{"product_id":"2940014990127","title":"Makers Of Methodism","description":"Methodism is, in a very special sense, the child of Providence, It is a happy feature in its history that it was not cradled in conflict, but was born of a religious revival. The origin of the Reformed Churches in Bohemia, in Germany, in Switzerland, in France, in the Netherlands, in Scotland, was amid the throes of civil war. This gave a degree of hardness to certain aspects of religion and left a heritage of bitter memories. While it developed much of moral heroism, it also developed much of the sterner side of our nature, and sometimes evoked vindictive passions. No one can be familiar with the stirring tale of the conflict between Romanism and Protestantism and of the strifes between different sections of the Reformed religion without seeing and lamenting that often reproach was brought upon the cause of Christ by the passionate zeal and lack of charity of Christian men. Persecution upon one side sometimes led to persecution on the other. Even the valor and fidelity of such heroes as Ziska and Gustavus Adolphus, of William the Silent and Admiral Coligny, of Cromwell and Knox, of Zwingle and of Duke Maurice of Saxony, were not unmarred by elements of human harshness and infirmity.\u003cbr\u003eBut, in the providence of God, Methodism had a milder and happier development. Not that it was without persecution and suffering. It had enough of both to develop the grandest heroism, the most intrepid fortitude, and the noblest endurance even unto death. Yet it never appealed to the sword. Like the great founder of Christianity, it turned its cheek to the smiter; it suffered with a quietness of spirit the very tyranny and rage of its foes. No tinge of iconoclastic zeal or of retaliating sternness mars the saintly character of the Wesleys and their fellow-helpers. Their spirit was that of St. John, breathing the benedictions of love. The motto of John Wesley was typical of his life and ministry: \" With charity to all, with malice to none.\"","brand":"HWWithrow Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47084138496240,"sku":"2940014990127","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014990127_p0.jpg?v=1763617947","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014990127","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}