I was at a service recently where the Methodist covenant Prayer was used.
This introduction was,
… Christ has many services to be done. Some are easy, others are difficult. Some bring honour, others bring reproach. Some are suitable to our natural inclinations and temporal interests, others are contrary to both… Yet the power to do all [...]
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Posted in Faith, tagged John Wesley, Singing, worship on 18 April 2007 | No Comments »
Joe Thorn has a good quote from John Wesley on Singing on his blog.
John Wesley’s Directions for Singing is found in the front of some Methodist hymnals.
Learn these tunes before you learn any others; afterwards learn as many as you please.
Sing them exactly as they are printed here, without altering or mending them at all; [...]
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These are the questions that you would be asked if you were in one of John Wesley’s Band groups:
What known sins have you committed since our last meeting?
What temptations have you met with?
How were you delivered?
What have you thought, said, or done, of which you doubt whether it be sin or not?
Have you nothing you [...]
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Posted in Faith, tagged John Wesley, Sin, Susanna Wesley on 28 February 2007 | 1 Comment »
I came across this quote from a letter from Susanna Wesley to John Wesley about sin.
She said,
“Take this rule: whatever weakens your reason, impairs the tenderness of your conscience, obscures your sense of God, or takes off your relish of spiritual things; in short, whatever increases the strength and authority of your body over your [...]
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