Wesley, John

1. An eighteenth-century English clergyman; the founder of the Methodist Church. His brother Charles is well known as a writer of hymns, including “Hark, the Herald Angels Sing.”

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Wesley, John, last words of, 296.

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Wesley, John, missionary to America, 254. acceptance of righteousness by faith, 255, 256. work of, 256-258. guarded by an angel, 258. law of God upheld by, 262-264. results of work of, 264. wiles of Satan encountered by, 396. on right use of money, 385. see also Methodists.

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John Wesley, John Wesley. who may rank with Augustine, Pelagius, Calvin, Arminius, or Jansen, as the founder of a sect, was demanded by the age in which he lived.

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Wesley, John, American experiences of, ix, 29; education of, ix, 21; influence of, ix, 11, 46; marital experience of, ix, 44; the Moravians and, ix, 31; Governor Oglethorpe and, ix, 27; on teaching, viii, 202; Josiah Wedgwood and, xiii, 52.

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When she addressed twelve hundred inmates of Auburn prison, a reporter said: "Never did John Wesley, John Knox, or Martin Luther do greater work for the Master."

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