Methodism [ Spirituality / Associational culture / Religious Belief ]
… of the Rev. Mr. John Wesley's Journal from his Embarking for Georgia to his Return to London. 1 As George Whitefield expressed it a few years later in a sermon, ‘ Behold here, then, another excellent Benefit flowing from Religious Society ; … 3 1 . The Works of John Wesley, vol. 18, [1739], eds. W. Reginal Ward and Richard P. Heintzenrater (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1988), p. 124. 2 . George Whitefield, The Nature and Necessity of Society in General, and of Religious Society in … The Character of a Methodist [1742], The Works of John Wesley, vol. 9, ed. Rupert E. Davies, (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1989), p. 32-33. The creation of Methodist societies was fundamental to Wesley's projects and ideas, and he …
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