The Life of John Wesley
John Telford, B.A. · The Founder of Methodism

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The Life of John Wesley by John Telford, B.A.
First published in the nineteenth century and long a standard popular life of the founder of Methodism, John Telford’s Life of John Wesley traces Wesley from his ancestry and Epworth childhood, through his schooldays at Charterhouse and Oxford Methodism, the mission to Georgia, the Aldersgate-era “preparation for the Great Revival,” the Great Awakening and the Moravian and Calvinist controversies, the building of the Methodist societies, his encounters with the mob, his life as a tireless traveller and preacher, his love and marriage, his journals, the deaths of Whitefield and Charles Wesley, his churchmanship, his work as preacher, writer and philanthropist, and his last years, death, character and legacy. This UECF.NET web edition follows the source text and preserves its chapter order, headings, quotations, Scripture references, and the numbering and wording of its 464 endnotes.
- 22 Chapters
- 1 Introduction
- 464 Endnotes
- 331 source pages
- 106,504 words
- ≈ 819 min read
- English
Source PDF: The Life of John Wesley, by John Telford, B.A. (author of “Wesley Anecdotes”), originally published by Hunt & Eaton (New York) and Cranston & Curts (Cincinnati). This UECF.NET edition follows the 1998 “Wesleyan Heritage Library” digital text (© 1998 Wesleyan Heritage Publications), a classic 19th-century biography of John Wesley (1703–1791), now in the public domain. Chapter divisions, headings, quotations, Scripture references, footnote numbering and wording are reproduced from that source; the 464 endnotes are collected on their own page and linked from every reference mark in the text.
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Table of Contents
≈ 22 min2Childhood at Epworth
≈ 28 min3Gown-Boy at Charterhouse
≈ 20 min4Earlier Years at Oxford, and Curacy at Wroote
≈ 47 min5Oxford Methodism
≈ 42 min6The Mission to Georgia
≈ 46 min7Preparation for the Great Revival
≈ 48 min8The Beginning of the Great Awakening
≈ 40 min9The Moravian and Calvinist Controversies
≈ 31 min10The Methodist Societies
≈ 32 min11The Extension of the Work
≈ 35 min12Encounters with the Mob
≈ 48 min13Wesley as a Traveller
≈ 39 min14Wesley's Preachers
≈ 49 min15Love and Marriage
≈ 70 min16Wesley's Journals
≈ 30 min17Leading Events up to the Death of Whitefield
≈ 23 min18From the Death of Whitefield to the Death of Charles Wesley
≈ 36 min19Wesley's Churchmanship
≈ 27 min20Preacher, Writer, and Philanthropist
≈ 53 min21Wesley's Last Years and Death
≈ 33 min22Wesley's Appearance, Character, and Work
≈ 22 min
