The Sermons of Charles Wesley: A Critical Edition with Introduction and NotesOUP Oxford, 13 wrz 2001 - 422 Charles Wesley (1707-1788) is widely recognized as one of the greatest writers of the English hymn. The importance of Charles, however, extends well beyond his undoubted poetic abilities, for he is a figure of central importance in the context of the birth and early growth of Methodism, a movement which today has a worldwide presence. It was Charles and not John who first started the Oxford 'Holy Club' from which the ethos and structures of organised Methodism were eventually to emerge. It was Charles rather than John who first experienced the 'strange warming of the heart' that characterised the experience of many eighteenth-century evangelicals; and in the early years it was Charles no less than John who sought to spread, mainly through his preaching, the evangelical message across England, Wales, and Ireland. Eye witness testimony suggests that Charles was a powerful and effective preacher whose homiletic work and skill did much to establish and further the early Methodist cause. In this book this other side of Charles Wesley is brought clearly into focus through the publication, for the first time, of all of the known Charles Wesley sermon texts. In the four substantial introductory chapters a case is made for the inclusion of the 23 sermons here presented and there is discussion also of the significant text-critical problems that have been negotiated in the production of this volume. Other chapters present a summary of Charles's life and preaching career and seek to show by example how the sermons, no less than the hymns, are significant vehicles for the transmission of Charles's message. This book hence makes a plea for a reassessment of the place of Charles Wesley in English Church history and argues that he deserves to be recognised as more than just 'The Sweet Singer of Methodism'. |
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... letters ( and hopefully Chapter 2 of this book ) will quickly indicate , his role as a preacher was no less central to his life and ministry . In contrast to that of his brother John ( 1703-91 ) , the surviving Charles Wesley sermon ...
... letters ( and hopefully Chapter 2 of this book ) will quickly indicate , his role as a preacher was no less central to his life and ministry . In contrast to that of his brother John ( 1703-91 ) , the surviving Charles Wesley sermon ...
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... letters , kept an informative journal , and , as is shown in this present volume , possessed also the homiletic art . Neither were his talents limited to purely intel- lectual or literary pursuits . As a reading of the primary sources ...
... letters , kept an informative journal , and , as is shown in this present volume , possessed also the homiletic art . Neither were his talents limited to purely intel- lectual or literary pursuits . As a reading of the primary sources ...
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... Letters ( London : Epworth , 1948 ) , 1 . 7 The principal biographical works , in order of date , are John Whitehead , The Life of the Rev. Charles Wesley : Late Student of the [ sic ] Christ Church , Oxford , Collected from his Private ...
... Letters ( London : Epworth , 1948 ) , 1 . 7 The principal biographical works , in order of date , are John Whitehead , The Life of the Rev. Charles Wesley : Late Student of the [ sic ] Christ Church , Oxford , Collected from his Private ...
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... letters are an obvious case in point : in 1948 Baker wrote in his admirable study of the letter material ' In preparation for a collected edition of Charles Wesley's letters the author has made transcripts of about 600 , all but about ...
... letters are an obvious case in point : in 1948 Baker wrote in his admirable study of the letter material ' In preparation for a collected edition of Charles Wesley's letters the author has made transcripts of about 600 , all but about ...
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... letters . There is even a collection of sermons , " and , in an early printing , a tract or two.12 Some of this material is relatively easy to locate , other parts less so . 13 Such an apparently promising mass of published material ...
... letters . There is even a collection of sermons , " and , in an early printing , a tract or two.12 Some of this material is relatively easy to locate , other parts less so . 13 Such an apparently promising mass of published material ...
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