John Wesley Neoclassical

Charles Wesley

Info

- John - field preacher

- Charles - hymns

- tragic fact of how soon a great truth can be lost

- Whitefield broke w/them over Calvinism

- set out to evangelize English-speaking world

- hymns - major weapon of Wesleyan evangelism; instruments of persuasion within evangelical circles

- stress inclusiveness of gospel opportunity

Works

- John's journal - series of bulletins from the front by one of God's greatest warriors in the Church Militant

- Christian Library

- Hymns - "Jesus, Lover of my Soul"; "And Can It Be That I Should Gain"; "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing"

Terms

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Citation

Horton, Ronald A. British Literature for Christian Schools. Greenville, SC: Bob Jones University Press, 1992.