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JOHN WESLEY
After the
Portrait by J. W. L. Forster.
Photogravure.
Frontispiece
CHAPTER
I
Rev.
John Westley, M.A. - 13
This
likeness of the grandfather of Rev. John Wesley is
the earliest portrait of any member of the Wesley family
Rev. Samuel Wesley; M. A., Rector of Epworth - 15
Detail from the copperplate frontispiece of his Latin
commentary on Job, published in London, 1736
Susanna
Annesley, before her marriage to Rev.
Samuel Wesley - 17
Birthplace
of Susanna Wesley - 20
Spital Yard, London
A
Part of Lincolnshire - 23
CHAPTER
II
Church
of St. Andrew, Epworth - 26
Where Rev. Samuel Wesley was rector, 1696-1735, and
where John and Charles Wesley were christened.
Glimpses
of Epworth - 28
The long walk to the church — The baptismal font and ewer.
The market cross — Interior of St. Andrew's Church.
The
Gateway of Lincoln Castle - 31
Samuel Wesley was imprisoned here for debt.
The
Brand from the Burning - 33
Rescue of John Wesley from the fire in the
Epworth rectory
The
Present Epworth Rectory from the Garden - 36
CHAPTER
III
Sheffield,
Duke of Buckingham - 40
The nobleman who nominated John Wesley to a
scholarship at the Charterhouse.
The
Charterhouse - 42
The Upper Green - playground — The boys' dining room
The chapel in which Wesley worshipped as a boy
Old view of the Charterhouse — Schoolroom
(the
gownboys' dormitory above)
The
Great Dining Hall, Charterhouse - 44
A
Gownboy - 45
The costume worn by John Wesley
as a boy in Charterhouse School
Staircase
to the "Haunted" Chamber - 47
Entrance
to the Charterhouse - 49
CHAPTER
IV
A
Letter from John Wesley at Oxford to the Treasurer of the Charterhouse - 52
The
Front of Christ Church College, Oxford - 54
The college of Samuel, Jr., John, and Charles Wesley
Transcript
by Adam Clarke of a Manuscript
Record Written by Samuel Wesley - 61
Clarke adds: "Transcribed literatim from Mr. J.
Wesley's certificate which seems to have been
drawn up & sent to Bp Potter, to ascertain Mr. J.
Wesley's age previously to his being ordained.
A. Clarke.
Wesley's
Rooms, Lincoln College, and the "Wesley Vine" - 63
Arms of Lincoln College — The chapel — The pulpit
Sketches
of Lincoln College - 65
CHAPTER
V
Rev.
John Wesley and His Friends at Oxford - 71
From the painting by Marshall Claxton
Bocardo,
the Prison, Oxford - 74
Where the Oxford Methodists did works of
"mercy and help"
A
Lesson for the Holy Club - 77
Page of John Wesley's notes on the third chapter
of St. John's gospel, prepared for the Holy Club.
Grave
of Samuel Wesley, Sr., in Epworth Churchyard - 81
The tombstone has a place in Methodist history,
since it served John Wesley for a pulpit when he
was forbidden to preach in his father's church.
CHAPTER
VI
The
Newspaper Notice of the Wesleys' Departure for America - 85
From Walker's Weekly Penny Journal, London,
October 18, 1735
Memorials
of the Wesleys in Georgia - 88
Wesley Church, Fredrica — Ruins of Fort at Fredrica
The Wesley Monumental Church, Savannah
"Wesley's Oak," St. Simon's Island — Wesley Window,
in Monumental Church
A
Fragment of Romance - 92
Passage in Wesley's Manuscript Journal, written in
Georgia, relating to the engagement and marriage of
Miss Sophia Hopkey
CHAPTER
VII
Peter
Böhler - 98
The Moravian who instructed the Wesleys
Streets
Associated with the Conversion of the Wesleys - 100
Nettleton
Court, off Aldersgate Street - 102
The scene of John Wesley's religious crisis
CHAPTER
VIII
View
of Herrnhut - 106
To which Wesley resorted for spiritual instruction, 1738
Plan
of Holborn - 107
Fetter Lane, connecting Holborn and Fleet Street,
is entered close by the old Staple's Inn, still
standing,
as in Wesley's day. Here was the room in which the
memorable love feast was held on New Year's Day,
1739, and here also was the old chapel which the
Moravians secured in 1749.
Hannam
Mount, Kingswood - 108
A favorite field-pulpit of Wesley and Whitefield
Scenes
about Old Kingswood - 110
Wesley's oriel window — The garden behind the
school — Wesley's walk
Old Kingswood, main building
The
"New Room in the Horsefair" - 112
The First House Built for Methodist Preaching
The room above the chapel where the first "class" met.
Interior of the preaching room.
The
Foundry Chapel, Moorfields, London - 114
The old artillery foundry, as remodeled for use
as a Wesleyan chapel.
Vicinity
of City Road and Foundry in Eighteenth Century - 115
Wesley's
Chapel, City Road, London - 117
As it originally appeared in 1778
Where the Ecumenical Conference met, 1881
City Road Chapel, 1901
Interior
of City Road Chapel - 118
At the time of the Ecumenical Conference of 1901
Wesley's
House, City Road, London - 119
CHAPTER IX
A
Quarterly Ticket - 123
A
Quarterly Ticket, 1764 - 125
A
Quarterly Ticket, 1765 - 126
A
Quarterly Ticket, 1789 - 127
The
Rev. Samuel Wesley, Jr. - 129
Published after his death; the legend is, "late
master of the grammar school at Tiverton, elder
brother of the Rev. John Wesley."
Wesley
Preaching on His Father's Tomb in Epworth
Churchyard - 133
Methodism in Wesley's County, A. D. 1903 - 138
The heavy black dots represent the location of
Wesleyan chapels in Lincolnshire
Monument
to Susanna Wesley, City Road, London - 140
Grave
of Susanna Wesley, Bunhill Fields, London - 140
CHAPTER
X
John
Nelson - 146
John
Nelson's Birthplace - 147
Birstall, Yorkshire
Mrs.
John Fletcher (Mary Bosanquet) - 149
One of the women who were "called to preach."
Cross
Hall - 151
Home of Mary Bosanquet Fletcher
CHAPTER
XI
The
Rev. George Whitefield, A.M. - 155
Chaplain to the Countess of Huntingdon
Selina,
Countess of Huntingdon - 159
Called "The Queen of the Methodists"
The
Last Resting Place of Lady Huntingdon - 162
Church of St. Helen's, Ashby — Huntingdon
Family Tombs
Trevecca
Farmhouse, Trevecca College - 164
Here John Wesley, John Fletcher, and George
Whitefield stayed when they went to open
Trevecca College, 1768.
Opened by Lady Huntingdon, 1768, now
controlled by the Calvinistic Methodists
The
Whitefield Cenotaph - 167
South Presbyterian Church, Newbury, Mass.
CHAPTER
XII
John
Wesley, the Founder of Kingswood - 172
From the original preserved in the dining hall
of the new Kingswood School, Bath
Wesley
Preaching at Bolton Cross - 177
The
Press Gang - 180
After the cartoon by Gilray
CHAPTER
XIII
The
Rules of an Assistant - 184
From the notes of the first Conference
"The
Hole in the Wall" - 186
The entrance from the Horsefair, Bristol, to the
chapel where the second Conference was held
The
Old Chapel, Derby, 1765 - 188
An example of early Wesleyan building
Barnard
Castle Chapel, 1765 - 190
William
Shent's House - 192
The site and probably the house in which the first
Methodist sermon in Leeds was preached, 1743.
Shent was barber and preacher.
The
Modern Kingswood School, Bath - 193
John
Wesley's Study, Bristol - 194
Here Adam Clarke first met Wesley (1782)
Facsimile
of an Agreement Made by the Preachers in 1752 - 197
CHAPTER
XIV
J.
Fletcher, Madeley - 202
Contemporary
Portraits of Wesley - 203
TL — Engraved by Bromley for the European
Magazine, April 1, 1791
TR — By J. Tookey. Published April 2, 1791
BL — Reputed portrait of Wesley at the age of 25
BR — By Robert Hunter, 1765. Wesley called it
"a striking likeness."
Rev.
Augustus Montague Toplady - 207
From the Gospel Magazine, 1777
Rev.
Rowland Hill - 209
CHAPTER
XV
Poor
Old Ireland - 214
Interior of a cabin — Irish farm — Fisher's hovel
Views
in Aberdeen - 217
College staircase — The college
Marischal College, where Wesley preached, 1761
House
in Carnarvon - 220
Wesley lodged here on his visits to Wales,
1747, 1748, 1749
CHAPTER
XVI
The
Old Boggart House, Leeds - 225
Where the Conference of 1769 was held, in
which the first Wesleyan missionaries volunteered
for America
Wesley
Chapel, "Old John Street Church," New York - 227
The preaching house, which stands back from
the street, was build in 1768.
The
First Methodist Chapels in Maryland - 229
Bush Chapel and Stone Chapel, where Robert
Strawbridge preached the Gospel
Title-page
of Wesley's "Calm Address" - 232
Embittered American feelings against his preachers
The
Ordained Missionaries to America - 235
Thomas Vasey — Richard Whatcoat
Thomas Coke
CHAPTER
XVII
John
Wesley Preaching at Gwennap Pit - 241
Pulpit
of St. Paul's, Bedford - 245
Standing here, Wesley preached his famous
sermon on The Great Assize, 1758
Glimpses
of St. Mary's, Oxford - 247
Porch, with statue of the Virgin
Undergraduates' gallery
Pulpit
The
Broad Walk, Christ Church, Oxford - 249
West
Street Chapel, London - 251
The
Orphan House, Newcastle - 253
Wesley's attic study, old Newcastle Orphanage
Old Orphan House, 1742 — New Orphanage and
Wesleyan School
Some
of Wesley's Preaching Places - 255
Cottage chapel, John Clarke's
Preaching room at John Clarke's
Double-decked chapel, Nottingham
Where Wesley preached, Cradley
Cover
and Contents of the First Number of the Arminian
Magazine - 257
Wesley's Editorial Salutatory - 258
John Wesley's Shorthand Writing - 260
Title-page of Wesley's First Tune Book - 262
Wesley's Favorite Tune, by Lampe - 263
Rev. Charies Wesley, A.M - 265
Portrait
published in the Arminian Magazine, 1792
CHAPTER XVIII
John Wesley at the Age of Sixty-three - 269
Shoreham Church - 272
Parish
church of Wesley's friend, Vincent Perronet
The Birthplace of John Fletcher, Nyon, Switzerland
- 275
Rev.
John Fletcher was vicar
Madeley Church and Vicarage - 277
Ordained
by John Wesley, August 5, 1788
Part of a Letter from John Wesley to John
Fletcher - 279
Certificate of Robert Gamble as Elder -
281
Contemporary Portraits of John Wesley - 283
By T. Holloway, published March 1, 1792
By John Russell, of Wesley at 86
Ridley's engraving
Ridley's engraving from the drawing by
Eldridge, published March 1, 1792
CHAPTER XIX
The High Church, Hull - 286
When nearly 83, Wesley preached here twice
to throngs. Next day he rode 76 miles, preached
thrice, and at night was "no more tired than when
I rose in the morning."
Wesley's Study - 287
His workroom in the house in City Road, London
Facsimile of Wesley's Signature, 1790 - 288
From the manuscript record of Bristol Conference
Minutes
The Last Entry in Wesley's Cash Account -
289
"N.B. — For upwards of eighty-six years I have
kept my accounts exactly. I will not attempt it any
longer, being satisfied with the continual conviction
that I get all I can, and give all I can, that is, all I
have."
The House at Leatherhead in which Wesley Preached His Last Sermon- 290
Old oaken
staircase — Main entrance — Rear
entrance
One of Wesley's Last Letters, February 5,
1791 - 291
Alluding to the Bath journey, which he
did not live to take
Furniture which Belonged to John Wesley -
293
Still preserved in the City Road vestry and
Wesley's house
Wesley's Last Hymn - 294
With the Huguenot tune to which it was sung
From the Tune Book of 1742
John Wesley's Deathbed (from the Painting
by Parker) - 296
Key to the Painting "John Wesley's Deathbed"
- 297
Death Mask of John Wesley - 299
From the plaster-mold of his face taken after
his death
Tomb of the Rev. John Wesley - 300
Wesley's Tablet in City Road - 301
CHAPTER XX
John Wesley (from the Painting by J. Jackson)
- 305
Wesley's Field Bible, with case - 308
The Title-page of Wesley's Field Bible - 309
Handed down from president to president of
the Wesleyan Conference, as a badge of office
Mrs. Pendarves - 311
Afterward Mrs. Delany, with whom John
Wesley corresponded
Mrs. John Wesley - 314
Mrs. Vazeille, to whom John Wesley was
married, 1751
Memorial Tablet to John and Charles Wesley
in Westminster Abbey - 316
The Wesleyan Centenary Statue, City Road,
London - 318
Unveiled March 2, 1891
Seal of John Wesley - 319
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