e members, largely on account of views introduced by
Philip Henry Molther, who at that time had a tendency toward "Quietism".
Molther was detained for some time in England, waiting for a ship to
take him to Pennsylvania, he having received a call to labor in the
Moravian Churches there, and being a fluent speaker he learned English
rapidly and made a deep impression on many hearers.

Wesley was much hurt by the dissensions in his Society, and entirely
opposed to Molther's views, and after several efforts to bring all
the members back to his own position, he, on Sunday, July 31st, 1740,
solemnly and definitely condemned the "errors" and withdrew from the
Fetter Lane Society, adding "You that are of the same judgment, follow
me." About twenty-five of the men and "seven or eight and forty likewise
of the fifty women that were in the band" accepted his invitation, and
with them he organized the "Foundry Society". Into the Foundry Society
and the many others organized among his converts, Wesley introduced
lovefeasts and "bands" (or "classes",) both familiar to him from the
Fetter Lane Society, which had copied them from the Moravians. When his
societies grew so numerous that he could not personally serve them all
he selected lay assistants, and then "became convinced that presbyter
and bishop are of the same order, and that he had as good a right to
ordain as to administer the Sacraments." He, therefore, ordained bishops
for America, and Scotland, and registered his chapels in order to
protect them, according to the Act of Toleration. This gave the
Methodist body a separate legal status, but Wesley always claimed that
he was still a member of the Church of England, and would not allow the
preachers of his English societies to administer the Sacraments, a right
which was finally granted them by the Methodist Conference after his
death.

When Benjamin Ingham returned from Georgia he commenced to preach the
Gospel in Yorkshire, his native place, and at the time of his journey
to Germany a promising work was begun there. From Herrnhut he wrote to
Count Zinzendorf asking that Toeltschig be permitted to visit him in
England, and the request was granted a few months later. Meanwhile
Ingham's work prospered mightily, so that in June, 1739, he was
forbidden the use of the churches, and forced to imitate Wesley and
preach in the open air. Some forty societies were formed, and in
November, Toeltschig went to him, making many friends a