I could scarce reconcile myself at first to this strange way of preaching in the fields, of which he set me an example on Sunday ; having been all my life (till very lately) so tenacious of every point relating to decency and order, that I should have... The Carthusian - Page 311872Full view - About this book
| John Whitehead - 1805 - 570 pages
...of which Mr. Whitefield had set him the example ; " Having been, says he, till very lately, so very tenacious of every point relating to decency and order,...almost a sin, if it had not been done in a church." During this summer, his preaching at Bristol was attended with some extraordinary circumstances, which... | |
| George Bourne - 1807 - 366 pages
...first to this preaching in the fields, of which Mr. Whitefield had set him the example ; " Having been till very lately, so tenacious of every point relating...almost a sin, if it had not been done in a church." During this summer, his preaching at Bristol was attended with some extraordinary circumstances, which... | |
| John Wesley - 1809 - 460 pages
...myself at first to this strange way of preaching in the fields, of which he set me an example on Sunday: having been all my life, till very lately, so tenacious...almost a sin, if it had not been done in a church. April 1, In the evening (Mr. Whitefield being gone), I begun expounding our Lord's sermon on the Mount,... | |
| Robert Southey - 1820 - 562 pages
...departure he set Wesley an example of field-preaching. " I could scarce reconcile myself," says Wesley, " at first to this strange way, having been all my life,...almost a sin, if it had not been done in a church." The next day he observed that our Lord's Sermon on the Mount, was " one pretty remarkable precedent... | |
| Robert Southey - 1820 - 856 pages
...departure he set Wesley an example of field-preaching. " I could scarce reconcile myself," says Wesley, " at first to this strange way, having been all my life,...almost a sin, if it had not been done in a church." The next day he observed that our Lord's Sermon on the Mount, was " one pretty remarkable precedent... | |
| Robert Southey - 1820 - 560 pages
...Wesley, " at first to this strange way, having been all my life, till yfry lately, so tenacious pf every point relating to decency and order, that I...almost a sin, if it had not been done in a church." The next day he observed that our Lord's Sermon on the Mount, was " one pretty remarkable precedent... | |
| 1820 - 606 pages
...were now laid by the practice of fieldpreaching. " I could scarce reconcile myself," says Wesley, " at first to this strange way, having been all my life,...very lately, so tenacious of every point relating \f> decency and order, that I should have thought the saving of souls almost a sin if it had pp not... | |
| 1820 - 596 pages
...I could scarce reconcile myself," says Wesley, " at first to this strange way, having been all ray life, till very lately, so tenacious of every point relating to decency and Older, that I should have thought the in the chureh, he felt a strong desire • to mount on the tomb-stones... | |
| 1841 - 488 pages
...observes: "I could scarcely reconcile myself at first to this strange way of preaching in the fields ; having been all my life (till very lately) so tenacious...almost a sin, if it had not been done in a church." Monday, April 2d. Mr. Wesley, for the first time in England, preaches in the open air. "At four in... | |
| 1839 - 1092 pages
...scarcely reconcile myself to this strange way of preaching in the fields, having been all my life, till lately, so tenacious of every point relating to decency...I should have thought the saving of souls almost a Bin if it had not been done in a church." But being left by Mr. Whitefield at Bristol, and the responaibility... | |
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