The Life of John Wesley Redfield

The Life of John Wesley Redfield Author(s): Terrill, J.G. Publisher: Grand Rapids, MI: Christian Classics Ethereal Library Description: Just after Redfield's death, his friend Joseph Terrill wrote this account of his life. Terrill's admiration of the Methodist evangelist shines through his words; he opens the book by describing how he first came across Redfield, who was then giving an impassioned sermon to a great mass of people. This biography gives readers the unique opportunity to learn about and experience the Holiness Movement and the founding of the Free Methodist Church from the inside. Characteristic of the day and the author's evangelical back- ground, this engaging book contains rich sensory description and an emotional narrative style. Kathleen O'Bannon CCEL Staff Subjects: Christian Denominations Protestantism Post-Reformation Other Protestant denominations Methodism i Contents Title Page 1 Contents 3 Author’s Dedication 25 Introduction by Rev. B. T. Roberts 26 Author’s Introduction 29 Chapter 1 35 Chapter 2 39 Chapter 3 43 Chapter 4 46 Chapter 5 48 Chapter 6 50 Chapter 7 53 Chapter 8 60 Chapter 9 63 Chapter 10 65 Chapter 11 72 Chapter 12 77 Chapter 13 81 Chapter 14 83 Chapter 15 90 Chapter 16 95 Chapter 17 98 Chapter 18 100 Chapter 19 103 Chapter 20 108 Chapter 21 114 ii Chapter 22 120 Chapter 23 123 Chapter 24 129 Chapter 25 132 Chapter 26 138 Chapter 27 144 Chapter 28 147 Chapter 29 151 Chapter 30 153 Chapter 31 156 Chapter 32 161 Chapter 33 165 Chapter 34 167 Chapter 35 171 Chapter 36 175 Chapter 37 179 Chapter 38 183 Chapter 39 188 Chapter 40 191 Chapter 41 196 Chapter 42 199 Chapter 43 204 Chapter 44 207 Chapter 45 211 Chapter 46 216 Chapter 47 219 Chapter 48 223 Chapter 49 227 Chapter 50 234 Chapter 51 240 Chapter 52 246 Chapter 53 249 iii Chapter 54 255 Chapter 55 261 Chapter 56 265 Chapter 57 275 Chapter 58 285 Chapter 59 290 Chapter 60 296 Chapter 61 300 Chapter 62 308 Chapter 63 314 Chapter 64 322 Indexes 331 Index of Scripture References 332 iv This PDF file is from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library, www.ccel.org. 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Written permission is required for commercial use. v Title Page Title Page THE LIFE —— OF —— JOHN WESLEY REDFIELD M. D. —— By —— Rev. Joseph Goodwin Terrill 1 Title Page “WHOSE FAITH FOLLOW.” CHICAGO, ILLINOIS FREE METHODIST PUBLISHING HOUSE COPYRIGHT BY ———— REV. J. G. TERRILL, ———— MAY, 1889. Manufactured by W. B. Conkey Co. CHICAGO. 2 Contents Contents CONTENTS Author’s Dedication Introduction By Rev. B. T. Roberts Author’s Introduction CHAPTER 1 Birth — Early Impressions of Being Called to Preach — Conversion — First Religious Labors CHAPTER 2 Fighting against God — Running from Duty — Strange Experiences CHAPTER 3 Settling the Controversy — A Long and Hard Struggle — The Victory Gained CHAPTER 4 Starting Out to Preach — First Field of Labor — Successful Efforts — Incidents, etc. CHAPTER 5 The Old Struggle Renewed — Call to Preach Confirmed — Determined Rebellion — Off the Track CHAPTER 6 Acting Jonah’s Part — Turns Infidel — Studying Anatomy — Investigates Natural, Mental, and Moral Science — Escape from Atheism — A Presump- tuous Marriage Engagement CHAPTER 7 Reaping as He Sowed — Bitter Consequences of His Presumptuous Marriage — His Own Story CHAPTER 8 Respite from Trouble — Dawn of Better Days — His Own Story Con- cluded — Respite from Domestic Difficulty — Followed by Sad Bereavements 3 Contents CHAPTER 9 In Lockport, N.Y. — Keeping Bachelor’s Hall — A Strange Impression — Avows Abolition Principles — Licensed to Preach — Goes to Cleveland, Ohio CHAPTER 10 A Winter in Cleveland — Lectures against Slavery — Forms the First Anti-Slavery Society — Story of a Fugitive Slave CHAPTER 11 Returns to Lockport — Seeks Entire Sanctification — Erroneous Seeking — House to House Visitation Incidents — Revival Work CHAPTER 12 Serious Illness — A Winter in New York City — Wasting with Consump- tion — Healed on Consenting to Take Up the Work of the Ministry — Preaching in New York — The Great Night — A Striking Coincidence CHAPTER 13 Great Revival in New York — Wonderful Manifestations of Divine Power — Assaults of Temptation — Seeking Holiness Again CHAPTER 14 Still Seeking Entire Sanctification — Encouraged by a Father in Israel — Hears of Dr. and Mrs. Palmer — Prejudiced against Them by Evil Testimony — Goes to Camp Meeting — Seeking Amiss — Attends Another Camp Meeting — Meets the Palmers — Mrs. Palmer Shows Him the Way of God More Perfectly — Endeavoring to Enter Beulah — Yielding All — Taught of the Spirit — Tempted — Triumphs by Faith — Jumps the Chasm — Sanctified Wholly — Abiding Joy CHAPTER 15 Mr. Redfield’s Pastor — Mr. Redfield as a Class Leader — Appoints Holiness Meetings — A Hundred Persons Sanctified — Many Sinners Con- verted — Church Membership Greatly Increased — Two New Churches 4 Contents Formed — Opposition to the Holiness Movement — Mr. Redfield’s Determ- ination — Severe Tests — Victory Gained — Invited to Labor in Another Church — Accepts the Call — Successful Labors CHAPTER 16 Change of Pastors — Mr. Redfield Still Engaged in Revival Work — Charged with Heresy by the New Pastor — Vindicates Himself — License to Preach Renewed — Opposition to the Holiness Teaching of Mr. Redfield and Others Continued — Bishop Hamline — A Defender and Promoter of the Holiness Work — Becomes Mr. Redfield’s Confidential Adviser, etc. CHAPTER 17 Urged to Unite with the Conference — Considering the Matter — Reasons Which Determined Him Against It — Becomes an Evangelist — Contempor- ary with Caughey, Finney, Burchard and Knapp — Twenty Miles Above New York — Successful Labors — A New Church — The Dedication — A Convert’s Exhortation — Good Results CHAPTER 18 Laboring in a Mission Church in the Suburbs of New York — Method with Proselytizers — A Powerful Revival — Incidents — The Mission Church Made Self-sustaining — Proselytizing Ministers Dismissed from Their Pas- torate — The Sequel — Mr. Redfield’s Reflections Concerning Opposition to the Thorough Work of God — More Incidents — Achans Discovered and Disposed of Strange Experience of a Colored Woman CHAPTER 19 Goes from New York to a Neighboring City — His Way to Success in One Church Blocked — Goes to Another Church — Great Success Attending His Labors — Hopes for a General Revival of the Doctrine and Experience of Holiness — Disappointed by Hostility Among Ministers — Encouraged by a Bishop — Opposition to His Revival Labors Continues — Open Doors in Mortgaged Churches and among Demoralized Societies — Cause of the Opposition to Holiness Discovered — Laboring in the Church of a Sick 5 Contents Pastor — Opposed and Slandered by the Sick Man — Mr. Redfield’s Predic- tion Concerning Him — The Prophecy Speedily Fulfilled — A Class Leader Sanctified — Turns Exhorter and Addresses the Employees in a Factory — The Class Leader Shouting — Mr. Redfield Called For by an Excited Church Member — Joins the Class Leader in Praising God — Visits a Lady Dying of Consumption — She is Saved and Healed at the Same Time — Instances Il- lustrating Victory Over Death CHAPTER 20 A Summer on Long Island — Preaching in the Villages on Sundays — Personal Experiences — Called to Occupy a Vacant Pulpit until the Time for Beginning His Revival Work — Condition of the Charge — Beginning His Labors — Visiting One of the Principals in an Old Church Quarrel — Visits an Old-time Methodist — His First Sabbath on the New Charge — Efforts with Sinner — Repulsed — The Second Sabbath — Sharply Criticized — A Week of Desperate Struggling for Victory — The Third Sabbath — Victory and How It Came — Goes on Invitation of Methodist, — Baptist, and Presbyterian Ministers to Labor in Another Place — His Method of Work — Strong and Persistent Opposition — Baptist and Presbyterian Ministers Start Separate Services — Opposition Overcome — Glorious Results of Fidelity to God — Preaching Holiness Conducive to the Awakening and Conversion of Sinners — A Tea Party Turned into a Revival CHAPTER 21 Leading a Brother Minister into the Experience of Perfect Love — An Il- lustration of His Method with Seekers — Invited to Labor on the Minister’s Charge — How to Get Ready for a Revival — The Sanctified Minister Preaching Holiness — Many Sanctified — Mr. Redfield Goes to His Aid — Conversation with the Pastor — Revival Efforts Begin — Visitation — An Infidel and His Wife Converted — The Whole Town Awakened — Many Converted — Nearly all Testify that Their Convictions — Dated from the time the Pastor Began to Preach Holiness — Mr. R_____ goes to Labor in Another City — Proselytizing Ministers Oppose His Work — Wicked Perse- 6 Contents cution from a Universalist Preacher — The Persecuting Preacher’s Death from Delirium Tremens CHAPTER 22 Overworked — Severe and Protracted Illness — Going Home to Die — His Sickness Not unto Death, but for the Glory of God — His Own Account of This Experience — A Remarkable Vision — Tells of the Triumphant Death of Two Sisters — Recovering From His Illness — Preaches in New York City — Dines at Dr. Palmer’s — Relates an Account of the Vision He Had During His Sickness — Mrs.

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