The life and times of the Rev. John Wesley, M.A., founder of the Methodists. Vol. 1 (of 3)Tyerman, L. (Luke)
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The life and times of the Rev. John Wesley, M.A., founder of the Methodists. Vol. 1 (of 3)
Tyerman, L. (Luke)
Methodism; Wesley, John, 1703-1791
He was no sooner back than a large party of Indians came, including
several chiefs and an interpreter, with whom he had several interviews.
He now hoped that a door was opened for the fulfilment of his intention
to be a missionary among the heathen; but when he informed Oglethorpe
of his purpose, the general objected, on the ground that there was
great danger of his being taken or killed by the French, and that it
was inexpedient to leave Savannah without a minister. Wesley answered
that, though the trustees of Georgia had appointed him to the office of
minister of Savannah, this was done without his solicitation, desire,
or knowledge; and that he should not continue longer than until his way
was opened to go among the Indians. And so the matter ended.
On the 26th of July, after spending a little more than five months
in Georgia, his brother Charles embarked for England. At the same
time, Wesley went again to ill-natured Frederica, where he spent the
next twelve weeks. Here he read, with Delamotte, Bishop Beveridge’s
“_Pandectæ Canonum Conciliorum_,” and became more convinced than ever
that both particular and general councils may err. He set up a small
library; and as several Germans, through not understanding the English
tongue, were unable to join in the public service, he agreed to meet
them every day at noon, in his own house, where, in their own language,
he expounded to them a chapter of the New Testament, and prayed with
them. Finding, however, that his prospects of doing good at Frederica
became less and less, he returned to Savannah on the 31st of October,
where he continued until the beginning of 1737.
Meanwhile, Wesley’s friends in England did not forget him. The
following was from his old acquaintance, Mr. Morgan, and is now for the
first time given to the public.
“OXON, _November 27, 1735_.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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