We sailed from Cowes, and in the afternoon passed the Needles. Here the ragged rocks, with the waves dashing and foaming at the foot of them, and the white side of the island rising to such a height, perpendicular from the beach, gave a strong idea of “Him that spanneth the heavens, and holdeth the waters in the hollow of His hand!”
Today I spoke closely on the head of religion, to one I had talked with once or twice before. Afterwards she said, with many tears, “My mother died when I was but ten years old. Some of her last words were, ‘Child, fear God; and though you lose me, you shall never want a friend.’ I have now found a friend when I most wanted and least expected one.”
From this day to the fourteenth, being in the Bay of Biscay, the sea was very rough. Mr. Delamotte and many others were more sick than ever; Mr. Ingham, a little; I, not at all. But the fourteenth being a calm day, most of the sick were cured at once.
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John Wesley
About John Wesley
John Wesley was born in Epworth, 23 miles (37 km) northwest of Lincoln, the son of Samuel Wesley, a graduate of Oxford, and a minister of the Church of England and Susanna Annesley, twenty-fourth child of Dr. Samuel Annesley. In 1696 Samuel Wesley was appointed rector of Epworth, where John, their fifteenth child (of 19), was born.
At the age of six, John was rescued from the burning rectory. This escape made a deep impression on his mind; and he spoke of himself as a "brand plucked from the burning."
In 1713 John was admitted to the Charterhouse School, London. In 1720, Wesley entered Christ Church, Oxford, and received his Master of Arts in 1727. He was ordained deacon in 1725 and elected fellow of Lincoln College in the following year. He was his father's curate for two years, and then returned to Oxford to fulfill his functions as fellow.
John left for Savannah, Georgia in 1735, several months after the death of his father. This is John's journal starting with his voyage to Georgia.
(Reference: Wikipedia)Labels
- A Collection of Psalms and Hymns (3)
- Background (6)
- Collection of Hymns (1)
- Devotional Material (9)
- Diary of John Wesley (4)
- Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1)
- for the Use of the People Called Methodists (1)
- How to Read the Scripture (1)
- Imitation of Christ (5)
- Journal of Charles Wesley (52)
- Journal of John Wesley (42)
- Letters of John Wesley (28)
- Letters to/from Oglethorpe (5)
- Sermons of John Wesley (16)
- The Character of a Methodist (8)
- Trustees of Georgia (11)
References
The esteemed editors of this journal would like to thank several entities. Much of the material found in this Journal and additional informative information can be found in these tomes:
Albert C. Outler (ed.), John Wesley
Albert C. Outler & Richard P. Heitzenrater (eds.), John Wesley’s Sermons: An Anthology
Thomas A. Langford, Practical Divinity, Volume 2: Readings in Wesleyan Theology
Thomas A. Langford (ed.), Doctrine and Theology in The United Methodist Church
John B. Cobb Jr., Grace and Responsibility: A Wesleyan Theology for Today
Justo L. González, Church History: An Essential Guide
Richard P. Heitzenrater, Wesley and the People Called Methodists
Randy L. Maddox, Responsible Grace: John Wesley’s Practical Theology
Albert C. Outler, Evangelism and Theology in the Wesleyan Spirit
Thomas A. Langford, Practical Divinity, Volume 1: Theology in the Wesleyan Tradition
Randy L. Maddox (ed.), Rethinking Wesley’s Theology for Contemporary Methodism
W. Stephen Gunter, et al., Wesley and the Quadrilateral: Renewing the Conversation
Theodore Runyon, The New Creation: John Wesley’s Theology Today
The Wesleys and Their Times by the General Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church
Christian Classics Ethereal Library
Wesley Center for Applied Theology
God Rules.net
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