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London: Printed for George Whitfield, City-Road; And Sold at all the Methodist Preaching-houses in Town and Country. 1797. [Reprinted for the Methodist Book-room, 1850.] Printed by James Nichols, Hoxton-Square.Inscribed to front endpaper: To Brother Francis Hewitt. "As long as you freely consent to and earnestly endeavour to walk by these rules, we shall rejoice to acknowledge you as a fellow-labourer." Charles Prest President. John Farrar Secretary. Wesleyan Methodist Conference. Cambourne, 6th August, 1862. N.B. Brother Francis Hewitt has been on trial; four years. ("On trial" referring to John Wesley's practice of requiring his preachers to fulfill a "trial" period before ordained as Ministers.) Hardback. Brown cloth covered boards. Roughly 4.5 x 7.5 inches (roughly 19 x 11 cm). 72 pages. 111 grams. Some discolouration to cloth. Vertical crease to front & rear boards with wear to spine ends. Thin strip of loss about an inch long to cloth on rear hinge. Brown patches to Advertisement' page from old newspaper cuttings, with one small cutting remaining which concerns a Tavistock Magistrate fining the Rev. Jas. Ellis Wes.), and Rev. M.P. Davies 10s and costs for non-compliance with the vaccination Acts concerning small-pox. Some discolouration and few foxing spots to endpapers and browning to pages. Binding sound and contents clean and complete. --- Francis Hewitt appears to have successfully completed his 'trial' to become a minister and online records show that he was minster at the Methodist Church, Maryport, Cumberland in 1860 and that he registered the Flitwick Methodist Chapel, Bedfordshire on 18th November 1871, which was part of the Bedford and Ampthill circuit until 1875 and the Ampthill circuit until 1971. --- The Reverend Charles Prest, President of the Wesleyan Methodist Society, was a prominent figure in the Wesleyan Methodist Society during the 19th century. As President of the Wesleyan Methodist Society, Reverend Prest played a crucial role in guiding and nurturing its members on their spiritual journey. His leadership was marked by unwavering faith and tireless devotion to spreading the teachings of Methodism far and wide. He became an influential figure within both religious circles and wider society. --- Rev. Rev. John Farrar (1802?1884) was son of the Rev. John Farrar (d.1837), a Wesleyan minister born at Alnwick, Northumberland. On the opening of Woodhouse Grove School, Yorkshire on 12 January 1812, he became one of its first pupils. In August 1822, he entered the Wesleyan ministry, and spent his four years of probation as second-master in Woodhouse Grove School. He was later resident minister successively at Sheffield, Huddersfield, Macclesfield and London, until in 1839 he was appointed tutor and governor of Abney House Training College in Stoke Newington, London. In 1843, John Farrar became classics tutor at the Wesleyan Theological Institution at Richmond, Surrey. In 1858, he became governor and chaplain at Woodhouse Grove School. On the foundation of the Wesleyan Theological College at Headingley, Leeds, in 1868, he became the first governor. In 1854, the Wesleyan conference elected Farrar president of the conference held at Birmingham and in 1870 was elected president of the Burslem conference. Three years later he became Secretary to the Conference, a position to which he was repeatedly re-elected. Between 1858 and 1876, he was Chairman of the Leeds district. He died at Headingley, Leeds in 1884, and was buried at Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington. Publications: The Proper Names of the Bible, 1839 & 1844. A Biblical and Theological Dictionary, 1851. An Ecclesiastical Dictionary, explanatory of the History, Antiquities, Heresies, Sects, and Religious Denominations of the Christian Church. 1853. A Manual of Biblical Geography, Descriptive, Physical, and Historical. 1857. A Key to the Pronunciation of the Names of Persons and Places mentioned in the Bible. 1857. Seller Inventory # 001062
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