John Wesley Quotes About Language

Quotes about: Language

• Singing is as much the language of holy joy as praying is of holy desire.

  John Wesley

  Joy, Singing, Desire

  John Wesley “Wesley's Notes on the Bible - The Old Testament: Genesis - Ruth”, Lulu.com

• I believe there is no liturgy in the world, either in ancient or modern language, which breathes more of a solid, scriptural, rational piety, than the Common Prayer of the Church of England. And though the main of it was compiled considerably more than two hundred years ago, yet is the language of it, not only pure, but strong and elegant in the highest degree.

  John Wesley

  Strong, Prayer, Believe

  John Wesley “John Wesley's The Book of Common Prayer”, Lulu.com

• We should constantly use the most common, little, easy words which our language affords.

  John Wesley

  Use, Littles, Common

  Of preaching to 'plain people', in R. Southey 'Life of Wesley' (1820) ch. 16

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