, 1875-04-17

The Illustrious Founder
Of Metllodism.
\ Man Who Has Influenced tho
Lives Of Many Millions
Of People.
The Salient Points OF His Re-
markabfe Career.
His Mission to Georgia, and It's
Disastrous Failure.
0pen-Air Preaching in England to
Audiences Of $4,000 and
10000.
Marvellous Labors Of The Modern APOSTLE
Ne Delivers More than 10000
Sermons.
Ills Troubles with Women, and
His Unhappy Marriage.
Ills Troubles with Women, and
His Unhappy Marriage.
Scenes at His Deatt-Bed.

ekNAlVo a. NOAsNsT0%NS
ALFRED n. Currn-yfn ths Gataxy,
Alacaulay sneofs ut historians who havs undor-
tazcn to give an scrount OF the rcign Of George
H. without msnstoniag the preaching OF White
field. II, instead OF Whitohold. be had writ!on
Wcsloy, tho snccr would have boon more just /;
for, after the establishment of tbs American Re-
public, the instltution Of A1otholsm Ia the
greatest event OF the eighteenth century, and Of
oil men who llvod in that contnry thore Is no
ono whose influence upon after ages equals that
of john Wesley. or tho 15.0D0,000 who speak
tho English tonEne, about 3, 100000 are members
Of tho Methodist churches a,0o0,0 ,010 noso aro
pupils in their Sunday schools, and tha regular
attendants npon Methodist worship cannot be
less than NJ many moro,-15, 600 in all.
THUS
oaE-F!frH OF ALL WHO srEAx oUa LANGUAGE
are directly model. for thIA lifo aud the life to
conc, bv yethod,sm. We doubt il any other
Protestant communion real'y pumbers aa mauy.
The established churches OF England and Ger
mnny Indeed nomlnailJ. include moro; but in
counting their numbetB all Who do not formally
baloug to other comuunlouB ara put down a.
Episeopali,ns or Lutho,ans. Fnlly two-thirds
Of the Afcthode,s arc In tho United States. To
,ifthodism moro than to any other ono Thing 1t
Ia owing that our Western Stases grow up Into
civilization without passing through period OF
scmi-harbariBn. southey expressed no more
than tho bare truth when ho SAID. AZ consider
Wesley rs tho most influential mind Of tho last
century-the man who will havo produced the
greatest sHocts centuries Of perhaps mllenn-
ums honco II tho present race Of men shall con-
tioue 80 lung" THIS judgmcus is cotn!ng to be
acknowledged. Within few mouths past site
has been appropriated in Westminster Abbey for
monumcut 70 John Wesloy. OF all tho great
.Engishmcn there COMMUNICATED thcro Is no one
moro worthy Of place. Tie world docs movo
after al and rho shall say that among tho por-
traits Of British sorereisns Ia tho Elouse Of Par
lament, that Of Oliver, the great Lord Protect
CT. will not rct find place?
WESLEY HAS NOT uEEH FORTUNATE
In bis biographors. OF lives Aul biographies Of
him, such as they are. there have been enough
And more than euoush. The Qua which las had
most rspute is that BY Hobott aouthoy. This, at
best, Is Inadequate. for tho author Of tho evils
ion Of Judgment" was not jaat Tue man to un-
dcrHeand tho founder Of MotLollsm aud those
who hare taken Ia hand' to edit Southsys work
have failed TO improve 1t. ColeridsO made 1t =
fa7orito book IL his later years, aad wrote mem-
o9AnuA W ,naui W ~ ras's. s'.sN n,', .oo'o
sou aPponuco el'oes no'ee " " ou't'o.' 4".ha'u
Alexander Knox pamphlet Of "Nemarts "
,.non scuttcv,a rort. an1 nm uAmcrtcsn ri.
.'n .pon ~, 80. ,r,t,, .,va.s.,, =, ~.
'1or naa auaea aii tuoac, "s'u Ho's' .! LIN
own, most Of which had better ncscr havo been
urittcp. Ihis piobald edition Is tha ono most
c,sI,v ,ccpsgfhlo. Wo much nrcfer the work Al
sa',ttss a.t .so,. i, n,rh,,c will nntam,.roa
oouto'y "io'o ~ DAuut|s nNA '"'''F''0"
mortar Is not very usetui traae.
Yot there Ia no man for wlos6 life there exist
moro abundant materials. Wcsley's Journals,
,.t,,,. ~ o,hcr vr;tin1. 4e1l n. int what ,a
4ss'te' AN ~ ..,', ,..,,s ~, ~. j.. IL, !.
wao' nhas US mu, aou "aen n"u ~ @ "Au 10 ulu H.
For fully hsii es''suf4 these ls aata's Week
I'm, ryrnnAy HIS LATEST ptoonApurp.
,A "' ~. - ,.t.s.,1,.,. .s1 -. ..Y,,, .,,
aeaef'es c,eals tee iauos'uus nua WI ~. WI
lection OF these aounaAns ma'o,'a's' A1aonfh
him bis work poust be accented as a yaluabIe
.,-u.,..a -, ;. 1.;.to., ~. aro,o.. :, rro.o,,
eo"t''ooso ~ ,Vaa,s ~ .nns..s ~ ~ ~ H. ~ !.
INC ma!' ooAo "ae'o5 10 Nv APpo"Ae ~ "0 ~ '"o
john Wesley was bora June II, .17do, old
ety1e, or June 20 as We now reckon tho calen-
dar. Ihe fasuil1 nanno "as originally written
weatleY tue father OF our Wesley having ap-
ptreHtiy oeen tho hlst 20 auops Tue p1ceen'
epelug A branch OF tho family VINO settled ~
!Fe'aGa wrote tno ha'no Mei'esles, ~ "h!ee
form It hns become historical: samuel the
father of John Wesley, WA ior many year.
vicar OF Epworsh al1a w., Mfoote, @ amohS ~ rem
q Llnoonshlfe: INC ns.aS Taa ronn soIGlaoo on.
fer the oaf, tne income DOUG Asoo year
whleh, naa aao ao"anee 'os sne onarGS " nno y
VALUES, Moula now oo a1olL Gauat ooo o1 @syvo ~
| I1s psssehs value o1 sho hSlag IN +l'ooo' 1h'
cider "es'o5 "asn .x
| rioua Aao LEaaSep MAS: -
VINO ~ hlp younger uaya naa haaneu eome hns'
40 . WE!te!s Atiu "as lnAtousuA ~ 1opo iuto sut
Dunc'al,. though the name Wa sapptcssef
n later editions. no va . Iaboslous writer o.
| hls days, anu some OF hls wofks 40 SUI "
tans ~ libraries: notae!v h!a Ssef!at'9na en5,e
On .uo nooE asraba q, hp ~ sitnnia
genial man, who spent moro than BIZ inco,ne y
repairing hla slcasaSe 9na ~ pnolashlnK pooK
w1ich Mould not sell. lao "Ah consequent