New-York tribune., 1872-04-27
NEW-YORK LITERARY NOTES.
rYERMAN's wEsLEY-THE STORY OF THE PIE
RISCITE.

III.
volume of which is about to emerge from the Harrers'
moss There Is no influence incident which in any
a had TO do with the great preachers character ana
o,;ops that Mr. Tycrman does not describe with faith
o.. sincerity. The work is not alone life oi Wesley
every relative and friend and disciple given such gen
erous mention that IL perfect nest Oi DogV"'
AID IL is al the time profuse and thorough hs.o'
~ tho Foundation and first forty years OF Methou's'
only ,vcat simplicity OF narrative could make iu''"
AND entertaining the vast amount OF ma'eflai ""'
~, Tyesman has used and with tbs simpoiy nc mus,
,,., some exceptions ue credited As Wesleyan oSr
.n and student of Methodist history nc cou'u iio''
nj se avoid the tene eCarss, yet tRerels less et ths
ard more % the cahunCss OF Ito hOeFl hs'oriSa lIah
one could have expected lie IS Mt no pains 10 oe Jonn
Ncsl.vs faults ard f0.bes nc gives us debnlte PIC
irrc Of the man exactly IS he Fas-h0nos@ warm
hearted lntclerat arrogant impatient Industrious de-
voted a priest whose Judgment was as admirable as
l of.,seu,l weakness extraordinary whose I'D
cral,fy was A. marked his rnrrowness; man wl'h
tne countensrce Of saint the l}arniug ana WI
Of the scholar, the Sastes OF an anchorlte' anu
very humaE passions Tic Ctlise IN when "es'
l,v usually appears 80 the mGdern mind US that
v..l Crsbb Robinson presents in his DdfJ-a
l,yey rc-crcud, whcharcd Oldfnan, supported IN his
~. mt and vainly eDlevoring TO make his feeble voice
an Die Not less Interesting is his first appearance" !"
"A i. loc 1hy as uttlu Jaoky, the son OF the ioVihR'
sr.lilaccd Lpwcth rector one OF family OF nineteen
ci.treu and already, in his babyhood, sun theoio-
en- The small creature hear, rendingly proper
.d corle>t seeming TO feel answerabe TO his reason
and his conscience everything he did He would DO
,o.h'u-not even cat little fTuit-wlthout hrst renect
Ir On It's illness and prOpriey. SO great was his
r..i...as lcrvor that when he was eight years old
al, father admitted him 10 the communion-.abe, and
~ all those first eight years Of his lie history notes
,t . constant succession OF psalms, OF prayers, aud
e. iu- of sermons. Whether this serious baby ever
'r.- "A like other tender iuYeuals know not; hut
O. . r aamc that under susannah Wosloy's conscien-
mt, ,,uahf limo ed n
4, ulay This saIntlincss unhappily, did MT last.
G ONLY zen and half years old, Wesley passed from
.tar tnsu,eagc Of his mother and went 10 LOnCOh asa
r',,rte.-hau~C pupil There the elder scholars half
u--.ed hl. ana made his life a burden by their
,r..ly. Patient. ambitious, and energetic, he won
-.-n rank in scholarship, but he lost his uncOm-
non piety, and became even as the ordinary sin
I.rs of tlc world. At II he wac elected TO Christ
lr.h College. Oxford aud here, while he still indus
1oi,ly r,ad and prayed, he had not SO much as
acton oi inward holiness" He grew yet more eminent
l..ranc, wrote sprghtly verses, and was gay and
My e. mqauion. Like his father he was continually In
4, and partly for the sake vi and chiefly be-
.>t r- believed them, began 10 entertain the VcSc-
,,..u tc..,s which he held thereafter all his life.
Soon, with the troubles brought by his Thought
e.. contraction Of de6ts, camc spiritual doubts and
orutuis aucnt which he constantly wrote to ms
a..c mother At % bis father was urgent that he
alld cn.er INTO holy orders. He began 10 sec that
'r1, religion seated in the heart and rushed We
iccny 10 reading OF religious works, which, with
H Wcslcy's letters brought comfort conviction, and,
s.utlv. ordination. Shortly after this he WAS elected
elbow of Lincoln College, and when lie was %, Greek
ec.urcr and Moderator OF the classics. He became
MI re ardent and student than ever, and his re-
cn and its expression apace. In 1929, when he
va. &c years old, the Methodist movement was begun at
J.,ord by his younger brother, Charles who attended
c wcChly sacrament and induced few other students
to attend with him. John Wesley immediately joined
these young men, the eguarity Of whose behavior led
ycng cCleeian call them Mcthodists name which was
sou T. become famous The little party grew larger
through much msconceptiOn and abuse. They were all
tenacious of order the last degree and thought them
selves r,loGox in every point Wesley nicknamed
~Curator Of the Holy Club" and led all the others i'll
r.. o. aud Cd works of every kind. he had beg
lv go year, managed to live on &2s, ana gave away
lOsLnnes lis In increased, but his expenditures
remained the same. The Club" prayed and tasted ill.,
re antly. never held any conversation which was not
g. and were in the strongest High ChurcEmen.
And now while leader OF the oxford Methodiss Wesley
found his first romance in a correspondence with Lori
L.usdownes handsome niece. Mary Granville. They
wrote each other Iious and improving letters
s.aaed Aspasia and Cyrus-ictters not sentimental,
bu. certainly cndcarDg. But this correspondence
al last long, and whether one loved without being
lorcd again, whether the young widow was too am
tiiOu to marry poor Wesley, knows She married
Another and Wesley found comfort in defending himself
aud lis fellow ethodists against the reproach and
f,Gcu1 which began 10 be poured upon them from all
sides. He kept up the strictest ntuasrn, preached
constantly and tasted until he almost killed himself In
1875 with Oglethorpe as Missionary to Georgia,
and here passed through experiences scarcely pleasant
IN themselves. but which taught linn humility and the
sclt-control that afterwaTd made him the judicious
guide OF of the strongest religions In the world In
savannab a little town Of forty houses, Wesley took
his place rector, and for many months
worked hard through countless discoura gcments to
bring "godliness TO his mixed parish of
,et,lcrs and Indians His strict demands as
% pra crs and fasting the like dispeased them his
strong intolerance made them rebel, and they
egcd 10 release themselves from his rule. Shortly after
lie landed in Georgia he fell in love with young lady
wao described sensible and elegant in person and
manners She introduced 10 him a sincere inquirer
after savatOn and he assisted her both in matters
ncious and in studying French. He soon became so
fond Of pretty student that he wished TO marry her.
and onsulted his friends on the subject Gov ogethorpe
approved the elders Of the MOravian Church.
whose Judgment Wesley held in the highest esteem.
They advised him, giving no reason to proceed no fur
tLer IN the matter; whereat the impatient lover an
swered "The will OF the Lord be done" and gave uphis
project but the religious instruction Of the lady, who
also quickly married Another few months after her
maria &c he refused admit the communion table
aud iious trouble began. Her husband chose to CON
sider this mortal injury, apd had Wesley arrested to
answer for this Z" refusal without cause" THIS was
signal for al the malcentents OF the settlement. He
brought before the Savannah Court series Of
charges tending TO show that he had usurped undue
ocsastical authority lie made prisoner at large
and feeling thet his usefulness Georgia and
LIS bundcrs irreparabe, escaped immediately to En
gland This Georgia episode is OF the most interest
ing in the biography; nothing oorh be ludicrOus
tlan the way in which the .impetuOus young
sought TO trce the very High Church exercises
Ids sanity oxford Method.ts upOn the money max
ng adventures, aud thevng. nuJderous unceanly In
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