Excerpt from Sketches of Wesleyan Preachers The Rev. Dr. Bunting is, for obvious reasons, entitled to precedence in these Sketches. He is the greatest among many great men, and stands by common consent at the head of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection. Unostentatiously wearing the honors of his admitted position, he also endures uncomplainingly, for Methodism's sake, the com hined attacks of its enemies. Churchmen of big and of low degree Dissenters of every grade; the people called Methodists Who have for saken the fold, or, remaining Within its inclosure, are estranged in heart from its discipline and insti tutions - these all make the reverend gentleman the butt for their hostility. The contumely, reproach, scandal, and animosity, With Which at one time Methodism and Methodists generally were assailed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.