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ANECDOTES OF THE WESLEYS Illustrative Of Their Character And Personal History
ANECDOTES OF THE WESLEYS Illustrative Of Their Character And Personal History
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There is a story related of a man who opened the door and put his head into Paradise, and, seeing many strange faces there, said, "Gentlemen, I hope I do not intrude; if I do, I can walk out again." So, in presenting this book, I hope I do not "intrude;" if I do, "I can walk out again"--the reader can lay it down and select some other volume more congenial to his taste.
I am aware there are those who undervalue anecdotes, and Others who ridicule them. Men may ridicule them till they are gray, but the people will read them. There are persons who, if they wish to eulogize a preacher, will say, "he never tells any stories in the pulpit; he relates no anecdotes." So preached not the Wesleys, or Whitefield, or Coke, or Asbury, or McKendree. They all related anecdotes and incidents in the pulpit.
The late Judge McLean highly commends the practice. He says, "Some preachers are opposed to what they call story-telling in their sermons. This was practiced in the early age of Methodism, and it was admirably suited to those times; and, if more practiced, it would be found just as well suited to the present times."
Some time ago I was in company with the Bishops, and Bishop Morris (our archbishop) said, "I must return to the method of the fathers, relating anecdotes and incidents in preaching;" and Bishop Ames said, "Take away the stories from the Bible, and what have we left."
The anecdotes in this volume have been obtained from all the biographies of the Wesleys, from Tyerman's "Life of Samuel Wesley, Sr.;" Kirk's "Mother of the Wesleys;" Jackson's "Life of Charles Wesley;" Adam Clarke's "Wesley Family;" John Wesley's "Works," particularly his Journals, which contain his best biography; the Arminian and Wesleyan Magazines; and from hundreds of volumes and pamphlets. Some of them were never published before.
I am aware there are those who undervalue anecdotes, and Others who ridicule them. Men may ridicule them till they are gray, but the people will read them. There are persons who, if they wish to eulogize a preacher, will say, "he never tells any stories in the pulpit; he relates no anecdotes." So preached not the Wesleys, or Whitefield, or Coke, or Asbury, or McKendree. They all related anecdotes and incidents in the pulpit.
The late Judge McLean highly commends the practice. He says, "Some preachers are opposed to what they call story-telling in their sermons. This was practiced in the early age of Methodism, and it was admirably suited to those times; and, if more practiced, it would be found just as well suited to the present times."
Some time ago I was in company with the Bishops, and Bishop Morris (our archbishop) said, "I must return to the method of the fathers, relating anecdotes and incidents in preaching;" and Bishop Ames said, "Take away the stories from the Bible, and what have we left."
The anecdotes in this volume have been obtained from all the biographies of the Wesleys, from Tyerman's "Life of Samuel Wesley, Sr.;" Kirk's "Mother of the Wesleys;" Jackson's "Life of Charles Wesley;" Adam Clarke's "Wesley Family;" John Wesley's "Works," particularly his Journals, which contain his best biography; the Arminian and Wesleyan Magazines; and from hundreds of volumes and pamphlets. Some of them were never published before.
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