"There's not a sermon I could preach here, that would be acceptable!" "(Susanna) Now, Samuel, you're overreacting!" "Oh, you know what I mean." "Just because I'm a royalist, the children are ostracized." "You are ignored in the marketplace and everything I do is opposed." "And it's not just the commoners." "The landowners are just as bad...." "(Voice) Fire!" "Everyone out of the house." "(Girl's Voice) Get the baby!" "(Voices) Fire!" "(Susanna) Jackie, where are you?" "Mum?" "[scream]" "What proof have we, as reasonable men, of the existence of a Creator?" "Consider, I beseech you, the universe." "The planets that circle the sun, moons that revolve about the planets, the universe as a machine." "The watch." "The watch!" "Proclaims the watch maker." "Mum, I'm hungry." "Here you go." "Now shut yertrap." "This entire nation is soaked in gin." "What do they do about it?" "Can you spare a penny, sir." "For me babe?" "Gin for your belly, more likely." "There'll be no begging here." "Move along." "I can stand here if I've a mind to." "Are you familiar with Bocardo Prison?" "Aye, I am." "You'll have no trouble from me." "No, sir." "I'll be on me way." "Meet us there this afternoon." "We've food for you and the child." "(Woman) Bless you, sir." "What do you mean by this, John Wesley?" "." "Encouraging the woman?" "It's bad enough her kind roams the streets with the pigs, but I will not have them befouling our Sacred grounds." "We strive to fulfill our religious duty by performing acts of charity..." "Christian charity, sir." "You and your so called "Holy club!"" "It's nothing but a way to flaunt your piety." "There is a proper place for religion, and most of us want it kept there." "Yes, I'm sure you would." "We are very happy as we are, sir, and that does not include sharing the Churchyard with the devil's spawn." "Oh, God bless you, Mr. Wesley, God bless you!" "Isn't it wonderful?" "(John) Well we do what little we can..." "Oh, no not you!" "It's Mr. Oglethorpe." "Haven't you heard?" "He's opening the debtor's prisons, taking them all to America for a new start." "Come along, everyone!" "You don't know much, Mr. Wesley, and that's a fact." "It's not people like you that change things." "It's men of action." "Men like Oglethorpe." "Them what's got the power." "What you do don't make no difference at all." "He's right, you know." "We could build charity schools, alms houses forthe poor, and give our time and money to others, but in the end it really doesn't change very much." "Yes, but we must try, Charles." "We must insure our own salvation, if nothing else." "Yes, we must try." "(John) I'm planning a lesson on Deuteronomy 12." "Mr. White is bringing a guest to the Holy Club today." "Very good!" "Anew member, perhaps?" "One can hope." "Mr. Whitefield, we each abide by a strict method of living." "We rise earlyfor prayer and study of the Scriptures." "We meet at an appointed time for self- examination." "And we fulfill our religious duties by performing certain works of charity together." "I believe God requires rigid self discipline." "Exactly, Mr. Whitefield." "Exactly." "I see you will make an excellent member of our club." "Please join us." "Now, on to business shall we say." "[knocking]" "Amessage for you, Sir." "What is it, brother?" "Come." "Ah, Mr. Wesley!" "Thank you for coming on such short notice." "Allow me introduce you to my friend and ally," "Tomochichi." "Without him, I'm afraid my little enterprise would have been a dismal failure." "Please." "Your enterprise?" "Sir, you are talking about your Georgia colony?" "." "Quite so." "Mr. Wesley, let me be frank." "I need to ask you a question ortwo about your beliefs." "My...beliefs?" "As you may know, my Georgia colony is funded in part by the Societyforthe Promotion of Christian Knowledge." "Yes a most noble organization, sir." "We have concern that the debtors, who form the bulk of our settlers, have spiritual counsel in their new situation." "Asituation which will be primitive and challenging in itself." "In the last several years, I have visited half the parish churches in England." "And thus it has been my misfortune to hear sermons by almost half the clergy of the Church of England." "Do you know what, Mr. Wesley?" "Most of those sermons contained no more Christianity than a page out of Cicero." "Philosophical platitudes mixed up with toadying to the local gentry." "Rarely a mention of the Saviour, rarely a sense of the Scripture." "You consider yourself to be a Christian, Mr. Wesley?" "." "Why, yes, of course, sir." "Most assuredly." "When you have the occasion to preach, do you speak about the Scriptures or do you quote philosophers?" "I am most interested in the study and teaching of Scriptures, sir." "And do you believe in order?" "Order and method are central to my life." "Very well, Mr. Wesley." "I have a proposition for you..." "What of my work here, Charles?" "We've come so far, yet we've so much furtherto go." "Am I to simply abandon it?" "You are not the only member of the society, John." "Are the rest of us not capable?" "And what if I fail?" "What if I'm not able to endure the hardship?" "I must, above all else, ensure my salvation." "I know of no one more able to endure hardship than you, brother." "As for saving your soul, you will be doing God's work, not man's." "is that not so?" "Jackie!" "Oh, my baby." "Mom!" "Mom!" "You're like a brand plucked from the burning." "Truly God has saved you for some great purpose." "Oh, Jackie!" "Truly God surely saved you for some great purpose." "Jackie, what a calling!" "Your Fatherwould have been so proud." "Do sit down, Samuel." "You'll wear a groove in the floor." "I'll have you know, I am completely opposed to this ridiculous scheme." "Who will care for Mother now that Father has passed?" "It's bad enough you refused the pastorate which would have provided you with a living and a home for her and our sisters." "But this!" "I will not preach where l am not wanted." "And you know the people of Epworth will reject me just as they rejected Father." "I believe that my salvation lies in bringing Christ to the heathens." "You should have seen this man." "Amore noble man never existed." "It is preposterous." "I am washing my hands of it." "Thank you, Mother." "Such an endeavor!" "It will be a great loss to me, but if I had twenty sons, I would send them all!" "I'm so glad you feel that way." "Charles is coming with us." "Me?" "I'm not going to Georgia!" "Well most certainly you are." "The General needs two men." "One to serve at Savannah and the other to serve as his secretary at Fort Frederica." "What is this?" "Without even so much as a by-your-leave, Charlie?" "Charles, look, it's perfect." "Oglethorpe asked me to recommend the second man and I've recommended you!" "John!" "I'm not going to Georgia." "I'm happy here." "I need Oxford, I need the literary society, I need the library!" "I'm not like you." "Charles, I am convinced that this is the opportunity our society needs to further God's work." "And you heard Mother, a blessed occupation, she called it!" "Also you'll need to be serving as chaplain of Frederica." "Well there you have it, I can't go." "You know that I'm not ordained." "I've already spoken to the Bishop of Oxford and you're to be ordained this Sunday." "We agreed long ago as a family that I was not cut of the cloth for ordination." "You agreed with Samuel." "Most emphatically, as I recall." "It's all been taken care of, Charlie." "so don't make such a fuss!" "Besides that, Mr. Delamotte and Mr. Ingham, they're coming as well." "John Wesley, you are the most interfering insufferable brother a man has ever been tested by!" "I am not going to be ordained and I most certainly am NOT going to Georgia!" "(Voice) I now ordain you as a deacon of the Church of England." "Called by the Holy Spirit to all the honors, duties and responsibilities..." "Oh, Mr. Wesley, I'm so glad that your brother is following the will of God." "This is not the will of God." "This is the will of John!" "(Captain) Save your prayers Mr. Wesley, for when we'll need them." "We shan't sink today." "No, I like a storm at the start of a voyage, it pulls the crew together!" "Oh Charles." "[laughing]" "He'll get his sea legs soon enough." "Aye, but not till he's retched out his guts!" "[laughing] I'll shall not forgive you." "Take heart, Charlie." "It is by suffering that we come to know God." "Would you open the door, please, John." "That's the Moravians." "I hope to learn more about them." "It sounds like angels singing." "Why can't we sing like that in our services?" "[singing]" "Mr. Wesley, I see you have found your sea legs." "Quite so, Mr. Oglethorpe." "John was a devoted nurse." "And how goes it with you, Mr. Wesley?" "." "Are you whipping the passengers into shape?" "(John) lt is our most fervent desire that we should improve the souls of everyone on this ship." "Anoble aspiration, indeed." "To that end, we have organized the day." "Eight o'clock, morning prayers in the main cabin," "Nine o'clock until noon, private instruction." "Two until four after dinner, more instruction " "Mr. Wesley!" "I understand your desire to abstain from wine and spirits but to forego meat!" "Why, you'll wither away." "Who will save our souls then?" "I seek to save my own soul Captain as well, through abstinence." "Something to which you might also give due consideration." "Well, I think I'll stick to prayer, if you don't mind." "It's always served me verywell." "But prayer is not enough." "We must regulate the body as well as the soul." "I shall be reading today from William Law's" ""Practical Treatise Upon Christian Perfection."" "(Harker) Can you not give it a rest, man?" "There's others here who what don't give a bloody fig for your constant chatter!" "William Law's" ""Practical Treatise on Christian Perfection," Mr. Harker!" "Heathen." "Take heart, Jackie." "Avery wise man once told me, lt is by such suffering we come to know God." "(Delamotte) What did you think of Mr. Wesley's sermon this morning?" "He speaks a great deal about becoming perfect." "Yes, it is his hope of heaven." "It doesn't seem like hope to me." "It seems more like fear." "Sir!" "I insist that Mr. Harker..." "Pass the word for Mr. Elliot." "Spread the word." "... that Mr. Harker be flogged." "Mr. Smithers, what is the glass?" "(Smithers) lt's gone below 29 inches, sir, and falling." "I will not let this pass!" "The man has been rude " "Yes, Captain?" "Mr. Elliot, we're in for a blow, no doubt about it." "Hail the mizzen and trim the mainsail." "Right away sir." "Mr. Wesley, I would suggest that you return to your cabin." "lmmediately." "And Mr. Wesley, now is the time for your prayers." "[prayers] [screams] [singing] lt's a good thing we're close to Georgia." "It will be slow sailing with only two masts." "Aye." "What are you standing around for?" "Get to cleaning up this mess!" "Would you care for a bit of help?" "Yes!" "They're not the most courteous sort, are they?" "." "Brother Nitschmann, I was watching your group last night." "I could not help but notice that they did not seem afraid." "Do you know what he said?" "What?" ""Why should we be afraid?"" "Yes." "How can they not be?" "Lord knows, I thought the end had come." "I don't know." "But they have a peace I don't have." "And a confidence I certainly don't feel." "Strange as it sounded though, I found it very intriguing." "(Little John) lf you do well, will you be accepted?" "And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door, its desire is for you, but you must master it." "Genesis 4:6." "And will you do well, Jackie, orwill sin be your master?" "I wish to be accepted, Mother, so I will do well." "And how will you do that?" "Do you have a plan by which you will lead your life?" "I will not be so bad as other children." "Well that's a very noble aspiration, but is it enough, do you think, to gain admission into heaven?" "I shall read my Bible, go to church and pray every day." "(Susanna) ls it enough, do you think, to gain admission into heaven?" "I feel that I am not doing enough to serve God." "How could you possibly do more, John?" "Every minute of your day is in his service." "Earlier, I had thought that I should like to marry." "But I don't see how you can be devoted to both God and a wife?" "There's simply not room in my heart for both." "Yes, I think I shall remain single, devoted only to God." "I think that's rather a good idea." "Do you?" "The thought of you breeding actually turn my stomach." "(Sailor) Land ho!" "Georgia!" "Anew world." "'Ere!" "Don't you touch me beans!" "I was told that this was to be my garden, sir." "Aye, that it is, but I'm to care for it." "I took care of it for Reverend Quincy, I'll take care of it for you." "James Locke, yerworship." "'Mr Wesley' will do." "Pleased to meet you, Mr Locke." "If I may, I don't see any of the medicinal herbs spouted." "Ahh, ye'll find those in the Bovey Sisters' garden." "They place much stock in them." "I just grow beans and taters and turnips and the like." "I'm most interested in physic and cures of the sort." "Yer'll be most popular then, the folk do love to be physicked." "But I don't believe we've ever had a parson that did the bleedin'." "Oh, no, nothing like that." "But I'm interested in the use of herbs and common items that can be used for medicinal purposed." "I'm writing a book on it." "Oh -- l were to tell yer that the magistrate expects you fer dinner." "You and Mr. Delamotte." "Yer'd best not be late." "[speaking in French] I wonder, could we not make an arrangement?" "My Sophie would be most grateful should you consent to teach her." "It would be a delight." "How did you find the school, Mr. Delamotte?" "Was it to your satisfaction?" "Quite so." "The children seem eagerto learn." "Mr. Causton, I was wondering, how soon might I obtain a guide to the Indian nations?" "There'll be no need forthat." "Your job is here, ministering to the people of Savannah." "But I had hoped that I could bring the word of God to the savages." "It is my principal purpose for coming to Georgia." "It is quite impossible." "The natives are at warwith each other." "But Mr. Oglethorpe assured me " "Perhaps, Mr. Wesley could visit the trading post?" "Surely there could be no harm in that." "As long as he does not neglect his duties here, I have no objection." "What harm does it do, to adorn ourselves with gold, or pearls, or costly array?" "It naturally tends to breed vanity, and by vanity I mean, the love and desire to be admired and praised." "That was an excellent sermon." "Mr. Causton was none to happy with it but I think you made a friend with his wife." "We must always speak the truth, no matter how much it offends." "J'ai, tu as, il a ... I have, thou hast, he has..." "J'ai, tu as, il a." "Nous avons." "Excellent!" "You are a wonderfully quick learner." "Oh, I love learning." "I want to know everything about our world." "Do you also desire to learn about God?" "Especially about God." "Without God, our lives would be dull indeed." "Would you also like to study the scriptures?" "Yes, Mr. Wesley, I'd like that very much." "Quit yerfighting." "There's plenty more where that came from." "Cusseta!" "This is MicoApokta, the Speaker of the Osochi tribe." "Erkenvkv Wesley ossetv Osochi." "What do you wish to preach to us?" "I wish to preach to you of God's Son, Jesus." "We have heard of this Ye-sus." "Catolico priests have visited us." "They tell us of this Ye-sus, and that we must be good and give up evil." "Yes, that is correct!" "It is the white man that must put locks on his doors to protect from otherwhite men." "The Creek do not need locks." "I cannot argue with that." "Many white men are evil, and I preach to stop their evil." "If you come to Osochi to listen as well as to talk, perhaps you will learn new things of the Great Spirit." "Yes, yes." "I would like that." "(John) My dreams are all offire or of the storm." "I am terrified of dying." "Where is my faith?" "This is not why I stopped you today." "is there something on your mind, Herr Wesley?" "." "is it that obvious?" "Yes." "The storm on the ship." "I was very much afraid to die, Herr Nitschmann." "And it tells me that there is something lacking in my faith." "Perhaps you should talk to Herr Spangenburg." "Come with me." "Herr Spangenburg, I believe there is something lacking in my relationship with God." "And I was wondering, how does one obtain a faith such as yours?" "First I must ask you a question ortwo, Herr Wesley." "Do you have the witness within yourself?" "I'm not sure I understand what that means." "Does the Holy Spirit of God bearwitness in your heart, that you are a child of God?" "Do you know that Jesus Christ is your Savior?" "Yes, I know that Jesus is the Savior of the world." "Nein." "Do you know that YOU are saved?" "Yes..." "I have always...yes." "Nein." "You hesitate." "You must not hesitate." "You must be certain." "When the Holy Spirit of God is in your heart, your heart is filled with joy, and you know." "Yes, but how do you do that?" "You must open your heart, Herr Wesley." "You must open your heart to the Savior." "Mr. Wesley." "(John) Miss Sophie!" "Hello." "(John) Hello." "Will you walk with me?" "Yes, yes of course!" "My cousin wishes me to join her in Fort Frederica." "Well what will I do without you?" "I must confess, I have become quite attached to your presence." "I shall write to you daily and think of you hourly." "You are a dear, sweet girl, Miss Sophie, but you must spend your time in contemplation of our Savior." "Oh!" "I will." "I promise you I will." "Well in that case I look forward to your letters." "And, I yours." "Good day." "Are you ready?" "What is it?" "It appears that my brother has not made an auspicious beginning at Frederica." "As there is no Church, I have been conducting the services underneath a live oak tree." "...and in the world to come life everlasting." "Amen." "The grace of our Lord Jesus CHrist and the love of God... [gunshot]" "The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore." "Amen." "Mr. Davison." "is not hunting and sporting expressly forbidden on the Lord's Day?" "Aye, sir, that it is." "Well then, I believe that it is your duty to find out who fired that shot and have him arrested." "We shall have no desecration of the Lord's Day." "(Hawkins) But I have sick to attend to!" "Mrs Lawley is already starting the pains, and may deliver at any moment!" "Mr. Wesley said we must have strict adherence to the rules." "You tell that self-righteous pimple of a preacher that he's responsible for my patients now!" "The babywas stillborn." "The people seem to blame Charles for his death." "How dreadful for him." "Yes." "He says that few people will attend prayers any more." "Mr. Causton sir, I thought perhaps, I could accompany Miss Sophie to Frederica." "I could see to my brotherwhile there." "Absolutely not." "You have your duties here to attend to." "I'll not allow you to shirk them." "As for my niece," "Mr. Williamson has kindly agreed to serve as her escort." "I did not like him." "Not at all." "I wonderthat Mr. Causton thinks so highly of him, to entrust Miss Sophie to his care." "is something the matter?" "It's the school." "Several of the children are too poorto afford shoes, the other children tease them mercilessly." "I've tried everything I can think of to make them stop;" "reason, punishment, they still persist." "I wonder, would you take my appointments tomorrow, and allow me to teach the school?" "Yes, of course." "Good. I think I have an idea." "No-shoes, no-shoes, no-shoes!" "Well!" "It is true that I have no shoes, but I find it extraordinarily rude and unchristian that you would comment on it." "Shall we go on to our lessons then." "Welcome home, Mr. Wesley." "Are you the holy bigot that reported our bit of rum?" "Yes." "Spirituous liquors are forbidden in Georgia." "All we did was bring a cask off the ship for an evening of fun." "But you knew it to be illegal." "Ain't no harm in a bit of rum." "As I recall, Mr. Harker, one of the reasons you were in prison was your love for gin." "It is hard enough in this wilderness to make ourway, without drunkenness adding to the burden." "Ezekiel Harris got twelve lashes." "His back is like a piece of raw meat, thanks to you." "I didn't like you in Oxford Mr. Wesley and I like you even less here." "You stay out of my way and out of my business." "I shall do exactly as my conscience bids me to do." "Mr. Wesley." "Aletter from Frederica." "Come." "Mr. Causton." "I must insist that you allow me to travel to Frederica." "My brother is very ill and there is concern he may not survive." "Very well." "Mr. Williamson, arrange for a guide, straight away." "Thank you, sir." "I appreciate your assistance." "Mr. Wesley, I have a request of you." "It seems my niece is anxious to return to Savannah." "Will you see to her safe return?" "Yes, of course, sir." "Thank you again." "(John) Thank you so much for your hospitality." "How do you come to be here, Cicero, in the middle of the Georgia swamps?" "Well I, I runs away, and now I'm a free man." "No slavery is allowed here in Georgia." "Are you not afraid here by all yourself?" "No sir." "No sir." "I am happy." "Mighty happy." "Sorry sir." "Dear Lord, thank you for all this bounty and all myfish." "Amen." "I am surprised that you know God." "He is my friend." "Yourfriend?" "How do you know him without any instruction?" "Who is here to teach you?" "He's in my heart and that is all I need." "Charlie." "Oh Jackie." "Thank God you've come." "I thank God you are still alive." "I've brought some physick for you." "This should really help clear things up." "It's straight out of my garden." "Here, take this." "It must be efficacious, it tastes terrible." "This is all your fault." "You brought me here against my will, and it has been farworse than anything I could have envisioned." "It was God's will Charles." "You double-dyed hypocrite!" "It had nothing to do with the will of God and you know it." "It's your will, your driving will, it's always yourwill." "You always know what to do and what everyone else should do as well." "(Oglethorpe) Well." "I'm glad to see you're finally feeling better Mr. Wesley, but there are other issues." "You have managed to alienate most of the residents." "Your service as secretary has been marginal at best." "The situation cannot continue." "I have decided that you must return to England, and the Trustees must appoint anotherto fill your place." "Now, I have no wish to cause you embarrassment or shame." "I have some important letters that must be delivered to the Trustees, and so I shall appoint you to carry them." "Thus there shall be no blot on your record or on your name." "Thank you, sir." "I shall dispatch the letters with haste." "(Oglethorpe) You are dismissed." "I'll write you from Boston before we leave for home." "Give my love to Mother!" "Mind those women, brother." "Every time I tried to sit down and pray or study the scripture, I found myself longing for you." "For your guidance." "You are the rock upon which I depend." "As much as I'd like to stay, I think it's time we head back to Savannah." "Mr. Wesley?" "." "Will you not lie closer?" "I'm very much afraid." "Yes, of course." "Heavenly father, we ask you for strength, and for guidance." "Keep us from temptation." "In your Son's name, amen." "Mr. Wesley's back!" "Mr. Wesley!" "Mr. Wesley!" "Have you been doing your lessons?" "Yes." "You'll never believe what happened today." "Excuse me." "So sorry." "No." "No." "It's quite all right, quite all right." "Please." "(John) So, what is it we're not to believe?" "Your little trick with the shoes has paid off." "The teasing has stopped, and some of the wealthier children even came in today barefoot themselves!" "I am very pleased to hearthat." "I should see to my aunt." "Will you excuse me?" "Yes, I'll walk you out." "Please." "I am wondering about your intentions." "Yes?" "Your intentions with Miss Hopkey." "She is kind, gentle in spirit, serene." "People expect you to marry." "Marry?" "But I have a vow!" "In name only it seems." "She is smitten with him." "He is a favorite of Oglethorpe's." "It could be to our advantage." "And to hers." "Ah, Mr. Wesley!" "Aword." "Everything you see there is mine, Mr. Wesley." "Over 500 acres." "(John) I know you have done quite well, sir." "But what you may not know is that my niece is herself quite well off." "She inherited a considerable amount from my brother, a sum which I manage." "I see sir." "That girl will not be easy until she is married." "But there are few here you would consider a fit match." "You miss my meaning." "We have plenty." "All I require is that he be an honest, good man." "He need not have a penny to his name." "I can supply him with a maintenance." "I'm not quite sure what you're saying sir." "I believe my niece is in love with you, Mr. Wesley." "Mr. Causton." "Her aunt finds you to be a most worthy man." "I give her up to you." "Do with herwhat you will." "Take her into your own hands, promise herwhat you will and I will make it good." "I cannot speak plainer than that." "And what would the consequence be if you do not break off the relationship?" "Why, I fear I would marry her!" "I don't see why you should not!" "Herr Wesley, I do not understand where you have this idea not to marry." "This is not to my knowledge a requirement of the Church of England?" "No, no, it is my own pledge." "Ah." "Your own pledge." "Herr Wesley, we try diligently first to ascertain what is the will of God, and then to do what we must to fulfill that, to obey." "It seems to me that more often you decide what you will do, and you seek to impose that on God." "You see, Herr Wesley, we nearly always marry before going into the mission field." "The man and the woman are together in service." "I don't know what I should do without my dear Catherina." "Ja, ja." "You see, marriage is ordained by God." "The Scriptures say that if you burn, then you should marry." "I think all of this is a sign that you should marry." "I don't think you understand..." "Hmm." "I think I understand very well." "I have something I want to ask of you." "I want you to pray to God that I am doing what He wants." "I have decided I must keep my vow." "I shall inform Miss Sophie immediately." "No." "No!" "I cannot take fire into my heart and not be burned by it." "But that is the nature of love, is it not?" "What has come over you?" "I will not betray God." "I have not asked you to." "Look at me." "You are the dearest of girls to me." "And if I should ever marry, my hope is that it would be to you." "Tell me plain, John, do you desire to marry me?" "Can I hope be yourwife?" "I must first honor my commitments to God." "When I have succeeded with my mission to the Indians " "And when will that be?" "I don't know." "Oh. I see." "[speaking in French]" "And I won't be having breakfast with you any longer." "People wonderwhat I might be doing at your home for so long." "Let them wonder no more." "Did I do the right thing?" "How does one know if they're doing God's will or their own?" "When Causton showed me that beautiful knoll, all that could be mine, I saw my life unfold before me there on that hill." "Miss Sophie by my side, our sweet children playing." "And I was a fat and comfortable old man." "is that what God wants of me?" "Mr. Wesley." "Mrs. Causton." "Thank you so much for coming." "Please be seated." "Mr. Causton and I are exceedingly obliged for all you've done for our Sophie." "I have done so little." "Nonsense." "You've done a great deal." "And now we have one more thing to ask of you." "Will you marry her..." "To Mr. Williamson?" "To Mr. Williamson?" "Yes." "Mr. Williamson has asked Mr. Causton's permission, and he has given it..." "Unless you'll have something to say against it?" "It's not too late." "(John) Miss Sophie!" "Mr. Wesley!" "Your aunt tells me that you are..." "Engaged." "Yes, to Mr. Williamson." "He proposed last night and I accepted, provided you have nothing to say?" "(John) But I don't see how you can be devoted to both God and wife." "There's simply not room in my heart for both." "But I have a vow!" "Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels and have not love, I am become a sounding brass, a tinkling cymbal." "And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith so as to move mountains, and have not love, I am nothing." "And... and though I give all my goods to feed the poor, and delivereth my body to be burned, and have not love, it profiteth me nothing." "Miss Sophie!" "Miss Sophie!" "Mrs. Williamson, if you please." "Your eye!" "I ran into a door." "Adoor?" "Yes, it was dark." "Well, you really should put a piece of beefsteak on it, it is a proven cure." "Thank you." "Do you have something to say, sir?" "Yes." "It's about your absences at communion." "It is a most serious matter, neglecting your religious duty in that manner." "(Miss Sophie) I have been busy." "It has gone on so long that I must require that you meet with me privately before you may take communion again, so that I am assured of your genuine repentance." "My repentance?" "(John) Yes, it's required by Church law." "Thank you Mr. Wesley." "I shall take yourwords under careful advisement." "Good day, Mrs. Williamson." "Good day." "The body and blood of Christ." "The body and blood of" "Mrs. Williamson, I told you that you must speak to me privately before you could partake of the Eucharist again." "I must refuse you." "Fine!" "We'll just see who'll be repentant," "Mr. John Wesley!" "Excuse me." "Constable Harris, good morning!" "I'm sorry, Mr. Wesley, but I must place you under arrest." "Under arrest?" "For what?" "Yes." "Mr. Williamson is suing you for defamation of the character of his wife." "I'm sorry, sir, you'll have to come with me." "Defamation." "Mr. Williamson, what are the damages sought?" "Athousand pounds sterling." "Why, it's a king's ransom!" "Mr. Wesley only earns twenty- eight pounds a year." "He could never afford it." "Mr. Wesley, what say you?" "That this court has no powerto interrogate me on these matters." "Every part of the incident concerns ecclesiastical law." "That may be your opinion Mr. Wesley, but this court finds that it does indeed have jurisdiction, and shall proceed to trial as soon as we can empanel a jury to hearthe case." "Case continued." "Listen to me, you arrogant...." "You have insulted me and my entire family!" "I have drawn my sword, sir, and I shall not sheathe it until I have had satisfaction!" "Now get out!" "But make sure you are here Tuesday next to face a jury." "This is getting ridiculous!" "How much longer are we going to go on like this?" "Seven trial sessions, and not a bit of progress!" "Please listen to me." "Herr Causton is out to ruin you." "He and his wife are doing everything they can to turn the people against you." "He waits until the jurors are sufficiently coached in their hatred." "(Delamotte) John, he's right." "You know that." "I'll not sneak away like a guilty coward!" "I'll not do it." "But you can't stay here and be convicted unfairly." "As much as it pains me to say it, I think you must return to England." "Your ministry here has ended." "You should put him in jail." "I can't, unless he actually leaves the jurisdiction." "He's the apple of Oglethorpe's eye." "I'm flirting with trouble as it is." "Then I know how to handle it." "Yes, I'll pay a gold sovereign to anyone who catches Mr. Wesley leaving Savannah!" "Cor!" "Asovereign!" "I came to bring Christ to the Indians!" "And what have I accomplished?" "That I didn't even know myself what salvation is!" "They're still out there, just like every other night." "Harker has the best view." "He'd kill his motherfortuppence, much less a sovereign." "is everything ready?" "(Delamotte) We're to wait for Mr. Locke's signal." "(Harker) Where did he go?" "(Locke) He took a dinghy from the south landing mor'n a 'aar hour ago." "Ye'll no catch 'em now." "Yer all set, sir." "Ol' Jenson was watching the rear 'ere, but now he's sleeping orf the rum l gave 'im." "Mr. Locke, you know that spirituous liquors are..." "Now, Mr. Wesley, don't a-go lookin' a gift horse in the mouth." "Asides, it were for medicinal purposes." "Now, Mr. Coates is upstream by the point." "Okay." "Good luck, Mr. Wesley!" "Mr. Locke, I thank you for your kindness and your help." "Stay in the shadows!" "(John) They followed our decoy downssteam whilst I made my way upssteam and crossed the mud flats to get to Port Royal where l obtained passage on the HMS Samuel with Captain Percy." "Gentlemen, I have brought discredit on the cloth." "And on you." "And forthat you have my deepest apology." "That is not the opinion of the Trustees, Mr. Wesley." "Looking overthe reports we have for yourtwo years in Georgia, we see that the church was better attended, and according to our inspectors, the working people have taken a more energetic role in the life of the settlement." "We do not feel you have failed at all." "We feel you have ably prepared the way, and your successorwill be able to make even greater progress." "My successor?" "Who shall that be, sir?" "Mr. Whitefield." "Mr. George Whitefield?" "Even so." "He's on his way this very moment to Savannah." "With his very, entertaining and popular style, he will be able to build upon the legacy that you have begun." "We congratulate you, Mr. Wesley and we thank you for your service." "Thank you." "What will you do now, Mr. Wesley?" "I don't know." "Mr. Bray is a compassionate landlord." "He has charged me to see to your brother's comfort." "Wait a moment, his comfort?" "He has been quite ill." "No need to worry." "He is in good hands." "Jackie!" "Oh, heavens, you are burning up." "It's nothing." "I'm better." "Not so much." "You need to rest." "Are you Herr Wesley?" "I am Peter." "My brothers in Savannah speak highly of you." "They were most kind to me." "I shall miss their guidance." "Jackie!" "I am so very, very happy you are home." "How long has he been like this?" "Perhaps you have some more of that..." "He is betterthan he was two weeks ago." "His body will heal with time and God's blessing." "I have no concern for his spirit." "The Holy Spirit truly resides in him." "Brother Boehler, may I speak with you?" "I simply feel that my affections for her were taking away from my focus on...." "This woman was not the problem." "It is your heart that is the problem." "You are confused." "Yes. I am." "To be honest Brother Boehler, lately I've been feeling more and more that my faith is a lie." "Do you know in your heart that you are saved?" "That is the very question Mr. Spangenburg asked me, and I told him yes." "But I lied." "You must not lie to yourself." "Tonight, everything has come to this one moment, everything has led you here, to realize that you cannot earn salvation." "Yes, but everything I have learned, everything that I have been taught, is that by good works and proper living one shall attain heaven." "Where is that in the Bible?" "If you, by your goodness, shall be saved, why did Christ die?" "Tonight the Saviour offers you everything you have sought for so long, as a free gift, if you will but take it!" "When you do, you will know what we call Heart Religion." "I don't know what I believe any more." "I just feel so -- pulled -- in so many different directions." "Come with me tonight, we have a meeting." "Mr. Bray will be there." "My grace is sufficient for thee:" "for my strength is made perfect in weakness." "This here is true, for l was as weak as any God ever made." "So often I used to gamble away my money while the kiddies had naught to eat." "In my cups, I used to beat my dearwife." "But the gracious Lord has saved me with his wonderful grace." "And now, today, my heart is at peace." "How can it be that a man like that, who has led a life of sin, can be in such peace while I am in such turmoil?" "Are you not a sinner, too?" "Oh, I hope you're not comparing me with him..." "Yes, Peter." "I am just as much a sinner as he." "But you speak of this instantaneous conversion that... I cannot accept that a man can just be instantly saved, someone like that, where someone who has lived a righteous and careful life " "John!" "Do you hope to be saved?" "Yes, of course!" "Why do you hope it?" "Because I have used my best endeavors to serve God." "You, see, you see." "Again, yourwill." "Yourworks." "My brother, this philosophy of yours, it must be entirely purged away." "I have been looking through the Scriptures for instances of conversion, and indeed Peter is right." "Every one an instantaneous transformation, not because of deeds but because of Grace." "That is what we have been trying to tell you, John." "Look at you Charlie!" "You're so content, so at peace with the world." "I feel that no matter how hard I look, I'm never going to find such comfort." "John." "Perhaps you should return to Epworth." "Mother would be most happy." "That's out of the question." "What?" "No, nothing." "I have good news from Savannah." "You have been acquitted!" "It seems Mr. Causton has been removed from his post as well." "He had some issues with his accounting, among other things." "Are you not pleased?" "It doesn't really solve my problem -- me." "I've been thinking I should stop preaching." "But why would you do that?" "How can I preach to others something I don't have myself?" "My brother, do not stop preaching." "Preach faith until you have faith." "Then you will preach faith because you have faith." "For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God." "How often have we heard that comment from Paul and ignored its true meaning?" "Awoman dead drunk on gin we might hold to be worthless." "But I am of no more worth." "And neither are you!" "We have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God." "But at least a woman who is dead drunk on gin is not a hypocrite." "Mr. Wesley... lf l may, please, it is my belief that your parishioners, and in fact the majority of the parishioners all across England have been coddled into thinking they may believe whatever Scriptures they like..." "Mr. Wesley, no matter what our friendship of old, what you said in there was inexcusable." "I'm sorry, John." "You are no longer welcome in my pulpit." "Mr. White." "Mr. White!" "I trust that your missionary work in Georgia will be more blessed than mine." "As do I!" "My ship is waiting." "Thank you for everything, Peter." "Godspeed." "And with you Herr Wesley." "John!" "In here." "Jackie!" "Did you see Peter off?" "I did indeed." "And I trust that his experience in Georgia will be more blessed than mine." "And mine!" "John, I must tell you." "I've written a poem, a hymn." "I'll read it for you." "Where shall my wand'ring soul begin," "How shall I to heaven aspire?" "Aslave redeemed from death and sin, a brand plucked from eternal fire..." "Let me make you some tar-waterforthe cough." "No, Jackie, I'm fine." "You have a cure for everything." "Jackie, stop!" "It's always so that you're in control." "Don't you understand, sometimes you must just rest, rest in the will of God?" "No!" "No, Charles, I don't understand." "I feel so alone." "Peter has left, and you're writing hymns about an experience that I cannot share." "I feel as if God has abandoned me." "Look at me." "Go to the meeting tonight with Mr. Bray." "Open your heart." "Forthe first time in your life, let yourself go." "I don't know what that means, Charles." "They are hypocrites still, who live virtuous lives but without eagerness and love;" "in their heart they are enemies of God's law and like to judge other people." "What is he reading?" "I believe it's Martin Luther's introduction to the Book of Romans." "It's an excellent commentary on how we are saved through faith and not...works." "That is why faith alone makes someone just and fulfills the law; faith it is that brings the Holy Spirit through the merits of Christ." "The Spirit, in turn renders the heart glad and free, as the law demands." "Then good works proceed from faith itself." "You've found it?" "No!" "It has found me." "My heart is strangelywarmed!" "Oh, I have prayed daily for you." "Where shall my wondering soul begin, , how shall I all to heaven aspire?" "," "Aslave redeemed from death and sin, ," "Abrand plucked from eternal fire," "(Voice) 'Ere, quiet!" "How shall I equal triumphs raise," "(Man) Quiet!" "(Man 2) I'm stying' to sleep!" "What is this, you say?" "Mercyfor all?" "Yes, yes, that is the truth!" "Mercy for Zacheaus, a public robber!" "Mercy for Mary Magdalene, a common harlot!" "Then I hear you say, you sinner, and you," ""Why, perhaps maybe there is even mercyfor me!"" "Don't ever darken the door of this church again!" "(Man) I'll speak to the Archbishop!" "The man should be defrocked..." "(Samuel) What is this I hear?" "That my younger brother has been barred from nearly every pulpit in London?" "Have you taken leave of your senses?" "No, Brother, I've just come to them." "Rather like the Prodigal Son, in fact." "You have intentionally offended some of the wealthiest and most respected supporters of church work in England." "You don't see a problem with that?" "If what I said offended them, then perhaps they were in need of offending." "It was nothing but the truth, Samuel." "The truth!" "The truth as you see it!" "The truth as I have it from Scripture." "Jackie." "You say that you're different now." "But I don't see the difference." "You've always visited the prisons, you've always helped the poor." "Why is doing that now so different?" "I do it for a different reason now, Samuel." "Before, I did good works out of fear of Hell, out of desperation to save myself." "No matter how noble my deeds seemed, they were all for me." "And now they're not?" "No." "No, now they're not." "Now I don't fear Hell-- l know that I am saved Samuel." "When I visit the prisons and bring food to the hungry because I understand what it means to love thy neighbor." "I don't see any difference." "The I shall pray that one day you will." "You and Charles have clearly lost your minds." "If you wish to act the fool, that is your affair." "But please don't drag my good name down into the gutterwith yours." "It sounds as if your ministry in Georgia was a wonderful success." "Aye, but I'm making myself useful preaching here." "I wish I could say the same." "I've been barred from nearly every pulpit in London." "Then you must do as I do!" "Forget the pulpits and the parishes!" "There are no churches where l preach." "New mines, new mills, new manufactories, all have all been built outside the old parishes." "All of them are filled with needy souls." "The bishops will not build them churches." "They think ..." "Well, you know what they think." "Yes, they are strangers, outsiders." "Animals, more like." "Yes, but it goes against the grain, to preach outside the church." "I have always believed in proper order, in maintaining the traditions." "Order?" "Open your eyes, man!" "There's no orderto it." "And what's wrong with field preaching?" "What do you think the Lord himself did?" "He often spoke in the synagogues." "Afew times, John, a few times." "Look at the Bible!" "Where do you think he preached the Sermon on the Mount?" "Where did He preach before the Loaves and the Fishes?" "In the fields." "Come with me to Bristol, John!" "Come and see what I mean." "Thousands come to hear me preach." "Gin shops close, magistrates' offices empty." "These people are desperate forthe Gospel." "I need your help." "They need your help!" "Do you know why so many congregations are dead?" "Because they have dead men preaching to them!" "Today, my brothers and sisters in the Lord," "John Wesley, a man whose heart is alive, shall preach to you!" "Thank you." "Good morning." "How a sinner may be justified before God, the Lord and Judge of all." "You must look to Jesus!" "There is the Lamb of God, who takes away your sins." "And you who feel just as fit for hell, are just as fit to advance his glory;" "the glory of his free grace." "Come quickly!" "Believe in the Lord Jesus;" "and thou, even thou, art reconciled to God." "Now, who shall open their hearts to the Lord today?" "Well?" "What did I tell you?" "John!" "Have you lost your mind?" "!" "Just a few repairs, and we can have the printing press overthere, the chapel over here!" "Areal place for us to work and live." "And a home for Mother." "Ahome for Mother?" "Here?" "Yes, trust me!" "That thou my God should'st die for me." "Amazing Love, how can it be, that thou my God should'st die for me." "Hear what comfortable words our Saviour Christ saith unto all who truly turn unto him." ""Come unto me all that travail... and-- and I will refresh you."" "You should have seen them." "An entire pew of filthy beggars." "They are all Christians now, and that is their parish church." "Nevertheless, Mr. Wesley, you will not bring them again." "And why not?" "Because I've commanded it." "You are interfering with the governance of one of my parishes, bringing offense to the good worshippers by bringing these..." "strangers among us." "I would ask however, why you believe you have the right to interfere so?" "I believe it is God's will that I should revive the Church of England." "You believe it's God's will!" "What if I believe it isn't?" "Pretending extraordinary revelations and gifts of the Holy Spirit is a horrid thing!" "Avery horrid thing!" "You have no license but to preach in your own parish." "And since you have no parish..." "My Lord, I look upon the whole world as my parish." "Good day." "Bloody Hell!" "Dear!" "Language!" "The Gentleman's Magazine says that this upstart preacher could upset the supply of coal and push prices to the sky!" "But what can preaching have to do with the price of coal?" "All the colliers go to hear him bythe thousands." "They're not working." "He gives them ideas above their station." "Here, he tells them, these dirty, vulgar miners, that they are just as good as we are!" "Oh!" "How horrid!" "Amen." "Mr. Furniss, how are you feel today?" "." "Well, sir, you talk straight with me before like no one else has so I'll talk straight back." "Sitting here saying prayers I feel right daft." "And what of your drinking?" "Well, I stayed off it forthree days now, that's bad, eh?" "In fact, me old wife think it's quite a miracle." "Morning, my lord." "Ah!" "Baker, do you recall that arrangement we had last year when a gentleman caused trouble forthe mine?" "I, that I do my lord." "We took care of him good an' proper..." "Have you heard of this preacher, Wesley?" "." "Aye, my lord." "He is causing a bit of trouble..." "Let me know when my troubles are over, theres' a good chap." "Aye, my lord." "I would like to thank you all for your kindness." "Oh, tis no trouble, Mr Wesley." "We are delighted to have you at our table." "...And the vicar says this man Wesley is a threat to the Church!" "The good folk around here they are in such need of hearing your message." "...And I say we should go out and get him!" "I believe that the folk everywhere are in need of hearing about God's love." "'Ere, what's that?" "Oh, blessed Lord, it's a mob, and they're comin' here!" "Alright, you heard him, children, let's hold hands, let's pray." "[praying]" "Oh, Mr. Wesley, they'll burn the place down!" "What are we going to do?" "It's me they want." "Lock the door." "[crowd yelling] I am John Wesley!" "Why do you come out against me with clubs as if I were a criminal?" "What wrong have I done you?" "You preach heresy!" "Heresy?" "I preach the Bible, I preach of God's love!" "I have come here to help you to improve your lives." "What wrong is there in that?" "Yer given' folk ideas above their station!" "Above their station?" "Each one of you is a child of God, each one of you has the chance to become a great soul." "What station is there better than that?" "Heresy!" "What station higher?" "[crowd yelling]" "Will you hear me speak?" "Kill him!" "Let him speak!" "I know that some of you are here tonight because you've been paid to do so." "But I would ask you this:" "Did they ask you to do this because they care for yourwives, your children?" "Or do they simply look to use you?" "And how often would you allow them to do that?" "I have come to tell you how you may be free of the sin that binds you." "I'e come to help you!" "The mine owners, they do not want me to speak the plain truth to you." "They would rather hold you in ignorance of the truth:" "that you too may be saved." "They would rather treat you like animals, that you would work yourselves to death in the mines without a glimmer of hope." "But I am come here to preach hope to you, the hope of God's saving faith!" "Now, I know that there are those here who are bound to the slavery of gin." "And you wake each morning to the gin-sickness, to realize that the night before you have beaten your wives." "And you swear that you will never do it again, but evening comes around and you are once again falling into the slavery." "Many of you have been told all your lives that you are marked to burn in hell, and that there is nothing that you can do about it." "But I am here to tell you that is a lie, you are as much a child of God as the gentry orthe vicar." "God is waiting, He is waiting for you to give Him your hearts." "And if you would but do that, you all would be saved." "I came here tonight to kill you, Wesley." "But now I will spend my life to protect you." "Truly, I shouldn't be here." "Truly, I shouldn't be here." "I must have had a guardian angel on my shoulder." "The opposition we face may be a terrible trial but more and more letters come in for you to preach every day." "Surely we are winning this battle?" "Look, John." "You're not ordained!" "It's true, sir, we don't have the learning you gentlemen do, but we know the Word." "And we believe." "We know God's word." "I'm absolutely opposed to the idea." "Send out lay preachers and you'll be seen as ordaining priests." "It's just the opening our enemies need to say we have started an illegal sect." "I'll not hear of it." "I completely agree with Charles on this." "I am sorry but..." "Mr. Wesley, with all respect, sir-- the people, they're desperate." "Thousands of souls need encouragement, and you're only one man." "You've let us speak before the societies, you've even let women speak!" "The societies in Bristol need guidance, sir." "With your permission, we'd both like to help." "Jackie, I have heard you preach that all are equal in the sight of God, that faith is given to simple souls..." "You won't find many simpler than us, Mr. Wesley!" "It's against my better judgment." "But I will allow you to preach for a time, gentlemen, and we shall see how it goes." "Shall I tell Epworth you are coming." "No." "No." "My lord." "Yes, what is it?" "I found this at the door, sir." "Let's liken it to a square, where each side is supported by the others." "And everything that we do is interpreted using four criteria:" "The Bible first of course, and then reason, tradition, and of course ending with our own personal experience." "Ho, Mr. Wesley, you'll have more people mad at you now, if you say reason and personal experience must be applied to the Bible!" "What did Jesus saywas the first and greatest commandment?" "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul and..." "with all your mind." "And with all your mind, absolutely." "God would not have given us wits if He did not intend us to use them!" "These Methodies seek only to destroy the Church of England, to tear it down stone by stone..." "Gracious heavens!" "They are allowing women to speak in their meetings!" "Several disorderly persons, styling themselves as Methodist preachers go about And against the peace of the King." "All are commanded to search after the said Methodist preachers and bring them before the magistrates." "Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name." "Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven." "Give us this day" "You don't sound like a Church of England preacher." "Ay?" "And how does a Christian sound to your ear, sir?" "You preach forgiveness?" "Yah, I forgive you." "Forgive this!" "This would not have happened if we'd not allowed him to preach." "We haven't done anything, Charles." "We haven't." "We have only preached the truth." "Dear Mr. Seward only preached the truth." "We are opposed because we speak the truth!" "It could have been you or me Charles." "Oh, no-- no, no!" "(John) We will persevere." "His death will not be in vain." "I have a favorite story." "It's about "Little Bo Peep" who lost her sheep." "God wants you to know He does not play Bo Peep with us." "When He lost His sheep, He sent His only Son to find them." "For the Kingdom of Heaven is as a man traveling to a far country, who called his own servants and delivered to them his goods." "To one he gave five talents..." "What do you think of Mr. Wesley?" "." "We ain't welcome in the big church." "Mr. Wesley comes to us in the fields to preach to us, and we 'as meetings in our 'omes to study the Scriptures." "'E's been wonderful to us, Mr. Wesley has." "And he that had received the one went and digged into the earth and hid his master's money." "Brother!" "Charlie!" "Good to see you." "You've just about worn that horse out, haven't you?" "James, if you would please, take good care of him." "Brother!" "It's good to be back." "How did it go in Manchester?" "Oh, very well." "But I must say that I'm a bit worried about something." "What?" "I realized while riding back that I hadn't offended anyone for at least three days." "I must be slipping!" "I have no doubt you'll make up for in the next week!" "Indeed!" "Do you know what Mr. Ingham figured out?" "In the last year, you rode over 5,000 miles preaching around England." "5,000?" "Yes." "When you put it that way, it sounds like a lot!" "We've come up with a new nickname for you..." "Yes?" "Yes!" "Old Leatherbreeches!" "This man is a menace to the Church, and must be defrocked and excommunicated!" "What do the rest of you think?" "Yes, definitely yes." "Yes." "Yes I would think so." "Bishop Ryder?" "How many of you men have heard this man preach?" "We have heard many reports!" "I have." "Outside of Manchester in a field a fortnight ago." "And gentlemen, I must tell you I was unable to lay hands on anything that he said that was not Scriptural or in keeping with the teachings of the Church of England." "He is rude to people of quality and does not care who he offends!" "It's true -- he speaks with great bluntness, and offends many, no doubt." "But if we are offended by truth bluntly spoken, we must have a good deal of house-keeping to do ourselves." "The truth is, gentlemen, that as irritating as he is, he has created a most remarkable ministry to the poor in places that we have ignored." "Ratherthan defrocking him, I think we should be thanking him!" "Very good." "So, what of the other correspondence?" "We have several more requests." "One from Leeds, another from Aberstwyth." "This one's from Epworth." "Ah." "I'm simply not ready for Epworth." "Jack" "Oh!" "[screams]" "Do you know that the thought of preaching in Epworth fills me with a sense of dread, of doom." "Like the feeling that I can't breathe." "For heaven's sake, why, John?" "Everything, Charles." "The fire, the rejection." "They hate us!" "What if they will not hearthe message because of who I am?" "Because of who Fatherwas?" "He was convinced that a farm worker set the fire." "Oh nonsense!" "There wasn't a whit of evidence forthat." "It was more likely just a spark from the chimney on the thatch roof." "Yes, but Father said " "William Seward died preaching the truth." "Where is yourfaith, John Wesley?" "It hasn't changed." "Let's go, brother." "Good day." "I am John Wesley and this is " "Yes I know who you are." "Yes, well, I have had letters from some of your parishioners they've been asking that I come here to preach." "Not from my pulpit, sir!" "Be so kind as to remove yourself from this parish ... and see to it that you never return!" "That's exactly what I expected." "Shall we see about the people who matter." "Aye." "Mr. Wesley is preaching tonight at six o'clock " "Mr. Wesley will be preaching here, tonight at six o'clock." "Mr. Wesley is preaching over by the church, do you want to go?" "Thomas - down by church -- six o'clock " "(John) Do you know it's been eight years since I was here last?" "What are we doing here, Charles?" "This is ridiculous, do you really think anyone will come?" "Yes, I do." "(Charles) You see, Jackie?" "Yourfears were in vain." "(John) I didn't know there were that many people in Epworth." "John, lt's time for you to preach to the good people of Epworth." "The seeds you've planted now bear fruit..." "My friends, I am John Wesley and I am come to tell you about the Kingdom of Heaven." "Faith is not found in outward actions, or rites and ceremonies." "Not even of the most excellent kind." "No, the religion of Christ rises infinitely higher and immensely deeper than all of these." "It is a kingdom not of meat and drink, or of outward ritual, neither is it in right doctrine or intellectual belief." "No!" "Christ is found in a heart transformed by love." "Thou shalt love thy God with all thy heart and with all thy mind and with all thy soul and with all thy strength and thy neighbor as thyself."