Wesley and his friends: illustrating the religious spirit of their times . ndon and Bristol; Whitefield had justbefore (August, 1739) embarked for contentions had arisen in the Mora-vian Society at Fetter-lane, London. To thiscompany of believers the Wesleys were muchattached, for they had been to them friends inadversity. Whitefield and Lady Huntingdonhad worshipped there with profit. But unscrip-tural sentiments began to be entertained bythem. Molther, one of their German teachers,taught that to attain salvation we must be still;that to use the means of grace without faithwas
Wesley and his friends: illustrating the religious spirit of their times . ndon and Bristol; Whitefield had justbefore (August, 1739) embarked for contentions had arisen in the Mora-vian Society at Fetter-lane, London. To thiscompany of believers the Wesleys were muchattached, for they had been to them friends inadversity. Whitefield and Lady Huntingdonhad worshipped there with profit. But unscrip-tural sentiments began to be entertained bythem. Molther, one of their German teachers,taught that to attain salvation we must be still;that to use the means of grace without faithwas a sin, and that when we had faith, themeans of grace—such as the sacraments andsocial prayer—were unnecessary and wrong,because it was working for salvation. Theytherefore insisted on stillness only, while un-fortunately they possessed a very unquietspirit. Wesley bore long with them, andlaboured much for peace. Peter Bohler, hisold teacher in the gospel, coming to Englandjust at that time, lent his powerful influence tocorrect the error. All availed little, and in. FOLDS FOR THE LAMBS. 115 June, 1740, Wesley and those opposed to thequietism withdrew. The error did not veryextensively prevail among the converts of thetimes, nor in the Moravian church. In anticipation of a necessity of a separateplace of worship, Wesley had rented an oldcannon-foundry situated in the middle ofMoorfields. It was a dilapidated brick build-ing. The money necessary to rent and torepair it had been kindly advanced by twogentlemen personally unknown to him. Thusprovided, the house was repaired and dedicated,amid joy more heart-felt than costly templesgenerally inspire. Here for many years thegospel was preached with great success. Thefoundry became a famous house in the earlyhistory of Methodism. Just after its erection a few serious personscame to Wesley to be instructed in religiousthings. The young converts also needed to beguided and guarded. The number of such in-creased rapidly. Wesleys des
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