; aud elton
yotion with serenity Of o'uneonauce that wRs
next 70 shtElng. and that Tho sweet conclusions
OF Col seldom Left him. aauders never raf-
hoi him. ;, Lis chatity to tho poor wa* lnted
would eell big pictures and other opportunities
tot tholr benet}t. Tho Dib!e was his Honk OF
Dootn; 1ia considered "ro!ig,on as al, entiio
inward nd outward conformity to our Master"
~ 'ie: man after hts acquaintance with tho
1l .ras!.r1t
tlow did hia friends conduct taomselves-all
chnrchmen And brod undor tho tuition OF tho
" The Holy Club.i We ars told by al autnori-
ticR that thoy "did nothing wlthont previous
Perception that 1t waS tbs viii Of God {" evcry
night aud morning spending an hour in prtsato
nEasee slwAya praylug Oh going 10 and oat OF
Church, three DAYS In the noek praying In coll
cort, hab'tna'iy offercd up short payora for hu:
milItv. fa,th. hupo. and loyo lsod to collect
evory day al 0, IT, aud O'clock embraced eyo,y
possible orpcrtnoltY Of doing good ani Of pre-
vomiting OF removing evil. TAes spent an hour
dai'y in dnec. se'ngious conversation with .hs
ptopte. Ihoy persuaded all tlaoy oonld TO attentt
public prayers, sermons. aud escfaments. aud to
obey tho laws o. sl!e Chu CHI Catholic and tho
Church OF England, They refrauea from, speak,
ing unk'ndly Of any one.. They communicated
every week. They hAd only oue rulo Of jud2-
meut al to tempers, words. and Aclious-tle
otAeiea Of God: 1hov wero Bible chrut'ans,
The Book ol fIomiIIes thoy highly eatscmed.
Wealov sa7e: "IlleY were in tho strongest
sense High Churchnen." tlero lot me Inquire II
tue foregoing description OF properties consti-
into Hugh Cha;cbmen. il It we're not we'll tho
whole, world wore such2 And, also. kindly
to ask II thcr7 ID really any improvement
upon thB condition anil usee;tlue eas OF iheAa
Meshod,st High Chulchmen by any religious
body Of the present day ...
Ia li3J, Nhon tho first public attack Was made
upon the Oxford band, 1t was for auatetltv aud
rlg'd faHttnG aad tito sichnsss and death OF Nor
gait
Their defense statca that they havo ian OK
celIent DIRECTOR" fhe Rector Of Eoworta. sno "
lug how much MethodIsm il indebted 10 him.
aud mat he advised that there ara thres points