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The following is a list of sources in the public domain included in the bibliographies of reference works relating to the topic of Methodism. Where possible, the works are listed according to the name of the individual article to which they are a reference. Otherwise, the works are listed according to the organization in the volume in question.
Historical Dictionary of Methodism
editHistorical dictionary of Methodism, edited by Charles Yrigoyen, Jr. and Susan E. Warrick, Scarecrow, 2005, 2nd ed., ISBN 9780810854512
General Reference Works
editBibliographies
edit- Cyclopaedia of Methodism, ed. George Cornish;
Encyclopedias
edit- Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature, ed. John McClintock and James Strong;
- Cyclopedia of Methodism, by Matthew Simpson;
General Histories
editGreat Britain and Ireland
edit- Memorials of Free Methodism, by Matthew Baxter;
- The Bible Christians, by Frederick W. Bourne;
- A History of Methodism in Ireland, by C. H. Crookshank;
- Calvinistic Methodist Holy Orders, by David E. Jenkins;
- The Origin and History of the Primitive Methodist Church, by H. B. Kendall;
- Historic Sketches of Free Methodism, by Joseph Kirsop;
- A History of the Primitive Methodist Connexion from its Origins to the Conference of 1860, by John Petty;
- The Centenary of the Methodist New Connexion, 1797-1897, ed. George Packer;
North America
editCanada
edit- Church Union in Canada: Its History, Motives, Doctrine, and Government, by E. Lloyd Morrow;
- The History of Methodism in Canada, by George F. Playter;
- Canadian Methodism: its Epochs and Characteristics, by Egerton Ryerson;
- The First Century of Methodism in Canada, by Joseph E. Sanderson;
United States
edit- A History of the Primitive Methodist Church in the United States of America, by John H. Acornley;
- History of Methodist Reform, Synoptical of General Methodism 1703-1789, with special and comprehensive reference to its most salient exhibition in the History of the Methodist Protestant Church, by Edward J. Drinkhouse;
- A Short History of the Methodists, by Jesse Lee;
Asia/Australasia
edit- The Illustrated History of Methodism: Australia, New South Wales, and Polynesia, by James Colwell;
- The History of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society, vol. III, ed. G. G. Findlay and W. W. Holdsworth;
- The History of Methodism in New Zealand, by William Morley;
Europe
edit- The History of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society, vol. IV, ed. G. G. Findlay and W. W. Holdsworth;
Biographies and Autobiographies
editRichard Allen
edit- The Life Experiences and Gospel Labors of the Right Revered Richard Allen, by Richard Allen;
James O. Andrew
edit- The Life and Letters of James Osgood Andrew, by James O. Andrew;
Nathan Bangs
edit- Life and Times of Nathan Bangs, D. D., by Abel Stevens;
William Black
edit- William Black: The Apostle of Methodism in the Maritime Provinces of Canada, by John Maclean;
Richard Boardman
edit- The Western Pioneers, or, Memorials of the Lives and Labors of Richard Boardman and Joseph Pilmoore, by John Prior Lockwood;
Henry Boehm
edit- The Patriarch of One Hundred Years, Being Reminiscences, Historical and Biographical of Rev. Henry Boehm, ed. J. B. Wakeley;
Peter Bohler
edit- Memorials of the Life of Peter Bohler, by John Prior Lockwood;
Catherine Booth
edit- The Life of Catharine Booth: The Mother of the Salvation Army, by Frederick de L. Booth Tucker;
Phineas Bresee
edit- Phineas F. Bresee, A Prince in Israel: A Biography, by E. A. Girvin;
George Brown
edit- Recollections of Itinerant Life: Including Early Reminiscences, by George Brown;
James Monroe Buckley
edit- James Monroe Buckley, by George Preston Mains;
Jabez Bunting
edit- The Life of Jabez Bunting DD, by Thomas P. Bunting and G. Stringer Rowe;
- Jabez Bunting, a great Methodist leader, by James H. Rigg;
William Butler
edit- William Butler, the Founder of Two Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church, by Clementina Butler;
William Capers
edit- Life of William Capers, by William M. Wightman;
William Case
edit- Case and His Contemporaries: or, the Canadian Itinerants' Memorial, by John
Carroll;
Adam Clarke
edit- An Account of the Infancy, Religious, and Literary Life of Adam Clarke, by Adam Clarke;
- The Life and Labours of Adam Clarke, LL.D., by John Middleton Hare;
William Clowes
edit- The Life of the Venerable William Clowes, by William Garner;
Ezekiel Cooper
edit- Beams of Light on Early Methodism in America; Chiefly drawn from the diary, letters, manuscripts, documents, and original tracts of the Rev. Ezekiel Cooper, by George A. Phoebus;
Melville Cox
edit- Remains of Melville B. Cox, Late Missionary to Liberia, by Melville Cox;
Fanny Crosby
edit- Fanny Crosby's Story of Ninety-four Years, retold by S. Trevana Jackson, by Fanny Crosby;
John Dickins
edit- A Funeral Discourse on the Death of that Eminent Man, the Late Reverend John Dickins, by Ezekiel Cooper;
Lorenzo Dow and Peggy Dow
edit- Vicissitudes in the Wilderness; Exemplified, in the Journal of Peggy Dow, by Peggy Dow;
- The Life, Travels, Labors, and Writings of Lorenzo Dow, by Lorenzo Dow;
John Emory
edit- The Life of the Rev. John Emory, D.D., by Robert Emory;
Wilbur Fisk
edit- Travels on the Continent of Europe, by Wilbur Fisk;
Mary Porter Gamewell
edit- China Old and New, by Mary Porter Gamewell;
- Mary Porter Gamewell and Her Story of the Siege in Peking, by A. H. Tuttle;
Philip Gatch
edit- Sketch of Rev. Philip Gatch/prepared by John McLean, by Philip Gatch;
Enoch George
edit- The Life of Rev. Enoch George, by Benjamin St. James Fry;
L. L. Hamline
edit- Life and Letters of Leonidas L. Hamline, by Walter Clarke Palmer;
John Hannah
edit- A Man Greatly Beloved: A Sermon Preached . . . on the Occasion of the Death of Dr. Hannah, by James Dixon;
Laura Askew Haygood
edit- Life and Letters of Laura Askew Haygood, ed. Oswald Eugene Brown and Anna Muse Brown;
Elijah Hedding
edit- Life and Times of Rev. Elijah Hedding,by D. W. Clark;
Hugh Price Hughes
edit- The Life of Hugh Price Hughes, by Dorothea Price Hughes;
- Hugh Price Hughes, Pioneer and Reformer, by Arthur Walters;
John Inskip and Martha Inskip
edit- The Life of Rev. John S. Inskip, by William McDonald and John E. Searles;
Daniel Kidder
edit- Sketches of Residence and Travels in Brazil, by Daniel P. Kidder;
- Biography of the Rev. Daniel Parish Kidder, by G. E. Strobridge;
Alexander Kilham
edit- The Life of the Rev. Alexander Kilham, by John Blackwell;
Walter Lambuth
edit- Walter Russell Lambuth: Prophet and Pioneer, by William W. Pinson;
Isaac Lane
edit- Autobiography of Bishop Isaac Lane, LL.D., by Isaac Lane;
Jesse Lee
edit- Memoir of the Rev. Jesse Lee, with Extracts from His Journals, by Jesse Lee, ed. Minton Thrift;
Luther Lee
edit- Autobiography of the Rev. Luther Lee, by Luther Lee.
John McClintock, Jr.
edit- Life and Letters of the Rev. John M'Clintock, by George R. Crooks;
William McKendree
edit- The Life of Reverend William McKendree, by Benjamin St. James Fry;
- Life and Times of William McKendree, by Robert Paine;
William O'Bryan
edit- William O'Bryan, Founder of the Bible Christians: the man and his work, by S. L. Thorne;
James O'Kelly
edit- The Life of Rev. James O'Kelly and the Early History of the Christian Church in the South, by Wilbur E. MacClenny;
Anna Oliver
edit- Test Case on the Ordination of Women, by Anna Oliver;
Phoebe Palmer
edit- The Life and Letters of Mrs. Phoebe Palmer, by Richard Wheatley;
Sarah Lankford Palmer
edit- The Life of Mrs. Sarah A. Lankford Palmer, by John A. Roche;
Daniel Payne
edit- Recollections of Seventy Years, by Daniel Alexander Payne;
W. B. Pope
edit- The Rev. W. B. Pope, D.D., Theologian and Saint, by R. Waddy Moss;
W. Morley Punshon
edit- William Morley Punshon, the orator of Methodism, by Joseph Dawson;
- The Life of William Morley Punshon, by F. W. Macdonald;
- The Rev. W. M. Punshon, by Thomas McCullagh;
James H. Rigg
edit- James Harrison Rigg, by John Telford;
B. T. Roberts
edit- Benjamin Titus Roberts: A Biography, by Benson Howard Roberts;
Martin Ruter
edit- Martin Ruter, by Ernest Ashton Smith;
Adolphus Egerton Ryerson
edit- ”The Story of My Life”, by Adolphus Egerton Ryerson;
Ira Sankey
edit- My Life and the Story of the Gospel Hymns and of Sacred Songs and Solos, by Ira David Sankey;
Orange Scott
edit- The Life of Rev. Orange Scott, by Lucius C. Matlack;
John Seybert
edit- The Life and Labors of John Seybert, by Samuel Peter Spreng;
Anna Howard Shaw
edit- The Story of a Pioneer, by Anna H. Shaw;
Asa Shinn
edit- Discourse on the Life and Death of the Rev. Asa Shinn, by C. Cooke;
Joshua Soule
edit- Life of Joshua Soule, by Horace M. DuBose;
John Springer and Helen Springer
edit- Pioneering in the Congo, by John Springer;
Thomas Bowman Stephenson
edit- The Life of Thomas Bowman Stephenson, by William Bradfield;
William Stephenson
edit- William Stephenson: Riding Preacher, by Walter N. Vernon
Clara Swain
edit- A Glimpse of India, being a Collection of Extracts from the Letters of Dr. Clara A. Swain, First Medical Missionary to India of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church in America, by Clara A. Swain;
William Taylor
edit- Story of My Life, by William Taylor;
Isalbella Thoburn
edit- Life of Isabella Thoburn, by James M. Thoburn;
James M. Thoburn
edit- Thoburn―Called of God, by W. F. Oldham;
- My Missionary Apprenticeship, by J. M. Thoburn;
Harriet Tubman
edit- Harriet Tubman, the Moses of Her People, by Sarah Hopkins Bradford;
Margaret Newton Van Cott
edit- Life and Labors of Mrs. Maggie Newton Van Cott, by John O. Foster;
James Varick
edit- The Varick Family, by B. F. Wheeler;
John H. Vincent
edit- John Heyl Vincent: A Biographical Sketch, by Leon H. Vincent;
Thomas Ware
edit- Sketches of the Life and Travels of Rev. Thomas Ware, who has been an Itinerant Methodist Preacher for more than Fifty Years, by Thomas Ware;
Richard Whatcoat
edit- The Life of Rev. Richard Whatcoat, by Benjamin St. James Fry;
George Whitefield
edit- An Authentic Memoir of the Life of the Late Rev. George Whitefield, by George Whitefield;
Frances Willard
edit- Glimpses of Fifty Years: The Autobiography of an American Woman, by Frances Willard;
Topical Studies
editMissions
edit- The Story of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1869-1895, by Frances J. Baker;
Theology and Doctrine
editJohn and Charles Wesley
editBasic Texts
edit- The Journal of the Rev. John Wesley, ed. Nehemiah Curnock;
- The Works of John Wesley, ed. Thomas Jackson;
- Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, ed. George Osborn;
- Hymns for our Lord's Resurrection, by Charles Wesley;
- Hymns for the Nativity of Our Lord, by Charles Wesley;
- Hymns on the Great Festivals and Other Occasions, by Charles Wesley;
- Hymns on the Trinity, by Charles Wesley;
- Hymns for Ascension-Day and Hymns for Whitsunday, by Charles Wesley and John Wesley;
- Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament, by John Wesley;
- Primitive Physick: Or an Easy and Natural Method of Curing Most Diseases, by John Wesley;
- The Sunday Service of the Methodists of North America, by John Wesley;
- Hymns on the Lord's Supper, by John Wesley and Charles Wesley;
Life and Thought
edit- Pietism and Methodism, by Alfred W. Nagler;
- John Wesley and the Advance of Methodism, by John Smith Simon;
- John Wesley and the Methodist Societies, by John Smith Simon;
- John Wesley and the Religious Societies, by John Smith Simon;
- The Life of Wesley and the Rise and Progress of Methodism, by Robert Southey;
- Life and Times of the Rev. John Wesley, Founder of the Methodists, by Luke Tyerman;
Representative Methodist Theologians
edit- The Tongue of Fire, or, The True Power of Christianity, by William Arthur;
- The Errors of Hoskinsianism Detected and Exposed, by Nathan Bangs;
- A Manual of Christian Doctrine, by John A. Banks;
- Personalism, by Borden P. Bowne;
- Modernism and the Christian Faith, by John A. Faulkner;
- Calvinistic Controversy, by Wilbur Fisk;
- Works, by John W. Fletcher;
- Nature and Blessedness of Christian Purity, by Randolph S. Foster;
- Philosophy of Christian Experience, by Randolph S. Foster;
- Systematic Theology, by Solomon J. Gamertsfelder;
- The Christ of the Indian Road, by E. Stanley Jones;
- Elements of Theology; or, An Exposition of the Divine Origin, Doctrine, Morals, and Institutions of Christianity, by Luther Lee;
- Systematic Theology, by John Miley;
- The Christian Faith, by Curtis A. Olin;
- The Way of Holiness, by Phoebe Palmer;
- What We Believe: Studies in Christian Doctrine, by Franklin N. Parker;
- A Compendium of Christian Theology, by William B. Pope;
- Systematic Theology, by Miner Raymond;
- The Higher Criticism; an Outline of Modern Biblical Study, by Charles W. Rishell;
- Why Another Sect..., by Benjamin Titus Roberts;
- System of Christian Doctrine, by Henry C. Sheldon;
- Elements of Divinity: A Series of Lectures on Biblical Science, Theology, Church History & Homiletics, Designed for Candidates for the Ministry, and other Students of the Bible, by George Smith;
- A Defense of Christian Perfection, by Daniel Steele;
- Systematic Theology, by Thomas O. Summers;
- Biblical Dogmatics, by Milton S. Terry;
- Theological Institutes, by Richard Watson;
- The Freedom of the Will as the Basis of Human Responsibility and a Divine Government, by Daniel D. Whedon;
Worship, the Sacraments, and Hymnody
edit- A Collection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs, by Richard Allen;
Church organization
edit- History of the Revisions of the Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church, by David Sherman;
- Constitutional History of American Episcopal Methodism, by John J. Tigert;