Wesley’s Chapel and the Foundry Part Three

Wesley’s Chapel and the Foundry Part Three 2026-10-11T14:59:33-04:00 Ben Witherington There are some beautiful stained glass windows in Wesley’s chapel which were added after Wesley’s time as well as some famous paintings about Wesley. These three paintings/drawings are of the rescue of John Wesley as a child from the burning parsonage, the famous Wesley tree under which he preached to a crowd, and Wesley preaching from on his father’s tomb in Epworth since he was not allowed in the church. Below we have the memorial to Richard Watson, and below that the memorial stone for Adam Clarke who with Watson were two most important Methodist theologians or exegetes (Clark was the latter) of 19th century Methodism. Notice also the picture of Thomas Coke who came with Francis Asbury to the U.S. to lead the Methodist movement, but Coke soom left as the Revolutionary War got going, where as Asbury was the only one Wesley sent that stayed. Coke and Asbury did found a training college in Maryland (note the name Abingdon) and Asbury himself set up a school just down the road, near the Kentucky river, from present day college and seminary called Asbury. Notice as well the list of Methodist ‘Superi...