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William Henry Meredith

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Description:Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. John Wesley, Missionary. missioner, John Wesley styled himself with reference to his work in America. He was born into a decidedly missionary atmosphere. Amidst the many duties of his Ep- worth parish, his father planned an elaborate missionary scheme by which he designed to care for the British settlers, from Saint Helena to the farther Eastern countries. Surat was to become his center. Abyssinia he would ever try to pierce into that country himself. Romanists were to be reached by books. As for the pure heathen, he proposed to learn the Hindustan language; and when he had got master of their notions and way of reasoning, endeavor to bring over some of their Brahmins and common people to the Christian religion. All he asked was that one hundred pounds per annum might be allowed me, and forty I must pay my curate in my absence, and provision for my family in case of my decease in those countries. Within a century after he wrote these words the followers of his son had undertaken this very work. Once again the Ep- worth Rectory is all ablaze with missionary fire. General Oglethorpe has gone to Georgia. He sailed with one hundred and sixteen persons in November, 1732. Poor debtors and Protestant exiles from other countries were to have a chance to live and prosper there. The Epworth rector and his oldest son, Samuel, were enthusiastic in the cause. He says, Ten years ago I would gladly have devoted the remainder of my life and labors to that place. Samuel Wesley, Jr., gave six guineas and a pewter chalice and patine for present use in Georgia until silver ones were had. A year later he secured two silver chalices and two patines for the use of the first Church in the town of Savannah. The church and the services perished in the flames. The Custom-ho...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Real John Wesley. To get started finding The Real John Wesley, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 74

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: General Books

Release: 2012

ISBN: 1458935493

Description: Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. John Wesley, Missionary. missioner, John Wesley styled himself with reference to his work in America. He was born into a decidedly missionary atmosphere. Amidst the many duties of his Ep- worth parish, his father planned an elaborate missionary scheme by which he designed to care for the British settlers, from Saint Helena to the farther Eastern countries. Surat was to become his center. Abyssinia he would ever try to pierce into that country himself. Romanists were to be reached by books. As for the pure heathen, he proposed to learn the Hindustan language; and when he had got master of their notions and way of reasoning, endeavor to bring over some of their Brahmins and common people to the Christian religion. All he asked was that one hundred pounds per annum might be allowed me, and forty I must pay my curate in my absence, and provision for my family in case of my decease in those countries. Within a century after he wrote these words the followers of his son had undertaken this very work. Once again the Ep- worth Rectory is all ablaze with missionary fire. General Oglethorpe has gone to Georgia. He sailed with one hundred and sixteen persons in November, 1732. Poor debtors and Protestant exiles from other countries were to have a chance to live and prosper there. The Epworth rector and his oldest son, Samuel, were enthusiastic in the cause. He says, Ten years ago I would gladly have devoted the remainder of my life and labors to that place. Samuel Wesley, Jr., gave six guineas and a pewter chalice and patine for present use in Georgia until silver ones were had. A year later he secured two silver chalices and two patines for the use of the first Church in the town of Savannah. The church and the services perished in the flames. The Custom-ho...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Real John Wesley. To get started finding The Real John Wesley, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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