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| | June 17th |
 | | Born: John Wesley, founder of the sect of Methodists, 1703, Epworth; Andrew Crosse, electrician, 1784; Ferdinand Freiligrath, German poet, 1810. |
 | | For fifty years he rose at four in the morning, summer and winter, and was accustomed to preach a sermon at five, an exercise he esteemed 'the healthiest in the world.' This early devotion, he said, 'is the glory of the Methodists. |
 | | The hours not spent in sleep and study were to be used for prayer, self-examination, singing, and working in the garden in fine, and in the house in wet weather. |
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