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Arminian Magazine (1778–84)1 [Baker list, #371–77] Editorial Introduction: In 1778 John Wesley began publishing the Arminian Magazine. He had witnessed the success of Calvinist journals like the Christian Magazine and Gospel Magazine, and wanted to provide an alternative monthly publication that would affirm and defend God’s universal offer of salvation. Each monthly installment of the Arminian Magazine had three major sections. First came a prose section that included sermons, spiritual biographies, excerpts from theological tracts, and the like. This was followed by a selection of letters (most written to Wesley) that were judged to be spiritually edifying. The concluding pages of each issue were devoted to poetry. In the first year, as he sought to highlight the distinctive emphases of the Arminian Magazine, John Wesley reprinted nine of Charles Wesley’s polemical poems against predestination from the Hymns on God’s Everlasting Love (1741/42), and one other in this vein from HSP (1740), 136–42. He also began to publish (without attribution) a series of other poems by Charles that had not appeared in print before. Nor was Charles the only family member to appear in the initial volume. The very first item of verse was Samuel Wesley Sr.’s extended piece “Eupolis’s Hymn to the Creator” (1:39ff). A bit later John inserted a poem by Samuel Wesley Jr. honoring their father (1:141–42). And he also included six poems by their sister Mehetabel (neé Wesley) Wright; one of which was being published for the first time (see 1:186ff). In addition to items by family members, John Wesley inserted in the early volumes of the Arminian Magazine several poems that had been long-time personal favorites, drawing them from transcriptions in the manuscript Poetry Miscellany he collected during his student days at Oxford. He also reprinted scattered favorite items from prior published collections (shown in the table of contents in blue font). In particular, starting in volume 9, he reprinted several items from his three- volume Collection of Moral and Sacred Poems, to make them more widely available. Wesley drew on a range of sources for the poetry he inserted in the Arminian Magazine, sometimes replicating several items from a single source. We have annotated all prior published sources that could be located. As the magazine became established, some of Wesley’s friends and followers appear to have supplied him with manuscript items to publish. Unfortunately he does not typically give enough details to identify these authors with certainty. It is clear that Wesley controlled which poetry was included in the initial volumes of the Arminian Magazine, and he likely retained primary responsibility for such decisions until near his death. Given the possibility of some backlog in his recommendations, we include in this collection the poetry sections through the end of 1791, with the recognition that Wesley was surely not responsible for selecting many of the items in the last volume (such as those on his death). In order to maintain manageable size, our transcription of the sections of poetry in Arminian Magazine during Wesley’s life are divided into two sections: 1778–84 and 1785–91. The table of contents for each grouping appears at the beginning of that file. 1This document was produced by the Duke Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition under the editorial direction of Randy L. Maddox, with the diligent assistance of Aileen F. Maddox. Last updated: March 21, 2018. Table of Contents Volume 1 (1778) Eupolis’s Hymn to the Creator [Samuel Wesley Sr., HSP (1739), 1–5] 1:39–45 Hymn. Salvation depends not on Absolute Decrees [CW, HGEL (1741), 18–19] 1:45–46 Hymn on Universal Redemption [CW, HGEL (1741), 12–13] 1:47–48 On taking up a Bird shot through the Wing. By the Rev. Mr. [John] Gambold 1:91–92 Jesus Christ, the Saviour of All Men [CW, HGEL (1741), 20–23] 1:92–95 The Rose-Bud. To a Young Lady [William Broome] 1:96 The Loss of Eternal Life not Owing to any Absolute Decree [CW, HGEL (1742), 19–21] 1:137–39 On God’s Everlasting Love [CW, HGEL (1741), 10–11] 1:139–40 Upon my Father. By the Rev. Samuel Wesley [Jr.] 1:141–43 On His Own Picture. By Mr. [Thomas] Randolph 1:143–44 Sent to Mrs. B. on Her Birth-Day [Alexander Pope] 1:144 The Lucid Interval. By Mrs. [Mehetabel (Wesley)] Wright 1:186–87 A Mother’s Address to Her Dying Infant. By Mrs. [Mehetabel (Wesley)] Wright 1:187–88 An Epitaph on Herself. By Mrs. [Mehetabel (Wesley)] Wright 1:188 The Resignation. By Mrs. [Mehetabel (Wesley)] Wright 1:188–89 To the Memory of Her Sister. By Mrs. [Mehetabel (Wesley)] Wright 1:190 The Universal Love of Christ [CW, HGEL (1742), 31–33] 1:191–92 A Farewell to the World. By Mrs. [Mehetabel (Wesley)] Wright 1:233–35 Universal Redemption [CW, HSP (1740), 136–42] 1:235–40 To a Mother, on the Death of Her Children. By Rev. Samuel Wesley Jr. 1:280–81 An Epitaph on Miss Mary Lowth [Robert Lowth] 1:281–82 [An Epitaph on Miss Mary Lowth] Imitated [Charles Wesley] 1:282 On Bishop Atterbury’s Birth-Day [Samuel Wesley Jr.] 1:282–83 On Retirement [William Broome] 1:284–85 Part of the 104th Psalm Paraphrased [John Wesley] 1:285–88 An Hymn in Affliction. By Miss [Mary?] Kinchin 1:332–33 The Lord’s Controversy [CW, HGEL (1742), 34–36] 1:333–36 To the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady [John Wesley] 1:380–83 Address to the Calvinists [likely Charles Wesley] 1:383–84 To a Young Lady. By Mrs. [Catherine] Talbot 1:425–27 Part of the Eighth Chapter of Proverbs Paraphrased [James Ward] 1:427–29 On the Coronation [Henry Pollexsen] 1:429 On Seeing a Friend’s Picture. By Mr. [Matthew] Concanen 1:429–30 Written after reading Mr. H[ill]’s Remarks, and Farrago Double Distilled [Charles Wesley] 1:430 On God’s Everlasting Love [CW, HGEL (1741), 3–5] 1:430–32 Alcidor. By a Lady [Anne Kingsmill Finch, Countess of Winchilsea] 1:479–81 To Health. By a Young Lady [Hester Chapone] 1:481 To Stella [Hester Chapone] 1:482–84 To Aspasia, in Answer. By Miss H. 1:484–87 On Universal Redemption [CW, HGEL (1741), 28–29] 1:487–88 On the Appearance of Champion Dymoke at the Coronation [Henry Cleland] 1:488 To Solitude [Hester Chapone] 1:536–37 Ode to Content. By Mrs. [Anna Lactitia] Barbauld 1:538–39 Coronation Epigram 1:540 Epigram [on Virgil] [Walter Titley] 1:540 The Country Clergyman. By [Oliver] Goldsmith 1:590–92 Ode to Truth. By Mr. [William] Mason 1:592–94 Retirement. An Ode. By Dr. [James] Beattie 1:594–96 By a Lady in America to her Husband in England 1:596–97 An Ode, written at Sylvan Dale 1:597–98 On Eternity 1:599 Epitaph Translated from the French 1:599 The Epigram on Virgil Translated 1:599 The Same Paraphrased. By a Friend 1:599–600 On Dr. Aldrich, Dean of Christ-Church, Oxon [Vincent Bourne] 1:600 Volume 2 (1779) The Batchelor’s Wish 2:44–45 A Letter to a Clergyman 2:45–47 On Reading the Checks and Other Polemical Works of Mr. Fletcher [Charles Wesley?] 2:47 A Translation of the Verses on Dean Aldrich 2:47–48 Cowley’s Epitaph on Himself. Epitaphium vivi Autoris [Abraham Cowley] 2:48 Elegiac Stanzas, on the Death of an Infant [Thomas Wright] 2:96–103 Translation of Cowley’s Epitaph 2:103–104 Ex Martiale 2:104 The Pursuit of Happiness [Matthew Prior] 2:152–54 A Funeral Hymn on the Death of Mr. John Haddon. By the Rev. Mr. B. of Somersetshire 2:154–55 The Epitaph of the Late Duke of Buckingham [George Villiers]. Written by Himself. 2:156 [Rendition by Samuel Wesley Sr.] 2:156 Psalm xlvi [Henry Pitt; cf. CPH (1737), 4] 2:157–58 Short Hymns. Gen. 3:8, 23:20, 46:4; Exod. 19:4 [CW, Scripture Hymns (1762)] 2:158–59 Translation of the Epigram 2:160 Ex Martiali 2:160 The Caution. By Mrs. ____ 2:212–15 Translation of the foregoing Epigram 2:216 Epigram 2:216 Christian Experience. By Miss ____ 2:261–65 Written in the Beginning of Mezeray’s History of France [Matthew Prior] 2:265–66 On Mrs. Martin. By Miss Th___ 2:266–68 The Wish. By Miss T[indall] 2:268–70 Short Hymns. Exod. 34:6–7 [CW, Scripture Hymns (1762)] 2:271–72 Translation of the Epigram on Mr. Harley, who was stabbed in the Council-Chamber 2:272 Parce sepultis 2:272 The Garland [Matthew Prior] 2:322–23 Lines … on reading Stella’s Account of the Deceitfulness of Human Friendship [Ann Tindall] 2:323–26 From a Lady at Bath to her Husband [Mary (Molesworth) Monk] 2:326–27 Short Hymns. Num. 6:24–26 [CW, Scripture Hymns (1762)] 2:327–28 Translation of the Epigram, on Achilles dragging the dead body of Hector ... 2:328 Epigram. Sunt qui servari nolunt 2:328 Birth-Day Reflections. By Miss A. F___. Written November 25, 1767 2:378–82 Faith, Hope, Charity [John Byrom] 2:382 Short Hymns. Num. 11:27–29 [CW, Scripture Hymns (1762)] 2:383 Translation of the foregoing Epigram 2:384 Epigram. Sordidus est, lusco qui possit dicere lusce 2:384 The Lady’s Looking-Glass [Laurence Eusden] 2:435–37 Part of a Paraphrase of the Third Chapter of Job 2:437–38 To a Robin [Rev.