History of the M.E. Church, Vol. IV - Media Sabda Org

ENDNOTES
1 At the organization of the Church, Vol. ii, b. 3, particularly chaps. 4 and 5.
2 Lackington, The famous London publisher, claimed this distinction; but Wesley preceded him, at
least in religious literature, and Lackington, who was a Methodist, was set up in business by the aid
of Wesley's "Fund," established at City Road for the assistance of poor business men.
3 Vollstandige Geschichte der Methodisten in England, aus Glaubwiirdigen Quellen, etc. Von Dr.
Johan Gotlieb Burkhard, etc. Nurnberg, 1795. My copy of this work is the only one in this country,
so far as I know. It was printed within four years after the death of Wesley, and is the first History
of Methodism ever published, if we except Wesley's own pamphlet sketch. Burkhard was pastor of
a German Church "in the Savoy," London. He was personally acquainted with the Wesleys,
Whitefield, the Countess of Huntingdon, and the other Methodist founders, and obtained his data
from immediate sources. No Methodist writer has hitherto seemed to be aware of the existence of
his "history." Whitehead, the executor and biographer of Wesley, says that he found among his
papers a Latin letter from Burkhard, requesting commentary materials, etc., but knew nothing of the
result. The work is in two volumes in one. I have availed myself of it in the "History of the Religious
Movement of the Eighteenth Century, called Methodism," etc.
4 See "History of the Religion,. Movement," etc., vol. ii, p. 491, et seq., where a fuller account of
Wesleyan literature is given.
5 While preparing the present work the author was called upon to provide a "Centenary Book" for
the celebration of 1866, by condensing such parts of his published volumes, and the manuscript
contents of this, as might be appropriate. In abridging some portions he also changed others,
especially the minuter statistics, in order to adapt the book to its special occasion. Readers who wish
more complete figures on this and the ensuing subjects are referred to the "Centenary Book," and
also to the "Life of Dr. Bangs."
6 Vol. ii, p. 503.
7 Bishop Clark's Life of Hedding.
8 Ellis' History of the London Missionary Society, vol. i, p. 3.