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The Life and Times of Rev. Samuel Wesley, M.A

The Life and Times of Rev. Samuel Wesley, M.A

by L. Tyerman

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Author
Tyerman, L. (Luke), 1820?-1889
Title
The life and times of the Rev. Samuel Wesley Rector of Epworth and father of the Revs. John and Charles Wesley, the founders of the Methodists
Original Publication
United Kingdom: Simpkin, Marshall, Co,1866.
Credits
KD Weeks, Brian Wilson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
BX: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity: Churches, Church movements
Subject
Wesley, Samuel, 1662-1735
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 67980
Release Date
May 3, 2022
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE REV. SAMUEL WESLEY, M.A.,
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.CONTENTS.
  4. 4.APPENDICES.
  5. 5.CHAPTER I. TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO—1640–1665.
  6. 6.CHAPTER II. PARENTAGE—1600–1670.
  7. 7.CHAPTER III. SCHOOL DAYS—1662–1683.
  8. 8.CHAPTER IV. UNIVERSITY DAYS—1683—1688.
  9. 9.CHAPTER V. NATIONAL AFFAIRS—1685–1688.
  10. 10.CHAPTER VI. ORDINATION AND MARRIAGE—1688–1689.
  11. 11.CHAPTER VII. THE “ATHENIAN GAZETTE.”—1690–1695.
  12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. MORE LITERARY WORK—1692–1693.
  13. 13.CHAPTER IX. WILLIAM AND MARY’S REIGN—1689–1702.
  14. 14.CHAPTER X. LAST DAYS AT SOUTH ORMSBY—1694–1696.
  15. 15.CHAPTER XI. EPWORTH AND CHRISTIAN SOCIETIES—1696–1699.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XII. DEBT AND DILIGENCE—1700–1704.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. CONVOCATION—1701, ETC.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. DISASTERS AND DISSENTERS.—1702–1705.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XV. THE IMPRISONED FATHER.—1705–1709.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XVI. FIRE AND FURY-1709-1712.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVII. PRETERNATURAL NOISES.—1716–1717.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII. THE LAST TWENTY YEARS—1714–1735.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XIX. LETTERS—1725–1735.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XX. DEATH AND CHARACTER—1735.
  25. 25.APPENDIX. — A, page 83. TITLES OF THE POEMS IN MR WESLEY’S “MAGGOTS.” — B, page 93. LIST OF PAMPHLETS PUBLISHED AT THE TIME OF THE REVOLUTION IN 1688. — C, page 151. LIST OF BOOKS CONDENSED IN “THE YOUNG STUDENT’S LIBRARY.”
  26. 26.INDEX OF NAMES OF PERSONS.

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