Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

John and Charles Wesley : selected prayers, hymns, journal notes, sermons, letters and treatises / edited, with an introduction, by Frank Whaling ; preface by Albert C. Outler.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Classics of Western spiritualityPublication details: New York : Paulist Press, ©1981.Description: xx, 412 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0809103184
  • 9780809103188
  • 0809123681
  • 9780809123681
Uniform titles:
  • Works. Selections. 1981
Contained works:
  • Wesley, Charles, 1707-1788. Works. Selections. 1981
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: John and Charles Wesley.LOC classification:
  • BX8217.W54 W45 1981
Contents:
Section I. Selected writings of John Wesley. John Wesley's spirituality : a collection of forms of prayer for every day in the week -- A scheme of self-examination -- Advice on spiritual reading. Part of the preface to John Wesley's abridgement of Thomas à Kempis' Treatise of the imitation of Christ -- John Wesley's translations of some German hymns -- Extracts from John Wesley's Journal -- The nature, design, and general rules of the United Societies -- A meditation on the Lord's Prayer. An extract from Wesley's Sermon on the Mount VI -- A plain account of genuine Christianity -- Wesley's covenant service, directions for renewing our covenant with God -- A short account of the life and death of the Reverend John Fletcher -- Eleven letters of spiritual counsel -- Section II. The hymns of Charles Wesley. Preface and selection of hymns from the 1780 handbook -- Selection of hymns from Hymns on the Lord's Supper -- Selection of other hymns by Charles Wesley -- Section III. A plain account of Christian perfection -- Appendix : A service for such as would make or renew their covenant with God [a modern adaptation].
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library General Stacks BX8217.W54W45 1981 Available 33710001175343

Includes indexes.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-393).

Section I. Selected writings of John Wesley. John Wesley's spirituality : a collection of forms of prayer for every day in the week -- A scheme of self-examination -- Advice on spiritual reading. Part of the preface to John Wesley's abridgement of Thomas à Kempis' Treatise of the imitation of Christ -- John Wesley's translations of some German hymns -- Extracts from John Wesley's Journal -- The nature, design, and general rules of the United Societies -- A meditation on the Lord's Prayer. An extract from Wesley's Sermon on the Mount VI -- A plain account of genuine Christianity -- Wesley's covenant service, directions for renewing our covenant with God -- A short account of the life and death of the Reverend John Fletcher -- Eleven letters of spiritual counsel -- Section II. The hymns of Charles Wesley. Preface and selection of hymns from the 1780 handbook -- Selection of hymns from Hymns on the Lord's Supper -- Selection of other hymns by Charles Wesley -- Section III. A plain account of Christian perfection -- Appendix : A service for such as would make or renew their covenant with God [a modern adaptation].