 | Richard Watson - 1836 - 342 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... | |
 | Richard Watson - 1836 - 336 pages
...tenacious of every point relating to decency and order, that he should have thought the saving of soula 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... | |
 | Thomas Jackson - Itinerancy (Church polity) - 1839 - 312 pages
...fields, of which he set me the example on the 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." On the following day, Mr. Whitefield having left Bristol, Mr. Wesley says, " At four in the afternoon... | |
 | Thomas Jackson - Methodism - 1839 - 190 pages
...fields, of which he set me the example on the Sunday ; having been all my life (till very lately) so tenacious of every point relating to decency and order, that I should have thought the saving souls almost a sin, if it had not been done in a church." On the following day, Mr. Whitefield having... | |
 | John Wesley - Methodist Church - 1840 - 686 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 gono) I begun expounding our Lord's sermon on the... | |
 | Thomas Jackson - Methodism - 1841 - 624 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 1st. In the evening, Mr. Whitefield being gone, I began expounding our Lord's sermon on the... | |
 | Thomas Jackson - Methodism - 1842 - 816 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. pounding our Lord's sermon on the mount : one pretty remarkable precedent of field-preaching, though... | |
 | John Whitehead - 1793 - 588 pages
...fields, of which Mr. Whitefielil had set him the example; "Having been," says he, "till very lately so tenacious of every point relating to decency and order,...attended with some extraordinary circumstances, which inade much noise, and gave great offence. Under the sermon, some persons trembled from head to foot:... | |
 | American periodicals - 1891 - 874 pages
...Wesley and his friends. Wesley was so full of traditional prejudice that he himself confesses he " should have thought the saving of souls almost a sin, if it had not been done in a church." But the intolerance of the clergy, the example of Whitefield, and the needs of men, drove him into... | |
 | John Whitehead - 1845 - 594 pages
...fields, of which Mr. Whitefield had set him the example; "Having been," says he, "till very lately so tenacious of every point relating to decency and order,...which made much noise, and gave great offence. Under the sermon, some persons trembled from head to foot : others, fell down and cried with a loud and bitter... | |
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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... 
