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The Methodist Review - Softcover

J. Soule And T. Mason.

 
9780371893371: The Methodist Review

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The Methodist Review This late-Vol. issue of a Victorian evangelical miscellany surveys a broad program of religious life: apologetics for Christian revelation, devotional and philosophical reflection, biographical sketches, and missionary reporting spanning the Atlantic world and Asian missions. It defends the credibility of New Testament miracles through multiple witnesses, highlights patristic testimony (Clement, Polycarp, Ignatius, Irenaeus), and discusses prophecy, internal and external evidence, and the prudence of not overreaching proof. It combines a treatise on free will and moral responsibility with exhortations to disciplined Christian living, Sabbath observance, self-denial, and temperance. A central biographical feature is John Eliot, the Puritan missionary to Native Americans, whose Algonquian Bible translation and Natick church are celebrated as exemplary mission. Missionary intelligence reports cover the Bahamas, Jamaica, Demerara, St. Domingo, and other stations, with notes on revivals and martyr-like perseverance. The issue also spotlights obituary notices, devotional verse, and cross-cultural outreach, underscoring a global Methodist emphasis on personal piety, evangelical reform, and missionary expansion.

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