The history of Methodism . me to Wales she gavehim a hospitable welcome. Charles Wesley came to Garth in 1747 and spent five pleas-ant days, and seven months later, as he returned from Ire-land, worn with sickness, he was nursed with tender visits introduced him to charming Sarah Gwynne, andhe opened his heart to Mr. Perronet, of Shoreham, who didnot discourage him in his hope of winning the young lady,whose name soon became changed to Sally in the poetpreachers Journal. When he proposed marriage, in 174X,Mrs. Gwynne said she would rather give her child to than to any man
The history of Methodism . me to Wales she gavehim a hospitable welcome. Charles Wesley came to Garth in 1747 and spent five pleas-ant days, and seven months later, as he returned from Ire-land, worn with sickness, he was nursed with tender visits introduced him to charming Sarah Gwynne, andhe opened his heart to Mr. Perronet, of Shoreham, who didnot discourage him in his hope of winning the young lady,whose name soon became changed to Sally in the poetpreachers Journal. When he proposed marriage, in 174X,Mrs. Gwynne said she would rather give her child to than to any man in England, and Mr. Gwynne, alsoconsenting, left it to his capable wife to arrange that anincome of i~ioo a year should be secured by Charles Wesley finally proposed that his brother should receive 770 British Methodism the amount needed for his support out of the profits of theMethodist Book Room. A letter of Vincent Perronet, who throughout acted a fa-thers part to Charles Wesley, shows how clearly this keen-. MRS. SARAH WESLEY. sighted clergyman foresaw the growth of Methodism. Re-plying to Mrs. Gwynnes doubts as to the security of the pro-vision, he writes : The very writings of these two gentlemenare even at this time a verv valuable estate; and when it An Ideal Christian Marriage 771 shall please God to open the minds of men more, and prej-udice is worn off, it will be still more valuable. An ablebookseller has valued a great part of their works at £2,500;but I will venture to say this is not half their value. Theyare works which will last and sell while any sense of truereligion and learning shall remain among us. (Telfordnotes that the Wesleyan Book Room a century later grants£4,000 a year to various eonneetional funds out of itsannual profits, and we may add that the Methodist BookConeern in America has distributed dividends of overSi00,000 a year to worn-out preachers.) Not a cloud was to be seen from morning to night,writes Charles Wesley on the day of
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