The Case of Scottish Methodism Impartially Considered; Being a Contribution Towards Solving That Important and Difficult Question (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1856. Excerpt: ... of his ministerial fathers and brethren, whose age and experience invest them with the requisite fitness; and, should this be the result, no one can possibly regret that these pages have seen the light. The motto " Gradatim," affixed to the titlepage, and which may be freely rendered as equivalent to the Old English proverb, "Make haste slowly," the reader is desired to carry in his mind throughout the whole of these remarks to their close; as it is intended to exert a modifying influence upon all and everything here stated. That modification is sometimes expressed, but must be understood to be everywhere implied. Its force amounts to this: --That no change which can be made can be for the better, unless it be made gradually; and that, not only because it is true in the general, that changes made in a church or nation must be gradual, else a re-action is produced, which makes things worse than before; and, also, because the evils which afflict Methodism in this country have acquired a chronic and complicated character, and must be dealt with accordingly; but, also, because any change made, must be made in accordance with the genius and temperament of the people, one of whose great characteristic qualities is caution. Hence also arises the necessity of intimacy with the people, in order to arrive at a true and thorough acquaintance with their views and feelings; such intimacy as demands residence in the country. What, then, is the real source of the difficulties with which we have to contend in Scotland? To the writer, it appears to be this: --The Application Op English Ideas To Scottish AFFAIES. It is not Scriptural ideas; it is not Meihodistic ideas; it is ideas which are English to which reference is made. The Scottish temperament and feeling of nationali...