1. John Wesley Powell, a midwesterner, knew that all the private initiative in the world would never make it bloom.

2. John Wesley preached at North Cave in 1761, probably in a barn or in the open air.

3. John Wesley edited an abridged edition and used it widely to support his sermons.

4. John Wesley Harding was a friend to the poor.

5. John Wesley founded the Methodist Church.

6. John Wesley, when he saw the rising tide of patriotic fervor in America and the trend towards revolution, expressed his strong disapproval. So did the Anglican clergy.

7. John Wesley Jermyn has been a fixture in West Los Angeles for more than 20 years.

8. In the days of John Wesley, lay preachers with limited education would sometimes conduct the church services.

9. John Wesley was the primary figure in the eighteenth century Evangelical Revival and founder of Methodism.

10. At that moment, John Wesley was cut to the heart by these words and spent night and day searching the Bible and praying to discover the assurance of his salvation.

11. The "cleanliness" passage was coined by John Wesley, the 18th century evangelist who founded Methodism, says Thomas Kidd, a history professor at Baylor University in Texas.

12. John Wesley said: 'God generally guides me by presenting reasons to my mind for acting in a certain way'.

13. The great John Wesley had been preaching for a number of years when someone challenged him concerning his faith.

14. That was news to Reed's attorney, John Wesley Hall, a constitutional expert from Little Rock, who says he actually told Reed that no one would ever settle the suit.

15. John Wesley was assured of both justification and sanctification because he had experienced them in his own life.

16. "No matter if John Wesley or someone else came up with a wise saying - if it sounds proverbish, people figure it must come from the Bible, " Kidd says.

17. John Wesley was introduced to the Master by a porter.

18. At a small religious meeting in Aldersgate Street, London, on May 24, 1738,(sentencedict.com) John Wesley had an experience in which his "heart was strangely warmed."

19. The Place of Wesley in the Christian Tradition (1976); R Tuttle, John Wesley: His Life and Theology (1978).

20. It reminds me of the story where someone told John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, "I just can't forgive that person!

21. One explanation traces the origin of the trophy cup to the "loving cup" designed by theologian John Wesley (1703–1781).