of inward religion,” hence, “the religion of the heart now appeared to me in a stronger light than ever it had done before.”2 The Oxford Methodists not only read these books, they emulated their doctrine and practices. In 1729 Charles read Henry Scougal’s devotional work The Life of God in the Soul of Man. He subsequently loaned the book to fellow Holy Club member George Whitefield, and it became the instrument of Whitefield’s evangelical conversion. In that book, Charles met with what would be his
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