| Show reflections D frux from A WINDOW when john wesley commenced lommen t ced eed his religious labors he was in ind ina ing as a minister for the church of england being of a strong devo dional habit habiche ha bithe be gathered around him first his bis fellow students of similar temperament their united warmth soon by contrast implied coldness in the church gas as by law established li and their main ambition became to infuse more life and EO so bring nearer to the people all the rightful pow pou power powen er and influence of their own clergy ann ana church it Is I 1 probable and in it fact certain that secession and new organization was no part of the pro gramme of either kvesley gesley gestey or whitfield Whit neld Beld the iatter latter indeed made no attempt at this although be he was more magnetic netie and created more converts than the former after the ther wes leye passed away the element which had been by them transfused with a more or less aggressive religious fervor fervors soon eoon blossomed jn into to organization everywhere finally ignoring tile the nursing mother after becoming so inal estial as to really sweep through the lower and touch the fringe of the middle elapses classes whose religious culture had been measurably neglected by this their haughty and aristocratic state church As altime time on the memory of the leaders became a almost most saintly in ther thel lesti mation matlon of their successor sand while iu Io creasing numbers and more numerous charels chapels were being built there was growing a more widely extended reverence for the writings and a greater general desire to became become familiar liar ilar with the personal appearance of or the gifted leaders or founders cf of the so called wesleyan methodist dist church among the tiie earliest of our recollections was the tee ever present tribute of esteem that was met in methodist li ahmes mes of those portraits which were to so familiar to our fathers and are now familiar to hundreds and thousands of devoted followers and men bers bera of that church almost around the globe who does notre notie not I 1 member the long black gown and band salad gand sabad sand the curling hair of john as it fell over his shoulder shoulders giving him an almost more than thin human alpe appearance arance of in a great and mighty burk and then the mote moie jolly folly and less saintly appearance appear acce of the tho theroel yoet Cli cil charles charies aries arles similarly eimil arly ariy robed but less cle rieal in appearance and bow much now would the repeat if after many many years of residence in these valleys valley one should suddenly drop ulon these selfsame self same portraits sj s familiar in la childhood out here in this far oft and then linero sj s familiar in la childhood out here in this far oft and then linero abed and ami of city of the great salt lake yet eo so it la Is and right in our leading thoroughfare in the window of a second hand store can be heen feen to day those same tame por per traits precious pre pie clous to many a methodist heart and probably the long cher jabed heirloom of bona eona methodist family now extinct or one compo led for some reason of movement or transmigration to part wib wit h that which to bring here have corn banded a laro laroe large e share ebare of de devotion voton and aud required a great amount of care these should find their way into the eare care care eare of professor nar Bar barfoot foot root and in the I 1 museum aling with other worthies they would invoke among hosts of our aged brethren and a bisters is many thoughts for it was waa partly by their labors that they were lared isred ared to receive tile the gospel in their sabbath schools and la in their communion was enjoyed many happy ho ursand hours houra and while we ave have nave have exchanged what little thing they could give us for that which is Js nobler and greater we need none the less revere their labors in the he great cause of progress in the order and economy of god our children also aho would see them albeit with different dider diner cat ent eyes to what we iid ild lid did but meeting mci mii eting their names in re ro liakou 3 history and coming conning in con cop tact with organizations having more or less resemblance to the original they may also bo be pleased to see gee how men looked who vese wese EO so revered and whose fame and influence as have finally become so extended and widely spread N |
