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Background

England in the eighteenth century was a ____________ place to live in. ______________ and

_______________ bitterly satirised the evils of the day, which included ________________,

______________________________________ and ________________________.

The idea of a conscience and a living, caring God were far removed from men’s thoughts in the

eighteenth century. Men and women were _____________________ in their position in life with

no hope of improvement. Into this self-centred world, three men were propelled.

John and Charles __________________ and George ________________.

They were men who were called to swim against the tide.

Early Life

John was born in 1703, the fourteenth child of ________ and ____________ Wesley. At the age

of seven, he was rescued from a fire by two neighbours: -

“____________________________________________”, his mother often said.

He was educated at Charterhouse and Oxford, very intelligent, he and his brother founded the

__________________________. This was really a strict club aiming at salvation by ____________.

On 24 May 1738, John was born again at ____________ in London.

Ministry

Aged 37, John began to travel and preach, usually outside, to ever-increasing crowds. He often

preached three times a day, beginning at 5 am, riding sixty miles a day. What did he preach?

Thriftiness, _____________, _________________, _____________________, good

_______________ relations and, above all, _________________ in ______________

He had huge amounts of energy; he translated hymns, interpreted _______________, wrote

hundreds of letters and trained hundreds of men and women.

Legacy

1. He spoke in ______________language. He affected the English language.

2. He left a network of _________________ churches throughout the country.

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