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
jesus believe mean
I can by no means approve the scurrility and contempt with which the Romanists have often been treated. I dare not rail at, or despise, any man: much less those who profess to believe in the same Master. But I pity them much; having the same assurance, that Jesus is the Christ, and that no Romanist can expect to be saved, according to the terms of his covenant.
supernatural-elements fire people
My fear is not that our great movement, known as the Methodists, will eventually cease to exist or one day die from the earth. My fear is that our people will become content to live without the fire, the power, the excitement, the supernatural element that makes us great.
bible giving-up witchcraft
Giving up witchcraft is, in effect, giving up the Bible.
greatness done communicate
God is so great that He communicates greatness to the least thing that is done for His service.
jesus hate life-changing
Give me 100 men that hate nothing but sin, and love Jesus Christ, and we'll shake England for God.
looks world look-up
I look upon all the world as my parish.
best god
The best thing of all is God is with us.
changed climate famine flood
Years of drought and famine come and years of flood and famine come, and the climate is not changed with dance, libation or prayer.
civilized greater importance relatively verb
The verb is relatively of much greater importance in an Indian tongue than in a civilized language.
distinct express few ideas possible problem require vast
Possible ideas and thoughts are vast in number. A distinct word for every distinct idea and thought would require a vast vocabulary. The problem in language is to express many ideas and thoughts with comparatively few words.
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Indian nouns are extremely connotive; that is, the name does more than simply denote the thing to which it belongs - in denoting the object, it also assigns to it some quality or characteristic.