Wesley’s Chapel and the Foundry Part Two

Wesley’s Chapel and the Foundry Part Two 2026-10-05T14:21:10-04:00 Ben Witherington This is a painting done while John Wesley was alive, in his later years. If your wondering, all of the tour group signed the poster above on the request of its owner one of our pilgrims, and conveniently it also has the signature of John Wesley himself. She plans to have its framed. Here below is a shot from the back of the chapel…. Notice the communion table in front of the pulpit with the two candles on it. Needless to say, it was a temptation not to be resisted by a Methodist preacher like me to climb into John Wesley’s pulpit. There are many statues of John Wesley in the U.K., and this is in fact the nicest one, which stands beside St. Paul’s cathedral. The one in front of Wesley’s City Road Chapel is rather austere… In the basement of city road chapel is all sorts of Methodist memorabilia— including Wesley’s preaching gown. And his Christening gown And even a reasonable facsimile of his death bed. John Wesley had a bedroom and a study and private meeting room at City Road Chapel. Methodists of the 19th century became great collectors of memorabilia, for example…. here is a monument to the great...