The history of Methodism . roll of theEvangelical Revival, from the Oxford days of Wesley tothe rise of Charles vSimeons ascendency at Cambridge, thereis not one star at once so bright and so particularas Jean Guillaume de la Flechere, or, as we all now knowhim, John Fletcher. That such a one as Fletcher shouldever come to be identified with English Methodism wouldhave been sufficiently strange; that he should have beendeemed by Wesley fittest of all men to become its leader anduniversal pastor in succession to himself is beyond most things wonderful. 683 684 British Methodism For Fletcher was
The history of Methodism . roll of theEvangelical Revival, from the Oxford days of Wesley tothe rise of Charles vSimeons ascendency at Cambridge, thereis not one star at once so bright and so particularas Jean Guillaume de la Flechere, or, as we all now knowhim, John Fletcher. That such a one as Fletcher shouldever come to be identified with English Methodism wouldhave been sufficiently strange; that he should have beendeemed by Wesley fittest of all men to become its leader anduniversal pastor in succession to himself is beyond most things wonderful. 683 684 British Methodism For Fletcher was a Swiss, purely and intensely Swiss,by birth and education. His father was a scion of a noblelineage in Savoy, and allied to the bouse of Sardinia. AfterJohn Fletchers marriage his wife found in his desk a seal. Is this yours? she asked. Yes, replied the poor coun-try parson, but I have not used it for many Because it bears a coronet nearly such as isthe insignia of your English dukes. Were I to use that seal,. NYON, WHERE JOHN FLETCHER WAS HORN. it might lead to frivolous inquiries about my family, and sub-ject me to the censure of valuing myself on such fine old family mansion still stands, in the town ofNyon, on the north shore of the Lake of Geneva. Like manyof the more ancient houses in Switzerland, the entrance is bya spiral stone staircase which opens into a spacious hall. Onone side of this is the room that Fletcher occupied in one ofhis visits to his fatherland, and it still retains his veneratedname. One of the windows commands a view of a beautifulwood, his favorite haunt in meditative hours, and beyond a The Scion of a Noble House 685 far-extended landscape, varied with hill and dell, vineyardsand pastures, bounded by the dark chain of the Jura Moun-tains. At a few paces distance from the chateau there is aterrace which overlooks one of the finest prospects in thatromantic country. The whole expanse of Lake Leman isspread out. Tracing it
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