BY

BISHOP WILLARD F. MALLALIEU

[Text scanning, editing and formatting by Craig l. Adams.]

COPYRIGHT 1903 BY
JENNINGS AND PYE

CINCINNATI: JENNINGS AND PYE
NEW YORK: EATON AND MAINS

To My Father.

PREFACE.

Back to the Wesleys and the Bible. The Bible in its simplicity and power, the Bible as unfolded and illustrated in the poetry and prose of the Wesleys, is really the foundation of the greatest religious movement of the last two most wonderful centuries. Methodism builds on the Word of God. It has no new doctrines, no new and strange theories, no recently invented experiences. Its doctrines, theories, and experiences are those of the Pentecostal Church, and of the earliest centuries of Christianity. Its doctrines are preachable everywhere and always: its theories are reasonable; its experiences are what the immortal souls of men have ever desired and sought. It is believed that this volume will help to a knowledge of these doctrines and theories, and will lead to the enjoyment of the experiences. So shall its readers come to know the Fullness of the Blessing, and thus become efficient and successful co-workers with Christ in saving the race redeemed by his precious blood.

If the hymns and Scripture quotations shall be carefully and prayerfully read, and, so far as possible, committed to memory, they will constitute an intellectual and spiritual treasure of unspeakable value, and will supply a sound body of theology, which will constitute a sure foundation for faith and holy living.