Wesley Anecdotes ...Religious Tract Society, 1885 - 159 pages |
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... Lincoln College , Wesley sought his mother's counsels : " If you can spare me only that little part of Thursday evening which you you formerly bestowed upon me in another manner , I doubt not but it would be as useful now for correcting ...
... Lincoln College , Wesley sought his mother's counsels : " If you can spare me only that little part of Thursday evening which you you formerly bestowed upon me in another manner , I doubt not but it would be as useful now for correcting ...
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... University Success . Six months after his ordination , Wesley was elected fellow of Lincoln College . The room he occupied is still called " Wesley's room , " and the creeping vine on the wall is known as " Wesley's vine . " He preached ...
... University Success . Six months after his ordination , Wesley was elected fellow of Lincoln College . The room he occupied is still called " Wesley's room , " and the creeping vine on the wall is known as " Wesley's vine . " He preached ...
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... Lincoln College . The skill he then acquired in detecting all fallacies of argument was of the greatest service to him in after life . He says : << I could not avoid ac- quiring some degree of expertness in arguing , and especially in ...
... Lincoln College . The skill he then acquired in detecting all fallacies of argument was of the greatest service to him in after life . He says : << I could not avoid ac- quiring some degree of expertness in arguing , and especially in ...
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Page 43 - In the evening I went very unwillingly to a society in Aldersgate Street, where one was reading Luther's Preface to the Epistle to the Romans. About a quarter before nine, while he was describing the change which God works in the heart through faith in Christ, I felt my heart strangely warmed.
Page 153 - I'LL praise my Maker with my breath ; And when my voice is lost in death, Praise shall employ my nobler powers : My days of praise shall ne'er be past, While life, and thought, and being last, Or immortality endures.
Page 42 - Lord, according as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
Page 43 - If thou, LORD, wilt be extreme to mark what is done amiss : O Lord, who may abide it ? 4 For there is mercy with thee : therefore shalt thou be feared.
Page 52 - I went with Mr. Whitefield to Blackheath, where were, I believe, twelve or fourteen thousand people. He a little surprised me, by desiring me to preach in his stead ; which I did (though nature recoiled) on my favourite subject, " Jesus Christ, who of God is made unto us wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption.
Page 129 - John Wesley's conversation is good, but he is never at leisure. He is always obliged to go at a certain hour. This is very disagreeable to a man who loves to fold his legs and have out his talk, as I do.
Page 20 - The next six or seven years were spent at school ; where, outward restraints being removed, I was much more negligent than before, even of outward duties, and almost continually guilty of outward sins, which I knew to be such, though they were not scandalous in the eye of the world. However, I still read the Scriptures, and said my prayers, morning and evening.
Page 60 - I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.
Page 43 - O Israel, trust in the Lord : for with the Lord there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption. And he shall redeem Israel from all his sins.
Page 124 - ALMIGHTY and everlasting GOD, who art always more ready to hear than we to pray, and art wont to give more than either we desire or deserve ; pour down upon us the abundance of thy mercy, forgiving us those things whereof our conscience is afraid, and giving us those good things which we are not worthy to ask, but through the merits and mediation of JESUS CHRIST thy Son our Lord.