John Wesley is the founder of Methodism. His brother Charles wrote over 9000 hymns and poems. Don't miss the Methodist historical pictures in our online library. We scanned these public domain graphics. If you use them, please use the following credit line: From "The Wesleys and Their Times," http://gbgm-umc.org/umhistory/wesley/ , courtesy of the General Board of Global Ministries, The United Methodist Church.

John Wesley

Primary Materials (written or edited by Wesley)

 

• 38 Questions and Answers about Christian Perfection.
• Advice to a People Called Methodist.
• The Character of a Methodist.
• Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the People Called Methodists edited by the Rev. John Wesley, 1889 (public domain).
  445K zipped plain text file or read the book online. For the zip file, use your "save as" feature in your browser. Then unzip (unarchive) the file in a separate directory with a program such as WinZip.
• Explanatory Notes on the New Testament
     700K zipped plain text file.
• John Wesley on How to Read the Scriptures.
• John Wesley on Prayer.
• John Wesley's Last Letter (on Slavery to William Wilberforce).
• Obras de Wesley
  A 14 volume set of John Wesley's works in Spanish that includes sermons, doctrinal treatises, Bible commentaries, faith and works spirituality, journals, and letters.
• A Plain Account of Christian Perfection.
• Primitive Physick or An Easy and Natural Method of Curing Most Diseases (Preface only).
• The Question, "What Is an Arminian?" Answered.
• Sermons (141) of John Wesley: Numeric List, Title List, and Scripture Reference List.
• A Short History of Methodism.
• Thoughts Upon Slavery by John Wesley.

Secondary Materials (written by others about Wesley)

• Account of the Life of John Wesley.
• Historia de la vida de John Wesley.
• John Wesley Tercentennial Celebration Resources 2003.
• John Wesley: Holiness of Heart and Life.
• John Wesley and Religious Bigotry by J. B. Wakeley.
• Native Americans and John Wesley.
• Quién Es el Pueblo Llamado Metodista? por S.T. Kimbrough, Jr.

Charles Wesley

• About Charles Wesley.
• Bibliography.
• Britain Honors Wesleys With Christmas Stamp (1999).
• Charles Wesley's Hymns in The United Methodist Hymnal (words and midi music).

Susanna Wesley

• Susanna Wesley and the Unauthorized Meetings, a story from J. B. Wakeley, Anecdotes of the Wesleys: Illustrative of Their Character and Personal History (19th century).
• Charles Wesley's Epitaph for Susanna from J. B. Wakeley, Anecdotes of the Wesleys: Illustrative of Their Character and Personal History (19th century).
• Women and Wesley's Times, more information about Susanna and other women in Methodism.