METHODIST ..u· ARCH &MI sTORY April 1996 RECEtVED r'"' ~ · · · - "· ' S Volume XXXIV > Number 3 JosHUA SoULE ----------··--- - - !"" EDITORIAL BOARD l ' I ' Janet D. Engle, Class of 1996 Richard O'Neil, Class of 1996 Kenneth E. Rowe, Class of 1996 Cover: Joshua Soule (1781-1867) was a bishop in both the Methodist and Methodist Episcopal Church, South. He was also the author of the Con­ stitution of the Methodist Episcopal Church. METHODIST HISTORY (ISSN 0026-1238) is published quarterly for $15.00 per year by the General Commission on Archives and History of The United Methodist Church, 36 Madison Avenue, Madison, NJ 07940. Printed in the U.S.A. Back issues are available. Second-class postage paid at Madison, NJ. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to METHODIST HISTORY, P.O. Box 127, Madison, NJ 07940. ' r: i/ ~ ' I METHODIST HISTORY Charles Y rigoyen, Jr., Editor Susan E. Warrick, Book Review Editor VoLUME XXXIV APRIL 1996 NUMBER 3 CONTENTS Contributors ••• · - • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . , ·• • • • • • • • • •. _ll·: ~ •••• 134 One-man Band: Thomas Coke and the Origins of Methodist Missions by John A. Vickers . 135 The Vision of German-American Evangelicalism: The Central Role of Missions in the Evangelical United Brethren Tradition by J. Steven O'Malley .. : ............................. ·. 148 The Methodist Struggle Over Higher Education in' Fuzhou, China, 1877-1883 by Dana L. Robert . 173 DISCOVERY edited by Frederick E. Maser 190 Book Reviews . 192 Minutes of the 1995 Annual Meeting of the United Methodist Historical Society . 197 Copyright: 1996, General Commission on Archives and History, The United Methodist Church Methodist History is included in Religion Index One: Periodicals, Religious and Theological Abstracts, Historical Abstracts and America: History and Life Manuscripts submitted for publication and all other correspondence should be addressed to Editor, METHODIST HISTORY, P.O. Box 127, Madison, NJ 07940. Prospective authors are advised to write for guidelines for publication. CONTRIBUTORS JOHN A. VICKERS, :B.A., B.D., Ph.D., is the author of Thomas Coke: Apostle of Methodism (Abingdon Press, 1969). Before his recent retire­ ment he was Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies at the College of Educa­ tion, Bogner Regis, England. He is also the author of a number of studies on the history of Methodism including a reGent biographical booklet, Charles Wesley (Fou~dery Press, 1990), Dr. Vickers also serves on the Executive Committee of the Wesley Historical Soci~ty. J. STEVEN O'MALLEY, A.B., B.D., Ph.D., is John T. Seamands Pro­ fessor of Wesleyan Holiness History at Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore, KY. He is the author of Pilgrimage of Faith: The Legacy of the Otterbeins (The Scarecrow Press, 1973):He is also the author of other studies on the history of Pietism and United Methodism. DANA L. ROBERT, M.A., Ph.D., is Associate Professor of International Mission at the Boston Uni.versity School of Theology. Her teaching and research interests include missjology, the history of American evangelicalism, and women's studies . .Dr. Robert serves on the Editorial Boar.cl of the International Bull~tin ofMissionary Research and has served as Secretary of the Association of Professors of Mission. Sh~ is currently working on a history of women in mission. .f I I l 1 i •I .