Religion in the Age of Enlightenment
Keywords
Religion in the Age of Enlightenment, John Wesley, Arminian Magazine
Abstract
In March 1747, when defending the Methodist practice of lay preaching, John Wesley announced: "I am not careful for what may be an hundred years hence. He who governed the world before I was born shall take care of it likewise when I am dead. My part is to improve the present moment:'' The same thought was apparent thirty years later when counseling Ann Bolton: "Whatever our past experience has been, we are now more or less acceptable to God as we more or less improve the present moment."
Recommended Citation
Prosser, Barbara
(2011)
""Improving the present moment": John Wesley's Use of the Arminian Magazine in Raising Early Methodist Awareness and Understanding of National Issues (January 1778-February 1791),"
Religion in the Age of Enlightenment: Vol. 2, Article 6.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/rae/vol2/iss1/6