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P9» .1 ! i- ^': I M( LECTURES'^C^^ BY .)*■■ m. mm ioeei mmi President of lie Wesleyan Genenil Conference, ON DANIEL m BABYLON 1 AND Jfll lESlEY m HIS THE!!, AS DELIVERED AT Mechanics' Institute and Centenary Chaeb, I Ajcxrv a-onaaMT, »r. s. PRINTED BY aEO. W. DAY, 4 MARKET STREET. ""^ 1888. **«**.^ ^^ ^'firJT'j.ii v« Km mm mm m >W Q4i •0 .ammH Mf m m mm mi jhrnifl ■ ^. -'•■#4.^ •"^^ .i&x «"8««:«-':<0'^ «3i; m.i...,4L«i A- ''- : 1 4P^' m DANIEL IN BABYLON. « ■»■■ REPORTED BV MR. JOHN MARCH. W , { i i^ 'Kd II V twelve hu^dml pernoos, who wo^ T^K whiS^J^J^^r''''^ '*^ «t«, wed|-«d thc wfco fvun^ it i«a8]io«Mibie to opeu owe of tbe windows, boddJy stood up derooINlMxl ft^r pgRea «f glaiw to giv*> egrcsstoallttaeof tbe heated air, and •owa liipa tbt^ **al-Btiwittg e^o^ttence Which IMS so fttvoffaWy impressed tbe taasBos-ef EngSand. A reoewt W|^Miint^ *»und tt impo8s*blB to i«>U «ift, «ad for » few meneBts pleasure and ani^ioe at thetwrid, hat per«MtJy legitintate acto, Conferenc* at »i«e<*eriotoa has, how«*vw, 1)rought hijn xmaagat us, atMi lei^t&y •our jpeo^e ispeseed *o eee .and heme tibe ma» wibose-orafeary., fijir the post fifkoea years, or so, has so powetftiliy attsaeted the attention of ti^ w«ofe-kl. At woven •o'clock -i.v/^/. /AWM/7r/.o.v. 'I DANIEL IN BABYLON.Mbri';f/::£j:r ;»y object i, to do^o^J^' ^"y™ that """ prayed him .„ - ul!f T *7'<"">-- "t^*" ■? 'e«»Xe'?r51",^ *-»''''=. • I* — '»*"'"""** When thev •spirits 8ubjeottothoworfir,r«, J' — - -"^ij'fu, yet x oan„ot fnr»«V"' **;«" J'orresh «n(i prayed him t" • \ ""■ '^**^'^<>"''. "•> r fail to tS?he tr^ffL^.^Ju'^^-^^rk. ->«ts:..'^r^r„ ^_'^"P»^^ '^"'^^their j^'j^'jj is to throw ri^^U.^'^^^^^ •''>«ts;" or «;;;«« ^""^ outof their r^'}'<'h^« to throw r]iffrun,n',W^«'' "gulrtto our i)« „ ""•0 JN rutmfi.^r an natuin hoiju-- •VUiiwof its own Might to bo, an, I 'Inruwlio would :««nplar. TfiHr.. "•omuutbftsinii- -the man nuist '»o»o inuHtbavo I' ail II ro hoid ""xainple, just »Htraciz,xi,V|)ol- r thi< jfods bo- pnysical nym. "»ero is none lotM whoso his- » Royal Prill,. t. to-niKht. All HJiapely in ox- '>i» oh«ra(!U!r. '•this inspifii." from thatliie • lue elemoms ">w and siif. >loii»ing. Uo "»r path likf» '«ii again into 0, but in hiiu ordinary life. ig, with rotn- el'nKs, doiiii; always in a ow see what ^fsllfe. And tell you that lor although I where ono and refWwh /^ life-w^oric, thatfifospel, pn air time. Ion of Josus I and to all ly, and the had to bo ' and veri- fy ffenera- neldin bv 9d by any 1 bounded, enoe upon •RUagfe in- ^under, it ta of the ''nether it upofl the Pf bUHi- «u" °'' .'" ^^^ '''""'V forest, there iihn akesuplM;rHbofle,8nil, ifombraoS mat. iuKhcri.,. r to man's cor .Ition beeomoH you may be th HtaneeN are exceptional. Yon imaRl DA XTKL IN BA B YLOiT, In the hetvens »h In a sparkling ffla>.,s gerod .ind cIui.k to the numt pure ami V^''T ^fJ"".' "H-HKan «orHhlp-f(,rofa most plauHi- MKHoflirewertt linked ni/nl nr hiu J.1I. '"'^""»«'' K"rou and cluiiK to the moi - . _. „ ■^'•^v t7|iiiii. 1 on tmairlneibl »^^n"eX^3;,5^;'!^,;;^:;l^i;;" ^;;;^«|;^^ ,«H.ueiaU^ and Ideal oere- and won-.u„. „ui... x-'v*^,;--^ sr:^-.;';;:«!:'\..?,^:«.';v».'V'? ".at com.! and wocxliand HhadeH! i NlreainH a„d grassy jrlades." You have uTn Jn """^r :'/*^'^ '"*"« the cmintr; i Ink m„"''*'i*' "J!J *T"'" «"^ therefore rkofM ^'''""* «'««'» an that i« the Hpni« . '^*'' "'"" '""''^''' ^^«t it in uottrue. Hetuen in as near to the noiav town iw to the br««y.v MrA«,„ .... ■ " ''^". ""* allure or wa^ ealculuted to ten,, t thn Hebrew mind Ml.one out in fuliyorv wlulHt at the Hauiotime all thi e mid aweandKtrikn int<, his «ou the fear , death, wa« everywhere dlspluv"d A. yet Daniel Htandn (irm aml^l "u tho ' ^' ' l"Nini«atlou that London, a »^ m.." "_^y'"" tiieancient Christians ar« OlirlHtiuim only forwhii »!£"?«;!!;! ^"1 ""«' i««d«*mV*iT>";;ouce <1 evotloS r»a ^•"'"'tr''*"''''' ^''^"h were .L " and eonslsteney. His reii- &A 'T "'1 •"••'■*«« sentiment to Ke held as loosely as some tradition handed down from the tkthors. Opinions, yo know, are sometimes ontafled wi h es- ates. Men will rally round crimson banners, and hurrah L buff or iXe, for ere i'orifTr.^ '*"*" '^''' ^'^^^^ ^^ '°« 2!5.n^iV_" .^';Y "•''.'.'■ ancestors. But the i.or.«M7 ♦ ' ■•■•"tmim oiuy lor What benettt they ,-an ^K out of their profoM- ■sion. And s«mie fhaldean scorter mijrht thus have pitted the «iH„t agalns th ! Hebrew youth: "Daniel is yet v« uik wait till ho is a little older" Lk him taste the luxuries of Babylon an'" '>ini tod., t he condition of I)aniol wLX w^ grs S-ml J 1^^^ '^ ••'*?''' ! '^"^ " '"«" ^» introduced into the palace of the^n^nf?.-.!-^ '1**^""!""®*' to be devout, a.irl trop- 'Jabylon. Moreove^tL circum?tLn^.nf .^1'*;??^^^ ""^^'^ ^"'.^'"^ ^^"J "^t " '""t Ml which Babylon warplacTaf that ott^^^^^^^ from one lo the t. me, would or necessity exSthrnetvon^^^^^^^^^^^ catchiuKooid «>f a young man to mofe Xn ordinar^ Tust as*'tZ"n^r ^''^ '"'" ^!J * ^«««'-^' '»"'l 'severe attacks. It is no easy mattei" thr rtnvL w " P*'lV '''"' ^^'''^^ »*« rootlets H slave to profess a faith Sr"nir from «Z „^*^f "'i!*'" *l'® *'^"*'«' *he seed man- that of his'^master. The victory ^'ofNeffi^ifhT*''^'^^^^ »^' moi.sture theri^ Inichadnezzar over IsraeV would harirS „nl>" '." ^^^"'?^ *"** *»« ^^all see a tlio tongue of tho Chaldean S^r w^^hHT.r^^ apocalypse ; thrust him into a H «harpSr sarcasm ajLlns? L Hebrew stocfrLd"^ In"^? '"•' f "^ ^'^' "' ''"^ prisoner. Babylon was at tlii^t m« hi- li^L «.l .'^ Y''"?^^' ^'h?-' ^''^^^ *^-v/«:^.vi,^«rio.v. . Noteworthy in .K!<. mlTfy^"**" tSrouS» tu^ *'"»-'-ont that i««t that DaSiel ?„idi .T"".^^"'^" ^^ the te'?!:^'"' ^'hoJ^ '^;'' "^^.^d-^ to che ^'hichtemntatim. ;. "® ^'■*' <>«oasion m *? "»»' place of fli«i« "^ ^<^ forever weans o? £S \^ ^!^'^^,Praaenfced^'Sth« '^*'"^^«8' Si foJ W*i^^^*°"' «nter that »''ere nous? ? "'^^"^^^ <*efe^. OJ, .^^1 '"^ i<> ber Ssl i?^ "*^* ^tranife wo "lightest de^^^'''i?f ^^'a.y even in ffi/*"' S'*'^^ %ht of tha?^ ?*** speoula- ^»eart,»ottoX^oIn^?.^ ,P»-"P08ecl in Kjl^ '*""''^^«d 5es^n"l? '^j^t>ath with aTl »»eat,nora-iththi "!?^^^vithtl,eKinH^^^^ *"«'*«1 «e^bflhil"*^ ^'"» ^v«aken *»o drank vA., i ^*^"*» of wine whLj^*'*^Sef 'hat will KMi \^** •>'"»» forae th^ •niverso of God? t '* victory. Aft<.r wonop. that fin « i» the first ^ current that J>e i-apids to Che ^^^I>ark Will be »nU lost forever 'tion enter that kL •'^"^'« wo- iiatii-audulenc i bttoj specula, 4bbath with all oyou weaken .y pass jiJoni- '«elmnginfr ael\ pletv >sed, about v'as earrioiJ »\young, ;yh0n th»^ tlio swenr f^p future the view, 'al family naturally" ^ndpiea* I>AXlM'h^ij[j^^£^i^^ become S^ou; unS&JT/ P^P^° duties of life whSe of hl?r the common down into 'SeS^S' h.°„'^2^f ^5"'"..^."vel inir drnn ir,// ^i^"" «" their wait- a d»' «» aid tKS^»J^^,^S|4 overlaid and b«numhn5'.nM' '"'"'" "•"tog a rasnact— as the newsnnn«v<> oi. . "1, inspired brooding bouring i stop and learn a profitable lesson pi^^ilf^^T^"'^® dreamer's ran^e of vision ■•elation follm r'""'"'>fl>orown !„.„. iie draws himao?/ . "^'* coimtrv a« fT^®*'"** ^^e powerH ^i ^' J****^ *o waste in *■'» an luimeQsA t Ifith a fine ladv/nT^ '""""'«« awavlDn;^.^"'' ^"^ ^n this wnr"ir-^"'i ^ bright- ^ry. or down corrS /ff ,ff<>es the crock. Sit,5'**"«t'-ious in Sh^"' '«ther trv taoujfh nn Ai , *" come ant y""> DXind — and wifi, "®''^othfipt?oo«^ tii 1*?,?^ '^^e will fl'nd",^ ^J*.^ other ten ^/n a cottage i? * ^"^"^e* ^'ght^douT,tSutTTvif »ot^q ^r."^^^'"rgi/tl,etw«- i'**e3eat,|ie^jj^ «i ■"^tfcma/come. he'ii f,„^ *® Happier man «m I. "^ °*® ^^ady - cial scale is « ~^^t is, those both /icicle and l"l}\^ painted 'ay break forth es, pe, Qes, liii is res, ('ioidoth luJlucHs, iviroa'd, Qereadv- ^^'t,?'?>?*®**''^ °^ antheinB sinttintr ^. In the sea and sk v ; * ^ ->aturo sings to meVor ever. Lamest listener I; '■^^tate for state, with all attc^ ,iai V\ ho would change ? Not 1 1>AA'JJ,J, j^ B4BYL0N. telbS?nt^r'erd^^"ir,«^^^^^^^ said that jfi^,o^?n??=-. _^^ bas been well said that JeauH Chrint «ro« „ gentleness as well ^ oi wSom ^T""^ 7* "ess, A Christian ifi /.♦•"' *"^ K^od - ■ - 1 hrs n.fc'.'^.\l?^^**"^^e bound to '*v'il MOIUJ'O uot be compelled to defile himself An.l very apt to be led iSto the othe?Stiemfi^ anK^;;.iS;th?-^ '^^^ yerf cS^lSS T^.,i ♦•}*"®" they are only very coar^ K^SJ^ .X-.l^^. ^^^ripuHS ffiouslifeor^Sv ''V^^'^."'^"'^ '*^^'- fection of politeS to'^bo 5eSfo? fv" SSSIS •!£«' ■ of a pupil how sL ( o ,ld^JLVHn.t"'l",'r>' her studios hiW « n..V.- succeed in Mlss/cSavate^ihe^eart"'' "v" !"=•."■ should It bo otherwiseT u 1» nn, .■? "'"■'' wMwm 'onoe.St ™ ,^'',"?^.,'°7S". '^»' "off at vfsrnv^h^?"^ l'"** grandeur? The .'^uiS J" f'^.'? bammercanbesouicelv Sift ISw'- "P *° *»» ^^"bout breaV liXtf II Wnilst it eim cntnn A,^,...^ . tbatnVghtrforJe undoes JoT So the manifestation of u man'sWe eTerKi;s wm -we cannot help it-extort our Stan t a Inuration, but frank, willinr, couVtosv steals into ourhearts like a sunbeam and |"?f r- ^"^ roughness of a man's nature S,?! ^r^ something to admire, bSt it 2 only when mixed with jfentien««i ».nH H-mphcity that it becomes a p^e?~ r'rti,»#«„ "■ — . " »/Duuujie8 a newer ot- ChHsH«i '** "'".» "» the diverse duties 01 Ohristian experience that vou will h« come ••witness-bearers/' A^Zflcoun' inff DalCni^f^"?"^' '*'^^*» ">« »"o«t edify" i"n?ifrra;^;eVs^$;is*';t^^ over a certain case, ^ithoStun^^rS': i ^f^ the finanoes i" best abufed ."''e a year he is ''\boaahoaame •^'b'xi.v who h^ s {2:^''^ -tear's L"/an in top nd hence very « man of the •e interests he protected to Masses of the ;• a sixth os- t« being: niJx- -toarshimto bor ,8 wroth eon.soon«ed J«« 's made |npn repre-' Joi-est, (^ho asperate at- , ?rder that ' 'nto loos. '"0 purse. * ne must 'ng:. He ->.uo.s?dem'&i?r.? .??'l">«t ho HANIBL IN BABYLOy. H that is •'living „..^r ,^'' ""' ^^''^a-Je there is no fn... '^ "'*^ '-'^l'" a r. Oh ' drinker of R^"oSisnne .Totr'""- :4"«''h-«beit'^ we U Kn"''^ '^^^"^ ly required to haZl „ "^'^"^Gossar - moniorina ^V i.„ t>«aton. As lone ns «tops Ws bott1£'''S °^ thecork^which But ^W as ;?ioLM""g <^'-^<'nnet! Or bSgs^li beori3he°,b//'r^«^"' It piorood Iierlioai^Ht/ bfer-in, ^^o think^Vi^Si/irurn'^^,^ P^"' :i;^;^?rs:S£^-r-.|^;;SK^ m,;A.:' u 1, "« as tne morn tlirouijh the lattice upon thnt kJ" u~' haired man, who rest*. .,L ".', '^''Kht- there is no danger othi«f,2" ''*' ^"«««' Ifliversity Of dSJKii nir ^^^^^ K^eatest and to God and K i„ f1?n''"^^ ^° ^"^^ h« ... /-ii . . _"-* •'Wenty Drovin^oo fK„» «.i * ""» .»«•- "ard and testifv f f'"™ "''»" eoiw f„J° te^'Mf.ed some loV^„ "".t ''"P^. J-O" '■f.vour ihiB h''-^'/"' yo" are not the H?« ?' ^V™ '" Vou in iS^2"' ""' "«v b" »!.a ooniS}l»'°S« "«>-, SeeSaha™ .^^^^^^ -?r5-.„5z.,;y"ii''-»'"a,.e„,r <^i your linn hJ » i -^'^'^ """e not tlie rtrafli." "''■' * '«e to vou in t'«»«"" "^"^ '"av be basboeu a fi.iif/:_ ^.^ i>aniej'« niini«Z"irfi*«'» ?uch a stat.v... '^-° A* ^ve^oyj^j 'as boeu a faiinl'o ^ ^a"ieJ'8 niinistrvlin^'* «"ch a station v * ^*'® ^ouJd »^esure the wor^^^ ""■'" ^^^e '^'»t. Malice i^?>«1,-'^'" ««o» «nd it in 2 J'^"'"**^ the basest- ^^'"•^*'^ '^*»«h " in ^ against him?" lizard of in the jutv, no lack of ^M he no son, srer into a good hear again the l> "is tlieno- ^ malice to vir. : ABr.ETopxNn NST HIM CON- (»OD." There n tarnished on *"?«J Itmat- oi uini now. 'nan, hjis been ■i^r'itest stain. hons, if you 'leir mouths, ^'h they be. 'U heated f u r- tajnthisgar- nay tfive hin J'lnil arnony t the Lord." safe for this coine. >ition of the "ced tho ef- p-hope, yo,i oat tuav be liife. Yo„ and there, eu favorite »r ttio there ^ve wouJd ^■'JI have J.yst Which into gold, he of yo„, -'pocrito iM orker too , who had I'olved in m twentv 1 time to e all you 'on boiit 'a«^ does 'corner's ' man is ■rath of in Aood >o harm f t'onfi- of that /.»^?fi*!'^ "^^' ''"''i^^ ""« o'h^"" point re- quired t<) present the full orbofcharac- t^ii /°''®*y**)?-'*"d "»*t •«. "»at when the interests of the two worlds seemed u> come into collision, Daniel dared the lK*®'"«*^S'*'"«'"^*'^'»® presonco of his uoa. He was ready to sacrifice all for the law of his God. -"The men who plot- Inri^ ""m'" «^J^aniel laid tlieir plans very wanly and cunningly. Thev knew that he was faithful in fl^espS. S probably like that other Council of whom Ainton sings, they were about to bi ealt ip and separate in dospairof acfoniplish- ing their purpose, when some congenial Em'*{!'^»'^?5®^ '^*^ "•« tw'^ fidelities k,1j .^®fu"°'^ against each other, as- ^„^?}i ^" ^^^^ ^*^® ''»at Daniel's piety would cause him to "obey (iod rather S«n/il*"- Ji?^y «<'"'^ riot overthrow hm piety, but they might his authority oh^oP^Ti"- ^^"^ ■''" * 0 mv hoKi* nf .».:_! a- be-to forego my habit of rmiring to my Sccu^ffif SmT ^ Aifd closet, my fcneelinjr nosture. an*^ nlf^«t J^;»!^lT.f5„r/, "??l?°!. .A"<* closet, my kneeling posture, and close my window that looked toward Jerusa- iem, and at the same time I could pray aa a(M»ptably as I had ever done." Yes that IS the spirit of one of old who apolo- getically said to the prophet, "In this tning the Lord pardoix thy servant, that w..»Sy»^le?g,e.hlKr«^^ expedient. No, but bravfng the danger he fearlessly on thatlUtal morning bends his steps towards his wonted place for prayer. Not without his pulses quick- ening, for he knows the danger, and ho is but a man, and if the ttjought of what may be the result of his action does not quicken his blood, he is not the man tbr me. Now he enters his chamber and Shuts too the door, and see ! the malicious toes peeping and muttering about hi.j window. And what is their victim do ing? He is upon his knees readiue th«' law of his God. And now the sons of praise is raised. It is one of those old psalms sung by his fathers of meroiful deliverauce from impending troubles. It IS not pitched quite so wellthis morn- ing as usual, for there is a slight flutter- ing of the heart that prevents the clear and ringing song from going up with its accustomed triumph. And then the prayer ; tirst adoration, then confession then thanksgiving, and finally, suppli^ cation. And as it closes tho house isfill- ed with his malicious foes. They take him in tho act of violating tho King's de- cree, aud he is hurried away to trial be- fore the monarch, who has no power to revoke the command he hn^ »■■,,«„ ^« ' the world wfil TtT' ^°" 3" tho more fo,' ^ "J a Chris-. y ^ith fhTy;!! .tianity, "How 'Od'jess and 8in hink the Word 'n >clea for the "«n that uj^jj ^«"giit to bSi' «» grand dosti- I®, past, and J 'r^esjaround l?l<^'« beneath ft their hoa^lH "Ps. tit ^,ly '^Qe home of ''* the view 'aiding foli* oa"ty, with ? niJod with '* a «oene of P'oa will. «"^lnto the '>®lrthH to 7*1. But '"8 witliin finvader, l^ thines he iwier » not with •way. I 't stood I > plough- itnat^ e warm- anter i^ behind, ®«'-, the andth« o Metie ?«n>ent '» * see •uctttpe I^ANIEL INSABYLOS, of God irh^ar nil" "^ "fold the voice man ttu ll^ ,." -''^"'"y conVerHowith »/me, and it win j o ta^rv 1??^'"^*^ tremblinlifrM. I . J„H i^'i ^"^Jo*' every ward f'i,!i ' , '" "" ^O" ho p it on- 5Srt"j lUt , '^iH '' '"'^ ?« •'*««^^ «bout fn impai rod h "ev > u ""*i ^^^ ^°*'^« *• not abated And f nn^'""'* *''**''« "trengtb dial thankVof th," „T,rf?«?*' J*"»' '^« c5r the Heverend Kent?emLn f** ^^If^ered tc not my eloquent lecTnro fo'r *l V^ '^°"- than that— irranH ««• ' . '* *■ '"ore turo with Sch 'h« ^'*' T'' "»"'y '••«- evening." ^ *"* '*'*« ftivored ua thl.i The Rev. Mr. Hill (Episcopal) la «ec. nding the motion «-w , *^ ^ '" *^" a minister -;.; nnr^'^.'r "^^^ becomea doing so," t am af^id \r'*r "• And in on:;ithaMd irthnr f" .«„;*'l®"i rr». .. — ^ "t Wo^t fiV.?i( T , '^ 'al'or, to wait and Ss?ress j;'^7;jrf„=„r.ofcr" Thia J to worK, and watch, and prav HH«ier, on tho ,.L.ii.,u« uaV : ^^' Thsn .shall maii'.s .-xtatic iVro Catch tlwn ts mangel clior And the , ro..pe ts li|h.er groW, And Visions tii, the soul with awe Ijk« the aeer a, Pi mo8 ^aw; ^^^* WhJeo.i earth'3 exu.tai.tHod ■Keats the Uity of our GkI. and'S'"'uV?e vord*"y„?° ^««' K^tefu], «a^ so, then uiVe'to%°7heart?and^"°^ body a your livr.- ^i,*; i "^'■"^ and em- reallypiea.ure?ne,^^veLdte«r"i^ 'ngaot DaniolH lifo ;i/us u .^'^"^teach- fofiowed, thS ^re suril v' l^f ">f"»y defend voirfh!.r.vl ""^^'^ enclose and "pS??hrhei«rhLs wh'^'i"*'" '^"^ brifltle city, or%hSTcSin whiri'"?""^ ^"^^ saJctCrdiSSrn^'fnd^'^l"^"' "^ !U :.itf- UAir:M •eM ♦» « JOHN WESLEY AND HIS TIMES REPORTED BY MR. JOHN MARCH. : -i. Hi liW On Friday overling, .Taly Srd, tho Cffn- ) tenary Church was well filled by an au- dience drawn thither to hear the Rev. Mr. Punahon'8 lecture upon "John Wesley and his Times." By alittle after seven o'clock about twelve hundred persons had assembled, and to wile away the lagging moments various pieces of music were performed upon the organ by Professor Rowe, and tho choir sang a beautiful -quartette, called •• Rock of Ages." This piece was well adapted to onng out the peculiar richness and full- ness «f voice of each singer, and tho slyle m which it was rendered showed that each had studied how tho sentiment of word and music might be most elficiont- ly conveyed to the ears and hearts of the listeners. Shortly before eight a number of ministers entered, and pass- ing down the aisle took up their posi- tions upon tho platform which had been temporarily erected at the north end of tho building. Rev. Mr. England as pas- tor of the Church, called upon Rev. Mr. Botterell to offer prayer, after which he stated that J. D. Lowin, Esq., had kindly consented to take the Chair. Mr. Lewin then arose, and in a few words intro- duced the Rev. Mr. Pnnshon, who res- ponded by entering at once upon a theme that was evidently a pleasant and con- Sifest'deUght •" '""' '"'"""" «"^ '"^- LECTURE. All historical accounts go to show thn low state of public morals in the time o? George the Second of England To «nrh a low ebb had morality eSine and so do L^tluSh" li' P^'^P'^^rthat ltVo"1d Jeom as though the viala of the Altni.rhtv'u wrath were full and ready to be poured heads" TJ?l'Srl'%"P°" >eir TvoS neaas. I lie literature of the day was lows coarse and immoral. Not,indeT SL fh*' ^°'' '"^^ ^"«t not forget that this was the opening of that era in which the K-s^P.t:.r'? ''''' produced. But then .•r,fl f ?.,^a"theism, and Bolingbroke'i ^nfi^el.ty wore popular with the masses ^^dbut few were desirous of a^?hS better. Smollett and Fielding were thS novelists of the day, and the loose an.? ribald writings of Swift and Sterne were eager y sought after bv all classes un^ Vrrl ^^l^'^^^'* ^^^ settled doTn upon the Church, even, and thoutrh thero were good and great men who stm -crfed iisneci Church it seemed as thoueh Truth were dead and embalmed. Dif senter, too, were affected by the same evils, and religion was so low, that thev content^S themselves with protesting Against the opinions held by their oppSnS rathe? than in contenaing for "the faith once delivered unto the Saints." In the town of Epworth. Lincolnshfro ax the churchya^rd, in an oM st^wl nv«^ r.?,** ^?"^®' ^y ^hich Willows trSed over running water, lived a man. who wUh his wife, earnestly strove to rea7h?8 S?« ^r'fVP •^''^/"^ ^™^°'-t. '^nd to pro! vide for their education and nrfinaraH^U for a life of usefulness. TMh wSamue" Wesley, the lafaer of John Weslev «,« .vundor or Aiyihodisra, H© was Vot^ # IH /Oils nrsj.EY e* were not u^harned of the T «»'''''' wnloh thevBnrn,.« a "'««»«'' "•^''/'•''»^ «n certain pSs he wpnlT'".*^ "^^ " "' entered upon hlN ntnAxT^ ^^ Oxford, anu among tho poor ai!d iinorin." ^•'"'f^ «"t Northern as bent hen^ni^^"*' P'^vfdlng scanty moan«, and Kr1,/f/"" ^''^ ^^vf tho ways of godliness nnV'*^ ^''«'" '" We'd and^^p^r l^'ni^S^^nV" ^'« ^Trd Kld'L"t^g?t'^Kra" S^> ^»^& and an InorfMeTachiW i*"^ P^""^^. trust m itegCn jLhl^ ?,fhlsfaitgand wWch being*" ppSsed'^r r"tingof verS, tiraent, brought hm ,''« P«Pular sen.' trouble With E^ noiihhnf^"®""y into than onoe subjoctedTim /""^t '»»d more the mob. Thinn "'*" *o the abuse of to nerve h,m^Tesr?nd'i:%'i?r'«^'"ly the scollop shell wh'iohh«"''"^^ '>''» <« his coat 5f armp On n^ engrafted on was seized at the ohnrl T® occasion he debt, which at the mom *^°°': for a small a-.«Jble to pajfa^r^" .5Lf?"nd it ».V/> ///,v //.vr,V. impos8ibirto%avra''nd' wi:; ,r ™""^ " Woln gaol/ &*Ji^ S^^''2>^" J»to however, to interfere wi/ht, *'"^^'' ti'is. al duties, but at onco 2^1**1]'''' '"jnisto. i-' nefit his fellow priso„«^u '** '^^''^ to be- success was his effS« ' ""^' "^^th such wrote a letter to onl^/u^'^"®^, that he which I have In m,^® °^ ^^^ ^^iends and he says " rS i^ "*^, Possession, in whiVh than in my old on*L - "^ ^^."^^ »®w dioeuse truth and risrht^o.f;. ^^."* battling lor his family gr^TanTnf^ "^''d to^see long ilfe of^o^ deJS'J'f P^V»d after a rience, whilft?? the pertbrmr^^ «^?«- "** penormarceof his f S iwromental privet m "''i^f*^ *^*''* nobleand beiu; fu w ?« s . f ''^"'^ ^'^ bis '^•lift- oftriaiHhnr,; "f^""'''»- H«>r« patience, wh ch joolr " '*'^*"» ^ hristiau to.Js and tro.fioH^re'l ",;:?• *■••"•" the and conif rt.^'ot ?hn wV""."" '"•'ofoaH! ismoftho i.'-iostfvL '"P'Y"^" hero, "«»«t her huHban(lT.'hH''r''*'-"v«to tAmWy to occupf nom '"'"/?'"» "P her and to becom?\Si m.;,*'/r«f"J"«''>* Her boftutifui and Jm if ? ^^^ world, mirablv udnptod to ni "^ "?^'""'' was «d- jnfluences ffat throatonnH'^* dlsturbinl^ them. She Avas e„dow«fi ^'^■Jl? overwhelm sagacity that w^oZl ,«'/'' a far seeing and be ready travert it T/''*' '^'*"^«'^ famtestravofhanA„« I* • " to catch tho od fruitio,r ShTrAnJ'" ""Itoabloss'! measure of what we oSn f'*'*''^ ^" « '"ato ruling her hoSSoloW ?J r h"'"?''" ««n«o. mlnation and tact ha)^*^ " ""« discri- est respect olid hiflrhos\ T"" "'*'*'' deep, b'^autifTu In person aSu^*^^®- ,Sbe wL a-'omplishmentso/lea^nfc'''^ V^^ ^^"^ she was heiress to thaVh2!^' ?"^ ^'^thal which proclaimed whli« -h^l'^. ''^a^lng treasure. She wont abon?^H.^*i^^^*^'®*thing the language of the aige"s to 111 ''-'k^^^^^^ She seemed to stanT f.n /• ^}^ ''bout her. ready topeer into th«"h'P"*"^' ^^^^ one rest yet cfid not dare to «,T*^ °^ eternal death of her husband «hi^';« A^o*- the home provided for her hvh."''*''^ '" ^^e Where for many years sh^'j^'' ^?» John, verdant green nesrSTi ml? *'^''^^ « ''^e of past and fovfullv «nH . ^-^ reviewing the ^ust befote^ herVeSfh^ffj"^^.^^ '^^"ro! slug a h/mn when T ^^ "«*d, ".Tohn when the monl^n?" ^ "'" gone." And fluttering' Srof'thJ^.^'^'^ ^''^ ^^t a song, mournful v«^ f^",f "'oman, from (hat death chamZrxvh^l"*' "'''>*^ the heavens and told to th«7A'*'KP*''*'«ed the heavenly city that o t^ inhabitants of had come among them to v«"^> daughter and enter upon '•thoShlT''"'®^«'-own saints in light." ^^herlta -ce with the tha't JorV^|,efli?°d"^t1linH^P-°'«^ six, when he was nirrfi^* *" *be age of saved from th7flre i^^fi miraculously A^s a boy he was senT m riK*'''"^"'ned ij^ ' ''ooh where Ws Sh?. ,-^^.'*''ter-Hous0 %. ^^-.^^-^Icedf^^^eX'^l babits weJI -•^^^ -^odi^Nool/;^;--iSgth^ Wt a^Uep With 'P^". »»'• llpo. l«*o refor to his "»ann«h. H„ra •^httChriiitlaij *^' from the ' '■ roHt and '""lifV'ofonm* '«,vod n hero, f'lo Htrovo to "Kinff up her ^i "Hofulnons ^ tho worifj. 'tiiro wai ad- <> disturbing 5 ovorwholm la far seeing the danger to catch tho tintoabloMs. reting the about her. . liiie one of eternal After the t^d in tho ion John, »t a life of wing the 10 future. I, "John, V' And the last woman, "t, aroflto ' pierced 'tantsof ^ughter a crown tvith the 'pworth age of llously med it. ■House * Were ig this ground mined wa« he K? ""l ^"dHr.dotor- "either blur«pU« ,o," ht'^*^' '^ ^*»»t 'ouid prevent hii nalti2 m "f ^ '"»"•«*• ty of roun In a- ,"**'"« hiH diiilv triui- ^n.wing anything to obHtrml f- '"''"''' Sro«H, although fturronnrtnfi k *"" P*""" 'nontH calculated to d?awl*^'' ^y """re- /«i8 arduou« ta«kH a? L^'"' '^^"y »rom tol od With aim S am-n. ?*'■'''' "' ^er he reduced every i'L'?o«^^«"^«'-ity, a„d out his rubricN aJXi^'y'!?'". ">«Pping oqual o:cactne««?' At c ''.!" '«T"1:« ^'^^^ mo8t fruitless errimK "" ««d, upon a "ot peace, but a swnK 1^ ''^^^"'"'^ "ont, whofe col,iny AnauJt'"'"^^T^ ^''^ Ma« about to learn tlL.^ ^'"u'' ^''^^ ^le liavo eonvertp/l r.. i . ^^^ ^^o would converted ^"^^a"«. was not himself nslZ bring f/£2?hrn"r ."^««»» « Vht;' i- ^^^^ Jf^^r of of Wiute/ioldrtbrapo'tfio^Pp'''" ''' ^«* I" his earlier Vear«i A °* I^evivaiism n ,tone has sin i '.•-.'""" *''''" '^^'O"' tho Spirit on his ifh^f ^'■.*^"tPO"ring of Fisherman "iw iheFentT\^?''' '^^ er. Ho went ouf S^ocostal show- Preach to the peonio fh"" ^'°^'^g« to riches of Christ aSSvv?^ "".searchable results wliich atf«n,l Tu^^'?*"*"! arc the where. Po^essed of -'"-^^^"^^ «ver?! and in itself much t/nriin^'l^^ aH music, vorable impressi?.n , "^^ towards a fa- thou5,W,t, dTepfmn'.on'''^'' * «ow ol a wealtil Of TcSn 'Jliat g,^, ^ .^^^'^^•. ^nd dramatic; vvitii a SL^^"'^'' ^"^ truly «peak Of which he iir .• n" '^^"«J' to bore him on. knSwTn^ -i'^^ "^"^ ^^'bich •yithal upheld hv th^lrJ^^J'^^''^> a' d «hed light and^vi ^u''^^ ^^ost, which «oald he be"otw'g?ff " ^""^' ^^^^ So wonderful wS h fr.i^'*" successful, tion that as h^^J?cuir?d "h ''^ of descrip- scending upon Taho- f ^ "**^ ^'^ouds de- man anS hrcom^^^^^^^^ the God- tiie sight and were dS',"^^ ^ -"^^^ ^^'"^ As he painted the scene in ^I n'^ ^^"^3^- the agony and bloodv L^of^®'^''"'"o°o. ceeding bitter crv nn^f r®**' '^"d the ex- ed in tiars o/pTtJahd oomn^' *^^^ "^^^t- when ho SDokft of . ?^P*^«^on. And «eizedeachKul „L?;'™'°g ^^^^ fear heard him mid tremh^H ""^"^'ned men, scoffers for^i? wfile If/"^^^^^ «"d bound bv his word^T. ^j^tening speii. Hume stbod dimb befo Jf "''^ ^"^ ^^^^'^' claimed the truth of thJ''"' «^ ^e pro- dealings of God with h/^'® Providential Chesterfield snrrni\^^'* «^eatures ; and child, whom TeS^JJT''^ ^ «av« the falling from a rock ^Sm? ^ '^ P^"^ of surrounded him to S W' "^^^^^^d men shouts of derision ^J^l^ ^^'" down by but ere thev cS T,^^ '^"^ blasphemy hi« langSlJe h^ clot^^r.*^^^^ ^^'^ and their erre .d wi fnrSf.f ^''^^ths, knowiedged on thtxii.^ forgotten or ac- broken my heiir^-,W.,a.r;hl ^^^^ Wi:,L^y .1^^ ^^, ^^^.^, stood forth iS the Xm. *"""'*"<* there and Virtue, where t n h^-°" ^^i ^«^'^f'on much less of then.oral w""" ''^ "'« «ivil ed. And as he !s X t fn '^«'-« unheed- ed around, whiTt tL n« ^'W*^ «^'<>wd- ?n vain, and tC jesVer S^n«- '.H'"^'^^ throug^^hei^^SunK'Ss '^TT' "^"' poured from theh? oTes^"'^^},,^?'^^ ^'^«»*« and clustered around him **'''" ^"" hearts fiiipH -.vi-h. ^ i- . '^» their youno- VVretchedftlga d '^^^^^^ catch hisskvfes asCtolrlnf '''■'''?^^^' to a new life. Men in rfl.,« „ ^i°* Pardon and gone visaKeslisfnno^^^'i?'''^th woe-be- be spoke^of he un JI"i? ff^®^ «ars as Jesus Christ, and mT"^-^^^« ^•i«b3s of ness trickled 'down tho^h^'^l' °^ «^««°ii- wood colliei-3 as thpl h^*^?^^ «*• Kings- rest in heaven So^w^h ^''^ "^ P«ace and power, and so deeplvZte®^^ f«« bis root in the hearts and mi^?'''°/*^« taken even a poor, little si t h^ ^ ^^ ^"' that sands around were noS® ^^."^® thou- knowledge. He wpP^'.^bing tor lack of there the PresbttPHL ■*" ^^^tland, and make him ModSSr S?S'm^"^";°"''^ tS irregularities in nL^fi f ^^''?''^- His caused them to Dl«r^« h* "'^'' however, but he saicl? * /ever m.^n"^'?" ^^« ^'•i«' It IS all true But theiT r «i, I '*'" ^t^aid ways and hedges aS,-/.u^'H,*"' the bye grant me leavfto' rn^l *.b\^?ope would would very gfaSv us« u'7,bi« Pulpit, I went forth to his worb"- -^"^ so ho f»d undaunted sTcki^PsT^"' "°"r^"» bmi, and his phvSolan o i ^^"^^ «Pon use a perpetual biistp'r" •« f ;''•""", """ to be, >erpetual preaching /"f^^'L' »»y« found it answer the Durnnl '!i^^.*^' aud «o earnest was he in tZ ''^.^'""•ablv." that he said. -Let me die Tf^« ^^■^""J^ And toward the last Ifwu" *be pulpit." to go out to preach 'thlL^*' T^ ""able his house to hea?' ^fjn^®"^^^ crowded truth from his liSs nnov**.""! again the he rose from ht H"?ble to keep up. light to reS??to Ss nh''' t"^ *««^ a presence of So peonlein™.^^'"'. ^"* *be red his blood LaiiTLn \u^ ball stir- ^--. cruelly ,» llS^^^^lf .S'Ji his hand. ij« ^•iir, and there on of reli;:i;ion ms of the civil ,wero unheed- people ci'owd- ■9bat tumbled " off his siilv of truth and ^ lieard hii„ 's, while tears Cliildron ran their young u hiH words. thronged to >i pardon and with woe-be* sager ears as ^lo richss of Is of cleanli- r the bye Pe would pulpit, I nd so ho untiring ne upon d hini to 'd," says ead, and drably." ■ of souls pulpit." » unable 'rowded ?ain the ;eep up^ took a but the 111 stir- b suf- i stood ■^^^^-''' ^Vi^SLEY A.\t) in^ wordi thev'iould f^^'^'P''^ '^'^ the candle Snedlwr-'" I^^^^*' ^''U et, as ho held if i » • \" ^" *he sock- 'n the mornSiS hi !L/^^'^'"P«'aiis. in the night .ionGhomf."°h ^^« had strangely* revCd wa? he ii"V';"^'«'-^- yet now his namo T./ ,. ^", ^^*o, and Christian home .S hear?' T ^" *'>''^^-^ need to hida hVJ ,. "* . There is no Greek- ^ ^'"^ "■*'"« iu sounding No'fhr h^® "^® P°«^ <3a»o not sneak " fy klW'e^SrnS'wTor^ ^ T^^-«^ Jesus Christ/ Some hilo^^H^? ^°^d «ne him to a sect l^fitte *"^^ *« ^on- He was for the work) inTh^**""^* ^° "• longs to all who shall VI?' ^'^ "*"'« be- it, While they bless rnrtr'*®*.'^"^ ^«»^or tion angel so^t tbrth to st £'th«'h ""?^^- f^eJX«n^^--^-trey^w'^ and YIS^ -:;^,^J« ^allaas of a people, «aid a great nmn. And ?? fhl*'-^^ ^'*'''«''" veyed is a correct orithAn S® '^^* ««"" ley deserves more credS th?*'^''^«^^ ^^s- «■/* TIML.\. :i in love with VirJn f h'.. i^ ^^^ «" much by heJt uTiatlth^t^f, the^'neid once entirely ov«rM,. ** ^^' Johnson fishwoman%°cail nXr* belligerent triangle, an hvnotin«£f ®*^ ^° isosceles metrical term^^ 5^h ,'^^' ?°d "^her geo- attacked inTke mann-^''^'^' ^^«" Who vented her sKf^n^K^ ^°™an ' beyond them w ^^® ^-'^^^^ "or looked the^res^nT an?'ma1e'Tlf^"' '° ^« ^° in pasaino- v«I u . *he most of it witraei?ltenSi?y° andL*^ ^° ^^^ on to opinions irtn^'oft^ ^u^ "^^^d held . I had cast them ovV„^ .^'**' too sow foj- John'to h[s'b.^S?h^;?"^„« I'd «>''" «aid «aid Charles " if f h^ t "i. ?"y- "Ch," I'd do it, bi!i ru leav^'^Him '1 T *° ^^^ wings." 'This was Si?"' *° ^'"d the the two men One was fftv ''"'' ^^'^««» hold!,pr;hl'wo^r?d'U^i hTs'-^S'^ ^rm his name mn«f vt«* "^^ Poetry, and Which he"wr"\efo .'upon^nnti'^^ ^^^^^^ ph! What a held thS h!'^'^^"^^- ^"d brings him !nto contac-t^fh '?""'" ^^'^^ Saviour. He nm^Voi Jf ^"" Jesus the devotion an3 S selS '° P^'"*^"' cauiesitto pourth?fh li l'^*'"^®"*^' or triumphant prasl^nd. if ^ '?"«« <^t" sacred lyre been sw^n^ k «eltiom has the hand. 6e has ,?SiS^ "" '"^'^^ «i^iiful hearts thi deates "S^ S" "\''"''^"d cherish. His hnnAf„i + .}^V love to have cleared awiyso;:r?w1u"i /■^"^«« gic sounds drawn fv!.^ a""^ 'he ma- ehased the evU snirft Sn^'^ri^'^ ^^''P' of Saul Th«^ I, P " ^^^'^ the soul of (spirSofthe^SnnTn"^ '^ ^'""ting ' to valiant lighrt^i'eM,«^'7^''*'^««troi,| of the Marseillaise 4 /hfi.*'"'!."^ «^^^i»« and in many Ss"hav« ?*"^ ^® ^3«hes, umphant soig'Tlhi'dyin'g""™" '^« '"' vi^a?S.ri^tj[-/g/Ao great Re- den, a lady who%«vo?it'l°^^""ting. theestabl Jhment nf^^'^ her means to and public insfcnictiS^'?L°^f ^^^^^P every faithful min ster 'anJ ,hn '"'''^ °^ vTtt' ^^^'^^'-y cStfanVo'k'^Hf? SfS^oferian'i^W;, wh^^a^^ii ritual wants o?thep?onr«^u/e'" *^« «Pi- gardt\il of their n^i^«Tf '.**** ^®^«8 re- John BerridJe the S&^^i "^cessities ; of Everf/in ^^].„ ® ^"^® ^"d worthy vicar foerbut wAf Shei«rh'^^"^'"K«^^^^^^ 22 JOHN WESLEY ANU lUiS TIMES^ ■were coniiwg till they felt them ranklinir m the wounds they made ; Williams, the pious teacher, who was not ashamed to preach to his hearers in Hanover Square as though they were immortal beings possessed ot souls to save as woL as bo- dies to be cared for, and minds to be in- iormed 5 William Grimshaw, the gallant West Hiding Evangelist, a brave trooper m bis Master's service, who drovo the people out of the public house and into the church, while the choir M-ere sinttinir between the lessons and the sormonl .Tohn Newton, the miracle of grace, the wild profligate and blasphemer, who • with a renewed heart, became the kindlv adviser of half the city ; John Nelson, whom the clergy tried to get pressed into the service to become a soldier, and who when persecuted and imprisoned, was still undaunted and sang songs of praise m his dungeon ; Thomas Oliver, a poet ot no mean order, who in controversy with a man of position and ability, so plied him with truths that he lost his temper, and feeling his powers at fault to reply, forgot in the heat of the mo- ment that ho was a gentleman; John I'Jetcher a godly man of fine presence and noble character, with giant or. , vers ot mind, so that there was no tret .^ the garden of God that presented so lii«3 and grand an appearance ; his lace besmiuir with the light flashed into bis soul, likl that o-t Moses when be came down from the mount after standing in the presence ot Jehovah j preaching while the death dews stood upon bis brow, and yieldinir up his last breath with exhortation and entreaty. Oh 1 they were all a bright, bright brotherhood. And though thev have been scoffed at, and revilecl as en- thusiasts and fanatics, yet thev have a record on high bright with immortal gioiy, and on earth their names shall be treasured as those of the truest, bravest men. Aye, and the pulses of the holiest that come after them shall bestiilod with admiring wonder as they learn of their la- bours, their suflferings and their tri- iimphs. \yith such helpers as these John Wesley entered upoa his work. Which was continued without a break for half a century. And remarkable is the record ol what he did, and endured, and the results which flowed from his labors, in all ho did he waa earnest, rapid, punctual, and faithful, bringing into the service of Christ a thorough buainesa •ti'-^y, and maintaining it throughout. Why, one of his day's work would tax the majority of his feeble successors to accomplish in three, and that of one week would, in throat and lungs, tax us tor a whole year. He preach^ everv- vrhero. and at all times, to crowded houses, and to the scattered groups has- tily gathered to listen to his words, in city and town, in villages and bv tho way side. He journeyed all over'Eng- Jand, riding on horseback, not over roads such as we see to-day, but through . sludge and mud on ways that never dreamed of the existence of MacAdam. n?t.ilf^''""'l®'''SSs he met with all kinds of treatment. Sometimes well received, fi^tbers verybudly; at times treated iV «h^u°»®^V*^ °'^«" l«ft without food ho J^u/*® • '. '^^°^" ^y exposure and hardship mto a fever, and riding him- self out ot it, but never ceasing in his work and always performing it with an even temper. Nothing daunted him- nothing cast a shade upon his spirits nothing was permitted to influenee his ?fi®^*"?*'^°? ^^ P'®»» on in the cause of hs Master. In his journal he tells us that he never remembered to have been below zero more than a quarter of an hour, and yet one would have Imagined that flesh and blood must have failed Hoi ^ ™**i' buoyant spirits have been ^.Wed and crushed by the multiplicity ot his toils and labors. He was, howev- er, smitten with a bisrh sense of the duty if oTwi*^".^^ ^ perform, and possessed ot all the elements of character that com- i;?^^1«^"w®f^'o*°.'^ *^°^e all having tho aid ot the Holy Spirit, it is not to be won- .Z^i- *'i^"t the people heard, and wept, and lived. He did not .gain a heariSe lor himself and his views, by running down the opinions and prejudices of others. His was a manly courtesy which while pressing home the truth, forbore to wound or offend. He proclaimed the Gospel truths, Man a sinner. All men l^^H^^ih ,-^no'^«r world at hand ; and so near did it seem to those who listened, that they could almost see the home of glory he painted, and the forks of flame te?i^ ,"^ ^ ^^''^^^y **»e unbelieving. He cried, ^ou a e lost, and then point^ put a Saviour for the vilest, one whose love was so great that it embraced even the most debased of earth's sons, if thev would only accept it. These Were the main features of his discouraea, and he spoke with a prophet's words and a pro- phet« power. Yet he wag assailed bv would tax !ce8sors to lat of one igH, tax us ed every- crowdod oups has- ivords, in d by the >vor Eng- not over t through . at never lac Adam « all kinda received, iH treated liout food litre and ing hlra- g in his t with an id him— spirits, enee his cause of tells ua »ve been Br of an nagined e failed, fve been tiplicity howev-' he duty )8sessea at com- ing the be won- d wepty bearing unning lioes of which, forbore aed the 11 men and so Btened, ome of ' flame ieving. >ointed whose 1 even if they )re the mdhe apro- ecf by ^OIIS HX-V/.^r.l.V/) //y,s i the foulest .slan.lers and huntPd hv .» severest perserution %».«:, "^ "'^ hatred Of Sis t^ZZ J^VnuX t^K lacked^the po"JeTL°4j?yTt^ tfc^' '' lengths which WM formm.1?, ®-^'''®'"® Even from so.J„ff ^°[»ne"y possessed. some ofd o£Tml''L\ J'tf£l«t usage. T/MKs\ Some old olergvmon Who n ^""^ u"«"^* been able tooSLTnl!iZ^^ ?«^?'' having msmm wos that MetLdism «STSndert "I't at once divided tlie natton Th. ' "",'' who hoard and lecoIvS ,h. .^h'lKMP'e subjected to "coSKoc'i^fni"'* ""'' {:fj»s.»K."i;sa,-£ meet theme's K;5.'Sld'hf " ^'^ blenched beforo thJl^ , "® never the f«Ifi?monrof hrdZ' ' VC !? 'T'" journal wherein he recoVJ;^ K" ^^'P* * Tt';s^rc„rnf,?^H"--«^^^^^^^ od to expos "4 and L.H^^^ '^'^'^ subject- S5;ra"?ISH^°-'^-p'- Nei,o„, ^vho ,^^^r^ir.'VeS:'"hL^ fnS so"we^'t i , 'vfrh "V™o„"r '^O- a-oKaroWaS-^ itary men What is the' WeVy of S mT len to ^hio 9 Tu„„ •?..-" »*^®^t mil- ,ii,rr, uisaorasrrong 14 ■lUllX WKSI.F.Y .l.\J> ///s IIML'S. C'Xi'iieinent, with i-lashofarifi iiul mar- tial muHit;, rush liotly iiUo nu; bivtUe. But look at this man, littlo of staturo, j'ct great of soul, as ho stood calm boforo a mob who had come forth to take his life. See him calm in debate, when his hon- our has been malie;ned, and overcoming by his gentle earnestness. See him look- ing calmly in the face of death, without a tremor or a fear, and quietly pursuing his plans as though long life was assured to luin ; and say if this is not as great a man, showing as large a heroism, and pressing on with as devoted a spirit, as was ever exemplified by warrior whose praises have been sung by tuneful bard, or formed the therno of minstrel's song. To go into the cause of his difference and parting from Whitfield— to speak of the most costly sacrifice he made by en- tering on his most unfortunate and un- happy marriage, of which his experience was such as to cause him, three days af- ter, to write to the single young niiinis- ters under his care, recomnaending them to remain singU -to tell of his abilities as a Greek scholar— to enlarge upon his peculiar adaptation to teach and instruct — ho'v the good Bishop of Louth sat at his feet and prayed that he might be found there in another world— how Sam- uel Johnson, the man of the giant mind, ielt when John Wesley would get up from the table and leave, just as ho was settling his sturdy limbs beneath it far a long talk— how John Knox lingered on his every word— and how the sentiment of his life went forth in his dying words, •' The best of all, God is with us,"— these would be very interesting and profitable, but they cannot be touched upon, for time waneth. Various have been the estimates placed upon his character by reviewers and (U'i- tics. It has been said thai he was ani- mated by ambition, but if he was, it was of a lofty sort, burning like that which lay within the breast or Moses, and cease- less in its ardor for truth, like that of Paul. It has beea said that he was an enthusiast, and he was ; but his enthu- siasm was the olispring of, and guarded by, his calm trust and firm faith. It is said that he was arbitrary', and in the true sense of the word he was, for he was anarbitor all his life; but his determined will was never used for base purposes or to serve selfish ends. It is said that he was credulous, and it is true that he was not free from f his infirmity, yet it is not to be wondered ;it, sinro the )>o^i men oi his tiiuo wore mor(; or less aft'eoled by the same weaknoss, which arose froiii the po(;uliar state of society at that timn. It is not claimed for hinx that during his fifty years ministry he was free from every fault. But tlio few weaknesses ho exhibited are just what is needed to save him from the oxcessivo brightness of character which otherwise would have been unbearable. They but go to show that he was a man, and tend to bring oub in bold relief those oxcolleacies of his nature that endear him to the hearts of all. The lines of Tennyson on Arthur,Duko of Wellington— himself a Wesley, al- though belonging to atiother branch of the family— are as applicable to the spi- ritual hero as to the veteran warrior. " Mourn, for to us ho seems the last. Remembering all his greatness in the ; past; No more in soldier fashion will he greet With lifted hand the gazer in the street. O fi-iends, our chief state-oracle is mute: Mourn for the man of long enduring blood, The statesman-warrior, moderately reso- lute, Whole in himself, a common good. Mourn for the man of amplest influence, Yet clearest of ambitious crime. Our greatest, yet with least pretence, Great In council and great in war, Foremost captain of his time, Rich in saving common sense, And, as the greatest only are, In his sfmplieity sublime." The indefatigable industry of Wesley has been already alluded to in connection with the great things he accomplished, and when we notice the use he made of every moment of his time, we cannot wonder at his success. He travelled from place to place all the time, yet he managed to snatch leisure to write much, kej-Jt up with the literature of the day, stood in the foremost rank of literary men, and at the same time looked afte'r the attairs of a sect that numbered some seventy thousand souls. Yet with all this upon his head and hands, he was never In haste, never lightly passing over anything demanding his attention. He said he had no time to be in a hurry. He was ever ready to pay a visit to those in need of his advice or counsels, to /isten to the tine strains of music in Handel's J0I£2f WESLEY AXD HIS TIME.S. ^i men oi looted hy oso itoiu ^hat time, uring bis roo from nesses ho id to savo itness ol" >ulJ havo :) to show bring out as of hiH hearts of mr,Duko ssley, al- ranch of a tho spi- rrior. last, is in the he greet e street, is mute : enduring tely reso- >od. Qfluence, ence, Wesley mnectioh iplished, ) made of e cannot travelled 3, yet ho te much, the day, ■ literary ted after ed some with all I, he was sing over ion. He urry. He those in to /istea Handel's Messiah, or Haydn's Creation, or to turn oiit of his way to admire a fine landscape. And how was ho able to do all this? Simply by hoarding up every moment of his time, by rising early and devoting all his energies to the matters ho had in ^and. Ho read history on hprseback. When he had to wait some minutes on crossing a river, he dev«ted those min- utes to some particular study. Once when waiting to make his connections! ho stepped into a cottage near at hand, and translated Aldrich's Logic. He was possessed of a largo heart, and his benevolence was great in comparison with his means. He never had a large income, and his personal property was very limited. Two silver spoons in Lon- don, and two in Bristol, was the schedule of plate ho made out for an exciseman who was anxious to tax his valuables. Ho said if ho died worth more than ten pounds he would give the world leave to call him a rogue and a robber. And when he died, so determined had he been ixx his habits of generosity, that his little estate was really dwindled down to very nearly this insignificant sum. A cai-r age and horses, a well worn ministerial gown, a good library of books, and his connec- tion with the Methodists, was all he left lor those who came after him, to make what use they oould of it. Ho was possessed of a gonial wit, and at times was not sparing in using it. And of what value is a talent unless it be made use of. His wit, however, was never pointed with venom, nor used Co gall and inflame those against whom it was turn- ed. Ho said he once paid a visit to a man who consumed some valuable time in impressing upon his ndind the fact that he was a genius, and in narrating the tedious interview, Weslev quietly added, and I do believe that if ho bent all tho powers of his mind to tho subject, he might, by diligent perseverance, be able to make a— mousetrap." On another occasion two prophets came to him with the announcement that thev had been eommanded by tho Spirit to*^inform him tnat he was to be " borned" again, as they termed it, and that they were to stav ;ind see it accomplished. Flo took them into a room and kept them without food or fire for twelve hours, at the expiration of which time they left, as much to their own gratification as to Weslev's. A lady <*ame to him and said the Lord had sent her to denounce him for his wickedness 2S in causing so much division and turning away the minds of tho people from the doctrines of the church. She was very much excited, and used very strong lan- guage. Wesley quietlv told her that h« did not believe the Lord had sent her. or he would have commissioned her to bear a more properly expressed message. A man named Michael Fen wick waited upon him whilst hi was preparing his lournal for the press, and said, as Mr. \\ealeys books would be immortal, he should like to have his name put in some- where, so that it might be handed down to posterity. Wesley, smilinirly, pro- mised not to forget him, and if vou will turn to the index, under the letter F, you will find " ienwick, Michael," referring you to a certain page, on turning to which you will read, '^Preached at - — . The people were much moved bv my discourge, all, save one Michael Femvlck, who soundly slept tho whole time, snug- ly ensconsed under a neighboring hay- stack." These are but a few samples of his wit. John Wesley, as I have said, was far in advance of his times. Wo rejoice to- day in a frfo press, and glory in the fact that the great end of writing is for the en- lightenment and progressive uplifting of the million. John Wesley was the pio- neer in this work, for he was tho first man who wrofo oxpressly for the people. We delight in our public institutions, our benevolent societies, our hospitals, our homes for the relief of the sufl'ering and the destitute, and we pride ourselves upon our great and good combinations for the i.'^sufi of tracts, religious works, and instructive papers. John Wesley was a tract writer and distritjutor before a society \vas founded, or eten thoughi. of. He was a philanthropist and a bene- factor to those who were in sorrow and distress, and he established a Dispensa- tory where the poor might receive medi- cine and advice, before anv others were set on foot. Read his work on " Physic," for although there is much in it tliat we cannot accept as based upon scientific research in the curative art, yet it will afford yon n.uch pleasure, and prove a very readable book ; much more so, in- deed, than the majority of medical works that are issued in this more enlightened time. He was a temperance man before a society for the suppression of tho sale and use of intoxicating liquors was insti- tuted. He was a believer in olectricitv 2t} JOHN WmUCV AND JILS' TIMES. lono- before its wondorful powers wore brono-htinto use. He saw what India might become were it taken out of the hands of a company of monev-lovinff men, who liad their chief offloes in Learlenhall Street, and ho set his face tirmly against them, knowini; that their, power in tJiat land would lead only to disastrona and fearful results. He was opposed to slavery, when Lady Hunt- ingdon irafHcked in human flesh, and many people were waxing rich on the labors of their overtasked and ill pro- :^ded for lield-hands in the Oolonie^-. Ho was opp )sef! to tiie whole svstom in every form, and OHpooiully as it appeared HI America, whore he characterized the system as the vilest of all. \\ what, under all these circunistancf ' may Ave not say, what effect was prouucod 'upon the minds of the people bv this man pro- jecting his siiadow forward upon the wor.d? Without doubt he did much to c ear away the thick hlms whicli be- I Clouded their vision, and to prepare them lor the dawn of a hot tor and l)ri,t?hterdav Which he himself was sure must soon open upon mankind. To sum up. We look upon the voun"- inoon, with its lauro-od ed<^e, speedily dip" ping down into the horizon, but it rises agam, waxing in size and beautv, till it conies to the full, and pours upon tl,e earth :t.^ flood of soft and mellow li'dit as itsails calmly and mnjestieallv inlhe ^*- ^ir ^i*^*^'"^- *^"^^ I'^^e t'lat was the life ofWesey. At tirst, though there was ngnt, tliere was a rough and ragged edo-e to his character, but passing onward we iind him calm and brave of spirit, exer- cised by a lovely disposition, and a trne Deneyolence, with a gentleness andcour- ' tesy that disarmed opposition, and won .riends from the r^nks of his foes, and withal, a Christian of the highest tvpe, 11 these things go to make up the com- hinafion we call a man, then look and see them all in that old man, with gray locks, m bands and well worn cassock, with a fresh and smiling face, beaming with benignity and love, as he speaks to the people, in soft and winning tones, of a hetter life and a heavenly revvard. That man IS John Wesley, and' better man has Pa 1 ^*'*'" ^^"^® "^® ^^y"* ^^ ®"^^*' Now a word more. This man lived for a purpose, and his life should bo an ex- .ample for us to follow. It is full of rich lessons, if we only learn them aright. Let your lives sliow that the great heri- tage which ho has bequcated you has de- scended upon no mean successors and see to it, that the legacy you leave bo added to bis by a good one of your own for the benefit of the world. "" Give me a lever long enough," said one, " and I will move tho world." We have no need to utter such a desire, for it is already provided. Truth is the fulcrum upoii which the lever most rest, aud that lever 13 t bo a blast or a blessing! Choo.se, tlien, your good to-night. Lot the work you are called to perform be now taken up and performed in real ear- nest. Lot there bo no more triflinc- no more putting olf the burden, no more shrinking from tho toil. Oh ! I would lain bind a power upon you to do tho thing that is good. I would throw around you a chain that would bind you k) your duty Surely, surely, hence- lorth you will be the Lord's servants. A power is going out from us continual- y, and the world's progress, as affected by our actions, IS not the less real be- cause \ye cannot see it. In the annals lelt us by scientific men, who have sailed through the upper air, we find that a person who leaves the earth in a balloon, at first IS calmed and quieted by a feelinc^ '^' *'?e 'liost perfect and profound repose" whilst the ground beneath is seeminglv whirled away beneath. Bye and bye ail IS dark and gloom below, whilst it is light and joy above, and the only sounds that reach the ear strained earthwards are the striki^ngof a clock and the tolling of a bell. Oh! the glorious calm that comes over us as we speed upward iito the region of a finer, purer atmosphere, and how cheering is the thought that though to us poor toilers it is dark, yet to our Father, and those whose work' is done it is light. Though we live in tho sound of business and the roar of human labor, yet above they only hear tho great hcri- 'on has de- I leave bo your own, "Give me le, " and I ve no need is already i"um upon that lover must bo •hing will ^odo what oe, and all lotnethinp: Bomplish- upon life, lat will {JO 3r we -will laid down t up joy- we iTiu'st he world, blessing, ight. Lot ribrm be 1 real ear- ifling, no no more I would do the d throw bind you ^ henoe- servants. mtinual- 3 affected real be- ^e annals ive sailed id that a .balloon, a feeling 1 repose, omingly :1 bye all list it is r sounds thwai'ds e tolling ilm that ard into ssphore, ;ht that ark, yet work is e in tho 'human Par the Down boTow \ nan n? ,^'''''^?'^ ^■''"'» "'^• ' ''.^''''^ ^^^^''^ «un no niore%,es^/„^J?„^'-'-'V^ there is the little m.vV- ^?^^" ^^^^^^^' yard, ancl tho palf S.hi ^''^ V'"''^''^- aiKl iVo besidn t e bed «f h'' T-^^"^" ^« above thospiri iVoert ft-oin1f«';"'^'', ^'^ hymnin- son-s of Iv -^ ^*'^ burden is liberty. ' ^ ^'^y ^"^' »gw found Mr. Punshon conchidfvi -.x-.-m ..«s,a„d the next llSS "povofy ^tl" •«/« «7iv«;r AA'J-, im TWK,^ reporter, eon nillirn'r 7- "'^ ''^"fi of tho speaker's fnco .,« Kn?^'"-^'"^ °n "lo then liitod thorn ?^"'''^ °* »V V.e? 't"heX' .»e iSr'sr„e'e''rh™K'>^»