John Wesley And George Whitefield In Scotland Or The Influence Of The Oxford Methodists On Scottish Religion

Discover the significant role that John Wesley and George Whitefield played in shaping Scottish religious customs and beliefs during the Oxford Methodist movement. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ...yet I fear he is not clear of blame in this. He is too warm and impatient of contradiction, otherwise he must be lost to all commonsense, to preach against final perseverance in Scotland. From the first hour that I entered the kingdom, it was a sacred rule with me never to preach on any controverted'point--at least, not in a controversial way. Any one may see that this is only to put a sword into our enemies' hands. It is the direct way to increase all their prejudices, and to make all our labours fruitless.... John Wesley.2 February 26, 1771. My Dear Lady, --I cannot but think the chief reason of the little good done by our preachers in Edinburgh is the opposition which has been made by the ministers of Edinburgh, as well as by the false brethren from England. These steeled the hearts of the people against all the good impressions which might otherwise have been made; so that the same preachers, by whom God has constantly wrought, not only in various parts of England, but likewise in the northern parts of Scot 1 One of his preachers. Minutes, p. 103. 2 Lady Maxwell's Life, p. 72. SCOTTISH CALVINISM. 167 land, were in Edinburgh only useless. They felt a damp upon their spirits: they had not their usual liberty of speech; and the word they spoke seemed to rebound upon them, and not to sink into the hearts of the hearers. At my first coming I usually find something of this myself; but at the second or third time of preaching it is gone. I think it will not be easy for any one to show us either that Christ did not die for all, or that He is not willing as well as able to cleanse from all sin, even in this present world. If your steady adherence to these great truths be termed bigotry, you have no need to be ashamed. You are reproached for..

Excerpt from John Wesley and George Whitefield in Scotland: Or the Influence of the Oxford Methodists on Scottish Religion In the following pages an endeavour has been made to write a short history of the visits made to Scotland last century by two of the most outstanding men of the period - the Rev. John Wesley and the Rev. George Whitefield. Although the visits were but a very small fraction of their vast work, they are of great interest to the historical student, and to every one that takes an interest in a most remarkable revival of religion, the results of which are still felt in the life and work of the modern Church. Wesley and Whitefield influenced Scottish Religion most profoundly, and the movement of which they were the outstanding leaders became to a considerable extent a religious movement within the Scottish Church, moulding both life and work ever since. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The proposal of this book is to guide the reader to the contrastive ministries of the two most dominant preachers of the eighteen-century evangelical revival. In a wonderful comparative approach the author draws John Wesley and George Whitefield's portraits and explores their life and practice, as well as their relationship. Committed to the principle that the 'whole world was their parish', Wesley and Whitefield manifested their singular desire to be men of one book through preaching ministries that were equally committed to the spread of the gospel throughout the transatlantic world.

This volume considers Protestant Dissenting traditions in 18th-century Britain, the British Empire, and the United States.