Page. PREFACE, 5 INTRODUCTION, 9 CHAPTER. I. BORN IN TROUBLOUS TIMES, 13 II. THE WESLEY FAMILY, 20 III. WESLEY'S EARLY LIFE, 32 IV. EPWORTH RAPPINGS, 41 V. ORIGIN OF THE HOLY CLUB, 49 VI. WESLEY IN AMERICA, 58 VII. WESLEY'S RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE, 71 VIII. WESLEY'S MULTIPLIED LABORS, 83 IX. WESLEY'S DOMESTIC RELATIONS, 93 X. WESLEY'S PERSECUTIONS, 101 XI. WESLEY AND HIS THEOLOGY, 115 XII. WESLEY AS A MAN, 132 XIII. WESLEY AS A PREACHER, 136 XIV. WESLEY AS A REFORMER, 144 XV. WESLEY AND AMERICAN METHODISM PRIOR TO 1766, 153 XVI. WESLEY AND AMERICAN METHODISM, 161 XVII. WESLEY APPROACHING THE CLOSE OF LIFE, 173 XVIII. WESLEY AND HIS TRIUMPHANT DEATH, 179 XIX. WESLEY'S CHARACTER AS ESTIMATED BY UNBIASED JUDGES, 185 XX. THE GREATER WESLEY OF THE OPENING CENTURY, 193 CONCLUSION, 203 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PORTRAIT OF JOHN WESLEY, Frontispiece FACING PAGE AN UNUSUAL VIEW OF THE EPWORTH RECTORY, 16 THE WESLEYAN MEMORIAL CHURCH, EPWORTH, ENGLAND, 32 JEFFREY'S ATTIC ROOM, WHENCE THE MYSTERIOUS NOISES CAME, 48 WESLEY'S ARMCHAIR, 64 WESLEY'S CLOCK, 96 SAMUEL WESLEY'S GRAVE, UPON WHICH JOHN PREACHED HIS FAMOUS SERMON, 112 WESLEY'S TEAPOT. WESLEY'S BIBLE AND CASE, 144 ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH AT EPWORTH. EPWORTH MEMORIAL CHURCH AT CLEVELAND, O., 160 THE ROOM IN WHICH WESLEY DIED, 176 JOHN WESLEY'S GRAVE, 192 INTRODUCTION.