The Journal of John Wesley

Percy Livingstone Parker, Percy Livingstone Parker

• Publisher: Moody Publishers
• Year: 1951
• ISBN:
  9780802488053
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Religious Biographies

"Christians will findtheir hearts warmed as they read this diary of one whose heart was intensely warmed by the love of God." --Bibliotheca Sacra

The influence of John Wesley on the history of the modern Christian Church is inestimable. Not only did his extensive evangelistic work in England and the United States have a very powerful effect, but his devotional meditations have become loved and cherished by Christians everywhere. John Wesley's complete journal, which he added to daily, encompasses twenty-six volumes describing his experiences and deep inner spiritual life and growth. During his lifetime, portions of this journal were published in four volumes. Here in this handy paperback are selections from this work, giving easy access to the ardent meditations and unique experiences of this man of God. A new understanding of John Wesley and his ministry will be gained from reading this journal, but more important, it offers a new understanding of the God he served.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• EDITOR’S NOTE
• CONTENTS
• Introduction
• An Appreciation
• 1. Wesley as a Missionary to Georgia
• 2. Troubles in Georgia; Return to England; Peter Böhler; “I Felt My Heart Strangely Warmed”
• 3. Field-Preaching; “All the World My Parish”; Whitefield; Wales; Experience with Demons
• 4. Preaching Incidents; Wesley’s Labor Colony; Dispute with Whitefield; Curious Interruptions; The Mother of the Wesleys
• 5. Wesley Refused Sacrament at Epworth; Cornwall and the Scilly Isles; Natural Amphitheater and Gwennap; Wesley in Danger
• 6. First Methodist Conference; Press Gangs and Mobs; Wesley’s Protest Against Ungodliness
• 7. Severe Weather; Ireland; Wesley’s Protest Against Lawlessness
• 8. Wesley and the Soldiers; In Ireland and Wales Again; Wesley Burned in Effigy; Wesley as Editor
• 9. Wesley’s Marriage; Dealings with Cornwall Smugglers; His Illness and Recovery
• 10. Retirement in Paddington; Wesley Slandered; Premonitions; A Dream
• 11. “I Do Indeed Live by Preaching”; Wesley’s Advice to Travelers; Trances; Wesley and the French Prisoners
• 12. Wesley’s Letter to an Editor; Impositions and Declaration; The Speaking Statue; Wesley’s Pentecost
• 13. Wesley in Scotland Again; Methodist Wealth; “No Law for Methodists”; Exhausting Days; Whitefield
• 14. Justice for Methodists; Methodist Character; Instructions to Parents; Wesley’s Opinion of Mary Queen of Scots
• 15. Wesley Opens a New Church; Comments on Rousseau, Geology, Swedenborg, and Riding Horseback; Gwennap and 20,000 People; Death of Whitefield
• 16. Windsor Park; Wesley as Art Critic; Glasgow and Perth; At Seventy, Wesley Preaches to 30,000 People
• 17. Wesley Arrested; A Terrible Ride; A Methodist Isaac Newton; Wesley and the American War
• 18. On the Isle of Man; City Road Chapel; Wesley Visits Lord George Gordon
• 19. An Ideal Circuit; Wesley in His Eighties; Wesley Visits Holland; Incidents in Scotland
• 20. Wesley Collects Money for the Poor; Visits the House of Lords; His Reasons for His Long Life; “How Is the Tide Turned!” Last Entries
• Wesley’s Last Hours