New-York daily tribune., 1846-01-21

the coming age. Al any rate, clseEgdgeiaehi i'O't
present bonds, mus, lead TO it, and thus we trust
the Wesleys have embraced William Law and
found that his poisonous mysticism had its truth
and its meaning also, while he rejoices that their
minds severing from his took different bias and
reached different class for which hls teachings
were no, adapted. And thus passing from section
to section of the truth the circle shall be filed at last
and il shall be seen that each had need of the sther
and of all.
Charles and John Wesley seemed 10 fulfil toward
their great family of disciples the Offices commonly
assigned 10 Woman and Man. Charles had mar
rover tanner less reasoning mind but grea, sweet
ness. tenderness, facility and lyric flow, &c When
successful in eecting the spiritual good OF the most
abiec his feelings rose to rapture" Soft pity filed
his heart and none seemed so 10 him as the elon
and the rnalcfactor, because for none else was so
much to be done.
His habitual flow Of sacred verse was like the
course ofa full fed stream. In extreme old age his
habits of com position are thus pleasinsly described
Ie rode every day (clohed for Winter. even in sum
,,er1 lit,le horse grey with age. When ne mounted.
if subject struck him. he proceeded 10 expand and put
il in order He would write hymn thus gtve1 MIN on
card kept .or that purpOse) with his pencil IN snort
bard Not unfreuuently be has come To the house on
the CITY road and having left the pony in the garden In
front he would enter, crying out Pen and INK pen an d
;nt These being supplied. he wrote The hymn ne nad
been composing. When this was done; ne would iooS
round on those present. and salute them WIN much
trdnsss ask after their health give short hymn
and thus put all in mind OF eternity. ne was iopu u
that stanza upon these occasions,
There all the ships company meet &c.
His benign spirit is, We believe gratified now by
finding that company larger than he had dared TO
hope.
The mind Of John Wesley was more masculine :
he was more of thinker and leader He is spoken
of as creduous as hoping good OF men naturally
and able to hope i, again from those that had de-
ceived him This last is weakness unless allied with
wise decision and force generosity when 1t Is thus
tempered To the character OF John Wesley 1t I'M
nar,ed persuasive nobleness and hallowed his ear
nestness with mercy. He had in striking degree
another of those balances between opposite forces
which mark the great man. He kept himself open
TO new inspirations. was bold in appreh ano
ouek in carving then, out Yet with resolve
once taken he showed steaeiness of purpose be-
vond what the ,imid scholars Of tradition can con-
ceive
In looking at the character of the two men and
the nature Of their doctrine we well understand why
their spirit has exercised so vast sway esPec'a"S
with the poor the unlearned and those who had
none else 10 help them. They had truth enough
and force enoughto upih the burdens of an army OF
poor pilgrims and send them on their way rejoicing
We should delight to string together in our own
fashion, rosary ofthoughs and anecdotes illusira-
tive of their career and its consequences but since
time and our limits in newspaper space forbid, can
not end better than by quoting their own verse, for
they are of that select corps the fororn hope OF hu-
manity" to whom shorcoming in deeds has given
no occasion 10 blush for the lofty scope OF their
words
",Nho but the Holy Ghost make
genuine gospel minister
bishop bold 10 undertake
OF precious souls the awful cure,
The Holy Ghost alone can move
A sinner sinners to convert,
Infuse the apostolic love
And blcss him with psstor's heart *