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 . the solution of the vexedproblem of the social evil. His ex-periences as chaplain of the L,ock Hos-pital had brought him into immediatecontact with this difficult problem, andhad helped to unsettle his views. Thepublication of the treatise was, of course,disastrous to his reputation and influ-ence; but there is little reaso
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 . the solution of the vexedproblem of the social evil. His ex-periences as chaplain of the L,ock Hos-pital had brought him into immediatecontact with this difficult problem, andhad helped to unsettle his views. Thepublication of the treatise was, of course,disastrous to his reputation and influ-ence; but there is little reason to ques-tion his moral sincerity. He was noAntinomian, like Patty Wesleys hus-band, the miserable Westley 1760 Madan issued a Collection of 21 Wellington. The earl was not only acomposer—he has left us the favoritehymn-tune Mornington—but also afrequent performer on the violin. Hewas an attached friend of Charles Wes-leys, and breakfasted often with theWesley family. Those fond of geneal-ogy will remember that the Wellesleyfamily, of which the earl was represent-ative, was identical with the Wesleyfamily, and that a blood relationship ex-isted between the two men. Not onlyso, but the name of the Mornington fam- 322 The Illustrated History of ARTHUR WELLESLEY, DUKE OF WELLINGTON ily remained Wesley until the year 1797,when Richard Colley, the earls eldestson, then an ambitious young man andrising statesman, concluded from re-searches in the family archives that thehistoric form was Wellesley. Thence-forward both he and his still more dis-tinguished brother Arthur, afterwardDuke of Wellington, wrote their nameas Welles ley, which must be considereda revived antiquarian spelling. Theearl was a diffident but sincere Chris-tian. In a letter addressed to CharlesWesley, dated September 9, 1778, heproclaims his steadfast faith in Christfrom his earliest years. I never talkof religion, he adds, but in my own family; but here I can saywith Joshua, that I and myh
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