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	Charles Wesley's fruitful risk

bignosemousie

6-7-2008 12:12 AM

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bignosemousie says:

Whoa. Two months after his conversion he ministered to men on death row. They faced death full of comfort and peace.

Read the entire story at the source. It is uplifting, for those that need some good news.

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6-7-2008 12:20 AM

willhelm

Great story.
Mousie, This is one of my all time favorite sites. May I suggest the audio.

6-7-2008 12:25 AM

bignosemousie

Willhelm, I am pretty sure I found this site from one of your clips. I like it, so thank you.

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On July 18, 1738, two months after his conversion, Charles Wesley did an amazing thing.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.desiringgod.org/ResourceLibrary/RecentlyAdded/2827_Charles_Wesleys_Radical_and_Fruitful_Risk/">
Wesley and Bray asked if they could be locked in overnight with the prisoners who were to be executed the next day. That night they spoke the gospel. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.desiringgod.org/ResourceLibrary/RecentlyAdded/2827_Charles_Wesleys_Radical_and_Fruitful_Risk/">
The next day, the men were loaded onto a cart and taken to Tyburn. Charles went with them. Ropes were fastened around their necks so that the cart could be driven off and leave them swinging in the air to choke to death.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.desiringgod.org/ResourceLibrary/RecentlyAdded/2827_Charles_Wesleys_Radical_and_Fruitful_Risk/">Here’s what Wesley wrote:</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.desiringgod.org/ResourceLibrary/RecentlyAdded/2827_Charles_Wesleys_Radical_and_Fruitful_Risk/">
	They were all cheerful; full of comfort, peace, and triumph; assuredly persuaded Christ had died for them, and waited to receive them into paradise.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.desiringgod.org/ResourceLibrary/RecentlyAdded/2827_Charles_Wesleys_Radical_and_Fruitful_Risk/"> All the condemned prisoners were converted. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.desiringgod.org/ResourceLibrary/RecentlyAdded/2827_Charles_Wesleys_Radical_and_Fruitful_Risk/">Why did he go?</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.desiringgod.org/ResourceLibrary/RecentlyAdded/2827_Charles_Wesleys_Radical_and_Fruitful_Risk/">
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