American saint : Francis Asbury and the Methodists by Wigger, John H., 1959- instant download

American saint : Francis Asbury and the Methodists by Wigger, John H., 1959- instant download

xi, 543 pages : 25 cm, Asbury single-handedly guided the creation of the American Methodist church, which became the largest Protestant denomination in nineteenth-century America, and laid the foundation of the Holiness and Pentecostal movements that flourish today. John Wigger has written the definitive biography of Asbury and, by extension, a revealing interpretation of the early years of the Methodist movement in America. --from publisher description, Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-525) and index, The apprentice -- The young preacher -- The promise of discipline -- Southern persuasion -- One revolution -- Leads to another -- Looking forward, looking backward -- A new church in a new nation -- \"Such a time -- was never seen before\" -- \"Alas for the rich! they are so soon offended\" -- \"Be not righteous over much\" -- Schism -- Reconnecting -- \"Weighed in the balances\" -- \"We were great too soon\" -- \"Down from a Joyless height\" -- \"Feel for the power\" -- \"The garden of God\" -- \"Like a moving fire\" -- Limits -- \"I see, I feel what is wrong in preachers and people, but I cannot make it right\" -- What God allows -- End of the road -- Bending Frank