New-York tribune., 1903-06-29

Calvinistic divines at the same time that It was
John Wesley was the hfteenth child Of the Rev;
SaTrowv scaped losing his Ife in fire at the
age of six His mother. began his education. and
don when nine years old. When seventeen he en-
tered Chrstchurch College Oxford. and spent five
in his fathers footsteps and took orders when only
fellow of Lincoln College, oxford, and was soon
made lecturer and moderator of classes re-
naming there for six years.
A MOTHERS INFLUENCE.
The mother of John and Charles Wesley was the
twenty-ffth daughter of the Rev. Samuel Annes-
ley. who belonged to the noble family of Anglesea
ed TG as the baEacT eau6 and cd regous
sentiments made deep impression in her children
lgious instruction. They were trained to careful
attention to religious duties TO prompt ooed1emre 1t
John Wesley showed such marked ability as a
e,o 10 if his teg15encT in This direction being
7 he n7;ne @ tba ISorls NJ Thomas KEN
pis William Law and Jeremy Taylor. he W:lS was
ordained a deacon by the Bishop of Oxford in l'2S
Charles wssley Ehq f9red ssr,cs club sfTdR Wi5R
S fRaf really e besas the ethodist ana
applied in 1929 But John Wesley was soon asso-
ciated with them and became the leading spirit
and the leader decided to give himself ,t to the eran
Of M the world Id t i oTS W TR Work fs ad cp
TO this country in 1875 to engage in mission 70 70
Savannah in need Of religious instruction and re
mned a there e for sv eeng mes %h
vians aboard ship, and of their ideas he after
waTd aq @ IN aoraan peacher to Whom he
listened in London in 1888 ,..-....,,-, 80 .,o
Wesleyan or MethQdist movement 4 is dated Mhif II
Georgia, had been excluded from. the churches Of
London owing to his evangelical! fervor and Gesan
to to Pffa pid m IN The latter did So with much
and meeting house was built but IN n BT1S19 an9o ana and
this became the headquarters OF the noVeIneI11' nI1
Wls Wesley did not desire to leave the Church of Eng
land. but the treatment he received forced ni1 40 10
nomination; It increased rapidly owing to a Mesa
Nsrs qaF'n ftg eircuifS the ftieth Being America
& eoad be seeursd Sm hs wo
Church for Wesley.,s co-workers, he himself or,
independent Church in this country after the Revo-
iutionary War Thomas Coke and Francis Asbury
Hli6t perintendents ate after@ard Called bishops.
GROWTH OF METHODISM.
When John Wesley died. in 1871, there were 3lS
Methodist preachers and 76,96S members in Eng
land and 19S preachers and 1926 members in
fetal o5 5 IN Pre- erid f IN I When
and South came, there were lIlS56 In spite OF a
reached. in 1S0o, membership Of 2S74,oS7. Meth
odist ministers of the whole world now number 6 t1
IS, ,S5s; members. 7659.25 and adherents. 280S.Coo
The United States is the stronghold OF WESLEYAN
eowshpM hi M w ha 5o0 Of a Wns bTrb anf f lis fo6Mds
are BY the PresbytePiaas In Ga19da es
The Methodist churches in the United States are
worth Sl65.G09 e0 and Methodist parsonages S2SO000
more total of Sl93 0p0.oDQ The Methodist Church
property in all the world is valued at $3.50 coo Coz
The Methodists of the United States for church
maintenance, repairs and betterments each year
S26. 100000.
ernment was not inferior TO that of Richelieu
and the historian Lecky said, Few things in &C.
clesiastica history are more striking than the en-
ergy and success with which he propagated his
opinons' Although a of small frame and in
feeble health in youth he accomplished vast deal
of work and lived be eighty-Seven years old. He
attributed his good health in large measure to
his horseback riding in his preaching circuits and
in half century he travelled nearly half million
miles and delivered forty thousand discourses. He
is described as having a commanding presence. al
though weighing only 125 pounds; q piercing eye
and magnetic power, which held his hearers He
kept an elaborate journal for many years. and
wrote many tracts and hymns and a number OF
books.
OF domestic life Wesley knew little by personal
experience. While in Savannah he paid marked
attentions to young woman but the affair was
broken off by the advice Of friends. and four days
later she was married to another man When he
was forty-nine Wesley married widow with four
children, but she is described as vixen. and finally
left him, after robbing him of valuable papers.
He left descendants.
In 1876 a memorial tablet TO John and Charles
Wesley was unveiled by Dean Stanley in Westnlin-
ster Abbey, but Wesley's grave is at City Road
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