{"product_id":"2940149892815","title":"Methodist Heroes of Other Days","description":"From the book's introduction:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe present generation of Methodists, it is feared, know few of the names of the Methodists of former days, and still less of the manners and speech of the olden time. Some have an idea that the preachers were uneducated, ignorant ranters, and that their hearers were emotional and easily impressed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe preachers of the early days were sometimes ignorant men, but filled with the love of Christ and burning with zeal to extend his kingdom. Many were graduates of \"Brush College,\" as they facetiously called the itinerant method of study. Their saddlebags contained their library, and whenever they could they studied. Whenever an older preacher was met the younger one would ask questions and receive instruction and advice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe times were such that there was a greater opportunity for the development of individuality than now. So some eccentric men arose, such as Lorenzo Dow, whom some men refused to allow in the pulpit, not understanding him and having no patience with him. We must not lose sight of the fact that they were greater than their oddities, and that they were used as the instruments of God in winning many men to Jesus Christ. Today the stories of their eccentricities amuse us, and we are apt to forget that they were flaming evangels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe ministers of the olden time were of the stuff of which heroes are made. They were in labors abundant, in journeys oft and far. They suffered from hunger and thirst, from perils from men and beasts, from poverty and toil. Yet they failed not nor faltered, but were faithful unto the end.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey secured great results, for above all else they were men of great faith. They took God into partnership, and he was often drawn upon, and always acknowledged the draft. Thus out of the trials was evolved sainthood, and out of their sanctification came glorification.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey were men who were great in prayer. They often trod the way into the Holy of holies. They were importunate in their faith. They expected to receive an answer, and so it came. Their training was such that they read human nature like an open book. It seemed at times as if they were inspired. Their messages brought hidden things to light, and made the greatest braggarts quake.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey were all things to all men, yet they never ceased to be manly, noble, and true. Their lives were a rebuke to other men because of their purity. Their fearlessness was a challenge to the powers of evil to do their worst. They were great defenders of the faith. They defended the truth against Calvinists, Arians, deists, and Universalists. Rarely were they beaten. They had to defend their flock from the proselytizer, the infidel, and rum, and they did it bravely and valiantly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll hail to our Methodist preachers of olden days! From them we may derive lessons of wisdom and cheer. We are in the midst of a great conflict. They can teach us how to fight. We may have better equipment, a fairer field, and a more courteous opponent, but we can never surpass them in the splendor of their manly spirit and sacrifice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*    *    *    *    *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Table of Contents are as follows:\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1: FRANCIS ASBURY\u003cbr\u003eCh 2: PHILIP EMBURY\u003cbr\u003eCh 3: WILLIAM McKENDREE\u003cbr\u003eCh 4: HENRY WILLIS\u003cbr\u003eCh 5: GEORGE PICKERING\u003cbr\u003eCh 6: ANNING OWEN\u003cbr\u003eCh 7: PETER MASSIE\u003cbr\u003eCh 8: THOMAS MORRELL\u003cbr\u003eCh 9: JESSE LEE\u003cbr\u003eCh 10: GEORGE DOUGHERTY\u003cbr\u003eCh 11: WILLIAM WINANS\u003cbr\u003eCh 12: ALFRED BRUNSON\u003cbr\u003eCh 13: SHADRACH BOSTWICK, M.D.\u003cbr\u003eCh 14: ZENAS CALDWELL\u003cbr\u003eCh 15: ROBERT BOYD\u003cbr\u003eCh 16: RICHMOND NOLLEY\u003cbr\u003eCh 17: SAMUEL TUCKER\u003cbr\u003eCh  18: GEORGE HARMON\u003cbr\u003eCh 19: JOHN CLARK\u003cbr\u003eCh 20: WILLIAM BEAUCHAMP\u003cbr\u003eCh 21: PHILIP GATCH\u003cbr\u003eCh 22: VALENTINE COOK\u003cbr\u003eCh 23: HOPE HULL\u003cbr\u003eCh 24: JOHN GADDIS\u003cbr\u003eCh 25: WILLIAM B. CHRISTIE\u003cbr\u003eCh 26: GLEZEN FILLMORE\u003cbr\u003eCh 27: JAMES MOORE\u003cbr\u003eCh 28: JOHN KOBLER\u003cbr\u003eCh 29: JOSEPH LILLARD\u003cbr\u003eCh 30: JACOB GRUBER\u003cbr\u003eCh 31: JAMES GILMORE\u003cbr\u003eCh 32: JOHN RAY\u003cbr\u003eCh 33: \"REFORMATION\" JOHN ADAMS\u003cbr\u003eCh 34: BILLY HIBBARD\u003cbr\u003eCh 35: JOHN HASLAM\u003cbr\u003eCh 36: GEORGE GARY","brand":"Jawbone Digital","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47177206071536,"sku":"2940149892815","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940149892815_p0.jpg?v=1763726232","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940149892815","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}