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PROCEEDINGS OF THE WESLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Volume 59

Edited by Rev. Dr David Ceri Jones and Deacon Dr Ronald Aitchison

Printed for the Society By SHORT RUN PRESS LIMITED Bittern Road, Sowton Industrial Estate, Exeter, EX2 7LW

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ILLUSTRATIONS

Louis [Lewis] Glück Rosenthal, Part 4, cover Martha Gumley, pastel by , Part 1, cover Micro-calligraphic portrait of , detail, 147 Mrs John Wesley, Part 2, cover Portrait of Susanna Wesley, Part 6, cover Staffordshire Toby jug of George Whitefield, Part 5, cover Study for Martha Gumley, pastel by John Russell, 10 Title page of ’s Hymns and Sacred Poems (2nd ed.), Part 3, cover

CONTRIBUTORS AND ARTICLES

Batty, Margaret Colin Campbell M’Kechnie (1821-96), 22-5

Bebbington, David W. The Context of Methodist Missions: global evangelicalism in the nineteenth century, 227-44

Cheshire, Paul John Wesley’s Journal: the mystery of ‘Clare Hill’ and the location of Richard Henderson’s asylum at Hanham, 68-71

Field, Clive D. Bibliography of Methodist Historical Literature 2012, 79-104 Bibliography of Methodist Historical Literature 2013, 199-28

Hargreaves, John A. General Secretary’s Report 2013, 111-14

Jeffares, Neil Martha Gumley (1711-87) and her Portrait by John Russell, 3-11

Johnson, Mel Primitive Parliamentarians, the Great War, and its Aftermath, 125-35

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Jones, Margaret P. Grand-daughters to Susanna: Wesleyan women’s discipleship 1800- 1860, 201-13

Lenton, John, Ministers who Left and the Printed Minutes of Conference, 25-6

Lewis, Simon The Mock-Preacher (1739): more than just an anti-Methodist play?, 178-85

Maddox, Randy L. James Erskine’s Critique of John Wesley on Christian Perfection, 39-53

Pratt, Andrew Methodist Hymns: the continuing influences of Charles Wesley on hymn writing through the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, 102-10

Pritchard, John Getting to the Bottom of It [deaths of Wesleyan missionaries], 149- 52

Royle, Edward Leeds in 1813 and the Origins of the Wesleyan-Methodist Missionary Society, 214-26

Ryan, Donald H. The Marriage of Rev John Wesley to Mrs Mary Vazeille, 67 The Micro-calligraphic Portrait of John Wesley, 136-48 Weymouth Methodist Preaching House Blue Plaque, 149

Sawkins, John W. Methodist Local Preachers in : characteristics and deployment 1996 and 2011, 89-101

Underhill, Timothy ‘Parson and Methodist’: an ‘imperfect’ verse tale by John Byrom, 81-88

Watson, J. R. John Milton and Charles Wesley: a study of influence, 54-66 iv

Wolffe, John Past and Present: taking the long view of Methodist and Anglican history, 161-77

Strickland, Michael Adam Clarke’s Ape: a theory abused over two centuries, 12-21

BOOK NOTICES by

Ronnie Aitchison, Philip Bee, Clive D. Field, G. David Hall, John A. Hargreaves, David Ceri Jones, Donald G. Knighton, Barry Lotz, John Pritchard, Edward Royle, Neil A. Stubbens, Martin Wellings

GENERAL INDEX

Abbreviations: CW: Charles Wesley; JW: John Wesley; PM: Primitive Methodist/; WM: Wesleyan Methodist/Methodism age, Scottish local preachers 97, 99 see also Methodist Magazine Aldersgate Magazine 131 Alleine, Joseph 209 Adam Clarke 12 Allen, Jane 207 hymns 107-10 American Journal of Science and Arts, v. and missions 233-4, The 17n 243 American Sunday School Union 240 Armistead, W. S. 19 American Tract Society 240 Asia, WM missions 214, 217-18 Andover Circuit (WM) 205, 209 ‘Association of Religious Data’ initiative Andrews, Rev. Archibald J. 26 89 Anglicanism asylums 68-71 critiqued in anti-Methodist Atkins, Martyn 109 publications 178, 183-5 Atlay, John 216 evangelicalism and missions 216, Atmore, Rev. Charles 223, 225 218, 227, 228, 230, 235, 239 Augustine, St. 62 relations with Methodism 161-77 Augustus Frederick, Prince, Duke of Antigua, missions 214, 223 Sussex 138, 139, 140 architects, Charles Bell (1846-99) 135 Australia, missions 226, 229, 241, 244 Arminian Magazine 81 v

Bacon, Francis 236 Brake, Rev. G. T. 26n Bahamas and Bermuda, missions 214 Bramwell, William 217 Baines, Edward 217-18 Bray, John 82, 106 Bander Snatch, The 88 Brethren 230, 243 Baptist Magazine 241 Brierley, Peter 172, 174 Baptists 128, 163, 168, 171 Bristol area, Richard Henderson’s missions 218, 219, 228, 230, 232, asylum 68-71 233, 237, 238, 239, 242, 244 Bristol district (WM) 216 Barber, Rev. B. Aquila 125 British and Foreign Bible Society 218, Barkun, Michael 19 239, 241-2 Barnes, Albert 237 British and Foreign Schools Society 218 Batty, Margaret 90 British Legion 129 Beckerlegge, Rev. Oliver A. 140 ‘British Religion in Numbers’ initiative Beecham, John 151 89 Bell, Charles (1846-99) 135 Brough, Mrs 205 Bellamy, John 15 Brown, Mrs Mary, of Eagle, Lincs. 210 benevolent institutions 205-6, 240-1 Brownell, Mrs Jane 203 Benson, Rev. Joseph 217, 219 Bruce, Steve 172, 174, 175 Berriman, Rev. William 183n, 185 Buckley, James 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, Bible 226 Adam Clarke’s commentary on Budgett, Mrs Elizabeth 207 Genesis 3 12-21 ‘Building on History’ project 162, 175 evangelicalism and missions 231, Bull sisters 205 233, 239 Bulmer, Mrs 213n Bible Christians 162, 167 Bunting, Rev. Jabez 217, 219, 222, 223, Bible Stories 239 224-5, 226, 228, 229 Bibliography of Methodist Historical Burnett, James, Lord Monboddo 16 Literature 112, 113 Butler, Joseph, bishop of Durham 23 2012 79-104 Butterfield, Sir Herbert 176 2013 199-228 Byrom, John 6, 81-8 Birmingham district (WM) 215 Bywater, Mrs 211 Bissaker, Mrs Elizabeth 212 Black Majority churches 171, 174, 177 Cairns, John, MP 132 Blatchford, Robert 126 Calvinism Blomfield, Charles James, bishop of CW’s hymns 105, 107 London 168 Erskine’s critique of JW’s doctrine of Bloom, Harold 54, 55 Christian perfection 39-53 Bostock, Gerald 100 evangelicalism and missions 233-4, Bourne, Hugh 23 243 Bowes, Mrs, of Wimborne 205 Campbell, Ted A. 54 Boys’ Brigade 241 Canada, missions 226, 229, 241 Boys’ Own Paper, The 240 Cape, Thomas, MP 129 Braithwaite, John, of Huddersfield 224 Carey, William 218, 233 vi

Caribbean, missions see West Indies Cooper, Thomas 236 Carlisle district (WM) 215 Co-operative Party 133 Carroll, Charles 19 Corbett, Charles 178 Cartwright, Samuel 18-19 Corderoy, Mrs Mary 203 central halls 176 Cornelius, Richard 143, 144, 145 Ceylon see Sri Lanka Cornwall district (WM) 215, 225 Chalmers, Thomas 236 Cosin, John 59 chapels, building 164-70, 176, 205, 206 Cottle, Joseph 68n, 70 Chester district (WM) 215 Cowper, Rev. William 177 Child-bed Linen Society 206 Croft, General, MP 130 Christian Advocate 232, 234 Crosby, Frances 212 Christian Ambassador, The 23 Crossley, James 83 Christian Endeavor Society 241 crypto-popery 181, 185 Christian Guardian, The 15 Curnock, Rev. Nehemiah 68n Church Missionary Society 218, 228, Cuvier, Georges 18n 239 see Anglicanism Daily News religious census (1903) 170 Church of Scotland 90-1 Daniell, Miss 206 Churchill, Winston, MP 129 Darby, John Nelson 243 circuit plans, Scotland 92-6 Darwin, Charles 236-7 Clarion, The 126 Dawson, William, of Garforth 221 Clark, David 174 Deane, Mrs 205 Clarke, Adam 12-21, 209, 235 Deed of Declaration (1784) 216 class meetings 176, 177 Degge, Dorothy 4 Wesleyan women as leaders 202-7, Degge, Mary (1737-1829) 3, 4, 7-10 208, 213 Degge, William 4 Classical Journal, The 17n Degge family, Staffordshire 3-4 Claxton, Mr 150 Demerara, missions 220, 226 Coke, Rev. Dr Thomas 139, 144, 149, denominational periodicals see religious 150, 214, 217, 219-20, 221, 222, 223, periodicals 24, 225, 226, 227-8 Dickinson, Joseph 223 Colvill, Robert (1702-49) 4-5 Dictionary of Methodism in Britain and Compleat Account of the Conduct of that : electronic version 113 Eminent Enthusiast Mr. Whitefield, A Digges, Mary see Degge, Mary 1739) 184n Dixon, A. C. 238 Congregationalism 162, 170 doctrine and missions 228, 230, 231, 233, CW’s hymns 105-10 235, 237, 242, 244 evangelicalism and missions 231-2, conscientious objectors, and Great War 233-4, 242, 243, 244 125, 129, 131, 132, 134 James Erskine’s critique of JW on Conventicles Act (1670) 184 Christian perfection 39-53 Conway, Miss Eliza 208 Doddridge, Philip 7 Cooper, Rev. J. Sidmouth 26 Dorcas Society 206 vii

Dorset (WM) 205, 208, 239 anti-Methodist publications and 182- Dudley-Smith, Timothy 105 3 Scottish local preachers 97, 99 East India Company, and missions 217- General Wesleyan-Methodist Missionary 18, 227 Society 225-6, 228, 244 Eckersall, W. 22-3 see also under Wesleyanism ecumenism, Scotland 90-1, 100-1 Gibraltar, WM missions 214 Eddy, Daniel C. 16 Gilbert, William 70 education, Scottish local preachers 98, Gill, Robin 173 99 Girls’ Own Paper, The 240 Edwards, George, MP 132 Gladstone, William 161 Eliot, T. S. 54 Glück, Louis Rosenthal 136-48; illus. Ellis, Mrs Jane 212 Part 4, cover Epworth Review 99 Green, Fred Pratt 103, 104, 110 Erskine, James 39-53 Green, Rev. Richard (1829-1907) 111, Evangelical Alliance 231, 233 113, 178 evangelicalism, and missions 218, 219, Greenwood, Mr and Mrs 211 220, 227-44 Gregory, Jeremy 184n Everett, James 17, 221 Gumley, Martha (1711-87) 3-11; illus. Part 1, cover, 10 Fawcett, Richard, of 223 Gumley, Samuel (c1698-1763) 5-9 Fenwick, Charles, MP 131 Gwynne, Marmaduke 7 Field, Clive 90, 171 Gwynne family 67 Findlay, G. G. 149-51, 152 Findlay, Mary 149-50 Haig, Douglas, Earl 129 Finney, Samuel, MP 133 Halifax district, WM missions 215, 222, Flamank, Mrs Thomasin, of Polruan 204 223, 224 Fleet, Mrs Hannah 207 Hamilton, William, RA 142 Flemish, Mrs, of Nursling 204 Hampshire, query about Methodism in Flesher, John 23 25 Fletcher, Rev. John 22, 209 Handsworth College (WM) 88 Foster, H. J. 68, 69, 70 Harlequin Methodist 179 Fox, Edward Long 68, 71 Hartshorn, Vernon, MP 132 France, WM missions 214 Heitzenrater, Richard P. 68n Free Church of Scotland 241 Hempton, David 172, 176, 201, 202, Freeman, John, of Brackley, Northants. 206 169, 170 Henderson, Mary 68, 69, 71 Friend 231, 232 Henderson, Richard 68-71 Fuller, Andrew 233 Henwood, Rev. Oliver (1786-1860) 142, 143 Gamble, Robert (d.1791) 149-50, 152 Herbert, Rev. George 105 gambling 133 Highfield, George 224 gender Hill, Alfred, MP 129, 130-1 viii

Holborn Review 23 181 Holdsworth, W. W. 150-1, 152 James, John Angell 235 Holy, Thomas, of Sheffield 224 Jewell, Mrs, of Timsbury 204 Hook, Rev. W. F. 162-3, 166, 216 Johnson, James 22 House of Commons, PMs and Great War Johnston, William 231 125-35 Johnstone, W. H. 236 Howe, Rev. Samuel 233 Jones, R. Tudur 229-30 Hughes, Michael 125 Judaism, art 136-48 Hull district see York/Hull district Hull Methodist Child-Bed Relief Society Keats, John 54 206 Keble, Rev. John 239 Hunt, Mrs Jane 204 Kendall, H. B. 24, 125 Huntingdon, Selina, countess of 82 Kendrick, Graham 105 Hutton, James 82 Kenyon, Barnet, MP 131-2 hymn books Keswick Convention 243 PM 23, 24 Kingswood School, Bath 68, 70 WM 141, 209 Kirkgate Screamers 217 hymns 177 continuing influence of CW 102-10; Labour Party, PM MPs and Great War illus. Part 3, cover 125-35 John Milton’s influence on CW 54- Lady Huntingdon’s Connexion 167 66 Laidlaw, Petra 144 Hymns and Psalms 55n, 63n, 102, 107 Lansbury, George, MP 126 Hymns and Sacred Poems (1739) 58n, Latin America 176, 241-2 59n, 60n, 61n, 81 Laud, William, Hymns and Sacred Poems, (2nd ed. 1755) 183 illus. Part 3, cover League of Nations 130, 132 Leeds district, origins of WM Missionary Independent Labour Party, and Great Society 214-26, 227, 228 War 126, 128, 129, 131 Leeds Mercury 217-18, 220-1 Independents 163, 166, 167, 168, 169, Leeds organ case 217 170 Leisure Hour 240 and missions 218, 220, 222 Lenton, John 150, 215 India, missions 217-18, 227 Liberal Party, PM MPs and Great War Ipswich Journal 67 125-35 Ireland Lilywhite, Mrs 150 PM MPs and 133 Linfield, Frederick Caesar, MP 132 WM missions 219 Livingstone, David 237 Irving, Edward 242-3 Lloyd, Rev. R. Harris 26 Islam, art 137-8 Lloyd, Stephen 3 local preachers Jackson, John, RA 141-2 PM MPs and Great War 125, 126, Jackson, Mr, of Headingly 223 130-1 ix

Scotland 89-101 Methodist Magazine 151 Local Preachers Mutual Aid Association role of WM women 201-13, 217 90 Methodist New Connexion 164, 217 Local Preachers’ Office 90 Methodist Recorder 99, 148 Locke, John 235 micrography 136-8 London Missionary Society 218, 219, Middlesex, relations between 220, 228-9 Anglicanism and Methodism 162-77 London Milburn, Geoffrey 23 Exeter Hall 240 Milner, William, micro-calligraphic relations between Anglicanism and portrait of JW 136, 141, 143, 144, Methodism 162-77 145, 148 London district (WM) 215, 216, 219 Milton, John 54-66 Longley, Charles Thomas, archbishop of ministers York and Canterbury 161 PM 23-5 Lunn, William, MP 132-3 WM, query about those who left 25-6 MacDonald, Ramsay 129 missionaries, wives 206-7 M’Kechnie, Colin Campbell (1821-96) Missionary Society see London 22-5 Missionary Society M’Kecknie, Daniel 22 missions Mackenzie, John 235 Caribbean 149-52 McNair, Bella, of Paisley 22 evangelical context 227-44 Madan, Martin, of the Lock Hospital 9 South Africa 149-52 madness, location of Richard WM 214-26; women’s role in Henderson’s asylum 68-71 collecting for 208, 209-10 district (WM) 215 Mock-Preacher, The (1739) 178-85 Manners, Lady Robert see Degge, Mary Moister, William 150-1, 152 Manning, Rev. Charles 67 Mongolia, missions 229 Marsden, George 221, 223, 225, 226 Montgomery, James 224 Martin, David 176 Moody, Dwight L. 234, 243 Marvell, Andrew 57, 61 Moore, Henry 139, 144 Mason, Mrs Rebecca, of Birmingham Moravianism 82 206 missions 220, 230 Matthewman, George 222 More, Hannah 69 Melksham circuit (WM) 205, 208-9 Morgan, Virtue, of Tinhead 205n Methodism Morley, George 220, 221, 222, 223, 225, anti-Methodist publications 178-85 226 relations with Anglicanism 161-77 MPs, PMs and Great War 125-35 verse tale by John Byrom 81-8 Müller, George 243 Methodist Church local preachers in Scotland 89-101 Napoleonic Wars 227 query about ministers who left 25-6 National Council for the Prevention of Methodist Heritage 175 War 132 x

National Council of the Evangelical Free poetry Churches in England and Wales 234 John Milton’s influence on CW 54- National Union of Ex-Servicemen 66 (NUX) 129 verse tale by John Byrom 81-8 New Zealand, missions 229, 240, 241 Polynesia, missions 229 Newcastle district (WM) 215, 216, 224 Primitive Methodist Hymnal (1887) 24 Newfoundland, missions 214, 224, 226 Primitive Methodist Magazine 25 Newman, John Henry, cardinal 239 Primitive Methodist Quarterly Review Newport, Kenneth C. G. 54 23 Newton, Rev. John 177 Primitive Methodism 162, 164, 165, 174 Nichols, James 81 denominational periodicals 23, 24, Nisbet family 3, 8 25 North America hymn books 23, 24 missions 214, 217, 229, 240, 241, MPs and Great War 125-35 244 Petersfield 148 Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, Scotland 22-5 missions 214 theological institutions 23-5 women’s role 201 Oakley, William 232 Protestant Methodists 217 Obama, Barak, president of US 137 Providential Way 217 occupational status, Scottish local Punshon, Rev. William Morley 233 preachers 98, 99 Pusey, Rev. Edward 239 Onstott, Anna Melissa (1849-1944) 136 Oxford Movement 239 Quakers, evangelicalism and missions 230, 231, 232 pacifism, PMs and Great War 125-35 Palmer, Phoebe, of NY 243 racism, Adam Clarke 18-21 Palmerston, Henry Temple, Lord 161 Radcliffe, Mrs Mary 212 Parker, Lucy, of Crowd Hill 204 Radcliffe, Reginald 232 Parry-Jones, William 69, 71 Raffles, Rev. Thomas 220 Parsons, Edward 220 Raven, Mrs Sarah 203 Particular Baptist Society for Reagan, Ronald, president of US 137 Propagating the Gospel among the Record 235 Heathen 218 Reece, Richard 16, 223, 224, 225, 226 Paterson, I. F. 99 Reed, Joseph 160 Pawson, John 219 Reformed Churches, evangelicalism and 171, 177 missions 230, 233-4, 242, 244 Perronet, Edward 67 Reid, Thomas 235 Petersfield, PM 148 Religious Census (1851) 162-70 Peto, Sir Samuel Morton 237 religious periodicals 240, 241 Petty, John 23 PM 23, 24, 25 Pilter, Robert 222 Scotland 91, 99 Plan of Pacification (1795) 217 Religious Tract Society 218, 239-40 xi revivalism 177, 205, 217 224 anti-Methodist critique 178-85 Sheppard, David, bishop of Liverpool evangelicalism and missions 232, 176 234 Siberia, missions 229 Richardson, Arthur, MP 133 Sierra Leone, WM missions 214 Richardson, Tom, MP 130, 131 Sigston, James 217, 222 Rodell, Jonathan 168n Simmons, Jim, MP 126-9, 134-5 Rogers, James, of Tinhead 205n Simon, John S. 210n Roman Catholicism 163, 167, 168, 181, Singing the Faith 102, 107, 109-10 185 slavery evangelicalism and missions 238-9, Adam Clarke and 20-1 243 evangelicalism and missions 238 Romney, George 142 Smalbroke, Richard 44n Rose, Elizabeth 231 Smith, George 224 Rosenthal, Louis Glück see Glück, Louis Smith, Henry, printer 143 Rosenthal Smith, John, printer 143 Routley, Eric 106 Smith, Robert 219 Royle, Edward 162, 163, 166 Smith, William Robertson 242 Russell, John, RA (1745-1806) 3-11, social reform, PM MPs and Great War 141 126-9 Ryle, Miss 205 Society for Lying-in Women 206 Ryle, Rev. J. C., bishop of Liverpool Society for Missions to Africa and the 239 East see Church Missionary Society South Africa, missions 149-52, 214, 229 Salvin, Eliza Anne 168 Southampton circuit (WM) 204, 209 Sawkins, J. W. 99 SPCK 218 Scarth, William 221, 222 Spence, Robert 224 Scotland Spencer, Mrs 205 evangelicalism and missions 230, SPG 218 242 Spoor, Ben, MP 129, 130, 134-5 local preachers 1996 and 2011 89- Springtime 24 101 Spurgeon, Charles Haddon 16, 232 PM 23-5 Squance, Rev. Thomas S. 203 Scottish Church Initiative for Union Sri Lanka, missions 214, 218, 226, 228 (SCIFU) 91, 101 Stampe, George (1836-1918) 111, 112 Scottish Congregational Church 90-1 Stephens, W. R. W. 166n Scottish Episcopal Church 91 Stonehouse, George 81, 82 Scrub, Timothy 184n Strangers’ Friend Society 203, 205-6 secularization 174, 175 Suckley, Mrs 206 Seward brothers 82 Sunday at Home 240 Shaftsbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Sunday School Society 218 Lord 233 Sunday schools, WM women’s role Sheffield district, WM missions 215, 208-9 xii

Sunderland district (PM) 23-5 United Reformed Church 91, 171 Sunderland District Preachers’ Association (PM) 23 Vazeille, Mary see Wesley, Mary (Mrs Swale, Thomas 222 Vazeille) Sweden, missions 229 Vickers, John 214 Victoria, queen 138, 139 Tait, Archibald Campbell, 170n Wales, evangelicalism 229-30 Taylor, James Hudson 243 Ward, John, junior, of Durham 224 Taylor, Jeremy, bishop 105 Ward, W. R. 229 Taylor, John 141, 144 Warrener, William 223, 224 Taylor, John Ellor 15-16 Watchman and Wesleyan Advertiser, The Taylor, John Wilkinson, MP 131 142-3 Taylor, Mary, of Tinhead 205n Waterson, Alfred, MP 133 Taylor, Robert 238 Watkin, Ann 210n Taylor, William, bishop of Africa 232, Watson, J. R. 103n, 104 242 Watson, Richard 139, 144, 221, 222, temperance movement 133-4, 238 223, 224, 225, 226, 227 theological institutions Watts, Isaac 22, 104, 234 PM 23-5 Waugh, Rev. Alexander 220 WM 88 Weekly Miscellany 179 Thicks, Brother and Sister, of Fawley Welsh Calvinistic Methodists 167 204 Wesley, Charles (1757-1834) 11 Tholuck, Friedrich 233 Wesley, Rev. Charles (1707-88) 52-3, Thomas à Kempis 22 181, 234 Thomas, James (d. 1856) 150-2 and Byrom 82 Thomas, John W. 16 continuing influence on hymn writing Thompson, Mrs 206 102-10; illus. Part 3, cover Thompson, Rev. John Day 133 John Milton’s influence on hymns Thompson, Thomas, of Hull 223, 225, 54-66 226 JW’s marriage 67 Thomson, James 241 and Martha Gumley 3, 6-11 Thomson, William, bishop of Gloucester portrait 111 and Bristol 161 Wesley, Rev. John 12, 223 trade unions, PM MPs and Great War in anti-Methodist publications 181, 125, 129, 131, 132 182 Trapp, Rev. Joseph 84, 180, 183n, 185 and Byrom 81, 82 Turkington, Charles 221 Diary 70 Turner, John Munsey 126, 134, 172 influence on hymns 103, 105, 107-9 Tyerman, Luke 67 Journal 39, 68-71, 81, 149 marriage 67 Union of Democratic Control 130, 132 and Martha Gumley 3, 5n, 6-11 United Methodist Church 102 portraits 111; by John Jackson, RA xiii

141-2; micro-calligraphic 136-48, illus. Part 5, cover illus. 147 Whitman, Walt, query about 88 sermons 22, 209; on Christian Wilberforce, Samuel, bishop of Oxford perfection 39-53; on the Catholic 161, 163, 177 spirit 108 Wilberforce, William 21, 227, 229, 238 Wesley, Mary (Mrs Vazeille) 67; illus. Williams, Mrs Elizabeth 203 Part 2, cover Wilson, Linda 201, 206, 211 Wesley, Samuel, Rev., junior (1690- Wiltshire, WM women’s role 205, 208-9 1739) 105 Wimborne circuit (WM) 205 Wesley, Samuel (1766-1837) 11 Witty, Mrs, of Hull 212 Wesley, Sarah (1726-1822) 7 WMMS see Wesleyanism, missions Wesley, Susanna (1669-1742) 142, 144; women, role in WM 201-13 illus. Part 6, cover Wood, Elizabeth, of Bradford 204 Wesley Historical Society Wood, James 222, 223, 224, 225 General Secretary’s report 2013 111- Wood, John, of Wakefield 227 44 Wood, Matthew 172 Proceedings 112 Woodhouse Grove School 215, 222 Wesleyan Hymn Book 141, 209 Wordsworth, William 54 Wesleyan Methodist Magazine see World War I 125-35 Methodist Magazine World War II 134 Wesleyan Reformers 164 Worrall, Mrs 206 Wesleyanism worship leaders, Scotland 91, 94, 95, 96, architects 135 97 hymnbooks 141, 209 Worsley, Rev. Ralph 168-9 missions 149-52, 214-26; evangelical Wren, Brian 106-7 context 227-44 Wrightson, Hannah 212n query about ministers who left 25-6 relations with Anglicanism 161-71, York/Hull district, WM missions 215, 174 223-4 women’s role 201-13 Yorkshire West Indies, WM missions 149-52, 214, origins of WM Missionary Society 217, 219, 223, 226, 227 214-26 Westminster Normal College 213 relations between Anglicanism and Weymouth, WM 149 Methodism 162-77 White, Charles 151 Young Men’s Christian Association 24 White, John, of Beverley 223 Whitefield, George 11, 82, 103, 178-85;

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BOOKS REVIEWED

Anderson, Misty G. Imagining Methodism in 18th-century Britain, 248 Bebbington, David Victorian Nonconformity, 31 Victorian Religious Revivals; culture and piety in local and global contexts, 31 Charmley, Gervase N. The Hope in Hope Street: Hope Congregational Church and Bethel Evangelical Free Church: 200 years in Hanley, 156 Clarke, Matthew (ed.) Mission and Development, ’s Work or Good Works?, 154 Gibson, William, Forsaith, Peter and Wellings, Martin (eds) The Ashgate Research Companion to World Methodism, 116 Griffiths, Leslie, Le Boutillier, Martin, May, Cedric and Suttie, Ian Phillippe Baker: Sark’s Methodist missionary to Haiti, 121 Hargreaves, John A. and Haigh, E. A. Hilary (eds) Slavery in Yorkshire: Richard Oastler and the campaign against child labour in the Industrial Revolution, 74 Hart, David and Jeremy, David (eds) Brands Plucked from the Burning: essays on Methodist memorialisation and remembering, 192 Hoffer, Peter Charles When Benjamin Franklin Met the Reverend Whitefield: enlightenment, revival, and the power of the printed word, 189 Horton, Charles Herber Stretcher Bearer! Fighting for Life in the Trenches, 120 Jones, David Ceri, Schlenther, Boyd Stanley and White, Eryn Mant The Elect Methodists: Calvinistic Methodism in England and Wales 1735 to 1811, 33 Maddock, Ian J. Men of One Book: a comparison of two Methodist preachers, John Wesley and George Whitefield, 189 Martin, David The Education of David Martin: the making of an unlikely sociologist, 191 Pritchard, John Methodists and their Missionary Societies 1760-1900, 153 Ratcliffe, Richard Methodist Records for Family Historians, 252 Rodano, John A. (ed.) Celebrating a Century of Ecumenism: exploring the achievements of international dialogue, 118 xv

Royle, Edward (ed.) Yorkshire Methodism: essays to commemorate the Jubilee year of the Wesley Historical Society, 73 Sell, Alan P. F. The Theological Education of the Ministry, 188 Tait, Jennifer Woodruff The Poisoned Chalice: eucharistic grape juice and common-sense realism in Victorian Methodism, 251 Thornborrow, Philip A Methodist in the Family?, 252 Turner, John Munsey Historians and Theologians in Dialogue, 27 Wallwork, Norman The Gospel Church Secure: the official history of the Methodist Sacramental Fellowship, 195 Weir, J. R. Wesley Through Changing Scenes: Belfast Central Mission, 250 Wesley, John The Works, volume 12: Doctrinal and Controversial Treatises (ed. Randy L. Maddox), 247