John Wesley and the Methodist Revival Chronicle
The article traces John Wesley born 1703 Epworth to his lineage and early life, his Georgia mission, conversion in Aldersgate, open air preaching, and the rise of Methodism. It notes the Wesleyan movement’s social impact in England, class leadership, labor reform, and the growth to about 8 million members worldwide by the early 20th century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wesley
F. W. Farrar
Canterbury
Epworth
England
Mr. Wesley
Samuel
Susannah Wesley
Bartholomew Wesley
Winterbourne
John
Samuel Wesley
John White
Samuel Annesley
St. Paul
Assembly of the Divines
Laud
Wesley
Lord Jesus Christ
Charter House School
London
Lincoln College
Richard Fleming
Lincoln
Oxford University
Oxford
Holy Club
Charles Wesley
George Whitefield
William Morgan
Robert Kirkham
Lord Oglethorpe
Georgia
Oglethorpe
Ogiethorpe
William Williamson
Sophia Hopkey
Williamson
America
Peter Bohler
Aldergate Street
Luther
Christ
Kingswood
Bristol
Jesus Christ
Carroll D. Wright
Methodist Episcopal Church
United States
Wesleyan Church
Warships with Repeated Names and Superstition in Navy
A Washington Star report discusses superstition in naming U S Navy ships, citing petitions against San Francisco and tracing calamities linked to names like Philadelphia Baltimore Vesuvius Yorktown and Concord. It notes several ships with shared names met varied fates and hints at ongoing debates over name choices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Texas
Washington Star
Pacific Coast
Irving M. Scott
Union Ironworks
San Francisco
Merchan Service
United States
Philadelphia
Lake Champlain
Tripoli
Decatur
Cape de Verda
Lost wonders and ruined revolutions in science and industry
A review notes failures to commercialize heat power, diamonds, talium alloy, and a perpetual lamp. Waymouth, Warmer, Adams, Mills all vanished to mystery or madness after exposing the secrets, leaving tools and methods unrevealed and civilizations deprived of potential breakthroughs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Power
Journal of Electricity
John Waymouth
Wolverhampton
Herbert Warmer
Warner
Waymouth
Burglary Ends In Silence The Hampstead Lab Invasion
A Hampstead laboratory was broken into and papers describing a life’s work were stolen. No leads or motives emerged as the crime remained unsolved. Mills, who relied on the papers, died of typhoid two months later, depriving Britain of the invention’s secret.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley
Georgia
Hampstead
Mills
Britain
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Thomas A Kempis
Hayward
Methodism
Pross
Huxley
Forbes Brown
Grantley Adams
Adams
Henry Mills
Herbert Sawbridge
N. Head
Sawbridge