The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-09-01
JOHN WESLEY AND BEECHER.


FAMILY CONSPIRACY AND wIFE's JEALOUSY
A symp ,thiser Of II. w Beecher writes t,
the Brooklyn Eagle that his position in thu
Tilten affair brings foreibly to mind the his
tory OF the conspiracy against John Wesley
the founder of Methodism-the Henry Ware
Beecher of his age. 1t is we'll known that Mr.
Wesley formed an attachment for Mrs. Grace
Murray, an estimable widow lady, who was
every way fitted to become his wife His
friends, and among them his brother, Charles
Wesley entered into conspiracy to break W
this match, influenced, it is said, by the fact
that Mrs. Murray was not lady of rank
They succeeded and Mr.. Wesley did not
know of their plot until the woman he loved
had been joined to another, Charles Wesley
officiating at the nuptials. He was deepl,
wounded by the treachery of his friends
However, still believing his usefulness would
be increased by his marriage, he took to wife
Mrs. Nizelle, a widow lady of independent
fortune and great culture.
For while all went smoothly She en-
tered heartily into his work and plans, travel.
ing with him and rendering every assistance
Soon she tired of this and settled down at the
Foundry parsonage in London From that
time she opposed him bitterly, and became
very jealous. She often accused him of inf
deity, and would go SO far as to attack his
person, pulling his hair and striking him.
She would somet.m,s journey hundred
miles to see, from window, who was in the
carriage with him when he entered town.
Mr. Wesley had an extensive list of cor
respondents, I'd among them Grace Murray
(the lady to whom he should have been mar
red), and several other women, who assisted
him in his work. Their letters, as published,
are full of deep, Christian affection, and do
credit to the hearts of all parties concerned;
but Mrs. Wesley intercepted and opened
many of them, and they served to feed her
Jealousy, which became monomaniacal. She
even went SO far as to interpolate, in some of
them, sentences duplicating her husband in
the impurities of which she had accused him,
and then read them to her friends and his
enemies.
How DRUGGISTS USED TO SWEAR. - The
apothecary's oath, in medieval times, read
thus, according to the Medical and .Su,yicat
Reporter: l take to witness, before all, God,
the creator of the universe, in three persons,
that during the whole of my life l wiz observe
that which follows: g will live and die in the
Christian faith. will honor my parents.
will honor the physicians and master under
whom have studied | will never say any,
thing that shall be injurious to the seniors of
our order, or to others. | will adorn with my
best the dignity OF the art, and will not re-
veal its secrets. l will do nothing impru-
IDENTIFY nor through hope of gain. In acute
sickness will not give purgatives without the
order of the physician. | will keep the Sc
crets of the patients. | will administer no
poison, neither will l allow it to be admins
tered, even to my enemies I will not alter
the prescriptions of physicians. l will never
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their knowledge / VIII discourage the fatal
practice of empires ! will refuse to no per-
son my legitimate assistance. will not keep
in my pharmacy stale or badly prepared medl
In making and observing these
rules, may God assist me. Ainsi soit-il !"
That is not such an antiquatt d oath but that
we should like to see it revived and respected
During bitter theological controversy, she
furnished Mr.. Wesley's opponent, with copies
of these interpolated letters They threatened
to publish them in the Morning Post Word
WIS sent to Mr.. Wesley's friends, that unless
was done to prevent it, this horri-
BILE scandal would 60 forth to the world At
that time Mr.. Wesleys influence was at its
height, and it seemed that such story would
Charles fastened to the ''Foundry," where
John Wesley was living, and urged him in
every way to compromise. but he resolutely
refused, saying that he had given his reputa-
ton, with everything else, into the hands of
God, and there he would rest it,
The letters were published, but to the sur
prise of all, they never did any harm. Some
Of these letters are still in existence; but Mr..
Wesley's innocence is SO fully established that
they can do no mischief The name of Wes-
ley lives ever in this worlds glory, while the
names and memories Of his traducers have
passed into oblivion.
There's nothing like winding up a report of
a hanging or horse race POLITICALLY, and Civ
ing it sort of moral, you know. st.
Louis reporter has got happy "knack in
this direction. Says he, concluding a recent
turf meeting AS the darkness Of night
gradually usurped the light of day, and the
stars, the bright emblazonry of God began to