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But none, whether rich or poor, could resist the attractions of this saintly man.As east lancs railway steam gala usual, he made no secret whatever of his preference.But no one man combined all these characteristics in so remarkable a degree as John Wesley and he possessed others besides these which were all his own.There is a pleasing story that Wesley met Bishop Lowth at east lancs railway steam gala dinner in 1777, when the learned Bishop refused to sit above Wesley at table, saying, 'Mr.His fame (except as a poet) has been somewhat overshadowed by the still greater renown of his brother, but he contributed his full share towards the success of the Evangelical Revival.His relations with the other sex were notoriously unfortunate not east lancs railway steam gala a breath of scandal was ever uttered against him and the mere fact that it was not is a convincing proof, if any were needed, of the spotless purity of his life for it is difficult to conceive conduct more injudicious than his was.Moreover, if the first qualification of an orator be action, the second action, and the third action, Whitefield was undoubtedly an orator.In particular east lancs railway steam gala points he was surpassed by one or other of his fellow workers.'the facility of raising useful observations from the most trifling incidents.As we have seen, the one solitary instance east lancs railway steam gala of the strong man's breaking down was on the death of his brother.' Indeed, the leading members of the Evangelical school Lady Huntingdon, Sir Richard and Rowland Hill, Venn, Romaine, and others were, quite apart from their Calvinism, never cordially in harmony with John Wesley.Methodism won its chief triumphs among the poor east lancs railway steam gala and lower middle classes.But Whitefield's was too noble a spirit to be easily spoiled.' The Duchess of Buckingham accepted an invitation from Lady Huntingdon to attend her chapel at Bath in the following words east lancs railway steam gala 'I thank your ladyship for the information concerning the Methodist preachers their doctrines are most repulsive and strongly tinctured with impertinence and disrespect towards their superiors, in perpetually endeavouring to level all ranks and do away with all distinctions.