Wells of Salvation

In the waning years of the 1890s, Charles Wesley Winchester was the presiding elder in the Methodist Episcopal Church’s Corning District, situated in New York near the Pennsylvania state line, and responsible for an area that included portions of both states. As he neared the end of his appointment there, he acceded to multiple requests from parishioners to publish a volume of his sermons. The Wells of Salvation is the result. According to him, it was intended primarily for the people on his district, coming from “an obscure preacher.” Little-known he may be— compared to the great Methodist names of the era— but a glance will confirm that he was a capable pulpiteer, and served no small, insignificant charge. He was talented and Spirit-filled enough to catch the attention of the illustrious Daniel Steele, who provided the Introduction to the book. This is a volume worthy of careful perusal. Its spirit of optimism will refresh the soul.

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