JOHN WESLEY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 710, 8 January 1910, Page 9

JOHN WESLEY.

■'•':' IN ENGLISH-' ;':;:■:; : . ; - .;ii:\:''i : : : .:^'- HISTORY.":;; : : : . ■■ :-'-:r';i;.''^' v ' -" Bri'-Butleiy. the venerable.': Master r ofV- v . Trinity," has',, been lecturing on John/ '--■■ ; ' W'eslcy at llidley Hall.'"He spoko of him-"'.,-; ias>"that. great.Christian; John. Wesley.": ; ; ' '-■{ "Though ae'< was not for i the; : :;, ; great -soul he .was-in'^his -own,.' day and'. '■■-; Koneration^: ho has:now -passed'into; ; the; ~;,': list'of the great' Englishmen 'whoiruje. "/ "■; our. spirits'fromHlieii , ':urn , s'.v';.\His'in-''. /: : Dnenco:. increases .rather"than; diminishes." '.; «f; Methodism, to-day. is.,'a;living"force,Vei- .'.-;;;. creising a'wido: and : beneiicent ministry, y, ;■ - .ancVjdoipg^a.''.great , .work:.for;Englan'd.'."':.; ■;•:.' -•Speaking of ..the "great/,'day/.' .iiiV'Wcs'-" '■. '.' :; . ley's'life,jWednesflay, May; 24,' 1738,', l he" VBTpte: "I.- felt" ; .iny>:heart .strangely''.:: v warmed/' Dr..Butler saidi.that'-thisvwas: • '•:■:.•■■■'• .inde9di,]iply.'groundi; a'nd^it. , :' passed■{flip -i : -' y '-- ..limitsjof.'hnmari language:to-divine;tli'e,v'.V.'; experijijrice':,of" that.'memorable'; day.' : '. It: , :: ';':■■ was :sufficient'-;to'.kn6>y;. that -at that mo-:" £;? raent/; to '.iise; the';.Trot'ds■• of ■ Lecky,.--•'.'A'--.,'. '■.'.■ new.; epoch: ,was opened;' in; English:,-His-' ■ •'. '■:;■: ■: ■tow/^',■p^;"■B.^Uer':^^m'phasisβd■ I ■ : ceasity; of;, ihp',;individual yxpe'rience v''■!'■■ AlderSgato" ; Street ■' if : 'tho' men -. before ■' him"; : '■■■ '■'■■' were",to - , , ; live;- truly ''successful' '. lives l >;,'in "": : ;' ; the ■ work /! to ; which they ■ ; were '"'called, s ;.:>;■) "Dr.Tßutle'r/iVas-much moved,"., says the .'.'v' ,'T.ecprder," "when speaking of.the death ■•';'?; ;of C)iarles;W.esley,''and'the grief of John '. ; v;4 ■at'/his'.-loSs.', At'.the.' Bennce-after'. , -.th'e'- v i v '. , ■•■; '. death'.pf •.'•Charles, • .when.: John"-. ■Wesley/'^.;,''--i tried to announce the -' ;: .''"': i':*;•>,- ".' Comei'-'Cj.' Thou Traveller ''unknown,'" i4^; ''.■; ' Whbm : :still; I hold, but cainot see,'. ■'■, / - ;:" ■; 'My.'.companyJbefore.is; gone,' ,;■.■;-:;-;;*•;-•'■, :;:';'' ■• And*r.'.a'm;'left r .albne',.with..Thee.*;. :'.'■'.'.■ 'he; 'burst; into a',, flood Pbf-.tea'rK'-'andr , '.-.-; covered-his , ;face' Trith-' his hands. , "-:; .v;;. .>:' ,V