deavoring by seasonable means to correct an attitude which
would have killed his enterprise. But the outcome was
such as might have been expected, and he and Charles
were at last convinced that any further attempt at union
between Moravianism and Methodism would be a surrender
of the ideals of both for the sake of a temporary truce.
On July 16, 1740, the Society resolved that John should
not be allowed to preach there again. On the following
Lord's Day evening he arose in his place and read a brief
explanation of his position, which among other things con-
travened the Moravian teaching concerning ordinances.
After this he and a few sympathizers withdrew.

They repaired to the Foundery, where their associates
gladly received them into a union which became the first
distinctive Methodist Society, itself the unit of the future
Church. The outcome of these internecine troubles was
decidedly helpful to Wesley's efforts, which now had a free
course. The Foundery remained his headquarters until
1778, when City Road Chapel was erected. As the name
indicates, it was formerly a government ordnance factory
which, after being wrecked by an explosion, lay in ruins
until purchased by Wesley. Here he established his depot
for religious literature; the edifice was consecrated by the
presence of his venerable mother, who spent her last days
within its precincts, and died there on July 23, 1742. The
building stood in Windmill Street, near Finsbury Square,
and has long since disappeared; the present Wesleyan
Methodist Book Room and City Road Chapel are con-
tiguous to its site, and continue its sacred traditions.

Although his intercourse with the Moravians was now at
an end, Wesley always realized his extensive obligation to
such men as Peter Böhler and Christian David. The
separation was dictated by his conviction that he had gone
almost too far for safety in the direction of their mys-
ticism; when this was remedied, he recalled them with
gratitude, and his later references to them were kindly

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