65 To The Reader Of The Arminian Magazine
| Author | John Wesley |
|---|---|
| Type | letter |
| Year | None |
| Passage ID | jw-letter-1777-65-to-the-reader-of-the-arminian-magazine-000 |
| Words | 189 |
To the Reader of the ' Arminian Magazine'
Date: LEWISHAM, November 24, 1777.
Source: The Letters of John Wesley (1777)
Author: John Wesley
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It is usual, I am informed, for the compilers of magazines to employ the outside covers in acquainting the courteous reader with the beauties and excellencies of what he will find within. I beg him to excuse me from this trouble: from writing panegyric upon myself. Neither can I desire my friends to do it for me in their recommendatory letters. I am content this Magazine should stand or fall by its own intrinsic value. If it is a compound of falsehood, ribaldry, and nonsense, let it sink into oblivion. If it contains only the words of truth and soberness, then let it meet with a favorable reception.
It is usual likewise with magazine writers to speak of themselves in the plural number: ' We will do this.' And, indeed, it is the general custom of great men so to do. But I am a little one. Let me, then, be excused in this also, and permitted to speak as I am accustomed to do.