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Tag Archives: John Wesley
Sermon for Wesley Day/Aldersgate Sunday
This is the latest version of a sermon/address that has evolved over the years. It is based on the account given by Rupert Davies in his book Methodism. It has been preached both on Wesley Day (24th May) and Aldersgate … Continue reading
Posted in History, London, Methodism, Sermon
Tagged Aldersgate, Charles Wesley, John Wesley, Methodism, sermon
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In Wesley’s footsteps (6): Snow Hill
Modern day Snow Hill is a rather featureless street descending from Holborn Viaduct past the west door of the church of St Sepulchre to Farringdon Street, which runs along the old Fleet valley. In John Wesley’s day the Fleet was … Continue reading
Wesley and Well-being
Is the title of a new exhibition which will be touring this spring/summer. According to the advance publicity Sport and healthy living, hospitality and community, are all higher up the agenda because of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2012 … Continue reading
Hymn of the week: Earth, rejoice, our Lord is King
If it gets much later the hymn of the week will be the hymn of last week. On Sunday I chose this as the hymn after the sermon, thinking particularly of the Gospel text’s (Mark 1:21-28) description of Jesus as … Continue reading
Hymn of the week: Come, let us anew
With the demise of Watchnight services in most of British Methodism this hymn and its associated ‘rollicking tune’ (Elizabeth Hart, All Loves excelling) DERBY (aka DERBE) is not as well known as it once was, when it was described having … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Wesley, Hymn of the week, John Fletcher, John Wesley, New year, Watchnight
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In Wesley’s Footsteps (4): Spitalfields
Spitalfields (originally the ‘Hospital Fields’ after the nearby priory hospital of St Mary without Bishopsgate) was built over in the late 17th/early 18th centuries. It became a major settlement of French Huguenot (Reformed Protestant) refugees, who arrived in England in … Continue reading
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Tagged Hugenots, John Wesley, London, Methodism, Spitalfields
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Hymn of the week: O for a thousand tongues to sing
Sunday is Aldersgate Sunday, the nearest Sunday to 24th May, celebrated by Methodists worldwide as the anniversary of John Wesley’s 1738 ‘conversion experience’ in a religious society meeting in Aldersgate. For the Islington and Camden Mission Circuit Aldersgate Sunday this … Continue reading
