...preaching, and of the great success which those called Methodists* have. JOHNSON : " Sir, it is owing to their expressing themselves in a plain and familiar...from a principle of duty, when it is suited to their congregation ; a practice for which they will be praised by men of sense. To insist against drunkenness...

...was, in the eyes of some Evangelicals, fatal. Nevertheless, the Methodists and the Evangelicals were which is the only way to do good to the common people...of duty, when it is suited to their congregations " (Boswell, 1763). one in their aim at the conquest of irreligion and immorality. It must never be...

...on another occasion, referring to the success of the Methodist preachers, he said, 'it is owing to their expressing themselves in a plain and familiar manner, which is the only way 1 Boswell, under the year 1770. to do good to the common people.'1 John Wesley himself said to one...

...and of the great success which those called Metho- [1720 dists have. JOHNSON. "Sir, it is owing to their expressing themselves in a plain and familiar...insist against drunkenness as a crime, because it de- [1730 bases reason, the noblest faculty of man, would be of no service to the common people; but...

...preaching, and of the great success which those called Methodists have. JOHNSON. "Sir, it is owing to their expressing themselves in a plain and familiar...To insist against drunkenness as a crime because it bebases reason, the noblest faculty of man, would be of no service to the common people; but to tell...

...himself in a dignified manner a Methodist," speaking of their success, said: " Sir, it is owing to their expressing themselves in a plain and familiar...the only way to do good to the common people." And " polished periods and glittering sentences " fly over their heads, " without any impression on their...

...Johnson that helps explain the appeal of Methodism to the lower classes: "JOHNSON. 'Sir, it is owing to their expressing themselves in a plain and familiar...to their congregations; a practice, for which they would be praised by men of sense.' " As the satiric print Credulity, Superstition and Fanaticism (London,...

...Johnson that helps explain the appeal of Methodism to the lower classes: "JOHNSON. 'Sir, it is owing to their expressing themselves in a plain and familiar...to their congregations; a practice, for which they would be praised by men of sense.' " As the satiric print Credulity, Superstition and Fanaticism (London,...

...familiar Wesley and Money 33 manner, which is the only way to do good to the conmon people, and of which clergymen of genius and learning ought to do...duty, when it is suited to their congregations; a 54 practice for which they will be praised by men of sense." 5 If concerns about the financial states...

...Johnson's sense of propriety, but he applauded their selfless labour and attributed their success 'to their expressing themselves in a plain and familiar...is the only way to do good to the common people'. Johnson now poured his prejudice against the American brethren - whom he had always considered 'a race...