Samuel Wesley (poet, died 1735)

Samuel Wesley (17 December 1662 – 25 April 1735) was a clergyman of the Church of England, a poet, and a writer. He was the father of John Wesley and Charles Wesley, the founders of Methodism.

Quotes

• Beneath, a sleeping infant lies,
     To earth whose ashes lent,
  More glorious shall hereafter rise,
     Though not more innocent.
  When the arch-angel's trump shall blow,
     And souls and bodies join,
  What crowds will wish, their lives below
     Had been as short as thine!
  • "Epitaph on an Infant", in James Montgomery (ed.) The Christian Poet; or, Selections in Verse, on Sacred Subjects, 3rd ed. (Glasgow, 1828), p. 429

• Let sickness blast, and death devour,
     If heaven must recompense our pains
  Perish the grass, and fade the flower,
     If firm the word of God remains.
  • "Hymn 46", st. 6, in John Wesley (ed.) A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the People Called Methodists (London, 1830), p. 49

External links

• Encyclopedic article on Samuel Wesley (poet, died 1735) on Wikipedia