EPWORTH AND CHRISTIAN SOCIETIES—1696–1699. Isle of Axholme, 203 Epworth Parsonage, 203 Mehetabel Wesley, 204 Character and Death of Mrs Dunton, 207 Timothy Rogers, 208 Wesley writes Mrs Dunton’s Epitaph, 209 Dunton quarrels with Wesley, 210 Wesley’s Sermon on Reformation of Manners, 213 Society for the Reformation of Manners, 213 Dr Anthony Horneck and Mr Smithies, 213 William Beveridge, 214 Young Men Converted, 214 Form Themselves into Societies, 215 Religious Societies give birth to Reformation 218 Societies, Daniel Defoe on the Wickedness of the Age, 219 Wesley on do., 220 History of Society for Reformation of Manners, 221 History of Religious and of Methodist Societies, 224 Samuel Wesley’s hearty Approval of Religious 227 Societies, CHAPTER XII. DEBT AND DILIGENCE—1700–1704. Wesley unfortunately turns Farmer, 229 Letter to Archbishop Sharpe, 229 Explanations, 231 Archbishop Sharpe’s Application for a “Brief,” 234 Wesley declines it, 235 Wesley helps his Mother, 235 A _few_ Children born, 236 Archbishop Sharpe, 236 “The Pious Communicant,” 237 Wesley’s Opinions on Transubstantiation and 237 Baptism, John Wesley’s Re-publication of his Father’s 239 Discourse, Wesley’s Epistle on Poetry, 239 Its Preface, 239 Impurity of the Press, 241 Macaulay on do., 242 Account of Epistle on Poetry, 243 Wesley’s History of Old and New Testament, 244 John Sturt, 245 Quotations from History of Old and New Testament, 246 CHAPTER XIII. CONVOCATION—1701, ETC. Description of Convocation, 249 Wesley elected a Member of Convocation, 250