A Heart Strangely Warmed
On the evening of May 24, 1738, a discouraged Anglican clergyman walked reluctantly to a small Moravian meeting on Aldersgate Street in London. John Wesley...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Mark 1:4-11.
On the evening of May 24, 1738, a discouraged Anglican clergyman walked reluctantly to a small Moravian meeting on Aldersgate Street in London. John Wesley had already failed spectacularly as a missionary in the colony of Georgia. He had crossed the Atlantic to convert Native Americans and returned unable to convert himself. His rigid disciplines, his fasting, his exhausting works of charity — none of it had given him peace.…
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