Register of Charles Wesley's Preaching
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Page 1 -- 1735-36 Register of Charles Wesley’s Preaching [updated April 24, 2021] Date / Day Text [or topic] Site Source 10/21/35 T Phil. 3:13–14 On board the “Simmonds,” bound for Georgia CW notation1 11/30/35 S 1 Kgs. 18:21 Cowes, Isle of Wight, St. Mary’s church CW notation2 [12/07/35 S] John 4:41 Cowes, Isle of Wight, St. Mary’s church CW title3 03/09/36 T arrives at Frederica, begins leading regularly in prayers 03/11/36 Th Luke 224 Frederica, Georgia MS Journal 03/14/36 S Matt. 6:22–235 Frederica, Georgia MS Journal; CW notation 04/04/36 S Ps. 37:37 Frederica, Georgia MS Journal 04/18/36 S Ps. 126:7 (BCP)6 Frederica, Georgia MS Journal 05/09/36 S Luke 16:87 Frederica, Georgia CW notation 05/11/36 T [2 Kgs. 4; Matt. 9]8 Frederica, Georgia MS Journal 05/12/36 W Matt. 10:16–269 Frederica, Georgia MS Journal 05/13/36 Th leaves for Savannah 05/16/36 S not specified Skidaway Island, Georgia MS Journal 05/19/36ff [lesson am & pm]10 Savannah, Georgia MS Journal 05/23/36 S Matt. 6:22–23 Savannah, Georgia CW notation11 1A manuscript text of this sermon has survived, including a notation of when it was preached (MARC, MA 1977/597/1). A published transcription is available in Sermons, 95–106. 2A manuscript text of this sermon has survived, including a notation of being preached this time (MARC, MA 1977/597/4). A transcription is available in Sermons, 110–22. 3The manuscript of this sermon has survived (MARC, MA 1977/608/3). At the top of the text CW has written “Serm. III.” There is no date, or listing of when it was preached, but JW notes that CW preached 3–4 times in Cowes between late Oct. and Dec. 10; see JW, Journal, Nov. 20, 1735, Works, 18:140. This frequent demand helps account for the sermon being entirely an extract (mainly from Samuel Shaw). CW records reading this extract again to friends in MS Journal, Oct. 16, 1737. 4“At ten this morning I began the full service to about a dozen women whom I had got together, intending to continue it and only to read a few prayers to the men before they went to work. I also expounded the second lesson with some boldness, as I had a few times before.” 5The manuscript text of this sermon, which CW copied from JW, has survived, including a notation of its use on this date (MARC, MA 1977/608/4, flyleaf). A published transcription is available in JW, Works, 4:371–77. 6The manuscript text of this sermon in CW’s hand has survived, including notion on the front of this and later uses (MARC, MA 1977/608/2). A published transcription is available in Sermons, 123–29. 7The manuscript text of this sermon, which CW copied from JW, has survived, including a notation of use on this occasion (MARC, MA 1977/608/5). A published transcription is available in JW, Works, 4:360–70. 8“I had now so far recovered my strength, that I could again expound the lesson.” 9Expounding the lesson. 10“According to our agreement, my brother set forward for Frederica, and I took charge of Savannah in his absence. The hardest duty imposed on me was the expounding the lesson morning and evening to one hundred hearers. I was surprised at my own confidence, and acknowledged it not my own.” 11MARC, MA 1977/608/4, flyleaf; see JW, Works, 4:371. Page 2 -- 1735-36 Register of Charles Wesley’s Preaching [updated April 24, 2021] Date / Day Text [or topic] Site Source 6/06/36 S Ps. 126:7 (BCP) Savannah, Georgia CW notation12 06/20/36 S 1 Kgs. 18:21 Savannah, Georgia CW notation13 07/25/36 S Luke 16:8 Savannah, Georgia CW notation14 07/25/36 S resigns office in Georgia, to return home MS Journal 09/12/36 S 1 Kgs. 18:21 on board the London Galley, to Boston CW notation15 09/26/36 S Luke 10:4216 Boston, Massachusetts, Christ Church MS Journal 09/26/36 S Luke 10:42 Boston, Massachusetts, King’s Chapel MS Journal 10/03/36 S Job 3:1717 Boston, Massachusetts, Christ Church MS Journal 10/03/36 S Job 3:17 Boston, Massachusetts, King’s Chapel MS Journal 10/10/36 S Ps. 126:7 (BCP) Boston, Massachusetts, Christ Church CW notation18 10/10/36 S Ps. 126:7 (BCP) Boston, Massachusetts, King’s Chapel CW notation19 10/17/36 S 1 Kgs. 18:21 Boston, Massachusetts, Christ Church CW notation20 10/17/36 S 1 Kgs. 18:21 Boston, Massachusetts, King’s Chapel CW notation21 12MARC, MA 1977/608/2, front cover; see Sermons, 125. 13CW was preaching an abridged version of the sermon on this text he had given earlier on the Isle of Man. This abridged version survives in manuscript (MARC, MA 1977/608/1), including on the flyleaf the occasions when it was used; See Sermons, 110–11, fn 10. 14MARC, MA 1977/608/5, front cover; see JW, Works, 4:360. 15MARC, MA 1977/608/1, flyleaf. 16The manuscript text of this sermon, which CW copied from JW, has survived (MARC, DDCW 8/13). A transcription is available in JW, Works, 4:351–59. 17CW was likely preaching JW’s 1735 published sermon on this text; cf. The Trouble and Rest of Good Men, JW, Works, 3:533–41. 18MARC, MA 1977/608/2, front cover; see Sermons, 125. 19MARC, MA 1977/608/2, front cover; see Sermons, 125. 20MARC, MA 1977/608/1, flyleaf. 21MARC, MA 1977/608/1, flyleaf. Page 3 -- 1737 Register of Charles Wesley’s Preaching [updated April 24, 2021] Date / Day Text [or topic] Site Source 02/06/37 S Luke 10:42 Westminster, Duke Street Chapel CW notation1 03/27/37 S Luke 10:42 Mickleton CW notation2 04/24/373 S Matt. 6:22–23 Aston4 CW notation5 04/24/37 S Matt. 6:22–23 Wickham6 CW notation7 05/01/37 S Matt. 6:22–23 Oxford, Castle Prison CW notation8 06/05/37 S [Luke 13:23–30] Wormley, St. Laurence church MS Journal 07/03/37 S not specified Hatfield [Heath] MS Journal 08/14/37 S Ps. 126:7 (BCP) Westminster, Duke Street Chapel CW notation9 08/21/37 S not specified Wormley, St. Laurence church MS Journal 08/28/37 S Ps. 126:7 (BCP) London, St. John’s church CW notation10 09/11/37 S Luke 10:42 Bexley, Blendon Hall MS Journal; CW notation11 09/18/37 S not specified Oxford, Castle prison MS Journal 09/18/37 S Luke 10:42 Stanton Harcourt MS Journal; CW notation12 10/02/37 S not specified South Leigh, St. James church MS Journal 10/09/37 S not specified South Leigh, St. James church MS Journal 10/23/37 S Mark 12:30 Westminster, Duke Street Chapel CW notation13 10/23/37 S Prov. 11:30 Westminster, St. John the Evangelist’s church CW notation14 1See MARC, DDCW 8/13, back cover; JW, Works, 4:351. 2See MARC, DDCW 8/13, back cover; JW, Works, 4:351. 3CW mistakenly records the year as 1736 in this and the following entry. Under the old calendar the year had changed in late March. 4This is likely St. James’s Church in Aston, Oxfordshire; near Stanton Harcourt. Alternatively, if “Wickham” is High Wycombe, it could be Aston Rowant, Oxfordshire—on the way to High Wycombe. 5MARC, MA 1977/608/4, flyleaf; see JW, Works, 4:371. 6CW’s typical phonetic spelling leaves a question here. He may mean Wytham, a village 3 miles northwest of Oxford (where JW preached a month later); or he may mean High Wycombe—typically referred to simply as Wycombe, which CW repeatedly spells “Wickham” in MS Journal. 7MARC, MA 1977/608/4, flyleaf; see JW, Works, 4:371. 8MARC, MA 1977/608/4, flyleaf; see JW, Works, 4:371. 9MARC, MA 1977/608/2, front cover; see Sermons, 125. 10MARC, MA 1977/608/2, front cover; see Sermons, 125. 11CW’s manuscript copy of JW’s sermon on this text includes a notation of preaching it “near London.” See MARC, DDCW 8/13; JW, Works, 4:351. 12CW’s manuscript copy of JW’s sermon on this text includes a notation in CW’s hand of this occasion. See MARC, DDCW 8/13; JW, Works, 4:351. 13The manuscript text of this sermon, which CW copied from JW, has survived (MARC, DDCW 8/13; transcription available in JW, Works, 4:329–45.) This and one other occasion of CW preaching the sermon are noted on the back page. 14The manuscript text of this sermon, which CW copied from JW, has survived (MARC, DDCW 8/13; transcription available in JW, Works, 4:305–17). Page 4 -- 1737 Register of Charles Wesley’s Preaching [updated April 24, 2021] Date / Day Text [or topic] Site Source 10/23/37 S Ps. 91:11 Westminster, St. John the Evangelist’s church CW notation15 10/30/37 S Luke 10:42 London, St. Helen’s church, Bishopsgate MS Journal; CW notation16 10/30/37 S Luke 10:42 London, St. Olave’s church, Old Jewry MS Journal; CW notation17 11/13/37 S Mark 12:30 Bexley, St. Mary’s church MS Journal; CW notation18 11/20/37 S Rom. 2:2919 London, St. Helen’s church, Bishopsgate MS Journal 15The manuscript text of this sermon, which CW copied from JW, has survived (MARC, DDCW 8/13).