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WESLEY, John (1703-1791). Autograph letter signed ("J. Wesley"), to his sister, Mrs. Johnston, London, 16 February 1777. 2 pages, 4to, paper losses at left edge (from seal) and lower right corner (with loss of several words), creases very worn (some stitching on creases); with autograph address panel. -- WESLEY. Autograph letter signed ("J. Wesley"), to his sister, Mrs. Johnston, London, Good Friday, 28 March 1777. 2 pages, 4to, paper losses at left edge (from seal) and lower right corner (with loss of several words).
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WESLEY, John (1703-1791). Autograph letter signed ("J. Wesley"), to his sister, Mrs. Johnston, London, 16 February 1777. 2 pages, 4to, paper losses at left edge (from seal) and lower right corner (with loss of several words), creases very worn (some stitching on creases); with autograph address panel. -- WESLEY. Autograph letter signed ("J. Wesley"), to his sister, Mrs. Johnston, London, Good Friday, 28 March 1777. 2 pages, 4to, paper losses at left edge (from seal) and lower right corner (with loss of several words).
"IN THE MEMORY OF MAN NEVER WAS GOOD FRIDAY OBSERVED IN LONDON WITH SUCH SOLEMNITY AS THIS"
An exuberant Wesley writes his sister in Ireland on Good Friday, 28 March 1777: "Surely this is a token for good! If we acknowledge GOD, He will acknowledge Us. In the memory of man never was Good Friday observed in London with such solemnity as this has been in consequence of a Message wch the Archbishop of Canterbury sent to the lord Mayor some days since," that "the Foundation of our New Chappel will be laid the latter end of next week..." In the 16 February letter Wesley writes that his plans for visiting his sister in Ireland are contingent upon building timetables in England, and he complains that "the persons with whom we have to do are so dilatory that I know not when we shall begin." He goes on to give her some advice for coping with long-winded preachers: "People imagine the longer a sermon the more Good it will do. This is a grand mistake. The help done on earth, God doth of himself. And he does not need that" preachers should "use many words." Together 2 items. (2)
"IN THE MEMORY OF MAN NEVER WAS GOOD FRIDAY OBSERVED IN LONDON WITH SUCH SOLEMNITY AS THIS"
An exuberant Wesley writes his sister in Ireland on Good Friday, 28 March 1777: "Surely this is a token for good! If we acknowledge GOD, He will acknowledge Us. In the memory of man never was Good Friday observed in London with such solemnity as this has been in consequence of a Message wch the Archbishop of Canterbury sent to the lord Mayor some days since," that "the Foundation of our New Chappel will be laid the latter end of next week..." In the 16 February letter Wesley writes that his plans for visiting his sister in Ireland are contingent upon building timetables in England, and he complains that "the persons with whom we have to do are so dilatory that I know not when we shall begin." He goes on to give her some advice for coping with long-winded preachers: "People imagine the longer a sermon the more Good it will do. This is a grand mistake. The help done on earth, God doth of himself. And he does not need that" preachers should "use many words." Together 2 items. (2)