Wesley's Letters: Volume Four Illustrations

CHARLES WESLEY            Frontispiece

            This portrait of Charles Wesley, at the Methodist Publishing House, is supposed to be by Thomas Hudson (1701‑1779), under whom Sir Joshua Reynolds studied for two years. He married the daughter of Thomas Richardson, the portrait painter, and painted George II and Handel. The portrait represents the poet in early life and is regarded as 'an artistic gem.'

THE PARAGUAY INDIANS         80

            An unpublished letter of very great interest, it shows Wesley's confidence in the uplifting power of the Gospel, and his distrust of Romish Missionaries, especially the Jesuits.

WEST STREET, SEVEN DIALS    192

            Wesley began services here on May 29, 1743, and the place which still stands has many memories of the earthquake of 1750, of John Fletcher and the Countess of Huntingdon. A memorial tablet was placed on the front of the chapel by the British Section of the International Methodist Historical Union on May 24, 1928.

            One view shows the chapel as in Wesley's day. On Friday January 19, 1750, Wesley read prayers and Whitefield preached. On Sunday, the 21st, Whitefield read prayers and Wesley preached Next Sunday Wesley read prayers and Whitefield preached in these 'Reconciliation Services.' On Good Friday, 1752, Whitefield preached, leaving Charles Wesley to 'save himself for the Watchnight.' The portrait is by John Russell, R.A., who attended Whitefield's funeral sermon in 1770. The mezzotint is by the noted engraver James Watson (1740‑1790). The rare print belongs to Mr. Edmund S. Lamplough.

LETTER TO PEGGY DALE          304

            Wesley's friendship with the three Dale sisters is one of the happiest of his life. This is the second of the thirty letters he wrote to Peggy Dale, then a girl of twenty. The first is missing.

Edited by Michael Mattei
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