The Works of John Wesley Volume 25: Letters I (1721-1739)Although many of the letters of John Wesley are of value as literature especially as crisp statements of his views or desires with little attempt at embellishment their major importance is as a revelation of him as a man and of the people and events of his day, especially those linked with the Methodist movement. They furnish us, in fact, with a portrait through seventy years that is both more revealing in detail and fuller in coverage than any other