The chapel in City Road will always stand as a thanksgiving monument, raised, not by the London Methodists merely, but by Methodists throughout the three kingdoms. No sooner was it resolved to build, than Wesley issued the following circular, an original copy of which now lies before us. “_October 18, 1776._ “MY DEAR BROTHER,--The society at _London_ have given assistance to their brethren in various parts of England. They have done this for upwards of thirty years: they have done it cheerfully and liberally. The first year of the subscription for the _general debt_, they subscribed above _nine hundred pounds_; the next, above _three hundred_; and not much less every one of the ensuing years. “They now stand in need of assistance themselves. They are under a necessity of building; as the _Foundery_, with all the adjoining houses, is shortly to be pulled down. And the city of London has granted ground to build on; but on condition of covering it, and with large houses in front, which, together with the new chapel, will, at a very moderate computation, cost upwards of _six thousand pounds_. I must, therefore, beg the assistance of all our brethren. _Now_ help the _parent_ society, which has helped others, for so many years, so willingly and so largely. _Now_ help _me_, who account this as a kindness done to myself; perhaps, the last of this sort which I shall ask of you. Subscribe what you conveniently can, to be paid either now, or at Christmas, or at Ladyday next. “I am, your affectionate brother, “JOHN WESLEY. ⎧ JOHN DUPLEX, ⎪ CHARLES GREENWOOD, ⎪ RICHARD KEMP, “The Trustees are ⎨ SAMUEL CHANCELLOR, ⎪ CHARLES WHEELER, ⎪ WILLIAM COWLAND, ⎩ JOHN FOLGHAM.”