the remarkable wesleys samuel 1662-1735 73 susanna 1669-1742 73 john 1703-91 87 charles 1707-88 80

The Remarkable Wesleys

Samuel1662-1735

73

Susanna1669-1742

73

John1703-91

87

Charles1707-88

80


Susanna Annesley before her marriage to Samuel Wesley


Susanna at 19, when she married Samuel


Frontispiece of Samuel’s Latin Commentary on Job, published posthumously by John in 1736


John, “a brand plucked from the burning”, 1709 (age 5)


If after all this you think fit to

dissolve this assembly do not

tell me you desire me to do

it, for that will not satisfy my

conscience; but send your

positive command in such full

and express terms as may

absolve me from all guilt and

punishment for neglecting

this opportunity for doing

good when you and I shall

appear before the great and

awful tribunal of our Lord

Jesus Christ.

From Susanna’s letter to Samuel, 1711:


Charles as a student at Oxford


The “Bible Moths”, the “Holy Club”, the “Methodists”


Peter Boehler, Moravian minister


JW’s diary entry about Sophy Hopkey, 1735


1738


The Wesleyan Quadrilateral - Dr. Albert C. Outler

Scripture Tradition

Reason Experience


John itinerating on horseback


George Whitefield attempting to preach


George Whitefield’s open air preaching


John’s rules for society preachers


Susanna lived with her children after Samuel died.

She died at the Foundery with John, London 1742

The Remarkable WesleysIn sure and steadfast hope to rise,

And claim her mansion in the skies,

A Christian here her flesh laid down,

The cross exchanging for a crown.

True daughter of affliction, she,

Inured to pain and misery,

Mourn'd a long night of griefs and fears,

A legal night of seventy years.

The Father then revealed his Son;

Him in the broken bread made known;

She knew and felt her sins forgiven,

And found the earnest of her heaven.

Meet for the fellowship above,

She heard the call, "Arise, my love!"

"I come!" her dying looks replied,

And, lamb-like as her Lord, she died


Charles Wesley preaching


Shorthand from the journal of Charles Wesley 1749

Note also Greek


Shorthand from the diary of John Wesley 1744


Letter from John Wesley

Note also Greek


Molly Vazeille

Married John 1751

Left John 1776


John attacked while attempting to preach at Bolton Cross 1754


John preaching on the tomb of his father Epworth 1758


Hark, how all the Welkin rings

(Hark the Herald Angels Sing)


DIRECTIONS FOR SINGING 1761

I. Learn these tunes before you learn any others; afterwards learn as many as you please.

II. Sing them exactly as they are printed here, without altering or mending them at all; and if you have learned to sing them otherwise, unlearn it as soon as you can.

III. Sing all. See that you join with the congregation as frequently as you can.

Let not a slight degree of weakness or weariness hinder you. If it is a cross to you, take it up, and you will find it a blessing.

IV. Sing lustily and with a good courage. Beware of singing as if you were half dead, or half asleep; but lift up your voice with strength. Be no more afraid of your voice now, nor more ashamed of its being heard, than when you sung the songs of Satan.

The Remarkable WesleysV. Sing modestly. Do not bawl, so as to be heard above or distinct from the rest of the congregation, that you may not destroy the harmony; but strive to unite your voices together, so as to make one clear melodious sound.

VI. Sing in time. Whatever time is sung be sure to keep with it. Do not run before nor stay behind it; but attend close to the leading voices, and move therewith as exactly as you can; and take care not to sing too slow. This drawling way naturally steals on all who are lazy; and it is high time to drive it out from us, and sing all our tunes just as quick as we did at first.

VII. Above all sing spiritually. Have an eye to God in every word you sing. Aim at pleasing him more than yourself, or any other creature. In order to do this attend strictly to the sense of what you sing, and see that your heart is not carried away with the sound, but offered to God continually; so shall your singing be such as the Lord will approve here, and reward you when he cometh in the clouds of heaven.

From John Wesley's Select Hymns, 1761 (UM Hymnal p.vii)

The Remarkable WesleysA Covenant Prayer in the Wesleyan Tradition (Hymnal #607)

I am no longer my own, but thine.

Put me to what thou wilt, rank me with whom thou wilt.

Put me to doing, put me to suffering.

Let me be employed for thee or laid aside for thee,

exalted for thee or brought low for thee.

Let me be full, let me be empty.

Let me have all things, let me have nothing.

I freely and heartily yield all things to thy pleasure and disposal.

And now, O glorious and blessed God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit,

thou art mine, and I am thine. So be it.

And the covenant which I have made on earth,

let it be ratified in heaven. Amen.


Francis Asbury “set apart” 1784

"A Roman emperor 'tis said

His favourite horse a consul made

But Coke brings greater things to pass

He makes a bishop of an ass." - Charles


John near death, apartment in City Road, London


I’ll Praise My Maker

Isaac Watts 1719


Plaque in Westminster Abbey

The Remarkable WesleysCity Road Chapel, London

St Paul’s, London

The Remarkable WesleysThe New Room, Bristol


Savannah, Georgia


Tomb of Charles Wesley

St Marylebone Parish Church, London

the remarkable wesleys samuel 1662-1735 73 susanna 1669-1742 73 john 1703-91 87 charles 1707-88 80

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