INTRODUCTION

Wesley the Anglican had its origin in a paper read by the author before a group of professors and students at the General Theological Seminary (Protestant Episcopal), New York. There was a unanimous feeling on the part of all present, that the subject had been so uniquely and suggestively treated that the paper should be expanded and published in book form. Acting upon this request the author expanded the paper into this book.

In November of 1918, in response to reiterated invitations from the British Churches, the author, Rev. David Baines

Griffiths, M.A., undertook a three months' mission among the Churches of England and Wales on behalf of the closer unity of the English-speaking peoples. He brought the manuscript of Wesley the Anglican with him to England and it was accepted by Macmillan & Co. While the book was in the press the author suddenly passed away at Liverpool. He was buried in the village of his birth, Llandudno, Wales. The land that gave him to America claimed him at his death. It was in the performance of a beautiful task of reconciliation between the country of his birth and the land of his adoption that he died.

Mr. Baines-Griffiths went to America upon the advice of Mr. Moody, whom he met in the course of the great revival. He was educated at Mr. Moody's schools at Mount Hermon and at Harvard University. After serving in various churches

he was finally called to the Edgehill Church, New York City, where for many years he exercised a unique and influential ministry. His two books, Our Brother of Joy and When Faiths Flash Out, reflect the rare quality of his sermons. During the period of his pastorate at this church he was also the reviewer of the philosophical and religious books for the New York Tribune, and a regular contributor to the editorial columns of The Christian Work. His memory will always remain a link between the two great English-speaking peoples, whom he loved

equally.

FREDERICK LYNCH.

LONDON, March 6, 1919.