. Men and women of deep piety. being famous for its clear,forceful English and apt logic. Wesleys short, packed,monosyllabic sentences are a perfect medium for the swiftestlogic the human brain can shape, and they reflect some of theloftiest emotions the human soul can know. While his contributions to literature were almost all of areligious character, and written generally for the express pur-pose of placing helpful spiritual literature in the hands of hisadherents among the common people, yet they have a rank inliterature not unworthy of honor equal to Shakespeare, inas-much as that which qu
. Men and women of deep piety. being famous for its clear,forceful English and apt logic. Wesleys short, packed,monosyllabic sentences are a perfect medium for the swiftestlogic the human brain can shape, and they reflect some of theloftiest emotions the human soul can know. While his contributions to literature were almost all of areligious character, and written generally for the express pur-pose of placing helpful spiritual literature in the hands of hisadherents among the common people, yet they have a rank inliterature not unworthy of honor equal to Shakespeare, inas-much as that which quickens both the spirit and intellect ismore commendable than that which is merely instructive. Yet not for his achievements in the field of literature is hismemory most hallowed today. True, he addressed the largest assemblies of enthusiasticlisteners ever gathered to receive a message, political or relig-ious, from human lips, and that not for a brief campaign,butfor half a century! No statesman or orator has ever equaled 440. John Wesley John Wesley 448 his record, either in the frequency or grand total of his ad-dresses, or his continued and sustained popularity, even whenhe had passed his eightieth year! Yet not because he was a preacher of most convincinglogic, profound weight., and sublime power in the Holy Ghost,is his name held in everlasting remembrance. It is true, he organized the largest and greatest churchknown to Protestantism. From 300 preachers and 76,000laymen at Wesleys death, Methodism grew to 49,000 min-isters in its pulpits, and over 30,000,000 hearers in its pews!It has planted its Gospel banner in every nation!* *See Wesley and His Century,* by W. H. Fitchett,1908. Its polity is such a perfect mechanism for effectual churchorganization and government that it remains today unchangedin its essential features from the original plan of its greatfounder. Macauley says that Wesley had a genius for gov-ernment not inferior to Richelieu. Methodism, in all its var
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