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The fires of divine truth, well-nigh

extinguished upon the altars of

Protestantism, were to be rekindled from the

ancient torch handed down the ages by the

Bohemian Christians. After the Reformation,

Protestantism in Bohemia had been trampled

out by the hordes of Rome. All who refused to

renounce the truth were forced to flee. Some

of these, finding refuge in Saxony, there

maintained the ancient faith. It was from the

descendants of these Christians that light

came to Wesley and his associates.

John and Charles Wesley, after being

ordained to the ministry, were sent on a

mission to America. On board the ship was a

company of Moravians. Violent storms were

encountered on the passage, and John

Wesley, brought face to face with death, felt

that he had not the assurance of peace with