The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-07-18


brated. was born and bred in the
Episcopal or established church Of
England, whose ministry he entered
in early life. He never failed to In
clude her name in his prayers and he
died In her full communion. or Wes-
ley the late Dean Farrar of Canter-
bury said: "He loved the church
which hated him. He saved the
church of England, although at first
she so angrly and CONTEMPORARY re
tected him"
John Wesley was born in the rec
tory at Epworth Eng, June II, 1903.
o. s. When John was but g. the
duke of Buckingham. lord chamberlain
to Queen Anne. gave him free schol.
arship In the famous school OF the
Charterhouse in London.
While at the CharterhcuSe school,
in May, 1716, an explosion destroyed a
cannon factory at Moorfelds, + ON
witch the proprietor moved to Wool
witch and established the royal ar.
senal. This shattered foundry, TWEEN
ty-three years afterward, Wesley re-
stored and converted into the mother
church of the whole family of Method
list churches on every continent. Al.
though II would seat 1880 persons,
It often became so crowded that ad-
journment was necessary to the open
fields, and in 177S Wesley completed
and opened, Nov. !, the Wesley chap.
ell, on City road, London. This has
been many times renovated but the
present shell of the building, the gal
leries and rail are all of Wesley's
time, and the place, filled with me-
mentoes. is still a Mecca for all low
ers of Methodist history
In 1920 Wesley left the Charter
house for Christ Church college, OK
ford. taking with him a school en-
hibition prize of 5000 year. but he
never lost his veneration and love for
his first school.
Wesley's mind turned to asceticism,
with high church beliefs, strong ritu.
alistic tendencies and mystical bias.
from which, however. he emerged in
1g26, to the doctrine of present saliva.
ton from guilt and fear through the
indwelling of Christ" belief opposed
oithV W hlSu anu W
Calvinism. In the same year Wesley
and his mother renounced the doc
trine Of predestination.
Wesley was ordained deacon by
Bishop John Potter of oxford, Sept !
10. 1925, and priest Sept. 22, 1928.
His first sermon was at South Leigh |
IN Oxfordshire in 1925.
On his 23d birthday he was elected |
= fellow Of Lincoln college. His faith.
er then had but 500 to keep his family
until after the harvest, but he wrote |
in high spirits, what will be my own
fate God knows, but wherever | am |
my Jack is a fellow of Lincoln"
Lincoln college. within whose walls |
Methodism was Graded, was founded |
In the fifteenth century by two bish-
ops of Lincoln, in order to counterfeit
heresies dangerous to the church, but
John Wesley, the revolutionist was
connected with 1t more than a quar-.
ter Of a century, and its name appears
on the title pages of all his works
He became Greek lecturer, and from
then to the close of his life was a
hard and wide student, Hebrew,
Greek, Arabic, Latin, logic, ethics,
metaphysics, natural philosophy, po-
etry and divinity entering into his
weekly plan of study. In 1927, only "a
years old, he obtained the degree of
master of arts. His financial struggles
were over and by strict economy he
was thenceforth able to help his faith
er and his family.
His father was now Go years old,
and to fill the small living of Moote
In addition to that of Epworth, he
needed a curate. So, although John
was offered a school at good income.
he acted on his own judgment, prompt
ed by his filial devotion and his moth.
er's advice, went to his fathers aid In
Lincolnshire, and there remained more
than two years. This was his only
parochial work
The name of Methodist was first
bestowed upon Charles Wesley, Johns
older brother and his friends. because
of their strict conformity to the meth.
cd of study prescribed by the uni
versity, but John Wesley became the
father of Methodism which he gave
a new Interpretation in his English
dictionary. "One who lives accord
ing to the method laid down in the
Bible"
John Wesley returned to Oxford as
tutor in 1929, and there found THE
Holy club" which had been started
by his brother Charles two years be.
fore lie almost Immediately became |
its leader, and so continued until 1885. |
This movement was spiritual, humani- |
tartan and scriptural its first and con.
slant work being the study of the BIZ |
BILE. Among its members was George |
Whitefeld, who, until he was 10 years
old. drew ale for customers at his
fathers inn In Gloucester He was
converted in 1885, in his 21st year
and at once became a member of the
club.
The Wesleys, to whom Whitedeld
had become greatly attached sailed