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"My aim has been chiefly to present two aspects of Wes1ey's life history. The first of these embraces his earlier career, in which prominence is given to those events and circumstances which in so...

"My aim has been chiefly to present two aspects of Wes1ey's life history. The first of these embraces his earlier career, in which prominence is given to those events and circumstances which in so...

"My aim has been chiefly to present two aspects of Wes1ey's life history. The first of these embraces his earlier career, in which prominence is given to those events and circumstances which in so...

"My aim has been chiefly to present two aspects of Wes1ey's life history. The first of these embraces his earlier career, in which prominence is given to those events and circumstances which in so...

"My aim has been chiefly to present two aspects of Wes1ey's life history. The first of these embraces his earlier career, in which prominence is given to those events and circumstances which in so...

A biography of John Wesley. Chapter I: A Race of Preachers Chapter II: The Epworth Household Chapter III: The Gownboy of the Charterhouse Chapter IV: The Crisis at Oxford Chapter V: The Holy Club...

Chapter I: A Race of Preachers The Wesley Ancestry - The First John Westley - Samuel Wesley, Poet and Preacher - Susanna Annesley - Piety and Culture

Chapter II: The Epworth Household Epworth in Lincolnshire - The Wonderful Mother - Pecuniary Difficulties - "A Brand Plucked from the Burning"

Chapter III: The Gownboy of the Charterhouse A Friendly Duke - The Charterhouse School - John's School Days - The Epworth Ghost - The Brothers at Westminster

A biography of John Wesley Chapter IV: The Crisis at Oxford A Freshman at Christ Church - No Religious Friends - Letters from Home - Choosing a Profession - The First Convert - Fellow of Lincoln -...

A biography of John Wesley Chapter V: The Holy Club Charles Wesley Begins It - "Methodists" - John Wesley Its Father - "Men of One Book" - Works of Mercy and Help - The Oxford Methodists - Whitefield...

A biography of John Wesley Chapter VI: To America and Back The Missionary Spirit - Oglethorpe's Philanthropic Colony - John Wesley, Missioner to Georgia - The High Churchman at Savannah - Moravian...

A biography of John Wesley Chapter VII: The New Birth Whitefield's Revival Fire - Peter Bohler's Influence - Charles Wesley's Happy Day - John Wesley's Heart "Strangely Warmed" - A Spiritual...

A biography of John Wesley Chapter VIII: Revival Preaching "Jesus, the Sinner's Friend, Proclaim" - "By Grace Are Ye Saved" - A Happy New Year - Whitefield Calls Wesley Out of Doors - Shouts in the...

A biography of John Wesley Chapter IX: Society and Class No Solitary Religion - The First Society - A Layman's Notion - An Unspeakably Useful Institution - The General Rules - Quarterly Tickets -...

A biography of John Wesley Chapter X: Lay Helpers Wesley's "Irregularities" - "Soul-saving Laymen" - Cennick, Humphreys, Maxfield - "He is as Surely Called of God to Preach as You Are" - John Nelson...

A biography of John Wesley Chapter XI: Two Sorts of Methodists Whitefield's Calvinism - Arminians - "The Queen of the Methodists" - Trevecca College - Lady Huntington's Connection - Time Heals the...

A biography of John Wesley Chapter XII: Wesley Faces Mobs The Wednesbury Riots - Before the Magistrate - A Noble Champion - "Always Look a Mob in the Face" - Stoned at the Market Cross - Causes of the...

A biography of John Wesley Chapter XIII: In Conference with the Preachers An Ecclesiastical Statesman - The First Conference - Notable Conferences - One-man Power - "Christian Democracy" - Early...

A biography of John Wesley Chapter XIV: Doctrinal Wars Antinomianism - The Minutes of 1770 - Fletcher's Checks - The Hills, Toplady, and Berridge - Wordy Wars

A biography of John Wesley Chapter XV: Ireland, Scotland, and Wales Island Visits -"The Dairyman's Daughter" - Irish and Irish-American Methodism - Shamefully Treated - The Palatines - Wesley in...

A biography of John Wesley Chapter XVII: Traveler, Preacher, and Philanthropist Wesley's Travels - His Preaching Power - The Last University Sermon - A Pioneer of Benevolence - Temperance - Sunday...

A biography of John Wesley Chapter XVIII: Setting His House in Order "Thou art the Man!" - Methodist Clergy - The Swiss Recruit - Fletcher's Proposals - The Deed of Declaration - The Ordinations - The...

A biography of John Wesley Chapter XIV: The Passing of John Wesley An Active Octogenarian - Welcomed in Ireland - Triumphal Progresses - "I Do no Lack for Labor" - Last Open-air Sermon - The Last Text...

A biography of John Wesley Chapter XX: The True John Wesley John Wesley's Appearance - His Habits - His Temperment - His Tact - His Love of Children - His Unhappy Matrimonial Experience - His Wit and...