PROCEEDINGS OF THE WESLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

PROCEEDINGS OF THE WESLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Volume 58 Edited by Rev. Dr David Ceri Jones and Deacon Dr Ronald Aitchison Printed for the Society By JOHN PRICE (PRINTERS) LTD Brook Street, Bilston, Wolverhampton WV12 ONW 2011-2012

11 ILLUSTRATIONS Charles Wesley 'Lily Portrait', Part 3, cover Gliick Rosenthal Calligraphic Portrait of John Wesley, Part 5, cover John Wesley at 87 painted by George Romney, engraved by J. Turnbull..., Part 1, cover John Wesley preaching in the Chapel of Ease, Old Cripplegate... After Frances Hayman, Part 2, cover John Wesley head sash window stop, Part 6, cover John Wesley's Chapel, The New Room, Bristol, Broadmead New Garden courtyard entrance, Part 4, cover Portraits of John Wesley on cigarette and trade cards, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 Sister Evelyn Oates, 63 Sister Miriam Scrivens, 66 CONTRIBUTORS AND ARTICLES Aitchison, Ronald The Wesley Deaconess Order in the Transvaal 1894-1953, 62-71 Field, Clive D. Bibliography of Methodist Historical Literature 2010, 101-35 Bibliography of Methodist Historical Literature 2011, 245-74 Demography and the Decline of British Methodism, 175-89, 200-15, 247-63 Frazier, J. Russell John Fletcher and his Unpublished Correspondence with Revd Thomas Beale, 72-5 Grant, Peter John Fletcher's Letters to Thomas Beale, 167 Hargreaves, John A. Annual General Meeting and Lecture 2010, 34-5 Annual General Meeting and Lecture 2011, 157-9 General Secretary's Report 2012, 278-80 Jeremy, David J. Laity in Denominational Leadership Part Two: Methodist Vice-Presidents 1932-2000, 12-33, 98

lll Lenton, John and Ryan, Donald H. Anniversary Dates 2011-2013, 167-9 Maddox, Randy L. Correspondence between James Erskine and John and Charles Wesley, 264-75 Mills, Stella The First Primitive Methodist Chapel: the claim for Boylestone, 216-25 Neal, John C. Methodist Missions 250 th Anniversary: oral traditiqn and historical aberrations, 226-35 Richards, Peter S. Primitive Methodism and the Road to Methodist Union (1932) in Wallasey, Cheshire, 151-6 Ryan, Donald H. Dr Samuel Johnson, the Wesley Family and Methodism, 76-89 John Wesley, Cigarette Cards and his Advice on Tobacco, 2-11 John Wesley Head Sash Window Stop, 275, Part 6 cover illus. Rev Charles Manning, BA, 291 The Wesley Historical Society: origins and evolution 1893-2010, 37-44 Tedeschi, Anthony 'The Prayer of Faith Can Vindicate': two Wesley letters in the Alfred & Isabel Reed Collection, Dunedin, 1 72-4 Wellings, Martin Charles Bell ( 1846-99), 291 Wesley Historical Society Constitution 2010, 45-8 Constitution 2012, 280-4 White, Eryn M. Whitefield, Wesley and Wales, 136-50

IV BOOK NOTICES by Christopher S. Adams, Ronnie Aitchison, Gilbert D. Braithwaite, Paul Burnham, Robert Glen, David Hart, David Ceri Jones, Andrew G. Mathieson, John A. Newton, Donald H. Ryan, Boyd Stanley Schlenther, Simon Ross Valentine, John A. Vickers, Martin Wellings GENERAL INDEX Abbreviations: CW: Charles Wesley; JW: John Wesley; MNC: Methodist New Connexion; PM: Primitive Methodist/Methodism; WM: Wesleyan Methodist/Methodism Abbey Road Building Society 23 Abelove, Henry 177 alcohol 3, 258 Alexander, Sister Beryl 69 Alley, Mary 234 Allison, Timothy 256 Americas, WM missions 226-35 Anglesey, CW and JW in 147 Anglican Church Book of Common Prayer 76 burials 251-3 fertility 202, 203 status of Vice-Presidents and union with 28 Anglican/Methodist Conversations Report 169 Anthony, Obed 231 Antigua, WM 226-35 Antliff, William (b. 1863) 169 Arminian Magazine 78 Arminianism vs Calvinism 139-50, 264-5, 270-1 Armstrong, Ernest 32 Asbury, Francis 232 Ashworth, John (b. 1813) 169 Australia 168, I 69 Babb, Rev. Henry 18 Backus, Percy L. 32 Bailey, Albert 32 Baker, Rev. Frank (1910-99) 41, 44,265 Ballard, Rev. Frank 204 Bangor, JW's description 144 baptism and burials 251-3 records 200 Baptists 149,202,251 Barber, Francis (1735-1801) 88 Barber, Samuel (1786-1828) 88-9 Barrett, William 230 Barry, John, portrait of JW 9 Barton, Rev. Edgar C. (1873-1953) 42 Bateman, Thomas 14, 151 Baxter, John, of Antigua 226,227,228, 230,232,233 Beale, Rev. Thomas 72-5, 167 Beastrabban website 231 Beck, Rev. Brian 26 Beckley Social Service Lecture 206 Bell, Charles (1846-99) 291 Bellman, Sir Harold 21, 23,206,259 Bennet, John 41 Bennett, Cyril J. 32 Benson,Joseph 172,173 Bett, Rev. Henry (1876-1953) 41 Bible Christians 256, 263

V Bibliography of Methodist Historical Literature 2010 101-35; 2011 245-74 Bickerstaffe, Isaac 81 Bird, Sir Charles Hayward 21, 23 Birkenhead, PM in 151 birth control 202-14, 248, 259 'Black Harry' (slave), of St Eustatius 234-5 Blake, John C. 17, 32 Blanshard, Thomas (WM itinerant) 183 Blatherwick, David 17 Blatherwick, Douglas Pursey 31 Blood, Thomas, of Boylestone 21 7, 224 Blunt, Rev. Walter 252 Boardman, Rev. Richard, New York 227 Bodgener, Henry 205n Boer War, Wesley Deaconess Order 64-5 Booth, General William (d. 1912) 152, 168 Booth, William Hartley Vernon 17-18 Boothroyd, H., of Wallasey 155 Boswell, Euphemia 88 Boswell, James 76-89 Bourne, Hugh 88, 216-25 Bourne, James 216, 217 Bourne, Moses 21, 30 Bowmer, Rev. John C. (1911-2000) 39 Boys' Brigade, W allasey 154 Brammah, William 3 Bretherton, Rev. Francis Fletcher (1868-1956) 41 Bridgend, JW in 14 7 Bristol, New Room, Broadmead New garden courtyard entrance Part 4 cover illus. Bristow, Stella Georgina 33 British Virgin Islands 235 Brown, Douglas Vernon 14, 32 Brown, Kenneth 181, 200, 256 Bunting, Rev. Jabez 17~ Bunyan, John 84 burials 250-5, 257, 262 Burnet, Rev. Amos 65, 67 Burnet, Miss (daughter of Rev. Amos) 67 Burrell, Derek William 33 Burton, Lewis 201 Bush, Rev. Joseph (1826-1906) 178, 183,250 Byrom, John ( d. 17 63) 169 Caley, Sister Mary 69 Calvert, Rev. James (b. 1813) 169 Calvinism vs Arminianism 139-50, 264-5, 270-1 Calvinistic Methodism 136-50 Cambridge, JW in 169 camp meetings, PM 221, 222, 224 Campbell, Flann 202n Campbell, Sophia 234 Cardiff, W esleys in 144 Caribbean, WM in 226-35 Carmarthen, JW in 169 Carpenter, Jennifer Mary 33 celibacy, WM and 176-8 cemeteries 250-5, 257, 262 chapels building in Wales 150 registration of marriages 179 Chapman, Rev. Arundel 208 Charles, Rev. Thomas, of Bala 148 Charlesworth, D. P., ofwallasey 155 Chawner, R. G. 219 Checkland, Sir Michael 17, 33 Cheshire, Paul 230 Cheshire burial dispute (1886) 253 Chesser, Eustace 203n Chester, Harold Guylee 31 Chester, PM in 151 Cheyne, Dr George 2 Christian World 203-4 Chudleigh, Rev. Fred 180 Church, Rev. Leslie F. (d. 1961) 167 Church of England see Anglican Church

Vl cigarette cards 2-11 Clarke, James 204 Clark[e], John, of St Vincent 228,232 Claxton, William, ofdemerara 231,233 Clegg, William Ernest 21, 30 Clowes, William 88, 217, 218, 221, 222 Cockell, William A. 32 Coke, Rev. Thomas 148,169,226,228, 232,233,234 colonialism, Wesley Deaconess Order in Transvaal (1894-1953) 62-71 contraception 202-14, 248,259 Conway Castle, JW on 144 Cook, Rev. Thomas (d. 1912) 18, 168 Cooper, Sister Nellie 65-6, 68 COPEC Commission on the Relation of the Sexes 205 Cornwall burials 253-5, 257, 262 CW in 271-2 Costain, Alfred 208 Cotton, John, of Boylestone 217 Coulson, Charles Alfred 17, 31 Crawfoot, James 217, 218, 220, 221, 222 Creed, Albert Lowry 1 7, 31 Crowlesmith, John, JP 21 Cullingworth, Tom 250 Currie, Robert 249 Dabill, Stafford 205n Dale, Rev. Rosemary 17 Davey, Cyril J. 226, 230 Davies, Howell 142 Davies, Owen 148, 149 Davies, Rev. Roger 154-5 Davies, Stella 204 Davison, on 'Black Harry' 234 Daw, Leslie T. (1905-82) 40 death rates 24 7-63 demography, relation to decline of British Methodism 175-89, 200-15, 247-63 Denny, Rev. Norwyn E. 27 denominational newspapers death notices 255-6 and Vice-Presidents 23-6, 29 Wales 150 see also Methodist Recorder Derbyshire, PM in 216-25 Desmoulins, Mrs 86 Diamond, Ian 203n Dictionary of Methodism in Britain and Ireland, A 281 electronic version 43-4, 45, 46, 278, 280,281,282 Didsbury Wesley College, Manchester 38 doctrine antinomianism 72-5, 167 Arminianism vs Calvinism 139-50, 264-5, 270-1 position of Vice-Presidents 27-8 Dorset, CW in 269 Doughty, Rev. Lamplough (1881-1966) 41 Dow, Lorenzo 222 Duckworth, James 21 Dunne!, Mrs Mary 218,219,220, 221-5 Dunningham, A. G. W. 172 D'urban, Sister Annie 68-9 Dymond, George Pearse 21, 24-6, 30 Eckett, Rev. Robert (d. 1862) 169 ecumenism 28 Edwards, Jonathan 267 Ensor, David 17, 26, 33 episcopacy 272-3 Epworth Press 208, 211 Erskine, Ebenezer 267 Erskine, James (1679-1754), correspondence with JW and CW 264-75 Erskine, Lady Frances 265-6

Vll Erskine, Ralph 267 Essex, Sir Walter 21 Etheridge, Rev. John Wesley 232 Evans, Seth 250, 251 Eversley, David 247 Everson, Rev. Frederick Howell (d. 1961) 168 Family Planning Association (FPA) 2 I 2 family size see fertility Farley, Felix 273, 275 Farrar, Sister Dorothy Hincksman 3 I Farrow, Leslie William (b. 1888) 20, 23 Featherstone, Peter 182-3 fertility, relation to decline of Methodism 176,200-15,248,259 Findlay, G. G. 228,230 Findlay, Rev. James Alexander ( d. 196 I) 168 First World War 249,259 Fletcher, Rev. Geoffrey 213 Fletcher, Rev. John William, ofmadeley, unpublished correspondence with Rev. Thomas Beale 72-5, 167 Fletcher, Tom 24 Flying Leaves 65, 66, 67 Foot, Isaac, MP 18, 21, 30 fortune telling, JW and cigarette cards 8-10 Fowler, Henry Hartley 253 French, Rev. E. Aldom (1868-1962) 42 Freud, Sigmund 205, 207 Frey, Sylvia 230, 234 gender and fertility 201-2, 215 Methodist Vice-Presidents 18, 28 Gerrad, Thomas Lee 2 I ghosts, Johnson, Boswell and JW on 83 Gibbs, John Morel 3 I Gilbert (nee Hart), Anne 228,231,233 Gilbert, Francis 226-8, 230, 231, 232, 234 Gilbert, Nathaniel III, of Antigua 226-32, 234, 235 Gilbert family, of Antigua 226-35 Glen, Robert 230, 234 Goodman, Rev. J. A. 155 Gould, Ronald 205n Gower peninsula, JW in 147 Graham, E. Dorothy 223 Graham, Isabella 230 Grant, Rev. E. W. 69 graveyards 250-5, 257,262 Gray, Rev. Herbert 205 Gray, James 14, 21, 25, 30 Greaves, Marion 207 Green, Rev. Richard (1829-1907) 37, 38,39,40 Green, Thomas (1769-1825) 88 Greet, Rev. Kenneth 211-12 Griffiths, 'Daddy', of Aruba 231 Grimshaw,Rev. William(d.1763) 169 Grundell, Rev. John (b. 1761) 168 Gumbs, Wycherley 226 Gutteridge, Leslie E. S. (1914-2000) 41 Guttery, Rev. Arthur (d. 1862) 169 Gwennap Pit, Cornwall 271, 272 Gwynne, Marmaduke 145 Gwynne, Sarah see Wesley, Sarah (1726-1822) Hall, Martha 82, 85, 86-7 Hall, Rev. Westley(l711-1776) 82, 86 Hamilton, William, R.A., portrait of JW JO Hammett, William, of St Kitts 228,233 Hardcastle, Charles D. (1824-1903) 37 Harris, Howe! I 36-46 Hart, Barry Conyers, of Antigua 233 Hart, Dr James 2 Hart sisters, of Antigua 228, 23 l, 233 Hartley, Rev. W. J. 155 Hartog, J. 234 Hatton, Rev. Thomas ( 1736-1807) 72, 73n, 74, 75

Vlll Hawes, Dr William (fl. 1776) 2 Hazel, Richard 231 Heath, Rev. Stephen 18 Henderson, Arthur 206 Hereford, JW in 168 Hertford, JW in 169 Hexham, CW in 273 Hicks, Rev. George 210 Hill, George Birkbell 86 Hindmarsh, John Bryan 33 Hindmarsh, W. Russell 17, 18, 32 Hobson, Elizabeth 83 Hodge, John 231 Holden, Sir Isaac Holden 21, 30 Holdsworth, W. W. 228, 230 Hollington, Derbys., PM in 219,220, 222,223 Hollis, Humphrey, Snr and Jr, of Boylestone 217, 224 Holloway, Mr, ofholyhead 146-7 Holyhead, JW in 146-7 Hone, Nathaniel, R. A., portrait of JW 8, 10 Horne, Melville 230, 232 Horne, Thomas 173 Hosier, 'Black Harry', of North America 234,235 housing reform, relation to mortality rates 259 Howdle, Susan Ruth 33 Hughes, John 148 Hull PM Circuit 1 77n Hunt, Rev. John (b. 1812) 168 Ibberson, Herbert 21, 23, 30 Independent Methodism 221 Independents, Wales 149 Ireland, mortality 24 7, 252 Italy 169 Izzett, Percy Alexander 21 Jackson, Francis M. ( d. 1905) 40 Jackson, Rev. George 169 Jackson, Rev. Thomas (1783-1873) 41, 228,232 Jacobite rebellions 264, 269n Jenkins, Rev. David 145 Jenkins, R. T. 141-2 Jessop, Thomas Edmund 31 Jobson, Rev. Frederick (b. 1812) 168 Johnson, Dr Samuel 76-89, Part 2 cover illus. Jones, Edward, of Bathafarn 148 Jones, Gypsy, of Transvaal 66 Jones, Rev. Richard 213 Jones, Thomas, of Denbigh 148-9 Jones family, Fonmon, Glam 144 Kay, Leslie Ward 31 Keet v. Smith & others burial dispute (1874-6) 252 Kellaway, John W. 32 Kelly,Rev.CharlesH.(d.1911) 167 Kendall, H. B. 216, 219-20 Kiernan, Kathleen 203n Kilham, Rev. Alexander (b. 1762) 168 King, Steve 184n Kirsop, Rev. Joseph (d. 1911) 167 Knight, Sir George 21, 23, 30 Knighton, Anne Mary 33 Lady Chatterley 's Lover (D. H. Lawrence) 207 Laing, David (1793-1878) 266, 268n laity, in Methodist leadership 12-33, 98 Lambert, Jeremiah 232 Lamplough, Edmund Sykes ( 1860-1940) 21, 25-6, 30, 42 Lancashire, relation of marriage to decline of Methodism 184 Lang, Paul Gordon Bartlett 33 Law, William, Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life 77 Lawrence, Anna 1 77 Lawrence, George E. 230 Lawson, Rev. A. J. 155

lx Leadbetter, Mary 227, 228 Learmount, Rev. James 183 Leeds, CW on work at 273, 274 Leese, Kenneth J. T. 32 Lenton, John 17-18, 26, 177 Lenton, Mary 26, 32 Leslie, Joseph B. (1846-98) 37 Levy, Sister Donna 68 Lewis, David 18 Lewis, Rev. James 210 Lewis, Mildred Clarissa 18, 31 Lidgett, Rev. Scott 208 Lincolnshire, burial disputes 252 Lindsay, David 27 Linfield, Frederick Caesar 14 Liscard, Cheshire 151 Liverpool 151 Liverpool PM Circuit 151 Lloyd, Gareth 172 Lloyd, Jennifer M. 223 Lockers, John, of Boylestone 217, 224 Lofthouse, Rev. William 204-5, 206, 207 London demography and decline of British Methodism 184-5, 188, 250 Fetter Lane Society 138 Foundery Charity School 167 Foundery society 138, 139, 140 Highbury WM chapel 250 Tabernacle society 139, 140n Wesley's Chapel, City Road 41,208, 250 West St chapel 274 Westminster Central Hall 169 Lonsdale, Marjorie Walton 31 Lowes, Susan 23 I Luke, Pamela 26, 27, 33 Lunn, Sir George 21 Lunn, Sir Henry 21, 23 Lunn, June Elizabeth 33 Lysons, Kenneth 219 Macawley, W. B., of Wallasey 155 McCollum, William 152 Mace, David ( 1907-90) 210-11 Mackintosh, Sir Harold Vincent 22 McMillan, John, ofwallasey 153 Maggs Bros. 172 Mallinson, Sir William 22, 23 Malmgreen, Gail 1 77 Manning, Rev. Charles, BA ( 1715-1799) 291 Markham, Tom 231 marriage, relation to decline of Methodism 176-89 Marriage Acts 1 79 marriage records 97, 179, 184-5, 186 Marshall, Edmund Ian 33 Mastery of Sex, The (Leslie Weatherhead) 207-8, 214 Mastin v.escott burial dispute ( 1839-42) 252 Maxfield, Thomas 267, 268 Maxwell, Rev. William (1732-1818) 79-80 Maynard, John 183 Mbilini, Sister Mavis 70 Meade, Joan Delsol 226n, 230n membership returns, relation of mortality rates to decline of Methodism 248-50, 260-1 Methodism anniversary dates 2011-2013 167-9 demography and decline in Britain 175-89,200-15,247-63 Dr Johnson and 76-89 in Wales 136-50 Methodist Church Christian Citizenship Department 211,212,213 Christian Understanding of Family Life, the Single Person and Marriage, A (1992) 213

X Committee on Divorce and the Remarriage of Divorced Persons 208-9 Declaration of the Methodist Church on the Christian View of Marriage and the Family, A (1939) 208-10, 211, 212-13, 214 demography and decline in Britain 175-89,200-15,247-63 Moral Welfare Committee 212 Temperance and Social Welfare Dept 208,210 Vice-Presidents (1932-2000) 12-33, 98 Women's Fellowship 212 Methodist Churchman, The 68 Methodist Episcopal Church, North America 232-3 Methodist Local Preachers' Who's Who, 1934 181 Methodist New Connexion 205. 263 1vlethodist Recorder, The 37, 167,208, 212,230,250,252,255-6,257.263 and status of Vice-Presidents 23-6, 27,28 lvlethodist Times 208, 255 Methodist Union (1932) membership figures at 175, 249 Vice-Presidents 19-23. 26-7 W allasey 154-6 WHS exhibition to celebrate 42 1'vlethodist Who's Who, I 913 180 Miller, John Ireland 32 Millinor, Mrs Anna Moll 266 ministers fertility 200-1, 215 marriage 184 mortality rates 256, 257. 263 Minutes of Conference 3. 41, 256, 263 m1ss1ons anniversaries 168, 169 Caribbean and Americas 226-35 Wesley Deaconess Order in Transvaal 62-71 Monmouth, JW in 169 Moorcroft, George, of Boylestone 217 Moorcroft, John, of Boylestone 217, 224 Moorcroft, Thomas, Snr and Jr, of Boylestone 21 7, 218 Moravians 138-9, 140 Moreton, Wirral 156 Morgan, Richard, Jr. 174 mortality rates, relation to decline of Methodism 247-63 Mortimer, William Williams 151n Moseley, William, of Boylestone 217 Moss, Rev. Richard Waddy(l850-1935) 37 Moult, Elsie 32 Moulton, Rev. James Hope (b. 1863) 169 Moulton, Rev. William F. (1835-98) 39, 40 Murray, A. Victor 22, 23, 26-7, 31 Murray, Leon 33 Myles, William 177 Nash, David Foot 18, 32 National Birth-Rate Commission 204, 206n National Council of Public Morals 206 National Marriage Guidance Council 210,213 Neath, WM in 143 Nelson, John 264n, 268 New Mills 250 Newport, Kenneth 172 Newsholme, Arthur 206 Newton, Rev. John 157-8 Nigeria 169 Nightingale, Charles Thomas 22, 30 Noble, Rev. Ralph C. 155 Nonconformity, birth control 202-3 Norfolk. burials 252 North America, WM missions 226-35

Xl Northern Ireland, mortality 247 Oates, Sister Evelyn 62-7, 71 Oliver, Vere Langford 228 Ollerenshaw, Sister Emma Joan 68 Oosthuizen, Sister Constance M. 70-1 O'Reilly, Dermot 247n Osborn, George 252 Ouseley, Rev. Gideon (b. 1762) 168 Oxford Brookes University, Centre for Methodism and Church History 41-2, 97 Oxford University, charge against Methodist students ( 1768) 80-1 Pacquet, Sandra Pouchet 233 Parker, Margaret 33 Parkinson, Rev. Frederick M. (1851-1947) 40 Pawson, Henry Cecil 17, 31 Peake, A. S. 156 Peck, Rev. Priest 182 Pembroke, JW in 169 Perks, Sir Robert William, MP 14, 18, 22,26-7,30, 179,253 philately see stamps Phillips, Rev. Edward, of Maesmynys 144-5 Pickard, Janice Mary Sutch 33 Pilmoor (Pilmore), Rev. Joseph, ofnew York 227 plagiarism, Johnson and JW on 84-6 Plymouth, CW at 270 Potter, John, of Boylestone 217, 222, 223 Potter, Robert, of Alkmonton 217, 218, 219,220 Poulton, Wirral, PM in 151 Pountain, George, of Boylestone 217, 218,222,223,224 Price, Thomas, of Watford 143 Primitive Methodism 88-9 anniversaries 168 Boylestone, Derbys. 216-25 camp meetings 221, 222, 224 relation of demography to decline of Methodism 175, 177n, 181,184, 185n, 187, 188, 200-1, 205-6, 215, 249,251,256,258,263 Vice-Presidents 12, 14-29 W allasey, Cheshire 1 51-6 Primitive Methodist Leader, and status of Vice-Presidents 23-6 Primitive Methodist Social Service Union 258 Primitive Methodist World 258n Pugh, Frank 140 Quakers, demography 176, 247 race, JW on negroes 266, 269 Race, Philip H. 14, 18, 31 Rambler, The 78, 80 Ramsor camp meeting (1810) 222 Rank,Joseph 22,23 Rank, J(oseph) Arthur 22, 23 Rankin, Thomas 3 Ranmoor MNC Ministerial Training College 168 Rattenbury, Emily 210 Rattenbury, Rev. Harold Bergoyne ( d. 1961) 168 Reed, Sir Alfred Hamish (1875-1975) 172 Religious Census (1851) 149 Richards, Arthur A. 22 Ride, John 151 Roberts, William, of Plas Bach 144 Robinson, Sir Thomas 14 Rochester, Lord (Ernest Henry Lamb) 22,30 Rodsley, Derbys., PM in 219, 220, 222, 223 Roman Catholicism, fertility 203, 210, 213 Rosato, Michael 247n

Xll Rowe, Rev. George Stringer (1830-1913) 40 Rowland, Rev. Daniel 136-7, 141, 143, 145, 148 Rule, William 257 Ruthin, WM and Calvinistic Methodism 148-9 Ryan, Rev. Donald H. 42, 43 Sacramental Fellowship 28 Saillant, John 231, 233 Salisbury, Hannah, of Church Broughton 222 Salvation Army 151-2, 168, 202 Saxton, Rev. J. H. 153 Scotland, Howe! Harris and 136 Scrivens, Sister Miriam 63-6, 71 Seacombe, PM in 151-6 Selbie, Rev. William 206n Sharp, Alfred 208 Shaw, Rev. Barnabas 62 Shaw, Rev. William 62 Sheffield 274 Shepherd, Mary Freeman 88 Shrewsbury 167 Simons, Edward 183 Sinfield, Joshua 208 Sivil, James 24 Smith, Samuel, of Antigua 234 smoking cigarette cards and JW's advice, 2-11 mortality rates 258-9 Smuts, Sister Unez 69-70 snuff, JW's advice 3 social status, and mortality rates 257, 259 Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, portrait of JW on 'Gift Cards' 11 Solomon, Richard 22 Soper, Rev. Donald 213 Soper, Richard John 30 Souster, Howard 32 South Africa, Wesley Deaconess Order(l894-1953) 62-71 Spangenberg, August Gottlieb (1704-92) 173 Spivey, Rev. Ronald 210 Sri Lanka 169 Stamp, Sir Josiah Charles (1880-1946) 19-20, 22, 23, 206 Stampe, George (1836-1918) 37, 40 stamps, British Virgin Islands 235 Stead, John Arthur 31 Steel, Richard, of Armagh 3 Steele, James 168 Stephens, John 178 Stephens, Rev. Peter 28 Stevenson, George 250, 251, 257 Stewart, G. W. 67 Stone, Robert, of Boylestone 217 Strawbridge, Robert 227 Student Christian Movement 208 Sturdy, William Arthur (b. 1877) 20, 23 Suffolk burial dispute ( 1891) 253 Sunday schools 150, 153 Swanwick, Benjamin 152, 153 Swanwick family, ofseacombe 153 Swift, Rev. Wesley Frank (1900-61) 39, 168 Taddington, Derbys., CW in 274 Tavistock, Devon, CW in 270, 272 Taylor, Rev. H.J. 153 Teare, Sister Dorothy 69 Telford, Rev. John (1851-1936) 41 temperance movement 258 theological institutions MNC 168 WM 38,168 theology see doctrine Thomas, Sister Gwen 70 Thomas, Thomas George, Lord Tonypandy 31 Thompson, Rev. Douglas 211 Thompson, Edgar W. 232

Xlll Thornton, Brian 33 tobacco JW's advice and portraits on cigarette cards 2-11 mortality rates 258-9 Told, Silas (b. 1711) 167 Tomlinson, Robert Parkinson 22, 30 Toplady, Augustus 85 total abstinence 258 Towlson, Clifford William 31 Townsend, Rev William John 205n Trefeca Family 142 Tunstall, Staffs., PM in 216,219,220, 224 Turner, Wilfred, JP 22, 30 United Methodist Church demography and decline 175, 180, 181, 184, 185n, 187, 188, 200-1, 215,249,256,263 Vice-Presidents 19, 20 in W allasey 154 United Reformed Church, fertility 202 Unsworth, William 178n, 183, 257 Urwin, Rev. Clifford 210 van Putten, Kenneth 234 Vann, Richard 247 Vaughan, William 2 vegetarianism 259 Vickers, John A. 40, 43-4, 46 Vickers, Stephen 43 Vigurs, R. 235 Voas, David 175 Von Hagen, Sister Yvonne 69 Wales, Whitefield, JW and 136-50 Walford, John 221, 223 Walker, F. Deaville 226 W allasey, Cheshire, PM in 151-6 Walsh, John 228 Walters, Sister Christine 33 Walters, Ensor 206 Walton, William Sydney (1882-1964) 22,41 Ward, Joseph 22, 23 Warner, George 258 Warren, Rev. George 168 Warrener, William, of Antigua 228,232, 233,235 Wass, Charles 153 Wass, Rosemary 18, 33 Waterhouse, Rev. Eric 208 WaterhoJ.lse, Esther 14, 17, 32 Waterhouse, Rev. John 17 Watson, Rev. John T. 27-8 Waugh, Rev. Richard 211 Waugh, Thomas 258 Weatherhead, Kingsley 207n Weatherhead, Rev. Leslie 207-8, 212, 214 Webb, Pauline Mary 32 Weekes, Ivan 33 Welch, Patrick W. 32 Wells, Sister Annie 69 Welsh Association 137, 142 Welsh language, JW and 147-9, 150 Wesley, Rev. Charles (1707-88) Doctor Johnson and 77, 83, 85, 87, 88,89 and John Fletcher 72, 73n, 74n letters: correspondence (ed. Newport and Lloyd) 17 correspondence with James Erskine 264-75; letter in Albert & Isobel Reed Collection, Dunedin 172-4 'Lily Portrait' of Part 3 cover illus. and Wales 136-47 Wesley, Charles (1757-1834) 88 Wesley, Rev. John anniversaries 167, 168, 169 on celibacy 176-8 Dr Johnson and 76-9, 81, 82-6, 89 and John Fletcher 72-5 Journal 3,81,82,264

XIV letters: correspondence (Telford ed.) 172; correspondence with James Erskine 264-75; letter in Albert & Isobel Reed Collection, Dunedin 172-3 portraits: on cigarette cards 5-11; Gliick Rosenthal calligraphic portrait Part 5 cover illus.; JW preaching 82, Part 2 cover illus.; Romney portrait Part I cover illus.; sash window stop 275, Part 6 cover illus. on tobacco 2-11,258 and Wales 136-50 Works 264, 265; A Calm Address to Our American Colonies 85; The Complete English Dictionary 78; Directions given to the Band Societies (1744) 3; Explanatory Notes on the New Testament 85; Explanatory Notes on the Old Testament 9-10, 84, 85; Free Grace 139; Free Thoughts On The Present State Of Public Affairs... 84; Minutes 3, 41; Primitive Physic 2-3 Wesley, Samuel (1766-1837) 88 Wesley, Rev. Samuel, Jr. (ca.1690-1739) 173-4 Wesley, Sarah (1726-1822) 88, 136 Wesley, Sarah (1759-1828) 87 Wesley, Susanna, Conference with Her Daughter 41 Wesley Bible Union 169 Wesley Deaconess Order, South Africa (1894-1953) 62-71 Wesley family, Dr Johnson and 76-89 Wesley Guild 249 Wesley Historical Society Annual General Meeting and Lecture: 2010 34-5;2011 157-9;Lecture 2011 (text) 136-50 branches 42-3 Constitution 44; 2010 39, 44, 45-8; 2012 280-4 electronic version of A Dictionary of Methodism in Britain and Ireland 43-4,45,46,278,280,281,282 General Secretary's Report 2012 278-80 Library 41-2, 44, 46, 28 I origins and evolution 1893-2010 37-44 Proceedings 40, 41, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48,278,280,281,282,283,284 website 43, 44 Wesley Vegetarian Fellowship 259 Wesleyan Methodist Magazine 78 Wesleyan Methodist Registry 200 Wesleyan Methodist Union for Social Service 204 W esleyanism Articles of Religion 1807 41 Boylestone 21 7, 224 Caribbean and Americas 226-35 Conferences 3, 41, 142,205,256, 263,268,274 demography and decline 175, 176-8, 179, 181-5, 187, 188, 200-1, 203, 204-8,215,248,249,250,251-3, 256,257-8,260-1,263 Transvaal(1894-1953) 62-71 Vice-Presidents I 9, 20, 23, 28 Wallasey 153, 154-6 Westminster Central Hall 169 West Yorkshire, burials 253-5, 257,262 Westminster Central Hall 169 Whately, William 203n White, Rev. Canon D. C., of Wallasey 155 Whitefield, Rev. George 5, 77, 81-2, 89, 136-50, 264 Whitehead, David I 84 Who's Who in Methodism, 1933 180 Williams, A. H. 144 Williams, Anna, companion of Dr

xv Johnson 82,86,87 Williams, Elizabeth Eluned 33 Williams, Howard 259 Williams, Jacqueline 184n, 214 Williams, John Michael, portrait of JW 6-7 Williams, William, Pantycelyn 136-7, 142, 148 Windward Islands, mission to 232 Wirral, PM in 151-6 Wolverhampton 181,201 Wood,Betty 184,230,234 Wood, Enoch, busts of JW 5-6, 275, Part 6 cover illus. Woodhouse Grove School, Yorks 168 Woods, Sister Winifred 70 Woodward, Rev. Max W. (1901-96) 41 Worchester Association 73n World Methodist Historical Society Regional Conference (Bristol, 1973) 43 Wrexham, PM in 151 Yalden, Peter 175 Younger, Rev. William 205-6 Zerbst, Sister Ursula 70 Zinzendorf, Count Nikolaus 138 BOOKS REVIEWED Abraham, William J. and Kirby, James E. (eds) The Oxford Handbook of Methodist Studies, 91 Aitchison, Ronnie A History of Normanton Methodist Circuit, 288 Batty, Margaret Scotland's Methodists 1750-2000, 236 Collier, Margaret A. and Sherwood, Rosalind M. Prim. Alders hot: an account of the Primitive Methodist Mission..., 56 Dunstan, John Sarah Biller of St Peters burg, 55 Fisher, Geoffrey and Hurst, Terry, Brunswick Place 1821-1992:Newcastle upon Tyne, 95 Methodism in Newcastle upon Tyne 1742-2010, 95 The Orphan House Wesleyan Schools 1858-1956, 95 Fisher, Geoffrey, Milburn, Geoffrey and Hurst, Terry The Orphan House of John Wesley, 95 Fletcher, John 'Unexampled Labours': letters... to leaders in the evangelical revival ( ed. Peter S. Forsaith), 93 Forsaith, Peter and Wellings, Martin (eds) Methodism and History: essays in honour of John Vickers, 194

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