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NOTES Ill 259 PART III The World My Parish CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR: The Chimney Sweeper
1. One of Toplady's cherished beliefs was that the entire animal creation went to heaven. He was cross when John
Newton, the ex-sailor, expressed a fervent hope that there would be no fleas in heaven!
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE: The Cry of the Poor and the Slaves 1. The title page of the first edition reads: '""An Authentic
Narration of Some Remarkable and Interesting Particulars in the Life of + + +, Communicated in a Series of Letters to the Rev. T. Haweis.'" Newton's name appeared in later editions.
2. See the present writer's Wilberforce (1977) and Amazing Grace: John Newton's Story (1981).
3. When Patty brought Wesley to dinner with Dr. Johnson (Dec. 18, 1783), and Wesley left after two hours, the doctor complained to her: 'Two hours! I could talk all day, and all night too, with your brother." And to Boswell he said, 'The dog enchants you with his conversation and then breaks away to go and visit some old woman!"
Index Burton, John, 66 Butler, Joseph (bishop of Bristol), Aberdeen, 150 Addison, Joseph, 29-30 Aldersgate Street, 97-101, 109, 133, 130-33
Allendale, 201-3 America, 71-84, 141, 151, 242-45 American War of Independence, 234, Calm Address to American Colonies, A (John Wesley), 237 Calvinist controversy, 119-22, 126-27, 237-39 Analogy of Religion (Butler), 130 Anne, Queen, QU 22 ele Annesley, Samuel, 21 Arminianism, 224-29 Asbury, Francis, 244-45 143-47, 227-31 Cambridge University, 45, 165, 231 Canterbury, archbishop of, see Potter, J.
Caroline, Queen, 67 Causton, Thomas, and Mrs., Popo 80, 82-83 Cennick, J., 143-45, 161 nape: Mrs. Sally (née Kirkham) Bath, 120, 122-24 Baxter, Richard, 222 Beauchamp, Squire, 184-85 Benezet, nthony, 236 Bennet, John, 194-205 Bermondsey, 112 Berridge, John, 225 Berriman, John, 109-10 Birstall, 154-56, 241 Blackheath, 124-25, 193 Blackstone, Sir W., 170 Blackwell, rie Py eae 213 Blendon, 94, 124 Bohler, a 89ff, 93-95, 145 Bolton, 2
Bolton, Ann, 254 Borlase, Walter, 183-85 Boyce, John, 50-51 Bradburn, Samuel, 239, 246 Bray, John, 95, 105, 111-12, 138 Bristol, 88, 111-12, 116-22, 126-33, 'Varanese"'), 37, 39, 43-44 ciate: 87
Charterhouse, 26-32, 95, 97, 111 Christ Church, Oxford, 32-34, 36, 38, o 42, 45, 48-49, 51-52, 58, 170, tet Perfection, doctrine of, 56, 165-6 henna Ser ection (Law), 55 City Road Chapel, 242, 251-54 Clay ton, sone. 54, 58, 66, 92 Clifton, Coke, Bak 242-44 Colchester, 251 hacia on the New Testament (Hall), 64 Cork riot, 210 Cornwall, 9-11, 146, 179-87, 188-92, 196, 249-50 Cotswolds, 37, 43, 48 Cowper, Fanny, 152-53 135-37, 140-41, 143-45, 147-48, 150, re 162-63, 196, 198, 215, 225) 2 ae eter Broadwood eater 200-201, 203 Broughton, Thomas, 94 Buckingham, Duchess of, 26, 123 Buckingham, Duke of, 21, 26, 31, 34 Buckland, 37, 45 Bunyan, John, 224 Dagge, Abel, 116, 121 Daniel, Alice, 181 Darlaston, 172-78 Dartmouth, Earl of, 234, 237 Davenport, Richard, 209 Deal, 88-89, 107, 148 Delamotte, Charles, 67, 74, 76, 79-81, 94
Delamotte family, 94, 124, 145 Delany, Mrs., see Pendarves, Mrs.
Derbyshire, 194-96, 199 Doddridge, Philip, 199 Downes, John, 180, 182 Dublin, 58, 197-98 Harris, Howell, 110-11, 117, 126, 136, 143, 149-50, 229 Hawkins, Mrs., 69, 75 Haworth, 195, 218 Hayle, 9-11 Herrnhut, 103 Hervey, James, 61, 224 Hindley Hill, 200-201, 203 Holy Club, 52ff, 58, 61 Hoole, Joseph, 47 Hopkey, Sophia, 73-82, 194 Hopper, Christopher, 156 Humphreys, Joseph, 144, 161 Huntingdon, Selina, Countess of, Edwards, Jonathan, 104, 117 SoRunOn. Edward, 173 Enlightenment, The, 222 Epworth, 19-21, 23-25, 27, 29-31, 34, 40-41, 45-46, 53, 54, 63-66, 156-57, 199, 219 Everton, 225 Exeter, 180, 249 Exeter College, Oxford, 20 112, 139, 152-54, 161, 167-68, 183, 191, 196, 216, 218, 229, 234 Hutton family, 89, 95, 100, 122 Hutton, James, 93-95, 97-98, 100, Falmouth, 146, 185-87, 249 Fenwick, Michael, 219 Fetter Lane Society, 103-104, 108, 103, 107, 109, 116, 138, 145, 192 112-13, 124, 137-40, 192 Fletcher, John, 225, 229-30, 238, Imitation of Christ, The (a Kempis), 38 Ingham, Benjamin, 61, 66-67, 79, 81, 103, 110-11, 139 Loe ire 190, 197, 209-11, 218-19, 242, 241-42 Florida, 57 Fog's Weekly Journal, 59-60 Fothergill, John, 213 Foundery, The, 136, 138-39,142,
Isham, E., 49 Islington, 108, 138 145-47, 152, 166-67, 171-72, 188, 212-15, 218, 227, 242 Foy, Captain, 162 Francis, Saint, 71 Frederica, Fort, 73, 75-79 Free Grace, John Wesley's sermon on, James, Mrs., see Whitefield, Mrs.
Johnson, Samuel, 237 Journal (john Wesley's published), 97-98, 101, 219, 221 Journal (Whitefield), 110-11, 131 Justification by Faith, 69, 101-2,
107-8, 130-31, 165 Gambold, John, 51-52, 64, 96, 142-43 Ganson, Sir John, 172 Gell, Robert, 165 Gentleman's Magazine, The, 75, 114, Kennicott, Benjamin, 169 Kennington Common, 119, 125, 146, 155, 156, 193 Kinchin, Charles, 92 King, Lord, 244 Kingswood, Bristol, 112, 120, 126, 223, 255 George II, King, 67, 71, 171, 187-88 George III, King, 232, 244 Georgia, 57, 65-67, 70-87, 89-91, 9335, 144-45, 148-49, 159, 211 Kirkham family, 37, 43-44, 48, 64 Kirkham, Robert, 44-45, 47-48, 50, 52 Kirkham, Sally (''Varanese'') 94, 107, 133, 146, 165, 194, 235-36 Germany, 101-3 Gibson, Edmund (Bishop of London), see Chapone, Mrs.
Knaresborough, 155 Knox, Alexander, 248-49 105, 112, 152, 217 Gloucester, 55, 126 cody Club (or Holy Club), 52-54, 58,
Granville family, 37, 44, 55 Great Awakening, the, 104, 141 Grevil, Mrs., 114, 126, 148 Griffiths, Robin, 37, 39, 44-45 Grimshaw, William, 195, 218 Gwennap Pit, 182-83, 189, 250 Gwynne family, 197 Lake District, 200-202 Lavington George (bishop of Exeter), 189-92, 249 Law, William, 55, 58, 66, 105 Leatherhead, 251-52 Leeds, 155, 201, 203, 209, 217, 241 Legal Hundred, The, 243 Lewisham, 213-15 Liden, Johan, 226-27 Life of God in the Soul of Man, The Halifax, 155 Hall, Westley, 64-65, 108, 133-34, (Scougal), 62 Lincoln, 23, 45 Lincoln College, Oxford, 35, 40, 43, 147, 228 Hampson, John, Jr., 246-48 Hampson, John, Sr., 240 Hargreaves, Kitty, 47, 64 50-52, 59-60, 66, 93, 213
Little Britain, 95, 97-98, 111 London, passim, 21ff, 26ff, 46f, 49, 54, New Room, Bristol, 121, 126, 137, 140, 144, 148, 150 Newton, John, 38 (note 2), 235-37 Nitschman, Bishop, 68 North, Lord, 237 Norwich, 218, 232 Notes on the New Testament 57f, 66f, 88ff, 91ff, 103, 107ff, 136, 146ff, 159, 210ff, 233ff, 251ff London, bishop of, see Gibson E.
Sherlock T.
Luther, Martin, 97 (John Wesley), 215 Mackie, George, 233 Madeley, 225 Manchester, 241 Mansfield, Lord, 236, 244 Martin, Peter, 9-11 Maxfield, Elizabeth, 199 Maxfield, Thomas, 113, 147, 161, Oglethorpe, James, 57, 65, 69-75, 76, 82, 89, 93 Oldham, 250 Olney, 237 Oxford, bishop of, see Potter, J.
Oxford, city, 33, 50ff, 92, 104, 142 Oxford Methodists, 58-62, 66, 69, 88, 183-84, 199, 223-24 Mellichamp, Thomas, 75, 78, 80 Merton College, Oxford, 37, 52 Methodism, Methodists, passim oe of name, 48, 5 at Oxford before 1735— see Oxford Methodists revival of 1737—88 first society, 95 love feast of 1735—108 distinctive character of, 117, 90, 92, 104, 108, 239 Oxford University, 20, 32-35, 45, 48, 52, 58ff, 90ff, 95, 101f, 109, 117-18, 133, 149, 165, 168-70, 213, 242 Parks, Joan, 175-77 Pembroke College, Oxford, 61, 64 Pendarves, Mary (later Mrs. Delany) (''Aspasia"'), 37, 55, 64 Perfection, doctrine of Christian, 55-56 Perronet, Charles, 200 Perronet, Edward, 210, 212 Perronet, Vincent, 200, 202, 210, 239 Potter, John (bishop of Oxford, arch162-63, 190-92, 219-21 aod singing of, 117, 164-65, 227,
and future of, 241-42 origin of classes, 162-63 and Holy Communion, 167, 217, 220-21, 224, 243-44 first conference of 1744, 167-68 bishop of Canterbury), 40, 46, 51 63, 66, 112, 152 Pretender, the Young, 183, 185-88 Primitive Physick (John Wesley), 160 ersecution of, 171-78, 181-84 ocal preachers, 161, 216-17 and C. of E., 216-18 ; and America, 242-45 Conference incorporated, 243 Methodist Episcopal Church (USA), 24445 Molther, Philip, 137, 139 Moore, Henry, 174 Moorfields, 119, 125, 139, 146-47, Quakers Fae of Friends), 171,
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Redruth, 9, 182, 189, 191, 249 Ritchie, Elizabeth, 252-54 Rivington, Charles, 54, 57 Robinson, Henry Crabb, 251 Rogers, James, 251-53 Ross, John (bishop of Exeter), 249 Rousseau, Jean Jacques, 209 Rowlands, Daniel,
Rye, 250 154-55 Moravians, 68ff, 90, 97, 99, 101, 103, 124, 137-40, 173 Morgan, Richard, 61-62 Morgan, William, 47-50, 58-59 Morley, Dr., 35 "Munchin, Honest," 176-78 Murray, Grace, 125, 193-206, 209, 211 Sacheverell, Henry, 32 St. Ewe, 189-90 St. Ives, 9-11, 180-82, 189-90 St. Just, 181, 184 St. Mary's Church, Oxford, 39, 60, Nance, John, 180-81 Nash, Richard "Beau," 122-24, 152 Seat John, 154-56, 180-81, 183, 101f, 169-70 St. Paul's Cathedral, London, 66, 97, 99, 154 Salisbury, 91, 101, 111, 133 Samuel 'eis 87-88 Savannah, 67, 70-76, 78-83, 140 Scotland, 149-50, 219, 242 Serious Call, A (Law), 55-56, 77 Seward, William, 172 Sharp, Granville, 236-37 Newecastle-upon-Tyne, 153, 155-56, 159, 163, 174, 187-88, 193-94, 199-200, 202, 204-5, 240 New England, 104, 141 Newgate Prison, Bristol, 116, 120-21 Newgate Prison, London, 105-6, 136
Sherlock, Thomas and revival of 1738—59, 103-13, (bishop of London), 217-18 Shoreham, Kent, 200, 239 Simeon, Charles, 231 Simmonds (ship), 68-70, 73 Sitch, William, 175-77 Slavery, slave trade, 235-37, 251-52 Society for Promotion of Christian 118-19 and Moravians, 138, 145 and break with Whitefield, 141, 146-47 and Stillness controversy, 145 on John's leadership, 168 a canes. riots, 172-73, Knowledge (SPCK), 57, 66-67 South Carolina, 75, 81, 84, 89, 95, 235 Spangenberg, August, 70 Spitalfields, 108,
Staffordshire, 172-78 Stanton, 37, 44, 48, 55 Stebbing, Henry, 128 Stephens, William, 83 Stillness controversy, 137-40 Stonehouse, George, 108, 138, 145 Summers, Richard, 251-52 and Cornwall, 180-81 marriage, 196 and Grace Murray, 196, 200-205 and John's marriage, 210-12 and John's illness in 1753—214-15 and C. of E., 216-18, 243 ceases itinerating, 225-26 objects to John's ordinations for
SA, 244-45
death 246-47 Wesley, Emilia (sister, Mrs. Harper), Tabernacle, The, 147, 229-30 Taylor, Bishop Jeremy, 39 Taylor, John, 152-57 Thomson, George, 179, 183 Thoughts on Slavery John Wesley), 236 Tiverton, 63, 65, 91, 105, 111, 117 Toeltschig, John, 79, 99, 101, 103 Tomo-chachi, Chief, 71 Tooke, Andrew, 27 Tooker family, 37, 44-45 Toplady, Augustus, 227-28, 237-38 Trevecca College, 22 Truro, 218 Tucker, Reginald, 132 Tyburn, 10 37, 63, 103, 136 Wesley, Hetty (sister, Mrs. Wright), 41-42 Wesley, John (grandfather), 20, 35 Wesley, John rescue from fire, 19-20 childhood, 20-25 at Charterhouse, 26-32 at Christ Church, 33-40 starts diary, 35-37 friendship with 'Varanese 37-39, 43-44 ordained deacon, 39-40 elected fellow of Lincoln, 40 curate to father, 41-43, 4549 college tutor 1726, 27, 43-45 ordained priest, 46 returns to Oxford, 1729—49 works for poor, 50-51 leads Holy Club, 51-52 meets William Law, 54, 58 meets Oglethorpe, 57 university sermon 1733, 59-60 Epworth parish, 63-64 United Society, Bristol, 122, 143-45, 162
Vazeille, Mary, see Wesley, Mary (Mrs. J.W.) Venn, Henry, 110, 225 Venn, Richard, 109-10 Wales, 110-11, 117, 136, 196 Walker, Samuel, 218 Walker, Thomas, 27, 30 Walpole, Sir Robert, 64, 67 Walsall, 172-78, 187 Walsh, Thomas, 210 Ward, Francis, 174 Watts, Isaac, 246, 253-54 Wednesbury, 172-78 Wesley, Charles eorgia, 66-84 Sophia Hopkey, 73, 77-81 flees Georgia, 82 misses Whitefield, 88-89 conversion, 90-98 university sermon 1738, 101-2 visits Germany, 102 works with Whitefield, 107-10 first field preaching, 115, 124-25 and physical signs, 118 attacks Calvinism, 119-22, 126-27 defeats Nash, 122-24 interviews with Bishop Butler, boyhood, 19-20, 22, 30-31, 38,
at Christ Church, 45-50 and Holy Club, 52-54 called a ''Methodist," 48, 58 helps Whitefield, 62, 64 and Georgia, 66-67, 68-70, 73-75 in early 1738—88-90, 91, 94, conversion, 95-96 as hymn writer, 97, 104, 164-65, 130-33 buys Foundery, 138-89 dispute with Whitefield, 140-44, 146-49 reconciliation with Charles, 150-51 evangelizes Newcastle, 155-56 221, 246
preaches from father's tomb, 157 death of mother, 158 uses lay preachers, 161 adopts class system, 162 leases West Street chapel, 166 last university sermon, 168-70 in Wednesbury riot, 174-77 evangelizes Cornwall, 180-87, 189 the Forges rebellion, 187-88 attacked by Bishop Lavington, Wesley, Martha (sister), 22 Wesley, Mary or Molly (sister, Mrs.
Whitelamb), 19, 42, 65-66 Wesley, Mary or Molly (wife), 210-14, 319, 240-41 Wesley, Matthew (uncle), 30-31, 34 Wesley, Patty (sister, Mrs. Hall), 19, 64-67, 91, 133 Wesley, Samuel (father), 19-25, 28, 32, 34-35, 40-43, 45-46, 49, 52-54, 63-64, 156-57 Wesley, Samuel (brother), 20-21, 24, 189, 191-92 love for Grace Murray, 193, 206 27, 33, 47, 57; 63-65, 91; 100, 105, 117, 129, 133, 168 Wesley, Sarah (née i ee Charles' in Ireland, 197, 209-10 marriage, 211-12 near-fatal illness, 213-15 later attitude to C. of E., 216-18, wile) 197, 210-11, 214, 240, 254 Wesley Sarah or Sally (niece), 246, 241, 243-45 routine in later life, 219-20 opposes the Enlightenment, 222 urges evangelical unity, 224-26 attacked by Toplady, 227-28, preaches Whitefield's funeral
Wesley, Susanna (mother), 19, 21-22, 24-26, 34-35, 38-39, 41, 43, 45, 54, 65-66, 101, 111, 133-34, 139, 142, 157-59, 161 Wesley, Susanna (Suky, sister, Mrs. sermon, 229-30 leads famine relief, 232-34 attacks Slave Trade, 236-37 attitude to American Revolution, Ellison), 42 Wesley, Ursula (Samuel Jr.'s wife), 237-38 breakdown of marriage, 240-41 future of Methodism, 241-43 Pg ere American Methodism, Westminster, 20, 27, 31, 41-42, 45, 49, 89, 95, 100, 120 West Street Chapel, 166-67, 188 Whitefield, Elizabeth (wife of G.W.), 43-45 and death of Charles, 246-47 character in old age, 247-49 last journey, 251-52 death and burial, 253-55 appearance 149-50 Whitefield, George and Holy Club, 61-62 conversion, 62, 64-65 and Georgia, 76 misses John at Deal, 88-89 London revival, 104, 107-9 first field preaching, 110-12 Bristol revival, 113-14 London mass-meetings, 119, 124-25 and Calvinist controversy, 126-27, as youth, 28, 32, 34, (1726) 44 in Ceabrnas 76, (1738) 89, (1744) 169, (1763) 218, (1769) 226-27 in old age, 247, 248, 250 character 140-42, 143 breach with John, 146-48 recone with John, 149-51, 153, cheerfulness, 239 compassion, 50-51, 105-6, 135 ma 159-60, 220, 232-34, 236, and Grace Murray, 153, 172, 203-4 affection for John, 213-15, 225 and John's classes, 220 death and funeral, 229-30 and slavery 235-36 Whitehaven, 201-3 Whitehead, John, 223, 230, 246, courage, 10, 174-77, 182, 185-87 curiosity, 41, 219 enerosity, 159-60, 233 umility, 245 humor, wit, 9, 34, 57, 210, 219, 248-49 love of exercise, 28, 33, 46, 74, 253-54 Whitelamb, John, 65-66, 157 Wilberforce, William, 237, 252 Williamson, William, 80-83 Wolff, George, 252 Wroot, 34-35, 40-43, 45ff, 66, 157 Soups: 136, 152-56, 173, 194-95,
love of music, 46, 72, 104, 164 social grace, 37, 43-45 wide reading, 38-49, 44-46, 54-55, 219 devotional life as preacher, 116, 120-22, 125, 155-56, 169-70, 182, 189, 226, 229 Wesley, Kezia (sister), 22, 45, 64-67, Cole dl Count, 68, 90, 103, 138, 81, 142
John Pollock is a clergyman who was educated at John Wesley's old school, Charterhouse, and at Trinity College Cambridge. Charles Colson has called him "the most eminent Christian biographer in the world today."
Deputized as the official biographer of Billy Graham, Mr.
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Other biographies to his credit include: Amazing Grace: John Newton's Story; Moody; The Master: A Life of Jesus; The Apostle: A Life of Paul; George Whitefield and the Great Awakening; Wilberforce; and the recently reissued A Foreign Devil in China.
John Pollock and his wife, Anne, live in Devonshire, England.
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