The illustrated history of Methodism [electronic resource]; the story of the origin and progress of the Methodist church, from its foundation by John Wesley to the present dayWritten in popular style and illustrated by more than one thousand portraits and views of persons . it had set up for itself—a dis-trust not unnatural to the widow ofCharles Wesley, who had lost faith inthe controlling policy ever since the sign-ing of the Deed of Declaration, andlooked for a speedy dissolution as soonas his brother should die. Doctor White-head, his physician and biographer,shared these views. In place o
The illustrated history of Methodism [electronic resource]; the story of the origin and progress of the Methodist church, from its foundation by John Wesley to the present dayWritten in popular style and illustrated by more than one thousand portraits and views of persons . it had set up for itself—a dis-trust not unnatural to the widow ofCharles Wesley, who had lost faith inthe controlling policy ever since the sign-ing of the Deed of Declaration, andlooked for a speedy dissolution as soonas his brother should die. Doctor White-head, his physician and biographer,shared these views. In place of invest-ing this sum she used it until it was ex-pended, and then found herself in diffi- culties. Mr. Wilberforce, hearing of hermonetary straits, for which he blamedthe parsimony of the Methodists,came to her assistance, and the Confer-ence, as soon as the facts were madeknown, voted her an annuity. Sarah,Charles, and Samuel were also generouslyprovided for. It must be rememberedthat the family had drifted away fromMethodist moorings, and that the Con-ference ought not to be rashly blamed. Mrs. Wesley survived until the year1822, dying at the advanced age ofninety-six. Her daughter Sarah, whoremained unmarried, and who was awoman of fine attainments, died when. WKSLEYS CHAPKL IN 1778. on a visit to Bristol six years later, at theage of sixty-eight. The saintly Fletcher remarked on oneoccasion that one of the greatest bless-ings God has bestowed upon the Meth-odists, next to the Bible, is their col-lection of hymns. For this end CharlesWesley was providentially raised up asthe chief instrument; and he took hismission very seriously. Hymn-writingwith him was no genteel occupation, bywhich he sought the praise of men. Heprized the faculty of writing devotionallyrics as something God-given andsacred, a trust committed to him fromheaven, just as the lips of the Hebrewprophet were touched by a live coalfrom off the altar. It was not until his heart underwent 326 The Illustrated
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