Excerpt from John Wesley The extension of Methodism from the little Oxford band of 1738, of which Wesley was the central figure, is a most illustrious example of the work which an individual life, fitted by due training, governed by great principles, and occupied in self-denying labours, may, with the divine blessing, accomplish for the benefit of mankind. Wesley's work is to be estimated by a comparison of the moral and social condition of this country in the earlier half of the last century with its condition in the latter half of this, and of the com parative apathy which then marked all the Churches contrasted with the wakeful activity and energy which now characterises them 5 for to the labours of no single individual is the change traceable more than to those of John \vesley. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.