Jackson, Thomas. The Centenary of Wesleyan Methodism: A Brief Sketch of the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the Wesleyan Methodist Societies throughout the World. New-York: T. Mason & G. Lane, for the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1839. First American Edition. [10437]
Olive cloth, blindstamped, gilt titles to spine & front, 7 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches, binding with light wear, tight. Steel-engraved portrait of John Wesley with tissue guard and printed signature, small light stain in bottom margin of portrait which continues for several leaves. 279 generally clean pp. Very good. Hardcover.
This history focuses on the work of the Wesley brothers, their methods in promoting revival, and the results of that promotion. The first 155 pages are taken up with this period. The rest of the volume treats with the period from the 1790's to the Centennial celebration of 1839, with descriptions of the celebration. There are hymns and poems in memory of Thomas Beard, Rev. James Hervey, Mr. Grimshaw, Rev. George Whitefield, and Dr. Coke.
Thomas Jackson (1783-1873), English Wesleyan Methodist, began his ministry as a circuit preacher and became the divinity professor in the Richmond Theological College and president and for many years the president of the Wesleyan Methodist Conference. He was an able and successful writer, publishing biographies of many of the early Wesleyan ministers and editing the works of both John and Charles Wesley.
