WESLEYAN METHODIST See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

CHURCH  , one of the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief branches of See also:

• METHODISM

Methodism (q.v.) . On the See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day of See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• WESLEY (FAMILY)
• WESLEY, JOHN (1703-1791)
• WESLEY, SAMUEL (1766-1837)
• WESLEY, SAMUEL SEBASTIAN (1810–1876)

Wesley's See also:

• DEATH

death the preachers in See also:

• LONDON

London sent a brief See also:

• NOTE
• NOTE (Lat. nota, mark, sign, from noscere, to know)

note to those stationed in the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country: " Dear See also:

• BROTHER

Brother, The See also:

• MELANCHOLY (Gr. µe)tayXotia, from µEtas, black, and Xotii, bile)

melancholy See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period we have so See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long dreaded is now arrived . Our aged and honoured See also:

• FATHER

Father, Mr Wesley, is no more ! He was taken to See also:

• PARADISE (Gr. lrap6BEwos)

Paradise this See also:

• MORNING

morning, in a glorious manner, after a sickness of five days . We have not See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time to say more at See also:

• PRESENT

present relative to his See also:

• DEMISE

Demise . Only what respects out future Oeconomy . This See also:

• INJUNCTION (from Lat. injungere, to fasten, or attach to, to lay a burden or charge on, to enjoin)

injunction he laid upon us, and all our Brethren on his death-See also:

• BED
• BED (a common Teutonic word, cf. German Bett, probably connected with the Indo-European root bhodh, seen in the Lat. fodere, to dig; so " a dug-out place " for safe resting, or in the same sense as a garden " bed ")

bed, That we each continue in our respective Station till the time appointed for the next See also:

• CONFERENCE

Conference at See also:

• MANCHESTER
• MANCHESTER (popularly Manchester-by-the-Sea)
• MANCHESTER, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Manchester . We have, therefore, no doubt but you will, with us, readily comply with his Dying See also:

• REQUEST, LETTERS OF

Request . The more so, as this is consonant with the determination of the Conference held at See also:

• BRISTOL
• BRISTOL, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF
• BRISTOL, GEORGE DIGBY, 2ND EARL OF1 (1612-1677)
• BRISTOL, JOHN DIGBY, 1ST EARL OF 6 (1580-1653)

Bristol when he was supposed to be near death there, and confirmed in succeeding Conferences." In 1790 there were 294 preachers and 71,668 members in See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain, 19 missionaries and 5300 members on the See also:

• MISSION

mission stations; 198 preachers and 43,265 members in the See also:

• UNITED

United States . The 6th of See also:

• APRIL

April was kept as a day of See also:

• FASTING (from " fast," derived from old Teutonic fastejan; synonyms being the Gr. vnorebety, late Lat. jejunare)

fasting and See also:

• PRAYER (from Lat. precari, entreat; Ital. pregaria, Fr. priere)
• PRAYER, BOOK OF COMMON

prayer, and the 1st of See also:

• JULY

July was thus set apart in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to seek divine guidance for the approaching conference . The crisis was serious . The large proportion of Wesley's members had been gathered by the labours of himself and his helpers .

They had been taught to observe the sacraments and naturally desired that See also:

• PROVISION (Lat. provisio)

provision should be made for their See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration in their own chapels . Some See also:

• FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

felt that they could not go to the See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord's Table where the clergyman was a worldly See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man; others went, but with much fear and doubt . The See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church party was influential and resolute to maintain See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close relations with the Church of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . Their See also:

• OBJECT

object was to prevent Methodism becoming See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent . There was also a small but determined party that leaned to dissent . The struggle between these conflicting tendencies soon began . On the 3oth of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1791 nine preachers. sent out the famous See also:

• HALIFAX
• HALIFAX, CHARLES MONTAGUE, EARL OF (1661–1715)
• HALIFAX, GEORGE MONTAGU DUNK, 2ND EARL OF (1716-1771)
• HALIFAX, GEORGE SAVILE, 1ST MARQUESS OF (1633-1695)

Halifax circular making suggestions as to the choice of See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president and other matters that must come before the conference . The first See also:

• SIGNATURE (through Fr. from Lat. signature, signare, to sign, signum, mark, token, sign)

signature to this circular was that of See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• THOMPSON
• THOMPSON, FRANCIS (1860-1907)
• THOMPSON, LAUNT (1833-1894)
• THOMPSON, SIR HENRY, BART
• THOMPSON, SIR JOHN SPARROW (1844-1894)
• THOMPSON, THOMAS PERONNET (1783-1869)
• THOMPSON, WILLIAM HEPWORTH (18ro–1886)

Thompson who was afterwards elected as the first president . On the 4th of May eighteen See also:

• LAY

lay-men met at See also:

• HULL
• HULL (in O.Eng. hulu, from helan, to cover, cf. Ger. Hiille, covering)
• HULL (officially KINGSTON-UPON-HULL)
• HULL, ISAAC (1775-1843)

Hull and expressed their conviction that the useful-ness of Methodism would be promoted by its continued connexion with the Church of England . They would not consent to the administration of the sacraments by the preachers in Hull, nor to Methodist See also:

• PREACHING (Fr. preecher, from Lat. praedicare, to proclaim)

preaching at the time when services were held in church . A trenchant reply to this circular was prepared by See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander See also:

• KILHAM, ALEXANDER (1762-1798)

Kilham (q.v.), one of the younger Methodist preachers . The conference met in Manchester on the 26th of July 1791 .

A See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter from Wesley (dated See also:

• CHESTER
• CHESTER, EARLS OF

Chester, April 7, 1785) was read, beseeching the members of the Legal Conference not to use their See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers for selfish ends but to be absolutely impartial in stationing the preachers, selecting boys for See also:

• EDUCATION

education at Kingswood School, and disposing of connexional funds . The conference at once resolved that all privileges conferred by Wesley's See also:

• POLL

Poll See also:

• DEED (in O. Eng. dead, from the stem of the verb " to do ")

Deed should be accorded to every preacher in full connexion . To See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply the lack of Wesley's supervision the circuits were now grouped together in districts . At first the preachers of the See also:

• DISTRICT

district elected their own chairman, but they were after-wards appointed by the conference . Regulations as to its business were issued in 1812 . As to the sacraments and the relations of Methodism to the Church of England the decision was: " We engage to follow strictly the See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan which Mr Wesley See also:

• LEFT

left us." This was ambiguous and was interpreted variously . Some held that it forbade the administration of the sacraments except where they were already permitted; others maintained that it left Methodism See also:

• FREE

free to follow the leadings of See also:

• PROVIDENCE

Providence as Wesley had always done . During the See also:

• YEAR

year the difficulties of the situation became more apparent . Wesley had given the See also:

• SACRAMENT

sacrament to the See also:

• SOCIETIES, LEARNED

societies when he visited them and this See also:

• PRIVILEGE

privilege was greatly missed . The conference of 1792 was so much perplexed that it resorted to the casting of lots . The decision was thus reached that the sacraments should not be administered that year . This was really shelving the question, but it gave time for See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion to ripen, and in 1793 it was resolved by a large See also:

• MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority that " the societies should have the privilege of the Lord's Supper where they unanimously desired it." In 1794, this privilege was definitely granted to ninety-three societies .

The feeling in Bristol was very strong . The trustees of Broadmead, who were opposed to the administration of the sacrament by the preachers, forbade See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry See also:

• MOORE, A
• MOORE, ALBERT JOSEPH (1841–1893)
• MOORE, EDWARD (1712–1757)
• MOORE, GEORGE (1853– )
• MOORE, GEORGE FOOT (1851– )
• MOORE, HENRY (1831–1895)
• MOORE, JOHN (1729-1802)
• MOORE, SIR JOHN (1761-1809)
• MOORE, THOMAS (1779-1852)

Moore to occupy that See also:

• PULPIT (from Lat. pulpitum, a staging, platform: equivalents are Fr. chaire d'eglise, Ital. pulpito, Ger. Kanzel)

pulpit . Nearly the whole society thereupon withdrew to See also:

• PORTLAND
• PORTLAND, EARL OF
• PORTLAND, ISLE OF
• PORTLAND, WILLIAM BENTINCK, EARL
• PORTLAND, WILLIAM HENRY CAVENDISH BENTINCK

Portland See also:

• CHAPEL

Chapel . The conference of 1795 had to See also:

• DEAL

deal with this controversy . It prepared a " Plan of Pacification " which was approved by the conference and by an See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

assembly of trustees, and was welcomed by the societies . The Lord's Supper, See also:

• BAPTISM

baptism, the See also:

• BURIAL

burial of the dead and service in church See also:

• HOURS, CANONICAL

hours were not to be conducted by the preachers unless a majority of the trustees, stewards and leaders of any chapel approved, and assured the conference that no separation was likely to ensue . The consent of conference had to be given before any See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change was made . In 1796, Alexander Kilham, who refused to abstain from agitation for further reform, and accused his brethren of See also:

• PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest-See also:

• CRAFT (a word common to Teutonic languages for strength, or power; cf. Ger. Kraft)

craft, was expelled from their ranks and the New Connexion was formed with 5000 members (see METHODIST NEW CONNEXION) . The conference of 1797 set itself to remove any ground for distrust among the societies and to enlist their hearty support in all branches of the See also:

• WORK

work . See also:

• ANNUAL

Annual accounts were to be published of various funds . The See also:

• CIRCUIT (Lat. circuitus, from circum, round, and ire, to go)

Circuit Quarterly See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

Meeting had to approve the arrangements for the support of the preachers . The preachers had long been accustomed to consult the See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader's meetings of their societies, but it was now clearly decided that stewards and leaders should be appointed in connexion with the leaders' meeting, and certain rights were granted to that meeting as to the See also:

• ADMISSION

admission and See also:

• EXPULSION (Lat. expulsio, from expellere)

expulsion of members .

See also:

• LOCAL

Local preachers had to be accepted by the local preachers' meeting, and the powers of trustees of chapels were considerably extended . The constitution of Methodism thus practically took the shape which it retained till the admission of lay representatives to conference in 1878 . No period in the See also:

• HISTORY

history of Methodism was more See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical than this, and in none was the prudence and See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good sense of its leaders more conspicuous . Advance was quietly made along the lines now laid down . The preachers had agreed in 1793 that all distinction between those whom Wesley had ordained and their brethren should cease . In the minutes of conference for 1818 " Rev." appears before the names of preachers who were members of the Missionary See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

Committee . Jabez See also:

• BUNTING
• BUNTING (a word of doubtful origin, possibly connected with bunt, to sift, or with the Ger. bunt, of varied colour)
• BUNTING, J
• BUNTING, JABEZ (1779-1858)

Bunting (q.v.), who had become the acknowledged leader of the conference, wished to have its See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young ministers set apart by the See also:

• IMPOSITION (from Lat. imponere, to place or lay upon)

imposition of hands, but this scriptural See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom was not introduced till 1836 . Meanwhile, Methodism was growing into a great missionary church . Its work in the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Indies was firmly established in Wesley's lifetime . In 1786 eleven See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred negroes were members of the society in See also:

• ANTIGUA

Antigua . The See also:

• BURDEN, or BURTHEN

burden of superintending these See also:

• MISSIONS (Lat. missio, a sending)

missions and providing funds for their support rested on Dr See also:

• COKE (a northern English word, possibly connected with " colk," core)
• COKE, SIR EDWARD (1552-1634)
• COKE, SIR JOHN (1563-1644)
• COKE, THOMAS (1747-1814)

Coke, who took his See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place as the missionary See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of Methodism . In 1813 he prevailed on the conference to See also:

• SANCTION (Lat. sanctia, from sancire, to decree or ordain)

sanction a mission to See also:

• CEYLON

Ceylon .

He sailed with six missionaries on the 3oth of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December, but died in the following May in the See also:

• INDIAN

Indian Ocean . To meet these new responsibilities a See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch Missionary Society had been formed in See also:

• LEEDS
• LEEDS, THOMAS OSBORNE

Leeds in See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1813, and others soor sprang up in various parts of the country . The See also:

• CENTENARY (from Lat. centenarius, of or belonging to a hundred, from centeni, distributive of centum, hundred)

Centenary of the Missionary Society falls in 1913, but Methodist Missions really date from 1786 when Dr Coke landed at Antigua . The See also:

• AREA

area of operations gradually extended . Missions were begun in See also:

• MADRAS

Madras, at the Cape of Good See also:

• HOPE, ANTHONY
• HOPE, THOMAS (c. 1770-1831)

Hope, in See also:

• AUSTRALIA

Australia, and on the west See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa . Two missionaries were sent to the Friendly Islands in 1826, and in 1835 a mission was undertaken among the cannibals of See also:

• FIJI
• FIJI (Viii)

Fiji, which spread and deepened till the whole See also:

• GROUP

group of islands was transformed . The work in See also:

• CHINA

China began in 1851; the See also:

• BURMA

Burma mission was established in 1887 . The rapid progress of the See also:

• TRANSVAAL

Transvaal and Swazi-See also:

• LAND

land missions has been almost embarrassing . The Missionary See also:

• JUBILEE (or JUBILE), YEAR OF

Jubilee in 1863—1868 yielded £179,000 for the work abroad . As the growth of the missions permitted conferences have been formed in various countries . Upper See also:

• CANADA

Canada. had its conference in 1834, See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France in 1852, Australia in 1855, See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South Africa in 1882 . The missionary revival which marked the See also:

• NOTTINGHAM
• NOTTINGHAM, CHARLES HOWARD, 1ST EARL OF1 (1536-1624)
• NOTTINGHAM, EARLS OF

Nottingham Conference of 1906 quickened the See also:

• INTEREST

interest at See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home and abroad and the See also:

• FOREIGN

Foreign See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

Field (monthly) is prominent among missionary See also:

• PERIODICALS

periodicals .

The See also:

• WOMEN

Women's See also:

• AUXILIARY (from Lat. auxilium, help)

Auxiliary, founded in 1858, kept its jubilee in 1908 . It supports See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools and medical missions, homes and orphanages . In 1828 the erection of an See also:

• ORGAN

organ in See also:

• BRUNSWICK
• BRUNSWICK (Ger. Braunschweig)
• BRUNSWICK, KARL WILHELM FERDINAND, DUKE OF (1735-18o6)

Brunswick Chapel, Leeds, led to a violent agitation and a small See also:

• BODY

body of " See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant Methodists " was formed . A more formidable See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division was led by Dr See also:

• WARREN
• WARREN, GOUVERNEUR KEMBLE (183o-1882)
• WARREN, JOSEPH (1741—1775)
• WARREN, MERCY (1728—1814)
• WARREN, MINTON (1850-1907)
• WARREN, SAMUEL (1807-1877)
• WARREN, SIR JOHN BORLASE, BART
• WARREN, WILLIAM (1812-1888)

Warren, a preacher of ability and See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence, who was disappointed because no place was found for him in the newly-formed Theological Institution . He tried to awaken See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general opposition to the Institution See also:

• SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme, and being suspended from his See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office as See also:

• SUPERINTENDENT

superintendent by a See also:

• SPECIAL

special district meeting, appealed to the See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law courts, which sustained the See also:

• ACTION

action of the district meeting . He was expelled from the conference and joined the Wesleyan Methodist Association in 1836, but shortly afterwards became a clergyman in Manchester . In his first conference in 1744 Wesley asked, " Can we have a See also:

• SEMINARY (Lat. seminarium, from semen, seed)

seminary for labourers ?" The See also:

• ANSWER (derived from and, against, and the same root as swear)

answer was: " If See also:

• GOD

God spare us to another Conference." Next year the subject was broached with the reply: " Not till God give us a proper See also:

• TUTOR (Lat. tutor, guardian, tueri, to watch over, protect)

tutor." The See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea was not realized in his lifetime, but Wesley did everything in his See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power to See also:

• TRAIN (M. Eng. trayn or trayne, derived through Fr. from Late Lat. trahinare, to drag, draw, Lat. trahere, cf. trail, trace, ultimately from the same source)

train his preachers . He gathered them together and read with them as he had done with his pupils at See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford; he urged them to spend at least five hours a day in See also:

• READING

reading the best books . He made this See also:

• CHALLENGE (O. Fr. chalonge, calenge, &c., from Lat. calumnia, originally meaning trickery, from calvi, to deceive, hence a false accusation, a " calumny ")

challenge, " I will give each of you, as fast as you will read them, books to the value of £5." In 1834 Hoxton See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy was taken as a training place for ministers; and in 1839 the students moved to Abney See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House, Stoke Newington . Didsbury See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College was opened in 1842, See also:

• RICHMOND
• RICHMOND, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• RICHMOND, LEGH (1772-1827)
• RICHMOND, SIR WILLIAM BLAKE (1842– )

Richmond in 1843 . Headingley was added in 1868, See also:

• HANDSWORTH

Handsworth in 1881 . The Centenary of Methodism was celebrated in 1839 and £221,939 was raised as a thank-offering: £75,609 was devoted to the colleges at Didsbury and Richmond; £70,000 was given to the missionary society, which spent £30,000 on the site and See also:

• BUILDING

building of a mission-house in Bishopsgate Within; £38,000 was set apart for the removal of chapel debts, &c .

Methodism was now recognized as one of the great moral and spiritual forces of the See also:

• WORLD

world . Its progress was rapid, but in 1849 there came a disastrous check . 'There was much See also:

• JEALOUSY (adapted from Fr. jalousie, formed from jaloux, jealous, Low Lat. zelosus, Gr. j'i os, ardour, zeal, from the root seen in '&u', to boil, ferment; cf. " yeast ")

jealousy of Dr Bunting, the See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master mind 'of Methodism, to whose foresight and See also:

• WISDOM, BOOK OF, or WISDOM OF SOLOMON (Sept. Io4ia IaXwµwvos; Lat. Vulg. Liber sapientiae)

wisdom large See also:

• PART

part of its success was due . See also:

• FLY (formed on the root of the supposed original Tent. fleugan, to fly)

Fly-sheets were issued attacking him and other eminent ministers . See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James See also:

• EVERETT
• EVERETT, ALEXANDER HILL (1790-1847)
• EVERETT, CHARLES CARROLL (1829-1900)
• EVERETT, EDWARD (1794–1865)

Everett, See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel Dunn and William See also:

• GRIFFITH, SIR RICHARD JOHN (1784-1878)

Griffith were expelled from the See also:

• MINISTRY

ministry, and an agitation began which robbed Wesleyan Methodism of See also:

• IOO

Ioo,000 members . Those who now left the Connexion joined the reformers of 1828 and 1836 and formed the Methodist Free Churches . In 1852 the constitution of the Quarterly Meeting was clearly defined, and the See also:

• JUNE

June Quarterly Meeting obtained the right to approach conference with memorials . Various other provisions were made which increased confidence . It was not till 1856 that the Connexion began to recover from the loss caused by this agitation . Methodism began its work for popular education in a very modest way . In 1837 it had nine See also:

• INFANT (in early forms enfaunt, enfant, through the Fr. enfant, from Lat. infans, in, not, and fans, the present participle of fari, to speak)

infant schools and twenty-two schools for See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children . A See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

grant of £5000 was made from the Centenary Fund for the provision of Wesleyan day-schools .

The conference of 1843 directed that greater See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention must be given to this See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department, and a committee met in the following October which resolved that 700 schools should be established if possible within the next seven years, and an Education Fund raised of £5000 a year . In 1849 the Normal Training College for the education of day-school teachers was opened in See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster, and in 1872 a second college was opened in See also:

• BATTERSEA

Battersea for school-mistresses . Westminster provides for 120 and Southlands for IIo students . They supply teachers not only for Wesleyan, but for See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council schools all over the country, and no colleges have a higher reputation . Besides its day-schools, Methodism possesses the See also:

• LEYS, HENDRIK, BARON (1815-1869)

Leys School at See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge, Rydal See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount at Colwyn See also:

• BAY

Bay and prosperous boarding-schools for boys and girls in many parts of the country . Methodism has from the beginning done much work in the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army . Dr William See also:

• HARRIS, GEORGE, 1ST BARON (1746–1829)
• HARRIS, JAMES (1709-1780)
• HARRIS, JOEL CHANDLER (1848-1908)
• HARRIS, JOHN (c. 1666-1719)
• HARRIS, SIR WILLIAM SNOW
• HARRIS, THOMAS LAKE (1823-1906)
• HARRIS, WILLIAM TORREY (1835-1909)

Harris See also:

• RULE

Rule (1802–189o), who was appointed See also:

• CHAPLAIN

chaplain at See also:

• GIBRALTAR

Gibraltar in 1832, won for it See also:

• FULLER, ANDREW (1954-1815)
• FULLER, GEORGE (1822—1884)
• FULLER, M
• FULLER, MARGARET, MARCHIONESS
• FULLER, MELVILLE WESTON (1833-1910)
• FULLER, THOMAS (16o8-1661)
• FULLER, WILLIAM (1670--c. 1717)

fuller recognition from the authorities . See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles H . See also:

• KELLY, EDWARD (1854–188o)
• KELLY, HUGH (1739–1777)
• KELLY, MICHAEL (1762–1826)
• KELLY, SIR FITZROY (1796–1880)

Kelly, his colleague at See also:

• ALDERSHOT

Aldershot, and R . W . See also:

• ALLEN, BOG OF
• ALLEN, ETHAN (1739–1789)
• ALLEN, GRANT CHARLES GRANT BLAIRFINDIEI, (1848–1899)
• ALLEN, JAMES LANE (1850– )
• ALLEN, JOHN (1476–1534)
• ALLEN, or ALLEYN, THOMAS (1542-1632)
• ALLEN, WILLIAM (1532-1594)
• ALLEN, WILLIAM FRANCIS (183o-1889)

Allen had a large See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share in the struggle by which Methodist work both in the army and the See also:

• NAVY

navy was See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed . Capitation grants have made it possible to organize the work at every station at home and abroad .

No homes for soldiers and sailors are more efficient or better liked by the men . The service done by Methodist chaplains in See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war time, and especially in the See also:

• BOER

Boer War, won the warmest recognition from the authorities . In 1878, laymen were introduced into the Wesleyan conference . They had been members of the committee appointed in 1803 to " guard our privileges in these perilous times, " and had gradually taken their place on the missionary and other committees . Circuit stewards had attended the district meetings before 1817 but in that year their right to attend was established . The See also:

• FINANCIAL

Financial District Meeting of which they were members was created in 1819 and the financial business of each district soon came under its See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control . Out of the Annual Home Missionary gathering sprang a See also:

• SYSTEM

system of committees of See also:

• REVIEW (Fr. revue, from revoir, to see again, Lat. re and videre)

review which, in 1852, James H . See also:

• RIGG, JAMES HARRISON (1821-1909)

Rigg suggested might be enlarged and combined into a See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of See also:

• DIET

diet composed of ministers and laymen who should consider reports from the various departments . The time was not ripe for such a scheme, but in 1861 the principle of See also:

• DIRECT

direct See also:

• REPRESENTATION

representation was introduced into the committees of review . The Representative Session which met in 1878 consisted of 240 ministers and 240 laymen . The See also:

• PASTORAL (from Lat. pastor, a shepherd)

Pastoral Session of ministers met first to deal with pastoral affairs . In 1891 the Representative Session was sandwiched between the two parts of the Pastoral Session .

In 1898 it met first and its See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers were enlarged to 300 ministers and 300 laymen . In 1892 the district meeting became known as the District See also:

• SYNOD
• SYNOD (Gr. vbvobos)

Synod, and in 1893 the circuits began to choose representatives to the Synod in addition to the circuit stewards . The great advance in organization made with such See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace and See also:

• GOODWILL

goodwill was commemorated in 1878 by the Thanksgiving Fund which reached £297,500 . Dr Rigg, the president of that year, put all his strength into the See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement, and every department of Methodist work at home and abroad shared in the benefits of the fund . The Forward Movement in Methodism See also:

• DATES

dates from that period . A bolder policy won favour . Methodism realized its strength and its obligations . In 1885 the Rev . S . F . See also:

• COLLIER, ARTHUR (1680-1732)
• COLLIER, JEREMY (1650-1726)
• COLLIER, JOHN PAYNE (1789–1883)

Collier was appointed to Manchester and the Rev . See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter Thompson was sent to work in the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East End, Next year the Revs .

See also:

• HUGH
• HUGH, ST

Hugh See also:

• PRICE
• PRICE, BARTHOLOMEW (1818–1898)
• PRICE, BONAMY (1807-1888)
• PRICE, RICHARD (1723-1791)

Price See also:

• HUGHES, DAVID EDWARD (1831-1900)
• HUGHES, HUGH PRICE (1847-19o2)
• HUGHES, JOHN (1677-1720)
• HUGHES, JOHN (1797-1864)
• HUGHES, SIR EDWARD (c. 1720-1794)
• HUGHES, THOMAS
• HUGHES, THOMAS (1822-1896)

Hughes and See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

Mark See also:

• GUY, THOMAS (1644–1724)

Guy Pearse began the West London Mission . Every succeeding year has witnessed development and growth . Large mission-halls have been built in the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal towns of England, See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland and See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland . Great congregations have been gathered, and the work done for up-lifting the fallen and outcast has, earned the gratitude of all good men . The Manchester mission is regarded as one of the glories of that See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city . The Forward Movement will always be associated with the name of Hugh Price Hughes (q.v.) . See also:

• VILLAGE

Village Methodism shared in the quickening which the Forward Movement brought to the large towns . Chapels which had been closed were reopened ; an entrance was found into many new villages . Weak circuits were grouped together and gained fresh See also:

• ENERGY (from the Gr. ivipyela; iv, in, ipyov, work)

energy and hope by the See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union . No work has been dearer to Methodists than that of the See also:

• NATIONAL

National Children's Home and Orphanage founded by Dr Bowman See also:

• STEPHENSON, GEORGE (1781–1848)
• STEPHENSON, O
• STEPHENSON, ROBERT (1803-1859)

Stephenson in 1869 . Its headquarters are in Bethnal See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

Green, but it has branchee in various parts of the country and an See also:

• EMIGRATION (from Lat. emigrare; e, ex, out of, and migrare, to depart)

emigration See also:

• DEPOT (from the Fr. depot, Lat. depositum, laid down; the French accent marks are usually dispensed with in English)

depot in Canada . It cares not only for waifs and strays, but for cripples and delicate children .

Orphans of respectable parents have a home at See also:

• BIRMINGHAM

Birmingham, and the reformatory school has done splendid service for lads who have committed a first offence . Dr A . E . See also:

• GREGORY
• GREGORY (Gregorius)
• GREGORY (Grigorii) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1734-1783)
• GREGORY, EDWARD JOHN (1850-19o9)
• GREGORY, OLINTHUS GILBERT (1774—1841)
• GREGORY, ST (c. 213-C. 270)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NAZIANZUS (329–389)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NYSSA (c.331—c. 396)
• GREGORY, ST, OF TOURS (538-594)

Gregory, who in 1900 succeeded Dr Stephenson, has seen remarkable progress in all departments of the great institution under his care . " Sisters of the See also:

• PEOPLE

People " and deaconesses, for whom there is a training home at See also:

• ILKLEY

Ilkley, founded by Dr Stephenson in 1902, have also done much to help in these See also:

• MODERN

modern developments of Methodism . The Chapel Committee, which has its headquarters in Manchester, has general oversight of 9070 See also:

• TRUSTS

trusts with See also:

• PROPERTY

property valued at about twenty-five millions . The number of Methodist chapels in 1818 was 2000; in 1839, 3500; in 1910, 8606 . The sitting increased from a million in 1851 to about 2,375,000 in 1910 . The outlay on See also:

• TRUST

trust property in that period was more than fifteen millions . Debts amounting to £3,266,013 have been paid off since 1854 . More than See also:

• HALF

half a million has been advanced in loans and of this nothing has been lost . In 1907 and 1908 £1,292,282 was spent on trust property, and of this £892,114 was contributed .

London Methodism owes more than can be told to the See also:

• METROPOLITAN (Lat. metropolitanus, Gr. µnrpoiroXtrns)

Metropolitan Chapel Building Fund which was founded in 1861 . The names of the Rev . William See also:

• ARTHUR (Fr. Arius)
• ARTHUR, CHESTER ALAN (1830 – 1886)

Arthur, See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis Lycett, Sir W . McArthur, will always be associated with this fund which has promoted the erection of some hundred new chapels . The See also:

• EXTENSION (Lat. ex, out ; tendere, to stretch)

Extension Fund, established in 1874, largely by the help of Sir Francis Lycett and Mr Mewburn, has done similar work for country towns and villages . About two thousand chapels have been assisted with grants and loans . Similar work has been done in Scotland by a fund established in 1878 . See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North and South See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales also have their Chapel Funds . A secretary and committee were appointed in 1910 to carry out various developments of work in London . The work of the Metropolitan Chapel Building Fund and the London Mission is taken over by this new committee . John Wesley felt a lively interest in the See also:

• SUNDAY

Sunday schools which began to See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring up all over England in the last years of his See also:

• LIFE

life . The first rules for the management of Methodist Sunday schools were issued by the Conference in 1827 .

In 1837 there were 3339 Methodist Sunday schools with 59,297 teachers and 341,443 scholars . A See also:

• QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

quarter of the preaching places, however, had no schools . The Education Committee was formed in 1838 to take oversight of the work in day and Sunday schools . The Methodist Sunday School Union, founded in 1873, was formed into a department in 1907 and is doing much to See also:

• GUIDE (in Mid. Eng. gyde, from the Fr. guide; the earlier French form was guie, English " guy," the d was due to the Italian form guida; the ultimate origin is probably Teutonic, the word being connected with the base seen in O. Eng. witan, to know)

guide and develop the work . The See also:

• TEMPERANCE

Temperance Committee was formed in 1875; a temperance secretary was set apart in 1890 . The department has its monthly organ and has its offices in Westminster . The Wesley Guild Movement, established in 1901, has its headquarters in Leeds and is doing a great work for the young people of Methodism . The centenary of Wesley's death was kept in 1891 . Memorable services were held in City Road Chapel, which was restored and rendered more worthy of its historic position . Wesley's statue was placed in the forecourt . In 1898 the rooms in Wesley's house, where he studied and where he died, were set apart as a Methodist Museum . The first Methodist See also:

• OECUMENICAL (through the Lat. from Gr. oiKOVµevI.KOS, universal, belonging to the whole inhabited world, i] oiKovµtvf sc. y;7, aides, to dwell)

Oecumenical Conference was held in London in 1881, the second in See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

Washington in 1891, the third in London in 1901, the See also:

• FOURTH

fourth being fixed for See also:

• TORONTO

Toronto in 1911 .

The Methodist Assembly which met in Wesley's Chapel, London, in 1909 brought the branches of See also:

• BRITISH

British Methodism together with good results . A considerable extension of the three years' See also:

• TERM

term has been secured in certain cases by a legal See also:

• DEVICE

device for escaping the provisions of the See also:

• ELEVENTH

eleventh clause of Wesley's Deed Poll, but some more satisfactory method of dealing with the subject is under See also:

• CONSIDERATION (from Lat. considerare, to look at closely, examine, generally taken to be from con-, and the base seen in sidus, sideris, a star, the word being supposed to be originally an astrological or astronomical term)

consideration . The great event of See also:

• RECENT

recent Methodist history was the Twentieth See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

Century Fund inaugurated by Sir See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert W . Perks in 1898 . To his unwearying zeal and business ability the See also:

• TRIUMPH (triumphus)

triumph secured was chiefly due . The Rev . See also:

• ALBERT
• ALBERT (1490'1545)
• ALBERT (149o-1568)
• ALBERT (1522–1557)
• ALBERT (FRANCIS CHARLES AUGUSTUS ALBERT EMMANUEL) (1819—1861)
• ALBERT (FRIEDRICH RUDOLF ALBRECHT)
• ALBERT, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS
• ALBERT, MADAME (c. 2805—2846)

Albert See also:

• CLAYTON, JOHN MIDDLETON (1796–1856)

Clayton, the secretary of the fund, lavished his strength on his vast task and the See also:

• TOTAL

total income exceeded £1,073,782 . The grants were: General Chapel Committee, £290,617; Missionary Society, £102,656; Education Committee, £193,705; Home Missions, £96,872; Children's Home, £48,436 . The Royal See also: