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Their relationship was not always perfect; an example being how Charles clumsily intervened when John may well have married Grace Murray, the housekeeper from the Orphan House, Newcastle Upon Tyne. But despite all of this, their complementary ministries are a powerful witness to the power of the Holy Spirit.   \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eI am pleased that Wilson, in drawing his studies to a conclusion, refers to the sad but telling account of how, when the younger brother Charles died, a letter informing John of this was misdirected and arrived too late for him to attend the funeral. It was just a fortnight later, when preaching in my home town of Bolton, that John read out one of Charles' hymns, \"Wrestling Jacob\" which includes the lines, \"My company before is gone, And I am left alone with thee.\" As he read the words, he broke down before proceeding to preach the gospel. The incident reveals John's humanity and his abiding passion for Jesus Christ.   \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eIt was John's love for his brother that put in his heart a desire to write his biography, but unfortunately he was unable to complete it before his own death. However, his journal suggests that he had begun the work. The legacy of the Wesleys is evident in their huge spiritual influence across the worldwide church in places they themselves could never have dreamt of visiting.   \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eI warmly commend the book as a reliable and well-documented account of two people who may have been among the greatest of a generation and whose influence has stretched far beyond their own day and still speaks meaningfully in the twenty-first century.  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eRev. Keith V. Garner AM  \u003cbr\u003eSuperintendent\/CEO  \u003cbr\u003eWesley Mission \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this most comprehensive biography of John and Charles Wesley to date, best-selling author, Julian Wilson describes in vivid detail the brothers triumphs and failures, their conversion to true Christianity, their differing characters, their relationships with women, their prison outreach, their uncompromising preaching even when faced with death or serious injury, the growth of the Methodist movement and in Johns case, his supernatural ministry, his work as a physician, his involvement in the abolition of slavery and his educational and social welfare initiatives.","brand":"Koorong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51572360118559,"sku":"9781780781198","price":19.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/files\/9781780781198_1323882.jpg?v=1769389274"},{"product_id":"daring-to-hope-finding-gods-goodness-in-the-broken-and-the-beautiful-480997","title":"Daring to Hope: Finding God's Goodness in the Broken and the Beautiful","description":"Taking up where Kisses From Katie left off, Katie Davis Majors shares her ongoing experiences in Uganda as the adoptive mother to thirteen girls, and describes how she's wrestled through the darkness of disappointment to find the answer to whether God truly is good.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePicking up where she left off in the best-selling book Kisses from Katie, Katie Davis Majors shares her ongoing experiences in Uganda as the adoptive mother to thirteen girls and describes how she's wrestled through the darkness of disappointment to find the answer to whether God truly is good.  \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e New readers and long-time followers alike will find themselves alternately celebrating and crying as they witness a life of faith where death and loss are daily companions alongside miracles and joy. 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