 | Dee Andrews - History - 2002 - 388 pages
...shall," he had no other choice than to preach out-of-doors. "I look upon all the world as my parish," so that "in whatever part of it I am, I judge it meet,...unto all that are willing to hear the glad tidings of salvation."48 He espoused, that is, the missionary's credo: conversion of the lapsed and heathen alike,... | |
 | Martin H. Manser - Religion - 2001 - 524 pages
...abroad, / The honors of Thy name. Charles Wesley I look upon all the world as my parish, this far 1 mean, that, in whatever part of it I am, I judge it...are willing to hear, the glad tidings of salvation. John Wesley When social action is mistaken for evangelism the Church has ceased to manufacture its... | |
 | Frank Lambert - History - 1999 - 318 pages
...audience. "I look upon all the world as my parish," he declared in a phrase Whitefield would echo, "and am bounden duty to declare unto all that are willing to hear the glad tidings of salvation." Whitefield developed a similar perspective and, like his mentor, explored new measures to attract sinners.... | |
 | Stephen Tomkins - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 214 pages
...probably ever shall. Whom then shall I hear, God or man?... I look upon all the world as my parish; thus far I mean, that, in whatever part of it I am,...me to; and sure I am that his blessing attends it. 'Nor can I be said,' he added on another occasion, in answer to Stebbing's animadversion, 'to "intrude... | |
 | Paul Wesley Chilcote - Religion - 2003 - 132 pages
...a letter that contains one of his most famous statements: "I look upon all the world as my parish; thus far I mean, that in whatever part of it I am,...me to. And sure I am that his blessing attends it" (Works, Journal, June n, 1739). The mission undertaken by the early Methodists was "to reform the nation,... | |
 | Ernst Troeltsch - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 680 pages
...„Suffer me now to tell you my principles in this matter. I look upon all the world as my parish; thus far I mean, that in whatever part of it I am,...duty to declare unto all that are willing to hear me the glad tidings of salvation. This is the work which I know God has called me to. And sure I am... | |
 | George Eliot - Fiction - 2005 - 652 pages
...11 Suffer me now to tell you my principles in this matter. I look upon all the world as my parish; thus far I mean, that, in whatever part of it I am,...me to; and sure I am, that his blessing attends it. Great encouragement have I, therefore, to be faithful in fulfilling the work he hath given me to do.... | |
 | Leon O. Hynson - Religion - 2005 - 176 pages
...in this matter. l look upon all the world as my parish:...! judge it my bounden duty to declare to all that are willing to hear the glad tidings of salvation. This is the work which I know God has called A Wesley an Theology of Evangelism 85 me to, and l am sure that his blessing attends it. Notes ) Sermons,... | |
 | Tom Streeter - Church history - 2006 - 458 pages
...were willing to listen. In June he wrote: "I look upon the world as my parish; I judge it my boundsn duty, to declare unto all that are willing to hear, the glad tidings of salvation. He preached in jails to prisoners, in inns to wayfarers, on vessels crossing to Ireland. At a natural... | |
 | John Wesley - Methodist Church - 1966 - 136 pages
...Frederica. Suffer me now to tell you my principles in this matter. I look upon the world as my parish ; thus far I mean, that in whatever part of it I am...me to ; and sure I am that His blessing attends it. Great encouragement have I, therefore, to be faithful in fulfilling the work He hath given me to do.... | |
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I look upon all the world as my parish; thus far I mean, that in whatever part of it I am, I judge it meet, right, and my bounden duty to declare unto all that are willing to hear, the glad tidings of salvation. 
