The death of John Wesley, the father of Methodism, occurred in his room on City Road, London.
The end was very beautiful.
No pain, only a growing sense of weakness, and a tranquil acceptance of the inevitable.
He slept much and spoke little, but sometimes the dying flame flickered up, and the inner light that had changed the face of England glowed with its old intensity.
One afternoon before he died, he surprised his friends by bursting into song:
I’ll praise my Maker while I’ve breath;
And when my voice is lost in death
Praise shall employ my nobler powers;
My days of praise shall ne’er be past,
While life and thought and being last,
Or immortality endures.
He sang two verses and then sank back exhausted. Later in the day, when weakness overcame him, by a supreme effort, he marshaled his ebbing strength and gave the message that was to become the watchword of Methodism, "The best of all is, God is with us."
No doubt, no fear, no anxious care,
But comforted by staff and rod,
In the faith-brightened hour of death,
How beautiful to be with God!
I will not fear to launch my bark
Upon the darkly rolling flood,
‘Tis but to pierce the mist-and then
How beautiful to be with God!
WHO WON’T ENTER HEAVEN
Please turn with me to Revelation 21:27-22:5.
But there shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life. And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb. 2 In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. 3 And there shall be no more curse, but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His servants shall serve Him. 4 They shall see His face, and His name shall be on their foreheads. 5 There shall be no night there: They need no lamp nor light of the sun, for the Lord God gives them light. And they shall reign forever and ever.
The Bible ends with the 1st appearance of the Lamb’s Book of Life. In the sweetest scene of God’s Word, we see the family of God home at last. The Lamb’s Book of Life lists the Inhabitants of Heaven!
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