 | John Wesley - Methodism - 1826 - 466 pages
...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,...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,... | |
 | Theology - 1826 - 608 pages
...myself at first,' said Wesley, ' to this strange way, having been all my life, till very lately, so tenacious of every point relating to decency and order,...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 instance of field... | |
 | Thomas Charles Boone - Creeds - 1826 - 598 pages
...myself at first," said Wesley, " to this strange way, having been all my life, till very lately, so tenacious of every point relating to decency and order,...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 instance of field preaching,"... | |
 | Christian biography - 1826 - 440 pages
...been so tenacious of every point relating to decency and order, that he should nave thought the saying of souls almost a sin, if it had not been done in a church, yet " I have since seen abundant reason to adore the wise providence of God herein, making a way for... | |
 | John Wesley - 1827 - 612 pages
...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,...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... | |
 | John Wesley - 1827 - 306 pages
...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,...almost a sin, if it had not been done in a church. noon, I submitted to be more vile, and proclaimed in the highways the glad tidings of salvation, speaking... | |
 | Richard Watson - 1831 - 346 pages
...that though till lately he had been so tenacious of every point relating to decency and order, that he should have thought the saving of souls almost a sin if it had not been done in a church, yet " I have since seen abundant reason to adore the wise providence of God herein, making a way for... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - Religions - 1834 - 562 pages
...Wesley says: "Having , till very lately, so very tenacious of every point relating to decency and order, I should have thought the saving of souls almost a sin, if it had not been ia •ch." In justification of this practice, he says, " When I was told, I must preach lore in this,... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - Church history - 1845 - 534 pages
...Having been, till very lately, so very tenacious of every point relating to decency and order, thai I should have thought the saving of souls almost a sin, if it had not been in Church." In justification of this practice, he says, " When I was told, I must preach no more in... | |
 | Religion - 1835 - 440 pages
...till lately he had been so tenacious of every point relating to decency and order, that he should nave thought the saving of souls almost a sin, if it had not been done in a church, yet " I have since seen abundant reason to adore the wise providence of God herein, making a way for... | |
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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... 
