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Chargement... John and Charles Wesley: Selected Prayers, Hymns, Journal Notes, Sermons, Letters and Treatises (Classics of Western Spirituality)par John Wesley
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John and Charles Wesley led the Methodist revival that swept eighteenth-century England and America and changed the face of Christianity forever. Their spirituality synthesized a unique blend of elements from the church fathers, Catholic mystics, and Protestant Reformers. This selection includes John's incisive writings on the spiritual life as well as the famous hymns of Charles, giving vibrant expression to the faith of the Wesleys. "About a quarter before nine, while he was describing the change which God works in the heart through faith in Christ, I felt my heart strangely warmed. I felt I did trust in Christ, Christ alone for salvation; and an assurance was given me that he had taken away my sins, even mine, and saved me from the law of sin and death." -- John Wesley Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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The selections of hymns by Charles Wesley are wonderful, but I had two misgivings about them. First, it is quite difficult to read 121 hymns consecutively; this would constitute quite a long poetry collection. Second, without the music, it was often hard to hear the hymns as they were intended. Since Charles Wesley wrote them to be sung, I couldn't help but wish for the music. If there was one problem with the selection, it was that the ordering did not seem to make clear sense to me.
The first section, which had a wide variety of John Wesley's writing, was the least successful. In part, the weakness is in the genre of "Selected Writings" generally. The works are mostly extracts and thus are out of place contextually. The important extracts are here: Wesley's description of his heart being "strangely warmed" and his letter to Wilberforce encouraging him in his fight against slavery are both welcome additions to any collection. The most memorable of the other pieces were some of the letters John wrote to his sisters as he encouraged them in their faith.
For people interested in the Methodist movement or in the religious history of 18th century England, this is an excellent volume. I look forward to reading further volumes from this series. ( )