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World Tour Of Evangelism, Henry Clay Morrison
Mormonism In The Methodist Marketplace: James Covel And The Historical Background Of Doctrine And Covenants 39–40, Christopher C. Jones
Mormonism In The Methodist Marketplace: James Covel And The Historical Background Of Doctrine And Covenants 39–40, Christopher C. Jones
BYU Studies Quarterly
Joseph Smith received two revelations in January 1831 (Doctrine and Covenants 39 and 40) directed to one "James Covill." Joseph and his scribes noted that Covill "had been a Baptist minister for about forty years." Historians discovered nothing about a Baptist minister named James Covill, but documents unearthed by the Joseph Smith Papers Project revealed that he was actually a Methodist minister. This sliver of information opened the door to information about a very well-known Methodist minister in upstate New York by the name of James Covel.
Christopher Jones mines this Methodist vein productively and pieces together a short biography …
Wonderful Words Of Life: Meditations Based On Traditional Hymns And Gospel Songs, George William Wiseman
Wonderful Words Of Life: Meditations Based On Traditional Hymns And Gospel Songs, George William Wiseman
Books
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The Presence Of God In His Universe, In His Word, In His Son, In His People : And Other Sermons, Henry Clay Morrison
The Presence Of God In His Universe, In His Word, In His Son, In His People : And Other Sermons, Henry Clay Morrison
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A Biographical Sketch Of Henry Clay Morrison, D.D.: The Man And His Ministry, C. F. Wimberly
A Biographical Sketch Of Henry Clay Morrison, D.D.: The Man And His Ministry, C. F. Wimberly
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A History Of Methodism In Kentucky: Vol 1 From 1783 To 1820, William Erastus Arnold
A History Of Methodism In Kentucky: Vol 1 From 1783 To 1820, William Erastus Arnold
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A History Of Methodism In Kentucky: Vol 2 From 1820 To 1846, William Erastus Arnold
A History Of Methodism In Kentucky: Vol 2 From 1820 To 1846, William Erastus Arnold
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Autobiography Of John Wesley Hughes, John Wesley Hughes, Andrew Johnson
Autobiography Of John Wesley Hughes, John Wesley Hughes, Andrew Johnson
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Poetry As The Handmaid Of Piety: Hymns As A Catalyst For Human Development In Early Methodism, Brian Yeich
Poetry As The Handmaid Of Piety: Hymns As A Catalyst For Human Development In Early Methodism, Brian Yeich
The Asbury Journal
In the preface to the 1780 edition o f Hymns for the People Called Methodist, John Wesley stated, 'When Poetry thus keeps its place, as the handmaid of Piety, it shall attain, not a poor perishable 'Wreath, but a crown that fadeth not away."l While John Wesley may have never used the term ''human development," a student of Wesley would quickly observe that Wesley and the early Methodists were focused on the transformation of individual human lives as well as the society in which they lived. This paper explores the connection between the hynmody of early Methodism and …