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
Distinguished Men—National Immorality—Methodism needed—Infidelity at
Oxford—First Methodists at Oxford—Their Daily Life—Nicknames—Gambold on
Wesley—A Starving Girl—Early Rising—Earnest Piety—Wesley has the offer
of a Curacy—His Correspondence with Mary Granville—A Query—Wesley’s
Walk to Epworth—Methodist Sacramentarian Theory—Letter from Mr.
Clayton—Methodism attacked in _Fogg’s Weekly Journal_—First printed
Defence of Methodism—Wesley’s Sermon before the University—First
Publication—Female Methodists at Oxford—High Churchism—Wesley
urged to become his father’s Successor—Correspondence respecting
this—Wesley’s last Letter from his Father—Application for Epworth
Rectory—Whitefield—Wesley’s Publications 60-107
CHAPTER IV.
MISSION TO GEORGIA.
1735-1737.
Dispersion of Oxford Methodists—James Hutton—Dr.
Burton—Oglethorpe—Emigrants to Georgia—Saltzburghers—Other
Georgian Emigrants—America in 1735—Wesley’s Reasons for going to
Georgia—Letter to his Brother Samuel—Fellow Voyagers—Daily Life on
Shipboard—Detention at Cowes—Covenant in the Isle of Wight—Ingham
on the Moravians—The Voyage—Savannah—Indians of Georgia—Spangenberg
meets Wesley—Tomo-Chichi—Wesley on the Moravians—Begins his Ministry
in Georgia—A large Parish—C. Wesley and Ingham in hot water—Wesley
and Delamotte at Frederica—C. Wesley returns to England—Original
Letters to Wesley from Richard Morgan, Sir John Thorold, and William
Chapman—Wesley on the Mystics—Delamotte’s School—Ingham’s Return
to England—Wesley on Missionaries—Oglethorpe in Trouble—Original
Letters to Wesley—Wesley’s cheerful Religion—Life at Savannah—A Bad
Woman—Wesley goes Barefoot—Whitefield thinks of becoming Bishop—Wesley
wants Helpers—Thomas Causton—Miss Hopkey—Unfriendly Rumours—Extracts
from Wesley’s unpublished Journal—Proposed Marriage—High Churchism—An
Excommunication—Wesley Arrested—Letter to Mrs. Williamson—Extracts
from Wesley’s private Journal—List of Grievances—Further Facts
from Wesley’s manuscript Journal—Findings of the Jury—Wesley
Superseded—Immense Labours—Great Excitement in Savannah—Wesley’s
Farewell Sermons—Departure—In a Swamp—Companions—Sets sail for
England—Storms encountered—Wesley on Conversion, Faith, etc.—Wesley’s
Mission to Georgia not a Failure 108-170
CHAPTER V.
WESLEY IN TRANSITION.
1738.
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