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Saturday, 5 January 2013

The Wesley brothers and other thoughts

John Wesley, Charles Wesley, Samuel Wesley.  Brothers.  The words of hymn 35 are by Charles Wesley as are 5 others.  Samuel Wesley is credited with the music of 7.  John doesn’t get a mention, except in Note 105 which gives a short history of these remarkable brothers, and Methodism.  Wikipedia tells me that John Wesley never left the ministry of the Church of England.

The opening paragraph of Miscellaneous Writings and that of Science and Health seem to me to echo each other with thoughts of the star when heralded the birth of Jesus Christ.  It reminds me of the echoing of Genesis I and John 1.  Beautiful!

Joyce Voysey

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