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Excerpt from The Illustrated History of Methodism in Great Britain and America: From the Days of the Wesleys to the Present Time
Methodism is supernatural. Such historic marvels as the Empire of the first Napoleon may be accounted for on natural principles, with a liberal mixture of the infernal; but the rise of this vast religious empire cannot be referred to the operation of any laws or forces known to state-craft or philosophy: science did not discover it, logic did not deduce it, kings did not will it, nor legislators enact it; but, like the new Jerusalem of the Apocalypse, it came down out of heaven: a divine benefaction of spiritual light, and joy, and power.
To worthily record the sweep of this divine movement would require the inspiration of a prophet and the experience Of an apostle. Human sight is too slow to discover, and human speech too weak to' portray, the majesty and glory Of this work of grace; and whoever thoughtfully approaches such a task must ever be oppressed to think how far this theme transcends his powers.
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