Chapter XIX: Letters—1725–1735

Advices to his son John about Entering Orders, 391

Wesley and his Wife differ in Opinion, 392

Wesley on Thomas à Kempis, 393

Wesley’s son John Ordained a Deacon, 396

Wesley’s Designs to Publish a Polyglot Bible, 397

Wesley Pinched for Want of Money, 399

John Wesley at Epworth and Wroot, 399

Wesley’s Love for his Children, 399

Wesley’s Journey from Wroot to Epworth, &c., 402

Mrs Wesley thought to be Dangerously Ill, 403

Wesley on Oriental Languages, 404

Two fair Escapes from Death, 405

Wesley’s Advices to his son Charles, 406

Wesley’s Letters on the First Methodist Meetings 407
at Oxford,

Wesley’s Dedication of his Dissertations to the 409
Queen,

Wesley’s Dissertations nearly Completed, 410

Wesley a strict Disciplinarian, 411

Letters on Doing Penance, 412

A Difficulty about his Churchwardens, 414

Wesley nearly Killed by being
thrown out of his Waggon, 416

Wesley writes to his son Samuel on Family Affairs, 417

S. Wesley, jun., declines Epworth Living, 419

Wesley learns to Write with his Left Hand, 419

Wesley’s Benevolence, 420

Letter to the Lord Chancellor respecting J. 420
Whitelamb,

Wesley Visits his Sons at Oxford, 422

John Wesley Refuses to be his Father’s Successor, 422

His Father’s Reply to his Objections, 422

Two Papists at Epworth, 424

Wesley’s Kindness to a Fatherless Boy, 424

General Oglethorpe, 425

Wesley’s Letter to Oglethorpe on his Return from 425
Georgia,

Proposed Special Sacraments for his Friends, 427

Would have gone to Georgia if ten years younger, 428

Inquiries respecting Georgia, 429

John Whitelamb’s wish to go to Georgia, 430

The Missionary Spirit a Trait of the Wesley 431
Family,

A Family Letter written by Proxy, 432

Matthew Wesley and his Visit to Epworth, 435

He unjustly Accuses his Brother, 436

S. Wesley’ s Reply to his Brother’s Accusation, 437