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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. Preface to 1828 Dictionary
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METH'ODIST, n. One that observes method.
One who observes method.
[Obs.] One of an ancient school of physicians who
rejected observation and founded their practice on reasoning and
theory.
Sir W. Hamilton. One of a sect of
Christians, the outgrowth of a small association called the "Holy
Club," formed at Oxford University, A.D. 1729, of which the
most conspicuous members were John Wesley and his brother Charles; --
originally so called from the methodical strictness of members of the
club in all religious duties.
A person of strict piety; one who lives in
the exact observance of religious duties; -- sometimes so called in
contempt or ridicule.
Of or pertaining
to the sect of Methodists; as, Methodist hymns; a
Methodist elder.
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