The world: historical and actual . VICTOKIA—1880. -7- -J to ^ ok.1 PRESENT ENGLAND. 369 pensable to expansion from a petty kingdom to amighty empire. It was in the year 1704 that Marlborough woni lie splendid victory of Blenheim and other hard-fought battles, which came near wrecking the pow-er of Louis XIV. During the same year Sir GeorgeEooke carried by storm the fortress of Gibraltar,which made England Mistress of the Mediterranean George Whitefield in 1714. The younger Wesley-was the author of many very popular hymns, whilethe other two men succeeded by their eloquence andzeal as preacher
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The world: historical and actual . VICTOKIA—1880. -7- -J to ^ ok.1 PRESENT ENGLAND. 369 pensable to expansion from a petty kingdom to amighty empire. It was in the year 1704 that Marlborough woni lie splendid victory of Blenheim and other hard-fought battles, which came near wrecking the pow-er of Louis XIV. During the same year Sir GeorgeEooke carried by storm the fortress of Gibraltar, which made England Mistress of the Mediterranean George Whitefield in 1714. The younger Wesley-was the author of many very popular hymns, whilethe other two men succeeded by their eloquence andzeal as preachers in making a most profound im-pression upon the English-speaking people of twohemispheres. They founded the Methodist Episco-pal Church in England and America. The char-acteristic which the denomination has always had, . THE THROVE ROOM, ENGLAND. Sea, with its inexhaustible wealth of commerce, anadvantage of more substantial value to the peoplethan all the mines of Pern and Mexico. In losingGibraltar Spain lost much, but England gained in-comparably more; the former being unable to makefull use of the advantage involved in the possessionf that rock. Among the more noteworthy characters of theeighteenth century should he mentioned the Wes-leys, John and Charles, and their co-worker, White-field. They were born early in the century, - JohnWesley in 1703, his brother Charles in 170«. and exceeding enthusiasm in the work of conversion, it derived from them. They laid the founda-tion of an organization which has been a tremen-dous influence in the world. Whitefield was aprodigv of eloquence, but John Wesley, by hisastonishing industry as an organizer, writer andpreacher, fairly earned the supreme honor of estab-lishing a church which now, when only a little morethan a century old. numbers in communi