Image via WikipediaAgain, John Wesley has become a part of the Faithful Stewardship lessons. One of the strongest background of religious study is with the writings of this founding father. New believers may not recognize the name of John and Charles Wesley in the American religious cultures, but both are. Charles and his wife helped John and his wife collection the songs that are in the American Hymnals. John became a prominent pastor Puritan Age of Religious Enlightenment. Teaching in both America and Europe, he watched and collected facts about the new riches of the European Christians. His sermons were sought after by nobles and church clergy even though Dr. Wesley had been excommunicated by the Holy Church of England. The few words below are just a part of the many poems and hymns Dr. Wesley wrote during the developments of the Modern Age Christian religious awakening. Dr. Wesley's sermons help to form the religious theology upon which was founded the U.S. Constitution's first amendment act to the Freedom of Religion. God Bless, and remember to try and read a John Wesley sermon.John Wesley
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In the latter end of 1735
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Is there a thing beneath the sun,
That strives with thee my heart to share?
Ah! tear it thence, and reign alone,
The Lord of every motion there!
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Of the year 1738
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O grant that nothing in my soul
May dwell, but thy pure love alone!
O may thy love possess me whole,
My joy, my treasure, and my crown !
Strange fires far from my heart remove;
My every act, word, thought, be love!
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A Plain Account of Christian Perfection. The Works of John Wesley.(1872 ed. by Thomas Jackson), vol. 11, # 29, pp. 366-446.
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Amen, to all.
