This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 edition. Excerpt: ... JOHN WESLEY HY is the name of John Wesley honored in every land? V What has given him eminence in ecclesiastical and secular history? True, he was a voluminous writer; having written or abridged over three hundred volumes. He was a polished scholar, and his literary productions are of enduring merit, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 edition. Excerpt: ... JOHN WESLEY HY is the name of John Wesley honored in every land? V What has given him eminence in ecclesiastical and secular history? True, he was a voluminous writer; having written or abridged over three hundred volumes. He was a polished scholar, and his literary productions are of enduring merit, his Journal being ranked with Horace Walpole's "Letters," and Boswell's "Johnson," and his best production, the "Appeal to Men of Reason and ReHgion," being famous for its clear, forceful English and apt logic. "Wesley's short, packed, monosyllabic sentences are a perfect medium for the swiftest logic the human brain can shape, and they reflect some of the loftiest emotions the human soul can know." While his contributions to literature were almost all of a religious character, and written generally for the express purpose of placing helpful spiritual literature in the hands of his adherents among the common people, yet they have a rank in literature not unworthy of honor equal to Shakespeare, inasmuch as that which quickens both the spirit and intellect is more commendable than that which is merely instructive. Yet not for his achievements in the field of literature is his memory most hallowed today. True, he addressed the largest assemblies of enthusiastic listeners ever gathered to receive a message, political or religious, from human lips, and that not for a brief campaign, but for half a century! No statesman or orator has ever equaled his record, either in the frequency or grand total of his addresses, or his continued and sustained popularity, even when he had passed his eightieth year! Yet not because he was a preacher of most convincing logic, profound weight, and sublime power in the Holy Ghost, is his name held in...
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