October 31, 1789 — to Mr. ——
LONDON
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A Letter of John Wesley
John Wesley was evidently chagrined because of the action of the General Conference of 1787 in refusing to accept Richard Whatcoat as superintendent. It is evident that he blamed Asbury for the refusal.
LONDON
October 31, 1789
[TO MR. ——]1
I was a little surprised when I received some letters from Mr. Asbury affirming that no person in Europe knew how to direct those in America. Soon after he flatly refused to receive Mr. Whatcoat in the character I sent him. He told George Shadford, “Mr. Wesley and I are like Caesar and Pompey: he will bear no equal, and I will bear no superior.” And accordingly he quietly sat by until his friends voted my name out of the American Minutes. This completed the matter and showed that he had no connexion with me.
JOHN WESLEY
John Telford, The Letters of the Rev. John Wesley, VIII, 183
Notes (1)
- Not known to whom written. ↩