TO THE '
METHODIST PREACHERS
AND
' SOCIETIES.
HERE AS Mr. Rogers, &c. have affirmed in the Remarks on A True Narrative, that feveral members o[
the Committee mentioned therein haveexprefled themfelves as difapproving of the Narrative, we beg leave to lay betore
you the following Testimonies of the lalfe aiTertions in thofe Remarks, and after you have read thefe teflimonies, we
beg you ferioufly to confider what credit is due to the Remarks, or to any aiTertions of Mr. Rogers, after fo flagrant a
violation of truth.
Mr. Rogers*—" Mr. Cujfons allures us he was not prefent in their Committee May the 18th, and had not feen the pub-
" lication till in print, nor knew his name was affixed to it."
Mr. Cujfons-^Nfr. Rogers and Mr. Whitfield called at my houfe and alked me if I had read the Narrative? I faid yes—
If I would take my oath of the whole of it ? I told him I neither could nor profefled fo to do. I told him I looked upon
Dr. Whitehead as an injured man, and therefore was a member of that Committee to encourage him to write the Life, and
was ftill of the fame mind. Mr. Rogers faid he did not come to enquire any thing about that matter, but whether I was at
the Committee on the 18th of May, and had heard the Narrative read there and approved of it. Myanfwer was, I was
not there, nor had feen it or heard it read till it was printed; but that the Publication was in a fenfe my Act and Deed,
as I was a member of that Committee, though not prefent on the 18th of May: and by the rules of the Committee
we had given power to a certain number to act for the whole.
July 13,1792. GEORGE CUSSONS.
Mr. Rogers—" Mr. Milbourne affirms he was not prefent at the Committee May 18, and that he knew feveral of
" that Committee difapproved of the Narrative being pubhlhed at all,"
Mr. Milbourne—Mr. Rogers alked me if I had read the Narrative: I faid, I had read a part of itr and approved of
what I had read. He alked me, if I would fwear to the whole of it: I anfwered no, but thofe who gave in their tefti-
monv would. He then alked me if I was at the meeting when Dr. Whitehead related the conversation which palfed be¬
tween the Do£tor and himfelf—from Mr. Rogers' reprefentation I was of opinion he alluded to fome meeting of the Com¬
mittee which I had not attended, and therefore anfwered, I believe I was not.
I was prefent at the meeting of the Committee on the 1 Wi of May, when the Narrative was read over and ordered unani-
moully to be printed.
Thofe words attributed tq me in Mr. Rogers' pamphlet, " That I knew feveral of that Committee difapproved of the Nar¬
rative beingpublijhed at all," are wholly untrue ; I never faid or thought any fuch thing.
July 13? 1792. JAMES MILBOURNE,
Mr. Rovers " Mr. Edwards declares he was not prefent with them May 18th, nor ever figned any paper or
" writing of this Committee, except one, viz. Dr. W.'s propofals for writing the Life ; and that when he figned thefe,
" it was in compliance with the entreaties of Dr. W. who himfelf came to him for that purpofe : That this Committee
" had no authority to print his name, and he difozons and difapproves of the publication
Mr. Edwards—I figned Dr. Whitehead's propofals for writing the Life, with intent to give him my countenance as
far as it went, for fo doing—I did this with the full approbation of my judgment, without any entreaty. I have never
declared, " That the Committee had no authority to print my name, and that I difown and dfapprove of the publication."
July I2. RICHARD EDWARDS.
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Mr. Rovers, &c. fay, " Mr. Dobfon declares he was not in this Committee, knew nothing of this publication, and
" had not° feen it in manufcript or print, when two of thofe perfons called upon him, and that he had given no autho-
44 rity to the author or authors for printing his name."
Mr .Dobfon—Mr. ifygrrr and Mr Whitfeld came to my houfe,and alked me if I was not at the la 11 meeting of Dr.Whitehead's
Committee ? I faid I did not know what meeting he alluded to, but that I had attended molt of the meetings, and was
perfectly fatisfied with every thing that was done ; and had he, Mr. Rogers, been as well difpofed for peace as the Com¬
mittee were, there would not have been this confufion in the Society. He then pulled out of his pocket the Narrative, and
alked me if I was at the meeting of the Committee on the 18th May, when that Narrative was ordered to be printed ;
I told him I was not, for I was out of town at the time, and therefore did not know it had been printed, but that
when a meeting was regularly fummoned, the a£l of the majority allembled was the aft of the whole. I wasfurprifed
to fee the malignity which appeared in.Mr. Rogers's countenance: thofe words attributed to me, viz. "That I de¬
clared I had given no authority to the author or authors for printing my name," are not true. I made no fuch decla¬
ration to Mr. Rogers, or any other perfon.
No. 427, Oxford-Jlreet. THOMAS DOBSON.
I was prefent at the above converfation, which is juftly flated. S. SIMES, Mr. Dobfon's niece.
Mr. Rogers " Mr. Wolley fays, to the bell of bis recolle£lion, he was not prefent when the manufcript of the
Narrative was read, nor does he approve fits being publijhed."
Mr. Wolley 1 was not prefent when the manufcript was read, but told Mr. Rogers when he queftioned me, that
the Narrative contained nothing but fails: that I could have wilhed thefe fafts had not been made public, that the
world might not know there were fuch men in the Metkodiji Conne&ion as Mr. Rogers; that it was the regard I felt
to the reputation of the Methodijl Society induced me to wifh the fafls dated in the Narrative might not be publicly
known. But I told Mr. Rogers I was convinced of their truth, and totally difapproved of the condudl of the Preachers.
July 14, 1792. JOSEPH WOLLEY.
I have examined the originals, and attell that thefe are true copies. CHARLES PARAMORE,
Holywell Mount, July 17, 1792.
N. B. Dr. Whitehead's Defence of the Narrative will be publilhed in a few days.
* Remarks, page 6.