• John Wesley  PRO

  Contributed by Bruce Howell on Oct 7, 2004 (message contributor)

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  Denomination: Wesleyan

. JOHN WELSEY

Traveled over 250,000 miles on horseback over a period of 40 years preaching the Gospel

Preached 40,000 sermons

Wrote 400 books

Knew 10 languages

At 83 he was annoyed that he couldn’t write more than 15 hours a day without hurting his eyes.

At 86 he was ashamed because he couldn’t preach more than twice a day. He complained that he had to lie in bed until 5:30 in the morning.

Over the years Wesley endured much hardship. His church rejected his message. Because of his strong