WATERCOLOUR #20

ASBURY'S LAST SERMON: RICHMOND , VIRGINIA

Unable to walk or stand, they carried him into the church and supported him on a table.
With frequent pauses to recover breath, Asbury preached for nearly an hour on Romans 9:28 "For He will finish the work . . ."
At four o'clock on Sunday, March 31, 1816, Asbury's earthly journey ended.
His adventurous faith had sowed the seed of a harvest ripening still.
He wrote: "In 1771 I longed for 100,000; now I want 200,000 - nay thousands upon thousands."
There are about fifteen million Methodists in America today! 


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