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Quotation from The Life, Experience, and Gospel Labours of the Rt. Rev. Richard Allen by Richard Allen
“the plain and simple gospel suits best for any people, for the unlearned can understand, and the learned are sure to understand”
The Life, Experience, and Gospel Labours of the Rt. Rev. Richard Allen, Life, Experience, and Gospel Labours (Richard Allen, The Life, Experience, and Gospel Labours (Philadelphia: Martin & Boden, 1833), Documenting the American South electronic edition)
Allen explains why he chose Methodism for the Black congregation he founded.
Citation: "the plain and simple gospel suits best for any people, for the unlearned can understand, and the learned are sure to understand" — Richard Allen, The Life, Experience, and Gospel Labours of the Rt. Rev. Richard Allen, Life, Experience, and Gospel Labours (Richard Allen, The Life, Experience, and Gospel Labours (Philadelphia: Martin & Boden, 1833), Documenting the American South electronic edition). (id allen-life-experience-and-gospel-labours-q2)
