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Biography of John Wesley by A Methodist Preacher. A PLAIN ACCOUNT OF HIS LIFE AND WORK

The following are the Table of Contents

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 VI: To America and Back

Chapter VII: The New Birth

Chapter VIII: Revival Preaching

Chapter IX: Society and Class

Chapter X: Lay Helpers

Chapter XI: Two Sorts of Methodists

Chapter XII: Wesley Faces Mobs

Chapter XIII: In Conference with the Preachers

Chapter XIV: Doctrinal Wars

Chapter XV: Ireland, Scotland, and Wales

Chapter XVI: The Work Beyond the Sea

Chapter XVII: Traveler, Preacher, and Philanthropist

Chapter XVIII: Setting His House in Order

Chapter XIV: The Passing of John Wesley

Chapter XX: The True John Wesley

About John Wesley

The Wesley family was made famous by the two brothers, John and Charles, who worked together in the rise of Methodism in the British Isles during the 18th century. They were among the ten children surviving infancy born to Samuel Wesley (1662 - 1735), Anglican rector of Epworth, Lincolnshire, and Susanna Annesley Wesley, daughter of Samuel Annesley, a dissenting minister.

John Wesley was born June 28, 1703, died Mar. 2, 1791, and was the principal founder of the Methodist movement. His mother was important in his emotional and educational development. John's education continued at Charterhouse School and at Oxford, where he studied at Christ Church and was elected (1726) fellow of Lincoln College. He was ordained in 1728.

After a brief absence (1727 - 29) to help his father at Epworth, John returned to Oxford to discover that his brother Charles had founded a Holy Club composed of young men interested in spiritual growth.

John quickly became a leading participant of this group, which was dubbed the Methodists. His Oxford days introduced him not only to the rich tradition of classical literature and philosophy but also to spiritual classics like Thomas a Kempis's Imitation of Christ, Jeremy Taylor's Holy Living and Dying, and William Law's Serious Call.

In 1735 both Wesleys accompanied James Oglethorpe to the new colony of Georgia, where John's attempts to apply his then high-church views aroused hostility. Discouraged, he returned (1737) to England; he was rescued from this discouragement by the influence of the Moravian preacher Peter Boehler. At a small religious meeting in Aldersgate Street, London, on May 24, 1738, John Wesley had an experience in which his "heart was strangely warmed." After this spiritual conversion, which centered on the realization of salvation by faith in Christ alone, he devoted his life to evangelism. Beginning in 1739 he established Methodist societies throughout the country. He traveled and preached constantly, especially in the London-Bristol-Newcastle triangle, with frequent forays into Wales, Ireland, and Scotland. He encountered much opposition and persecution, which later subsided.

Late in life Wesley married Mary Vazeille, a widow. He continued throughout his life a regimen of personal discipline and ordered living. He died at 88, still preaching, still traveling, and still a clergyman of the Church of England. In 1784, however, he had given the Methodist societies a legal constitution, and in the same year he ordained Thomas Coke for ministry in the United States; this action signaled an independent course for Methodism.