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Show nOHN ; I WESLEV AND THE GREAT WORK HE ACCOMPLISHED IN HIS PARISH OF THE WORLD. John Wesley, whoso lltrtnnlal millions of Methodists re eutly eele-- h rated was born and bred In the Episcopal or established church of England, whose ministry he entered tn early life. He never tailed to her name In his prayers and he died in her full communion. Of Wesley the late Dean Farrar of Canter"He loved the rhtnxj bury said: h He saved which haled hint. church of England although at first aha no angrily and rontemptuousily re under the Influence of one ot them. Peter Buhler, John became convinced ant of that faith "whereby of his Including be used in such diversions t as cannot the name of the Lord Je- ments. ' sus. Thus was laid the broad platform of the spirit and creed on which was to stand the great Methodist churdh and Inspire Its fervent zeal, its social temper, its philanthropies and Ita spiritual character. But Wesley was finally driven, much against his desire, to make a distinct separation of his societies frpm the The brothers bechurch of England gan to administer the sacrament, and thus full provision was made for the societies, although many Methodists continued to attend the communion of the Anglican church The irregularities alarmed the prelates of the day and even the Rev. Samuel chaiacterized the action of his brother, John VVeriey, as "schismatic." But through it all the mother stood by John in his new movement and attendance at the infant Methodist church in the Foundra chapel, when It withdrew from the Fetter lane alone we are saved v This was emphasized by his experience with a man under sentence of death, and the Influence of this was such that on May 24, 1728, he came to the full belief in the new creed, which before had been as a sealed bok to him This revolutionized the whfile character and method of hla ministry. Of the event Hev Hugh Price Hughes wrote. The ruble on was crossed Toe Joe ted him. John Wesley was born In th ret sweeping aildc of ecclesiastical tradl- turn of the apostolic lory at Epworth. Eug., June IT- - 17 i3. tic, ns. the bis O, 8. When John war but 8 the succession, Be urdinalkn with own hand-- of presbyters and blsnops, duke of Buckingham, lord hrs! thi Aral orgat iatlon f a separate .1 not to Quean Anne gave him a !! ird foliv cjiiipjieci church, were all amhlp in the famous nl.toi 01 tb Charterhouse In i oiu'oii logically involved in what took place achcol, that night While at the Charter it u "The conviction in May, 1716, au explo,iun destroyed a lecky ih dated cannon factory at Moo, deels, f biu wbi? h t ti Hashed upon one of the most powerful and most active intelw lcb the proprietor iroved to Woollects in l.rjoand Is the true source of wich and established the royal a This shattered foundry, teu-ty-tbre- Engl sft Methodism. ' Wesley soon organized a corps or society. reyears afterword, Wesh-John Wesley was summoned before stored and converted into the mother help rs, went forth to prodaim the church of the whole family of Method-to- t gospel of his famous sermon before Edmund Gibson, bishop of London, but after a severe catechizing the latter churches on every continent. Al- the university of Oxford on "By You can read the acts and laws saved the said. faith are would keyseat It 1,8)0 persona, ye through though as well as 1. I determine nothing." It often became so crowded that ad- note of all his subsequent ministry. On New Years eve, 1738 9, seven of Notwithstanding this, the bishop shortjournment was necessary to the open Oxford Methodists til ministers ly issued a pastoral letter, in which he the 1771 In and completed Wesley fields, asd opened, Not. 1, the Wesley chap- of the church of England and some charged the Methodists with boasting serv- and enthusiasm, and finally excluded el, cm City road, London. This has sixty others held a "watch-nigh- t been many times renovated, hut the ice and love feast, both of which Charles Wesley from the vicarage at present shell of the building, the gal- were subsequently Ingrained into uni- Islington. Again, In 1740 the bishop summoned leries and rail are all of Wesley's versal Metbodlst custom. "Watch-night- " was first established as a regWesley before him, but when he had time, and the place, filled with mementoes. ta still a Merca for all lov- ular custom at Kings wood, Dec. 31, concluded hts examination, he said: Tf this be all you mean, publish it to 1740. ers of Methodist history. Whltefleld had already begun to the world, an Injunction which Wesla mo Wesley left the Charterhouse for Christ Church college, preach in the open air, and Wesley ley gladly obeyed. But field preaching again alarmed taking with him a school ex- adopted the custom with some mishibition prize of (300 a year, but he givings, which were modified by his the bishop, and in another pastoraf he hover loot his veneration and love for remembrance of the Sermon on the classed the Methodists with deists, Mount." finder his preaching at Bris- papists and other disturbers of the hie first school was deWesley's mind turned to asceticism, tol multitudes broke out Into strange- kingdom of God." Wesley otherwise and In nounced with rrtee and physlpamphlets shouts, ritusingular church with high beliefs, strong alistic tendencies and a mystical bias, from which, however, he emerged In JT26, to the doctrine of present salvation from guilt and fear through the Indwelling of Christ, a belief opposed alike to high churchmaushtp and to Calvinism, la the same year Weaiey and his mother renounced the doo trine of predestination, Wesley was ordained deacon by Bishop John Potter of Oxford, Sept 11, 1736, and priest Sept 23, 1728. Ills first sermon was at South Leigh 4e Oxfordshire In 1728. On hia 33d birthday he was elected fellow of Lincoln college- .- His father, then bad bat 3Q to keep his family until after the harvest but he wrote in high spirits, what will be ray fiws fate God knows, but wherever 1 am . ay Jack Is a fellow of Lincoln. Lincoln college, within whose walls Methodism was cradled, was founded tm the fifteenth century by two bishops of Lincoln, in order to counteract heresies dangerous to the church, but John Wesley, tbe revolutionist was connected with It more than a quarter of a century, and its name appears a the title pages of ail his works. He became Greek lecturer, and from then to the close of his life was a hard and wide student, Hebrew, Greek, Arabic, Latin, logic, ethics, metaphysics, natural ' philosophy, poetry and divinity entering into his weekly plan of study. In 1727, only 21 years old, he obtained the degree of cal Sianifestatlons such as marked the as a restless deceiver, s Jesuit In dismaster of arts. His financial struggles great atsqkenlng In New England. guise and a dissenter, while his folwere over and by strict economy he Wesley never encouraged such phe- lowers were called young quacks in was thenceforth able to help hla fath- nomena, but made every effort to con- divinity, buffoons in religion, movers er and hla family. trol them, sometimes regarding the in sedition and ringleaders of the rabHtffhlher was now 65 year old, fits as a device of Satan to stop the ble. e and to fin the small living of Moots work. However, the evangelists beIn answer to the clergyman who In addition to that of Epworth, he lieved that the large majority were in his parish, his preaching needed a curate. So, although John the result of real conviction for sin, Wesley quoted the Scriptural comwas offered a school at good. Income, and one of Wesleys recent biograph- mand and closed with his famous he acted on his own Judgment, prompt- ers of tbe Anglican church gives words; Whom shall I hear, then, God ed by hie filial devotion and his moth- credit for their genuine character. or man? 1 look upon all the world as ers advice, went to his father's aid in The foundation of the first Method- my parish." Lincolnshire, and there remained more ist "preaching robna in the world was Therefore, In 1742, he spent the year than two years. This was his only laid In Bristol May 12, 1739, and was in extending his parish. preaching parochial work. afterward known as the old room In in various places in London, Bristol, Tbe name of Methodist was first the Horse fair. Wesley was obliged Wales, Newcastle-on-Tynand other bestowed upon ChariesWezley, Johns to raise-th- e funda. an4hecameIhe places, but was ref used tbe opportunolder brother and hla friends, because owner. In this way nearly all the ity to assist the curate in his tether's ef their strict conformity to the meth- ebapela built la hla early career were old church at Epworth. As the conod of study prescribed by the uni- vested for a while. Afterward trusts gregation came out, however, he anversity, but John Wesley became the were created and by his deed of dec- nounced that he would preach that father of Methodism, which he gave laration all his Interests In these evening from his fathers tomb in the new interpretation in his English buildings wereHransferred to hla In- churchyard, the sight of which wxs so One who lives accord- corporated conference. dictionary, Inspiring that the people pressed him The Methodist classes and class to stay longer, and for eight days he ing to the method laid down In the Bible., meetings were Inaugurated In 1742, the occupied the same pulpit, consecrated John Wesley returned to Oxford as original purpose blending the raising by the ashes of the dead rector. a tutor la 1723, and there found The of funds by contributions from memTo those services Methodism is LinHoly club " w filch had been started bers with spiritual consolation, educa- colnshire owes is organized churches, ' his brother Charles two years be- tion and. uplift. which in 1901 numbered mors than fore. He almost immediately became while 28,000 members. first organisations, Wesley's Ha leader, and so continued until 1735. they partook largely of the character In 1745 Wesley added to hts other This movement was spiritual, humani- of modern churches, were railed socithe calling out of lay Irregularities tarian and scriptural. Its first and con- eties, and he did not then aspire to preachers, and when this step was stant work being the study of the Bl any other designation. The first waa challenged he declared We.,. Among Us .members wag. George .jammed in. London .in ,April, 1,739. clergymen lay ..me und er , more dlScuL Whltefleld, who, until he was 15 years Before long, however, the Wesleys ties than laymen." eld. drew ale for customers at his were excluded from the pulpits of the The clergy was enraged and used father's Inn in Gloucester. He was Anglican church, and by 1740 the every means to silence him and disconverted in 1735,. in his fist year, clergy excluded them imd thetr con- perse his meetings. Some of his lay and at one became a member of tbe verts from the Lord's table. The so- preachers were stoned, beaten and club. cieties grew In number, and on Feb left for dead by mobs, but Wesley The Wesleys, to whom Whltefleld 23, 1743, John Wesley sent out the kept sturdily on, mindful that bis had become greatly attached, sailed general rules la hia own name, mother had been a lay preacher fit for Georgia in October, 1735, and in signed later by Charles Wesley also the rectory at Epworth. and many their absence Whttefleld set the world In these the society was defined as women joined the ranks of those comto talking by sack preaching as had a company of men haring the form missioned to give the gospel to every never before been heard in England. and seeking the power of godliness, creature. He ofleu gavethlrty sermons a month, unltedin order" to ' pray together,- - to He begun," continued and ended his people, hearing him receive the word of exhortation, and to work not to destroy the Ecglish i and the common gladly, thousands were converted. watch over one another In love, that church, but to vitalize and spiritualize to The Wesleys heard of him and ap- they may help each other work out it. His societies were Intended as auxiliaries to the established church pealed to him to come to America, their salvation. and he passed them on hie Western There wag but one condition for ad- and ever subord nate to it Hi sey trip across te ocean as they were re- mission a desire to flee from the arstlon from it grew little by little. At all his conference? he opposed a turning. wrath to come and to be saved from This was In 1738., On the arrival of ) their sins. But to show fruits It was schism, until the independence f tho Wesley brothers in England they expected that all should evidence their America brought him fare to face with were' thrown in contact with certain desire "by doing no harm, by avoid- a new problem. The Vehdist tore Moravians, who kept alive the olJ ing evil in every kind, especially that were left without an orda'mri minis' A t of Justificattoa by faith, and which was most generally practiced. try capable of administering t! e ssVra - d e Ox-fbr- d, lor-had- e g . soul-savin- g -- They looked their father and asked BATTLE FIELDS ON WHICH HISTORY HAS BEEN MADE to Wesley what they ju should do. The crlsih was reached In 1784. Tfears before Wesley had been convinced that in the primitive church bishops and presbyters had the rigbt to ordain, and he now proceeded to exercise that right, influenced thereto chiefly by the demands of his American followers, but partly by Scripture, history and reason." On Sept. 2. 1784, Rev John Wesley, Thomas Coke and James Creighton, "presbyters of the church of England, formed a presbytery, and ordained Richard Wbatcoat and Thomas Vasey as elders and Thomas Coke. LL. D. superintendent for the church of God under our rare In America When the term bishop was afterward substituted for the superintendent by the Methodist Episcopal church, he teraciously opposed it, al though he made no objection to the designation Episcopal. Wesley was In his 82d year when was thus conhis act of separation summated, much to tbe surprise and on chagrin of Charles. He died March 2, 1791. In four instances John Wesley became a lover before he made tbe mistake of marrying, at the age of 48, one who proved unworthy of hie affection. Miss Betty Kirk ham, sister of one of his early Methodist friends, was hts first love, and his correspondence with her was of the most romantic nature, suited to the chivalrous fashion of the in day. Afterward he corresponded lover style with Mrs. Pendarves, who, however, married a Delany, and then came his affair with Mlsa Hop-kein Georgia, Into which he was drawn by his guileless and unsuspicious nature. But the broken courtship which brought him most pain was with Mrs. Grace Murray. She was a sailors Col. Yanke, a retired German officer has Just read a leiture before the members of the Berlin Geographical society on the results of a Journey last year through Asia Minor, undertaken for the purposes of historical and geographical investigation. The starting point of the journey was Alexandretta. and The route followed waa first to Smyrna, then by ship to Rhodes, Messina, and Adana, on the Cilician coast. An excursion to Pompeiopolis was made, as a ell as one from Alexandretta to Bailan and the Ballan pass. The latter, l)lng 680 metres above the level of the sea, afforded a beautiful view of the Plain of Antioch and the Kara-sValley. On returning to the battlefield of Issus, where Alexander the Great defeated Darius, surveys were made, which excited much curiosity among the population. Two other passes, mentioned by Strabo and Xenophon, were also visited, one forming a defile along the coast The battlefield of Issus Is crossed by two rivers, and the common opinion was that the river which proved disastrous to Darius was the most northerly one. The lecturer regarded this assumption as erroneous, as the river fn question had high steep banks. The southern river must, therefore, have been the one which Darius had in his rear. Misled by his scouts as to the movements of the Macedonian army, he committed the same mistake which was so fatal to him at Granicus, drawing up his troops on too limited a ground in front of the river. The lecturer considered that the estimate of 600 000 men as the strength of the Persian army was excessive, since so large a body of troops could never have had room on the battlefield The number was probably only 60,000. Alexander, who had recovered from his illness caused by bathing In the Cydnus more rapidly than his opponent had expected, surprised the Persians in their unfavorable position and defeated them. From Issus the lecturer continued his journey over the Cilician Gate and the Taurus range to the salt steppes In the Interior of the country. The opportunity was taken to survey the course and the valley of the Kokun su. The valley leads up to the Taurus and forms at the top a level 23i metreb in width, encompassed by high rocks, which must have been passed over by armies in ancient times on their marches from the coast to the northwest. Trips were made from Smyrna to At Pergamon, Ephesus, and Troy Troy a party of thirty ladies and gentlemen archaeologists, who were visiting the hills of Hissarllc under the guidance of Prof. Dorpfeld, was met. From this point the neighboring battlefield on the Granicus (Karaboga) was visited. At the spot where Darius suffered his first defeat at the hands of Alexander, the Granicus is only a si allow expanse of water whlcb can be waded without difficulty and which has, doubtless, been often crossed by armies. Correspondence of London Standard. y, MEEK AND LOWLY MULE GIVEN MEED OF PRAISE to many respects the mule Is the noblest beast that has been placed under mans dominion, but unjust ridicule for Borne unaccountable reason marked the brute for its own and by obscuring hla many virtues and playing upon hla few defects and idiosyncrasies has compelled him since the day he was discovered by Anah to tbe wilderness to live under the torture of a false and slanderous report. At last, however, he is being restored to his proper position to the social and economic world. In truth the mule, U he happens to be a Missouri product, is a valuable, beautiful and lovely beast. Foe general all around purposes, in comparison with the horse, mules are superior. They are easy and cheap to raise, easy to sell and hard to blemish. They go to- - the market early and bring bigger. profits for the time, work and money expended In growing than any other stock. Time and hard work have less effect upon them than upon any other kind of flesh. Disease rare g ly touches them. Adversity and bard knocks make them stronger and tougher. A mule does not wither or weaken with age. The process of years simply turns his coltish friskiness to consedateness, his silvery templative voice to a raucous roar and his obheels to tbe paths of streperous peace. His habits, as they are better understood, are less feared and more appreciated. He Is tractable, gentle, and very Intelligent-Whe-n sympathetic well treated he loves his master, as Sancho, the companion of Don Quixote, and many old negroes to the south have proved. . He eats little and requites no shelter, and toils to the bitter end without complaint or fatigue. He quickly understands the whims of his' driver and will go and can be guided without whip or rein He is a dynamo in hide, an engine on hoof a perfect machine In flesh and blood, which rarely gets out of order or temper. Kansas City Journal. HOME TRIFLES OF TO-DA- Y AND THIRTY YEARS AGO widow, a devoted worker to the Newcastle orphanage and was a skilful housekeeper and nurse for the sick who found refuge to Wesleys northern home. She was of singular m&d-estand piety, a coworker with the Wesleys, and readily accepted hi offer of marriage in 1748. But John Bennet, one of Wesleys preachers, also fell In love with her, and after the opposition of Charles Wesley to her marriage with his brother, Bennet married her. Wesley did not meet her again until 1788, three years before his death, hut he remembered her with affection and grief alf x through his life. In -- 1751 he. .married .Mrs. Vazetlle, widow of a London merchant. Wesley Insisted that her fortune should be settled upon herself and her children, and that he should not preach or travel less than before. As his Itinerant work Included thousands of miles on horseback and countless sermons, she tired of accompanying him, while when she remained at home she became almost a monomaniac with jealousy. She seized her husbands papers and gave bis letters to enemies or pubShe lished them to the newspapers. shut her husband and his brother up in a room, and railed at them with violence; often drove long distances to see who was with her husband; assaulted him with violent fury, and esewlKtho presence of others .tore his hair. And yet his letters to her show that he possessed the utmost tenderness of affection. When Wesley died, to 2791, there were to England about 79,000 Methodist members and 312 ministers ta circuits. In America and Canada there were from 40,000 to 50,000. At the (Ecumenical Methodist eon ference in London ta 1901, the follow-to- g figures were given to Indicate the extent of Methodism throughout the world: "Ministers, 48.334; local preach era. 104,786; churches, 89,087; members, 7,659,285;..-- Sunday schools, SI 861,292; 228; teacher and officers, y Within the last thirty years a generation a hundred and one little household necessities that mama used lo make are now on the counters of the department stores for sale at prices that stagger humanity. When the 'dear old lady of 1873 wanted a wash rag she would make It by hemming a square foot of the old mans discarded undershirt She can buy a wash rag now for three cents. When she wanted a floor rag she would rip open a flour bag or a burlap sack. She can buy a floor rag now for seven cents. When she wanted something the silver with she would take ah old stocking, an old sock or the woolen garment, sleete of a worn-ou- t or possibly the leg end of the old she can buy mans drawers. a polishing flqth of some patented material as good as chamois skin for five eents. Mama used to make Iron holders out of quilting any old piece left over or worn out Now she eaa buy all To-da- y to-da- to-da- To-da- SOCIETY WOMEN IN SCRAP OVER GAME OF BRIDGE That women of society should engage In a vulgar brawl over cards seems almost beyond belief, yet there occurred the other day in the house of a leader, of society a d scuffle that would have done credit to a group of fishwives, according to Modern Society. The hostess, who is celebrated for her strenuousness, came gallantly to the resene, and was thrown on the floor and basely trampled upon. The ladys house is the headquarters for a bevy of women who delight in, the Intricacies of bridge. The hostess is considered an expert player. She is a - 899,421. perfect encyclopedia on rules, and It la' asserted by Methodist authori- her decisions on mooted questions are ties that it is the richest denominausually accepted. On this particular tion to the United Staes In the owner- Occasion everything had been running ship of property; that Its conrtbutions smoothly until it was almost time for are the largest ard that Its work In adjournment The hostess left the philanthropy and higher education L room to Investigate a delay' on the - ' the most extensive. part of the servants, and to her ab - she wants made of asbestos for fire cents each. Dust rags or cloths? Why, bless you, what did she do with the old night shirts, petticoats and chemlsesT They are for sale now at ten cents. She used to cover the Ironing board she with a ripped bed sheet, but y buys a cover in the store for a quarter. Dish rags were made of anything lying around an old towl, a Bhlrt, coat lining, pillow case or sleeve, to five cents. the department store Pot rag? A piece of tattered table y In cloth was pone too good. the stores five cents. For polishing tbe stove she used a rag dipped ta tbe blacking; now she buys a sheepskin glove, with the wool outside, for twenty cents. She would make window shades out of bolts of linen and take them down once every six months to wash them. Now she buys shades ready made that never can he washed and never will be. well-know- n hand-to-han- -- sence a dispute arose between two of the most respected of her guests. As often happens in the case of the vulgar gambler, one word led on to another to this case, until an Intimation of foul play the slip of an angry tongue precipitated the climax. To the horror of tbe rest of the guests; these genteel card players made s pass or two and seized each other by the hair. Then the strenuous lady suddenly appeared on the scene. Quick to think and act, she stepped between the combatants, and with her muscular arms, forced them apart. But, alas! three pairs of feet became entangled, the peacemaker went sprawling to the floor, and her arm was hurt by contact a 1th -- a French heeL The ludicrous situation caused the participants to realize that it was rather disreputable as well, and tears of repentance fell jthtck aa autumn leaves In Vallombrosa. , quick-tempere- d |