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Wesleyan Conference, French Under this head we propose to give a statement of the spread of Wesleyanism across the English Channel. I. Origin and History. Methodism had to struggle hard and long to obtain a home in France; but the efforts of many years were at length crowned with success. As early as 1779 Methodism … Continue reading “Wesleyan Conference, French”

Wesleyan Conference, British SEE WESLEYANS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Wesleyan Conference, Australian is the general designation of the regular Methodist body in that province of the British empire. I. Origin and History. Methodism in Australia and New Zealand has had the marks of Divine Providence stamped upon it from the beginning. Colonization has been both a source of relief and of impoverishment to the … Continue reading “Wesleyan Conference, Australian”

Wesley, Susannah a remarkable Christian woman, wife of Samuel Wesley, Sr., and mother of John and Charles Wesley, was the youngest daughter of the learned Nonconformist divine Samuel Annesley, LL.D., and was born in London, Jan. 20, 1669. About the year 1681, before she was yet thirteen years of age, she renounced Nonconformity and gave … Continue reading “Wesley, Susannah”

Wesley, Samuel (1), A.M an English Episcopal clergyman, son of John and grandson of Bartholomew Wesley, and father of John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, was born at Winterbourn Whitchurch, Dorsetshire, in 1662. He began his studies in the free-school in Dorchester, and at the age of fifteen went to an academy in London, where … Continue reading “Wesley, Samuel (2), A.M”

Wesley, Samuel (3) an eminent musical genius of England, third son of the Rev. Charles Wesley, was born Feb. 24, 1766. He composed the oratorio of Ruth before he was eight years of age, and in his later years he was considered the most remarkable extemporaneous player in Europe. Among his compositions were, a Grand … Continue reading “Wesley, Samuel (3)”

Wesley, John (2) the founder of Methodism was born at Epworth, Lincolnshire, England, June 17, 1703 (O. S.). His father, Samuel Wesley, rector of Epworth, belonged to an ancient family of high respectability. His mother was the daughter of Dr. Aneslel, a man nobly connected, anti the possessor of a very exalted character. To this … Continue reading “Wesley, John (2)”

Wesley, Charles (3), D.D a clergyman of the Church of England, son of Samuel Wesley, the musician, and grandson of Charles Wesley, A.M., was born at Ridge, a village near St. Albans, Sept. 25, 1793. He was instructed by his father until he was about twelve years old; sent to a school at Wateringbury, near … Continue reading “Wesley, Charles (3), D.D”

Wesley, Charles (1), A.M the hymnnist of Methodism, and one of the sweet singers in Israel, was celebrated also as a preacher and a coadjutor of his brother John in the great evangelical and ecclesiastical movement of their lives and times. I. Life. Charles Wesley was born at the parsonage, Epworth, Lincolnshire, Dec. 18, 1707, … Continue reading “Wesley, Charles (1), A.M”

Wesley, Bartholomew an Episcopal clergyman, great-grandfather of John and Charles Wesley, was born in England about 1595. He received a university education (probably at Oxford), and took orders in the Church of England. He was rector of Catherston and Charmouth, two villages in Dorset, in 1650, and was ejected from both by the Act of … Continue reading “Wesley, Bartholomew”