The Life of the Rev. John Wesley, A. M. with Memoirs of the Wesley Family. To Which are Subjoined, Dr. Whitehead’s Funeral Sermon, and a Comprehensive History of American Methodism

by George Bourne

Publishers:

George Dobbin and Murphy; John Hagerty and Abner Neal

, 1807

Overview

Part biography and part apologia, this volume seeks to clarify debated and obscure events from John Wesley’s life. George Bourne gently corrects popular rumors, treats Wesley’s detractors with respect, and provides an edifying account of John Wesley’s life.

Product Details

• Title: The Life of the Rev. John Wesley, A. M. with Memoirs of the Wesley Family. To Which are Subjoined, Dr. Whitehead’s Funeral Sermon, and a Comprehensive History of American Methodism
• Author: George Bourne
• Publishers: George Dobbin and Murphy, John Hagerty and Abner Neal
• Print Publication Date: 1807
• Logos Release Date: 2015
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Wesley, John, 1703-1791; Methodist Episcopal Church › History; Funeral sermons
• Resource ID: LLS:STDSJHNWSLY08
• Resource Type: text.monograph.biography
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-11T15:54:12Z

About George Bourne

George Bourne (1780–1845) was an American abolitionist and Presbyterian minister. Widely acknowledged as the first to publicly proclaim “immediate emancipation without compensation,” he worked indefatigably against slavery, causing William Lloyd Garrison to say of him, “Never has slavery had a more indomitable foe or freedom a truer friend.” Bourne was also a successful writer, and his The Book and Slavery Irreconcilable was a key ideological tract spurring Christian abolitionism. His other works include Napolean Bonaprte, and the now lost Thomas Jefferson and His Presidency. Bourne edited several periodicals, including the Christian Intelligencer, and the Baltimore Daily Gazette. He founded the Protestant Reformation Society, which later became the American Foreign Christian Union.