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Title: St. Nicholas (serial)
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
Subjects: Children's literature
Publisher: (New York : Scribner & Co.)
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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etake ourselves miles awayfrom Westminster Abbey to the NonconformistChapel in City Road, founded and built byJohn Wesley in 1778. Those days marking theclose of the eighteenth century saw the begin-nings of the Methodist Church. When its greatfounder and preacher died in 1791, the numberof Methodists had reached 119,000. When theEcumenical Council was held in City Road,the old cradle of the church, in 1891, the num- morial to Matthew Simpson, one of Americasgreatest Methodist bishops. This memorialis the inspiration of Bishop Vincent and theRev. Charles Kelly. The window was made inMunich, and in glorious colorings representsSt. Paul preaching at Athens; at the lower leftcorner there is a head of Bishop Simpson.At the bottom of the window are the words: Erected by American Methodists to the memory ofBishop Matthew Simpson. He was born June 21,1811, and died June 18, 1884. He was a holy man,an eloquent and mighty preacher, and a great Bishop. Bishop Simpson was a friend and adviser of
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THE NONCONFORMIST CHAPEL, CONTAINING THE MATTHEW SIMPSON MEMORIAL WINDOW. ber of its members had increased, within onehundred years, to the vast total of 24,899,421. The old pulpit from which John Wesleypreached is still used there. The interior, how-ever, has been greatly modernized. Two of thecolumns supporting the gallery are contributionsfrom American Methodists; and not long agoMr. Joseph H. Choate, the American ambas-sador, unveiled a stained-glass window as a me- President Lincoln, and his patriotism, fervor,and eloquence were ever active in the cause ofthe Union. His name and fame are cherishedin Methodist hearts the world over. It is fit-ting, then, that his memory should be perpetu-ated in the earliest home of his church. And alongside the preacher we may wellhonor the great philanthropist. The right useof wealth becomes a benefit to the whole human 1028 AMERICAN MEMORIALS IN LONDON. (Sept. race; and George Peabody was indeed one ofthe greatest of philanthropists. He lived o

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