Writing and Publications
In Britain by 1864, F. J. Jobson was appointed to take charge of Methodist publications. He became book steward of the Wesleyan Methodist organisation, and under his management the publishing department was greatly developed, and he superintended the Methodist Magazine for twelve years. During this period, he was elected President of the Wesleyan Methodist Conference (in the late 1860s); and was also appointed Treasurer of the Wesleyan Methodist Foreign Missions Society 1869–1882. He also took a keen role in the Wesleyan Society for Securing the Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts which supported Josephine Butler's crusading work for women.
Besides several devotional works, and published sermons, Frederick Jobson was author of:
- Chapel and School Architecture, 1850
- A Mother's Portrait, 1855
- America and American Methodism, 1857
- The Method of Man's Reconciliation With God (with John Hannah), 1857
- The Servant of his Generation... a tribute to Dr Bunting, 1858
- Australia, with notes by the way on Egypt, Ceylon, Bombay and the Holy Land, 1862
- Perfect Love for Christian Believers, 1864
- Serious Truths for Consideration, 1864
- Visible Union with the Church of Christ, 1864
- The Shipwrecked Minister and His Drowning Charge, 1866
- Verbatim Report of the Speeches of Revs. W. M. Punshon...George Osborn...F. J. Jobson... at the Meeting Held in...the Cannon Street Hotel, on Friday, 5 March 1875 (Wesleyan Society for Securing the Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts), 1875.
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