, 1875-04-17
OF thon, could bear no cl,ock At all. But fot-
lowed QUO lnlo. you must either bou0 or

loved loved ,o QUO lu'o. You must oishor bond or
Tho carlv records of afothodtsm aro fn1l Of
ono cause or nnusIor. rof,sed to obey WeRloy'n
tlrectlonn and ~cnt away or woro expelled fron
Tho bnnds hut ftom ti.bt 10 last Wosiny mover
liestaecd or faltored. 1fo was qnlet and Rentlo,
but tmmovablc., flo grow Ut. to tlao gtea,ncss ct
liIs work. The heavier wna tho loa'l, Tho moro II
steadlcd him; and, when tho caro- ot all tho
alothod!Bt churches IN England, Scotland,
WalrB Ireland, md America runlcd OH his hhunl-
dcrs, he did not seem to fcoi The weight OF Tho
burden.
Tho history Of tho carly years Of alothodlsm
roads Ike new volume of Tho Acta Of tho Apos-'
lies. Its preachers wcro inhutod and mobbod,
FINED AND tnrhlsoAEt.
They voro ianroonod In pamphlets and
sioniy. In 177o thirty yenra ssitor
their first organization, thtrc. werc 2o,g1l
porlars scoro in America. In i7aS there ' noro ,
IN lhs United kingdom, 10, $50, In America e5u4.
In 1900, tho year before Wcstey's teath. there
wo,e III Gleat britain and ltc!aud. 7l,t6S; III
Amorica. 57,G31. Iu 1870 tho mcnbos Of tho
Mothoulst sooielics In Great D,ltan were about
050, 100; fp Amelica, about 2. SOC, coo. llad Wes-
10y beon atltcoolel In England BY such mall ns
Francis Asbnry, QUO can ecarcety doubt that tho
kept paco With ilB growth in America That day
in I'LL when Francis Asbury, The aon Of peas.
ans was sont with Richard Wright t'as rein-
fofcnmnnt to America" blionla DO lnarkoi with
whlto stono IN tho Alcthodlst calon4ar. No ado
quste lIfo Of Asbnry has over hoon written; per-
lapH mono over can bc for Ito solomuly cntoiuctl
| that nono should he published. 1t 10 doubtful
,ndocd wlisshcr ahy faithful portrait Of hum Ia
nxthut. Ills best monument III tho Methudiat
! Episcopal Church In An,rrica; and
| rIfRnE CAN nH NO N0GLER ONE.
In tue Methndiet Church tAoro layo bccn
| rents mud divisions enough, tho ncArs Of which
still letna1n on tho trunk mud bra,tctcs OF tno
stately tree. tbs iirss. mud perhaps most nota-
bio, was when part Of tito society wont OH with
| Whitoiield. anu n part remained With Wesley.
Wcs:ey had from tho tret ret :cted what by way
| Of distinction may bo called tho caly.nlst,o
| theory Ut redemption. Whiteilcd ulaintulucd IL.
| As early as 173J Wesley bud proacioa sermon
on "Fioe urace." which Ao Ind In mild 70
pr.ut. Whitcilo!d ondolyorod TO dissuatlo him
lot, % and s tl,e aaswor @ was. "preach aid rrint."
In this sermon Wesley dctincs tho Calyinistlc
doclsthe, by what nanle sooror called, to bc
that, "Dy vitsuo Of au etetllnl. unolangca-
Of mnukllld nro iulaliibly saved, aud tic
rest tufalhLly damned it bring impossible tint
ANY Of the fornlo7 bllon!d be daln1!cd or that my
| OF tlS latter should be aavad" ua Hams up Ills
objections to this doctrine unlcr oiEls lead4,
tho last Of which Is, "ft 10 full OF bIasphemy !;
for II represents our blzsded Lord us hypocrite
aud d.esemIier in PAVING one Thing sn1 moan.
lug anutlsor; III pretending to lave which no had
not. it aso rcpresento tho most holy 0od ns
moro fulsa. moro cruel. and moro unjust than
the devil; for. in point Of Iact, It. anys TINT Hud
naa condemned millions Of souls to everlasting
ira for continuing III sin WHICH. for want Of tle
stace ho gifes ihem not, .hpy arc unable to
avoid. Ints is tho blaspbemy closlly contained
in tha horrible docrco Of prcdcpttna'ion. And
here fix my foot; you represent God
l Az WORSE THAN THE DESlL."
| Had words these. 1t wbuid be bard to find
harlor by which to dsBieuatc tue rites OF Moloch
of Ka!i, cr Of Jusgcrnaut. Yet thcec. and much
| moro To- tho samo purpoit,, arc tue words By
which Wcsioy designAtas doctrine held ny q
g.ont majority Of the Christian world aa ono Of
the vital tioctrlucs Of Christianity: Ilc dispute
thus opened lasted for yonrs. The immediate
result WIS. aa described By Wo.lcy: "Thoso
who hold universal redemption lad no dcs!rc to
HcpAratel but those MiI0 hel particular Io-
demption would not hear Of any accommodation,
being deterul,ued to hayo no fellowship With
NEIL that wcre In srch dangerous orrors.' 10
there wera now two notts VI MethoGlBsa those
for fn1ttoutur. aud those for gcucral rodemp-
tiol,." II lheoloeiAns nto 10 bo held, like otIir
moh, to the plain meaning OF tAelt deliberate
words, it is nut casy TO sec how Wen!oy md hs
fo!inwore could loid any fellowship with those,
one Of whose vital tonets they considorod thus
san,e sermon, ''a manifest tondeucy to oyot-
throw the whole Christian revelation"
In 1749 occurred
| AN ODD Er1soDE
in Wcntcyta ltfc. On ono Of Els missionary Jour-
nays he lad boen tahen siok at Newcastle, whore
be wAs uursod by Grace Murray. ono Of hla fe-
u,alo " holpeis,"s handsome, clever widow, OF
four, and thirty Wesley himself being twelya
seencd au,azed, and replied. "Thls Ia t?o gtea.
blessing. can't tell how to bol,cye 1t. Thla
Il all could hayo wished under hcaveD." Wcs.
10y, quite naturally, took this as q formal be.
john Bcnnett q Methodist preacher, Of nbout
her own ago and Wesley "aa souh astoundcd
bs Joint letter from draco and John, ntl,Ing
his couaeut 10 thcit marriage. Thou. ensuod .
playvright las veptu.aa to put upo,, tho stage,
uraco would havc been quito content with
either OF her loynts wero 1t not for tho other,
But, contrary to all example, II was the absent
her she loneed for Bonnet: wien bennett was
p,cscnt sho longed for Nsalcy. How many
times sho broke aud renewed hor onSagemani
with eae'i itwoua bo hard to tell. ~ love YOU
ahe sad to Wesley A.. thousand times , bette.
afraid II don't marty lin hell run mad" That
yery oyehiug she promised herself again to Den
nslt. A week after ale told Wesley alc was de.
termned to live and dse with him. ,u sho indeed
for aome delay. Qraco said she would not wal
mo1s than : yoar. A fortnight later she me
Dcnncst foil ~ his feet, and acknowledged tha
she had used hin ID.
THEY WE'RE lIAnnIEp 49,.
woek after. THIS ntrinEe marriage hoeuis Ii
have turned ,ott a harty one. Deunctt diet
III the triumphs ot !. faith ten yeuI
luter. Grace survived uutil 1907, dying =. tht
aye Of 81. For yea1a aho WAS . blight light II
Tic Methodist sUc,oty. Wehlsy saw hor tl,ro.
days alter her uaarriago. and but onca iloro o.
oartll. Tbirty-p,ne yoars after. hho cano It
Loudon on Visit to llor sun. aud expressed .
wish to 500 Wesley. lie waa s. yeats old. sh
past 10. What could they now havo ID sdy
o1copt " Hail and fa1owell"?
Wcbley comfortcl himself much 40 ho hns
t1one in tho caso OF Sophia Hopkey. Ho wsott
to bis brother: 'slnce was 0 years old
naycr met With such o severe ttlsl. 1 thought
lad made all sure beyond a aangcr Of diuappoiat
nlsnt. But wo wero soon after tom asuntler o.
, by whirlHiud: taatod and rrased, Then wa
, tic word fulfilled, '6on OF man, behold
take from thee tic desire Of ththe eya
attn stgoko.' Dut why should living MAI
oon,nla'n?-a man for tho punishment os hi
Sits I" lie also wrote lynn Oh tn
, occasion. Ills sorrow must hayo been pro
found, II 1t vas measured b; tho leugth o
tLa |lymn, TOR II conslhted Of nearly 21o llnes.
A llt.le moro than = year After shls Wesle
, ! made third, aud
uaFonfuSATztY ! sucoEssrut,