John Wesley records in his journal on December 20, 1784 that he met Charles Simeon (1759-1836), but he says nothing about the purported conversation below. J. C. Ryle (1816-1900) reports in his biography of Simeon that the below dialogue took place on that date (pp. 100-101). In the Preface to his Horae Homileticae (pages xvii-xviii), Charles Simeon records this conversation, though he does not identify the interlocutors._________________________________ A circumstance within the Author’s knowledge reflects so much light upon this subject (Calvinism-Arminianism), that he trusts he shall be pardoned for relating it. A young Minister, about three or four years after … Continue reading “Calvinism – Arminianism, Charles Simeon & John Wesley”