03/03/2026
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On this date, 235 years ago, (March 2, 1791) John Wesley died at his home iin London, where he lived next door to his chapel on City Road. According to tradition, his final words were, "The best of all is, God is with us".
This artistic rendering of Wesley's deathbed, a hand-colored lithograph titled "The Death of the Revd. John Wesley, A.M," was produced by Magee's Lithograph Press in Philadelphia. Another version was published by Selig Lipschitz in London in 1870.
Following Wesley's death, prints like this were produced decades later to commemorate his life and faith, often taking artistic liberties with details, such as the room's dimensions.
The image here is a photograph of the lithograph currently on display in the museum at John Street United Methodist Church.