, 1875-04-04
RELIGIOUS news.
John Wesley and His Femi-
nine Troubles.
Growth and Labors Of Protestant
SisterhoodS.
The Searcher After Truth Raises
His Gffer TO $4,000.
True State Of Affairs in the
Ninth Church.
Notes and Personals at Home
and Abroad.
Church Services To-Day.
Notes and Personals at Home
and Abroad.
Church Services To-Day.
JOHN WESLEY

his DOMESTIC ETE1c1T1Ks.
Tho reference made by Gen Tracy in hif
cpeninE speech for the defense in tho T1ton-
Hoecher suit, to the scandal onco attached to
the name Of John Wesley, has touched tho de-
nouinationa1 pride Of tha Methodist Church
journals, and they promptly ropel what they
deem IN attempt to put Mr. Wesley in the SANS
category with Mr. Beecher, as regards tho natu1a
Of tho oneneo with which he is charged. Gen.
Ttacy, speaking Of this scandal "a which Mr.
Wesley was involved, said IS th.& 1T was such =
charge al had been made against Mr. Beechet
tf.at, 'sown broadcast over England, John Wes-
10y suffered to pass without public reply fo1
nearly twenty years : and that it Naa by menpa
OF An inainuat1on that he had nade improper 2d-
yancea that persecution MAS kiudled against
him in Georgia. which resulted In driving him
out Of this country"
This statement the Methodist Church PAPERS
vigorously dany. The Western Church 4tdro-
cate Of last week makes an elaborate defense Of
Mr.. Weeley. In regard to tbs Georgia affair, it
denies that any charge of ''improper advances -
to Mrs- williamson, tho lady concerned was
made against him, and given tbs following o.
PLANTATION Of tho affair:
Hr. Wesley then extrurne Rituahat, folloxfnf
The rnhrics Of tho Book at Common Prayer, bcta
thosa usually observed and thosa which had beca1c1
ohsolete, with I'll tho tenadty and e1sc<ness vtaca
characterize the practices o1 modern Ritualsm Il
the ascct1cs Of the desert In tbs third century, ~
that time he expected Of all others who accepted him
asa spiritual guido and tsschar naiiar spirit Of
selfaenial and holy living.
things IN lis. Wiiiismson1z demcaaor or contnct
hc h tbs tbs
1nunion-haefng, according to thu rubric, previously
Notified her th.t he should do II Aha offered he1net
At the Lozd's Tshe-
Mr. Causton. tho chief magistrate Of th<
city, and uncle OF Grs- Williamson, VAS intdg-
uant 1t III. Wesley's xction and obtained bills u6
indictment against him from an illegally cousti-
tuted Grand Jury. No charge OF improper ID
vaoces was, howevar,. prafaEred agAlnat Mr.
Wesley, nlthoug h Causton's persecution was so
bitter as to dive him from the Colony.
In regard TO the scandals disseminated IN 70,
gard to him in England, the Advocate saJs:
Es!e !. 4 ts1e th.t ghile ia 1aes41d. allee.soka
With aud wceo propagate bJ ha wife, where ffenze5
je2lousJ-amuuutluE to nonoE1ana-waa not az1en-
fots 70 @ snd s.ns; "ae r. as:a. ,h1 and ae
a4scrted that it not "Ench charge" IS haS
been made against Mr. Boecllc- tina. III. Wealay SUI
year." On tho contrary, 1t WIZ charge n:ae aganst
man vhoso daily ufo opou to multitude Of ot-
servers not Of whom forward to tndorse ths
accusation. It Federation OF suspicious perpet-
ual1y reproduced III I disordrsed mind. Wha= eou]M
hs do but bear his misfortune, md 20 On dotng biz
cosding 10 biz aense of rchs nd ob9ation to God
It appears, however, from fiH latest biogra-
pher, TyermAn, that Mr. Wesley WAS in the habit
Of writing religions letters to ladies' OF whom his
wife WAS Jealous, and bis ascetlc habits and pro-
1onged absences could har1ly have mule him an
agreeable companion for = Woman- That she
could not hare been q comfort to h1n1 is evident
from the following description OF her qualities:
II ru1e, Hhe Was bitter uru1ingatsd aarsa, at
home, aha suspicious, jealous fret1ul taundng,
with lin, Il too generally happened th.t n1uehs could
please her.