, 1875-11-08

nlAtnt Atlt Fllr VII tulAI !. e, kHhE NC WE2
bot eonvoHoI. II Wesley raa not oonvorted
tcfore lie ear III" Mosavlsna. lion no man on
cath has evcr been convostod. tlts eonscien-
tlona eaycritt In judging hImsrlf by tho stl1r,-
lied bv the ,'nystics, made lin uueasy. IN nt,-
other lace he rayH: "Alicnntel N l AMI from
tho tc Vt God. am n ch,ld Of wrath, At, heir Of
ns,, n,a ,nt yoats , af'eswest w. b. ns.aeoa the
hnsty and incaut.ous In conaomrlng himsolf, un
hts ret'rn from UcorRia. and ilo felt 1t fifty years
afterwards.
In aernon written tftv years after his al
| Logged convsrHion, he declared shAe provioun to
tls hs waa as Il servant of uod accepted, and
was safe. hut what le Mt the tina cael iiin cnrl.
version wa' being tanp} In knowing 1t. but
the day after Ills ron1ted conversion, Wesley dn-
| cla1e that h!s change WAS not great enough,
and Ills faith not real- The next day hs was sin
lleayincsa." ant! tho day thereafter thorn was
~ %y1nt ;1. 81 toy." Three dass thereafter "God
flow was Wcs!oy thu, embarrassed ? Ilo sail
from his being wntne'l frnm carly 1ifo ngainat
| lnsinR too much htreAH upon works, and from
Calrtnlatic autors whose indlKeeted c1poal-
sioua magnided faitt SO Us 10 hide all Tho rcst of
vr'tof, ike m novef,dro, No,son, sna 'it,, TayIor,,
aud by interpreting tha Bibo by tho
Eon9rs teaenEs Of ths nne,1a. n Church Church, iut
BOILER, as somsthing Of mystic htmself, lofpct
him At first, hnt afterwards true aud permanent
! relief came from tho Church. as his dofcnse OF
hmne!t as good churchmsn shoHH in his tract
published aftor Ills rcpntetl oonvorsion. and
styloH - Tho uoctrine Of Salvation, Faith, aud
tiood Works: Extracted from tho Homies OF
tue Church OF England"
Law very propcrly aaid:so Wesley: Let mo
adyIso you nos to ho 700 hnsty iu believing that
oecaHto rou haVo changed your language yo1t
havo changed your faith. Tho hoad eau an easily
amuso i'sof with living ma justlfving faith in
the blood Of Josus aH with any other notion and
the heart winch you suppose to bo place Of
security. as being tho scat OF eoif-lpyo, ia moro
docc,tfnl than the head."
Mr. Hutton ropliod to Mr. Wesley, whou ho
raid that ase days aRo l,o WIS not Christian;
'IInyo care, slr. Wesley, how you desrIuo tho
benefits received By tho two sacraments; II you
hhva not boom Christian ever auco know YOU
you have boon great bypocriso,. for you nlade
ia all betIsve that sou were one.h
Tho ltov. Samuel Wesley, hts brother, sail:
What Jack means by b!s not being Christian
I'LL last mouth. | understand not. Had he uoyor
boon In covenant with God2 Then baptism was
nothing. Had ho totally npostatizod from ise I
dare say not and yet ho must oilhor be uubap.
ttzcd or an npootato, to mako hs words truo, II
ronounciug everything but faith means roIDc.ing
all mort OF o1r own good works, what Protestant
doea not do that7 Even DolIarmine gu hLs
death-bad Il said to have renonncefi all msyits
but those of Christ. But II this renouncing ro-
CARDS gnod works IN any other sonbo "a being
unnecessary II is wretehedly wicked. :. God
deliver us from vtBionH TINT atall mako tho law
OF God vatn."
Samuel askcd ba brother what ho meant by
being made Christian. John replied, "Bya
Christian I tuosu one who 70 believes In Christ
as that sin hath no more dominion over him;
and, In this obvious snnao Of tho word / wns not
Christian Ill tho 2Eth Of May last past Tic
witness OF tho Spirit hayo not. but wall pa
tiont'y for It," OF course Mr.. Wehloy VA, not
Christian in this sense, ueither before nor after
In spirit AMI tempc. to Mr. Law attct That. Aud
after what no called his conversion ho had nat
yot "ths w,tnoss OF tho Spirit" Ho evidently
~as andor mystic and that Moravihn spirit wil,cl,
!ca!ly tho accredited Methodist historian uf tho
roa!ef Will observe hero . strange
confession spnf Saon o.,,Sa Winch Ill., has seldom, n
above ia taken was written OCT. %, l7ss. five
mouths af.er WesIey's conversion ; md yet Lo
hero distinctly stated thnt, as yot he was not
possessed Of tho witnoss OF the SPIRIT. hut was
ly received notion: snl vet 1t Ia ia perfect accord
atce with remarkable entry iu l.is Journal, up-
der the date OF Oct. II; II cannot iin,l In mr-
self tho love Of God or Of Christ. Hence nv
It ID TINT, oven in tho holy COMMUNION, I have
frequently no moro than cold attention. AGAIN.
hare not that jov IN the Holy Ghost; no set
tied, lasting joy. Nos have Auch peace as az
When holy men hava told mo had no faith,
bavo often doubted wholher Ind or no, Ilheao
hr1r men who told lin 40, Wesley afterwards
acknowledged to havo been deceivors.] have
no. yat tint JOY i1 tie Holy 1hoHt. nor tho full
usantanoeh Of faith. Nuoh lets am I. III The full
senso Of the words, In Chiist 4 new creature"
Another entry In lia journal similar to this
occuss under dato OF Dec. l6. 80 Jan. 4, 1889, as
follows!
MY friends affirm am mad, because said
was mol Cnisstan year ago. affirm, 1 am
not d Christian now. Indeed, what rptpbt
haSe beeu I know not bad I boon faithful 70
tn s,sse Ms 81. EtTen r., But th.t IN nsta
that Josus ia tho Christ. . . .. Though / !
have power, and do give all my goods to feed
the poor. am uot Christian. Though have |
ondnrod hasdships, though have In ~ things |
Christian. Ny works arc nothing, my suffer- |
inga aro nothing; havc not the fruits Of the |
spirit OF Christ. Though h&yo constantly used |
tho means OF graoe for twenty years, | nm not n
". a,sxxI, Mr TYsrmao .ay'' "Thia is or
saa'uo! Wesley, Nov. 1b, 1893, asked hisbrothe.
whether be will own or dsown. in terms. the |
necessity Of . ssnsinle information from God of |
pardon 7'-informhtIou reeeiyea through tic |
aeusos, visiou and VOICES, aud tho rampant fol- |
l,oH Of tho London Moraylaus.
John ropl,cd, ~ believe every Christian :.
should psay for the witness Of ODDS Spirit that
he is q child Of God. This witness, i-bsllevs. IS
necessary for nv salvation. +. Docs It fol. |
low that Visions and dreams In general ara bad /
branches OF Il had root2"
Samuel, March 20. 1889, arBuod that the wit
nesH OF the Spirit ia not necessary 10 salvation,
referring to tho case of baptized infants and to
peraons of gloomy constitution.
Wesley replied that 10 bnew Of this. great
change being wrought In alesp, or by rop.e.
aentatlons Of Christ on the cross, apd persons
almost mad being brought In ,nomeat into
Lasting peace, that IL has baen granted in
dreams. May a, 1888, he receiysd thu sense Of
The forgiveness Of sins, and months altar wnrds
he declared that ho WAS not Christian. Had
Ho lOEf tho nf fnFn5ynnAhR bo
cxtFaya9ant In lia ideas Ut the wltness7 If ho
WAS without it at tho beginning OF 1850, when
d!d ho obtain 1t afterwa1ds7 When was ho
really converted. II ever. In bis sonss7
The MetAodlat historian very naturally asserts;
Tho simple truth esems to be thst, Vhilo
Weaey heard tDl,oh among tho MorAviana that
WAS Scriptural. ho also heard much that wau
o:herHlBe; and. paid mora attention to these
81 Experiences, bo:h in England aud Germany,
thao Was desirable. or fos bis good. His
high onIniQn Of The uaanln.a uietS m.da N |