Wesley Corpus

A 69 To Walter Churchey

AuthorJohn Wesley
Typeletter
YearNone
Passage IDjw-letter-1788a-69-to-walter-churchey-000
Words150
Means of Grace Social Holiness Scriptural Authority
To Walter Churchey Date: YORK, June 26, 1788. Source: The Letters of John Wesley (1788) Author: John Wesley --- MY DEAR BROTHER, -- I answered your last. By what means my letter miscarried I cannot tell. [See letters of June 14 and July 22 to him.] Above half of that paragraph (which has traveled over most of the kingdom) is very true. The other half is a blunder. What I spoke was a citation from Bengelius, who thought, not that the world would end, but that the Millennium would begin about the year 1836. [See letter of June 3 to Christopher Hopper.] Not that I affirm this myself, nor ever did. I do not determine any of these things: they are too high for me. I only desire to creep on in the vale of humble love. Peace be with you and yours I -- I am Your affectionate brother.