John Wesley
John Wesley
John Wesleywas an Anglican cleric and theologian who, with his brother Charles and fellow cleric George Whitefield, is credited with the foundation of Methodism. His work and writings also played a leading role in the development of the Holiness movement and Pentecostalism...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth28 June 1703
men six seven
They say I killed six or seven men for snoring. Well, it ain't true. I only killed one man for snoring.
world care moments
He who governed the world before I was born shall take care of it likewise when I am dead. My part is to improve the present moment.
order soul devil
It is no marvel that the devil does not love field preaching! Neither do I; I love a commodious room, a soft cushion, a handsome pulpit. But where is my zeal if I do not trample all these underfoot in order to save one more soul?
mom mother guiding-principles
My mother was the source from which I derived the guiding principles of my life.
taken trying littles
Try all things by the written word, and let all bow down before it. You are in danger of [fanaticism] every hour, if you depart ever so little from Scripture; yea, or from the plain, literal meaning of an text, taken in connection with the context.
mistake book may
Nay, if there be any mistakes in the Bible, there may as well be a thousand. If there be one falsehood in that book, it did not come from the God of truth
thinking excuse bigotry
Think not the bigotry of another is any excuse for your own.
children pain husband
In the hands of [God's] children, it is food for the hungry, drink for the thirsty, raiment for the naked. it gives to the traveler and the stranger where to lay his head. By it we may supply the place of a husband to the widow, and of a father to the fatherless. We may be a defense for the oppressed, a means of health to the sick, of ease to them that are in pain. It may be as eyes to the blind, as feet to the lame: yea, a lifter up from the gates of death!
christian simple fire
Any 'Christians' who take for themselves any more than the plain necessaries of life, live in an open habitual denial of the Lord. They have gained riches and hell-fire.
christian reading growing
Reading Christians are growing Christians. When Christians cease to read, they cease to grow.
gay flames lust
Gay and costly apparel directly tends to create and influence lust.... The fact is plain and undeniable, it has the effect both on the wearer and beholder. You kindle a flame, which, at the same time consumes both yourself and your admirers ...
god god-is-with-us
The best of it is, God is with us.
book hands generosity
I cannot help leaving my books behind me whenever God calls me hence; but in every other respect, my own hands will be my executors.
be-patient spirit god-love
There is no love of God without patience, and no patience without lowliness and sweetness of spirit.