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He put aside, as well; the thought of attracting once more the non-Methodists of Tyre, whose early enthusiasm had spread such pitfalls for his unwary feet. He practised effects now by piecemeal, with an alert ear, and calculation in every tone. An ambition, at once embittered and tearfully solicitous, possessed him.
God knows, I am no advocate for Methodism; but for fair statement I am, and most zealously even for the love of logic, putting honesty out of sight. Ib. p. 72. Will the Barrister rest the decision of the controversy on a comparison of the lives of the Methodists and non-Methodists?
With less elaborate equipment the negroes also would camp in the neighborhood and attend the same service as the whites, sitting generally in a section of the stand set apart for them. The camp meeting, in short, was the chief social and religious event of the year for all the Methodist whites and blacks within reach of the ground and for such non-Methodists as cared to attend.
Often the preachers of the different denominations worked in hearty unison; but often they were sundered by bitter jealousy and distrust. The fiery zeal of the Methodists made them the leaders; and in their war on the forces of evil they at times showed a tendency to include all non-methodists whether Baptists, Lutherans, Catholics, or infidels in a common damnation. Good Accomplished.
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