APPLEGATE & CO.'S PUBLICATIONS. 



METHODISM EXPLAINED AND DEFENDED. 

 By Rev. JOHN S. INSKIP. 12mo, embossed cloth. 



From the Herald and Journal. 



"We have read this book with no ordinary interest, 

 and on the whole, rejoice in its appearance for several 

 reasons First, It is a concise and powerful defense of 

 every essential feature of Methodism, now-a-days so much 

 assailed by press and pulpit. Second, The general plan 

 and character of the work are such, that it will be read 

 and appreciated by the great masses of our people who 

 are not familiar with more extended and elaborate works. 

 Third, It is highly conservative and practical in its ten- 

 dencies, and will eminently tend to create liberal views 

 and mutual concession between the ministry and laity for 

 the good of the whole a feature in our economy never to 

 be overlooked. Fourth, This work is not written to ad- 

 vocate some local or neighborhood prejudice; neither to 

 confute some particular heresy or assault; but its views 

 are peculiarly denominational and comprehensive, indicat- 

 ing the careful and wide observation of the author free 

 from bigotry and narrow prejudice." * 



From the Springfield Republic. 



" We have read this new work of Rev. J. S. Inskip with 

 great pleasure and profit. It in very truth explains and 

 defends Methodism, and, as the introduction (written by 

 another) says, ' its pages cover nearly the whole field of 

 controversy in regard to the polity of the Methodist 

 Church, and present a clear and. candid exposition of Me- 

 thodism in a clear and systematic form, and highly argu- 

 mentative style. It is a book for the times, and should be 

 read by all who desire to become more intimately ac- 

 quainted with the Methodist economy. It excels all other 

 works of its class in the arrangement and judicious treat- 

 ment of its subject.' It has evidently been written with 

 great prudence and care in reference to the facts and evi- 

 dences on which the arguments are predicated. This 

 book will doubtless be of general service to the Church, 

 and an instrument of great good/' 



