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The Wesleys in Cornwall, 1743-1789

A Record of Their Activities Town by Town

By: Samuel J. Rogal

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The Wesleys in Cornwall, 1743-1789

A Record of Their Activities Town by Town

By: Samuel J. Rogal

In nearly a half-century of missionary work throughout England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, brothers John and Charles Wesley found the southwestern county of Cornwall to be among their most serious theological and social challenges. Eighteenth-century Cornwall lacked population centers, and small towns and villages were isolated by inadequate roads. The adult population consisted mainly of miners, fisherman and smugglers--men more interested in the bulk of their pocketbooks than in the status of their souls. And the clergy of the Church of England overwhelmingly opposed the Wesleys and their itinerant preachers, encouraging Anglicans to disrupt the Wesleys' outdoor services and to attack and burn Methodist preaching houses. Although the Wesleys made some evangelical progress in Cornwall, the question remained upon John Wesley's death in 1791: did the mission to Cornwall succeed or fail? This book considers the mission with a close reading of the Wesleys writings, and covers the overall history of 18th-century British Methodism and its contribution to the religious and social history of the British Empire.

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McFarland

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0786499710

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9780786499717

A General Introduction to Hymnody and Congregational Song

By: Samuel J. Rogal

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A General Introduction to Hymnody and Congregational Song

By: Samuel J. Rogal

Emphasizes the English hymn as a literary entity within denominational and historical contexts. The author sets forth a number of definitions for hymnody and congregational song, and then examines the development of the various forms in England and the United States. With a listing of works for further reading, an index to all hymns discussed, and chronology. ...valuable both for the historical information it provides and for its appreciative evaluation of the religious treasures enshrined in English-language hymns. --ADRIS NEWSLETTER

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Scarecrow Press

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0810824167

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9780810824164

The American Pre-College Military School

A History and Comprehensive Catalog of Institutions

By: Samuel J. Rogal

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The American Pre-College Military School

A History and Comprehensive Catalog of Institutions

By: Samuel J. Rogal

Both a history of the pre-college military school in the United States and a reference guide to the institutions past and present, this comprehensive work begins by discussing several notable military school founders, including Southern Industrial Institute founder Rev. Lyman Ward, New York Military Academy founder Charles Jefferson Wright, and St. John’s Military Academy founder Sidney Thomas Smythe, among others. It discusses the role of religious organizations in founding and maintaining military institutions, as well as a range of other topics: faculties and administrators; curricular changes and innovations since the 19th century; escalating tuition costs and the role of money in determining a school’s success or failure; and the future of the pre-college military school. A second part lists some 355 individual schools and summarizes the history of each, providing details on enrollments and tuitions.

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McFarland

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078645329X

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9780786453290

James Strong

A Biography of the Methodist Scholar

By: Samuel J. Rogal

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James Strong

A Biography of the Methodist Scholar

By: Samuel J. Rogal

This is the first full biography of Biblical scholar and theological seminary professor James Strong (1822-1894). It describes his upbringing, early and higher education, the schools and colleges where he taught, his academic colleagues, his contributions to the development of nineteenth-century American Methodism, and his numerous publications--particularly his Biblical Concordance (1894), which continues as a standard and essential reference work. It includes edited versions of selected sermons and letters never before published, as well as comments from his students, the details of his experience in the development of the early nineteenth-century American railroad system, and detailed obituaries and reactions to his death.

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219

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McFarland

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1476640521

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9781476640525

Congregational Hymns from the Poetry of John Greenleaf Whittier

A Comparative Study of the Sources and Final Works, with a Bibliographic Catalog of the Hymns

By: Samuel J. Rogal

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Congregational Hymns from the Poetry of John Greenleaf Whittier

A Comparative Study of the Sources and Final Works, with a Bibliographic Catalog of the Hymns

By: Samuel J. Rogal

Poet John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892) proved a significant contributor to American Protestant hymnody--since 1843, more than 2,100 hymnals published in the United States have included adaptations of his works--despite the fact that Whittier never considered himself a hymnist. This book compares and contrasts Whittier's original published texts with versions adapted as hymns, exhibiting the hymnodic elements of his poetry and displaying the textual changes to Whittier's lines by hymnal editors from a variety of denominations. The work offers in-depth comparative studies of many of his poems and their resultant hymns, a catalogue of hymns-from-poems, a chronology of Whittier's life and works, notes, bibliography and index.

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McFarland

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0786457287

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9780786457281

The Financial Aspects of John Wesley's British Methodism (1720-1791)

By: Samuel J. Rogal

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The Financial Aspects of John Wesley's British Methodism (1720-1791)

By: Samuel J. Rogal

This study focuses upon the fiscal aspects of John Wesley's evangelical organization, and explicates and analyzes the role of money within Wesley's concept of, and attempt at, theological and social reform. It consists of a general discussion of Wesley and money, and a Ledger which outlines, year by year, the specific receipts and payments of Wesley and the Methodist Conference.

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