Methodist Revival

Famous quotes containing the words methodist and/or revival:

    “When Methodist preachers come down
    A-preaching that drinking is sinful,
    I’ll wager the rascals a crown
    They always preach best with a skinful.”
    —Oliver Goldsmith (1730?–1774)

    “I do not think a revival of business will be greatly postponed by [Samuel J.] Tilden’s election. Business prosperity does not, in my judgment, depend on government so much as men commonly think.”
    —Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)