17 – The Woman’s Meeting at McKendree
Some women associated with McKendree Methodist Church in Nashville, Tennessee, decided to meet once a week to carry out these desires after sensing the need for some special service in…
16 – What Form?
The number of students in a single class was initially set at twelve. Under the previous system of running the Class, this was the maximum number that one leader could…
15 – Types
A lawyer who was around 35 years old, a graduate of one of the oldest and best institutions, and the owner of a sizable wealth by inheritance served as the…
14 – And Yet Another
He was a kind man as well, although he wasn’t always wise. His fatal fluency was his shortcoming as a Classleader. He delivered speeches to the class rather than leading…
13 – Another
He was a good man as well. Others found him to be uncomfortably good. He wasn’t pleasant to be around outside of the class meeting. He was a disease there.…
12 – One of Them
He was a good man, but much of his goodness was in a bad way. He didn’t curse, steal, tell lies, or violate the Sabbath. He did not argue with,…
11 – Non-Adaptions
NON-ADAPTATIONS. The Class Meeting was hampered by the disregard for the law of temperamental and spiritual affinities. Too frequently, the classification of persons into classes was arbitrary. They weren’t asked…
10 – Stereotyped
If you place a living person within a plaster of Paris mold, they will pass away if they are not quickly freed. This was somewhat how the class meeting was…
9 – Weakened
A time of spiritual decline in the Church was accompanied by the decline of the Class-meeting, just as the period of the Church’s greatest spirituality was also the period of…
8 – Right Arm of Methodism
The Class Meeting served as Methodism’s right arm for more than a century. The results of its ongoing revivals were preserved, leaving the mighty men of God who traveled and…