Identifier: 01861476.emory.edu
Title: The illustrated history of Methodism (electronic resource); the story of the origin and progress of the Methodist church, from its foundation by John Wesley to the present day. Written in popular style and illustrated by more than one thousand portraits and views of persons
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Lee, James Wideman, 1849-1919 Luccock, Naphtali, 1853-1916 Dixon, James Main, 1856-1933
Subjects: Methodism
Publisher: St Louis New York : The Methodist magazine publishing co.
Contributing Library: Emory University, Pitts Theology Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Emory University, Pitts Theology Library

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s; and to-night The Illustrated History oe Methodism. 23 Isaac Newton, who has been a fellow ofthe society for over thirty years, is tobe elected its president. Henceforth, fortwenty-four years in succession, the sameannual ceremony will take place—butnot always at Gresham College, for thesociety will remove to Fleet street. Untilhis death it will have no other head thanthe great and good Sir Isaac. There hesits in the chair of honor, his square-setjaw showing how strong a will he pos-sesses. With such a president the societyis sure to grow in public esteem. If weare to believe Richard Steele, it was nottoo highly venerated during its earlyyears (and when he wrote, it had not yetattained its jubilee). Its existence wasjustified, inasmuch as it turned manyof the greatest geniuses of that age tothe disquisitions of natural knowledge,who, if they had engaged in politics withthe same parts and application, mighthave set their country in a flame. Theair-pump, the barometer, the quadrant,
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SIR ISAAC NEWTON. and the like inventions were thrown outto these busy spirits, as tubs and barrelsare to a whale—that he may let the shipsail on without disturbance, while he di-verts himself with these innocent amuse-ments. For the next quarter of a century thefarmers son from Lincolnshire will makeLondon his residence, and in one of itssuburbs he will sink to rest at a good oldage. Westminster Abbey will receivehis bones. This very year of his inaugu-ration as president, there is born, down inhis native Lincolnshire, a boy who willalso win immortal fame, and, living to aripe old age, find his last resting-placealso in the busy metropolis. Anxious to get a sight of Joseph Ad-dison, we are told that the best chanceto see him is to take a boat up the river toWestminster, and visit Christopher Cattscoffee-house. It is fifteen years sinceAddison left the Charter House Schooland went up to Oxford to make a bril-liant reputation there. Of late he hasbeen traveling on the continent, and

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