1787: English founder of Methodism John Wesley wrote in a letter:
"When the witness and the fruit of the Spirit meet together, there can be no stronger
proof that we are of God.... Were you to substitute...reason for the witness of the
Spirit, you would never be established."
1816:
Death of Francis Asbury, 70, pioneer Methodist bishop. Sent to America in 1771 by John
Wesley, he saw the new denomination grow from under 500 members to over 200,000 by the
time of his death.
1950:
American missionary and martyr Jim Elliot wrote in his journal: "How the Savior
suffered in the sinner's place! What tormented him in time menaces the sinner for
eternity."
1958:
English apologist C. S. Lewis wrote in Letters to an American Lady: "What
most often interrupts my own prayers is not great distractions but tiny ones things one
will have to do or avoid in the course of the next hour."
1976:
American Presbyterian apologist Francis Schaeffer wrote in a letter: "You must not
lose confidence in God because you lost confidence in your pastor. If our confidence in
God had to depend upon our confidence in any human person, we would be on shifting
sand."
Source: William D. Blake. Almanac
of the Christian Church, Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987. Additional
information supplied by the author. Contact via E-mail: William D. Blake. (pilgrimwb@aol.com)
