Ebyafaayo n'okubuulira kwa John Wesley

John Wesley yavuga embalaasi olugendo oluwanvu okusinga, n'abuulira emirundi mingi okusinga, era n'asula obutono okusinga omusajja yenna ow'omulembe gwe, era yakikola okumala emyaka egisukka mu ataano ku nguudo ezandimenye omutambuze ow'omulembe guno mu wiiki emu. Teyategeka kutandikawa kibiina kya ddiini. Yafa nga ye kabona wa Kkanisa ya England, ng'akakasa okutuusa ku nkomerero nti teyali yavudde mu Kkanisa ya England. Naye ekibiina kye yategeka — Methodism — kyamuwangaako, ne kisomoka ennyanja, era ne kikyusa obulamu bw'eddiini mu mawanga abiri. Ekifuula olugero lwe olw'omugaso okubuulirwa si bunene bwalwo. Kiri nti omusajja eyali wakati mu ntambula eyo yonna yamala emyaka gye egisooka amakumi asatu mu etaano ng'agezaako n'amaanyi ge gonna, mu ngeri entegeke, era nga tewali ky'avaamu, okwefunira ekyo ekyasembayo okuweebwa obwereere.

Ekisiki ekyaggyibwa mu muliro

Yazaalibwa mu nnyumba ya kabona e Epworth mu Lincolnshire nga June 17, 1703, ng'omwana ow'ekkumi n'ettaano owa Samuel Wesley, kabona omuzibu era eyabanga mu banja emirundi mingi, ne mukyala we ow'ekitalo Susanna. Ku baana kkumi na mwenda Susanna be yazaala, abatatuuka na ku kitundu be baawona ne bakula. Ab'omu kitundu kye baamukyawa; emirundi egisukka mu gumu, abakambwe mu bo baayoleka obukyayi bwabwe n'omuliro.

Ekiro kya February 9, 1709, ennyumba ya kabona n'eggya omuliro. Ab'omu maka ne badduka ne bafuluma mu lusuku ne babala emitwe, ng'omu abulawo. John, eyali tannaweza myaka mukaaga, yali alekeddwa nga yeebase mu kisenge eky'oku ggulu. Yazuukuka n'asanga akasolya nga kaaka, n'alinnya ku ssanduuko, n'alabika mu ddirisa. Tewaali madaala era tewaali budde bwa kugenda kugaleeta. Baliraanwa ne beefuula amadaala — omusajja omu ng'ayimiridde ku bibegabega bya munne — ne bakwata omulenzi ne bamuggya mu ddirisa. Oluvannyuma lwa kaseera katono akasolya ne kagwa.

Susanna teyakyerabira, era teyali agenderedde kukyerabira. Yatwala okuwonyezebwa okwo ng'okuyitibwa, era n'akwata ku Zekkaliya 3:2 okukutuuma erinnya: mutabani we yali ekisiki ekyaggyibwa mu muliro. Nga wayiseewo emyaka ebiri, nga May 17, 1711, yawandiika okufumiitiriza okw'ekyama okusomeka nga si kwa kusaasira wabula ng'endagaano.

Ekigambo ekyo kyasigala ku Wesley obulamu bwe bwonna. Ye yennyini yakyetwalira ng'ali wakati mu myaka gye egy'amakumi asatu, era mu 1753, ng'alwadde nnyo era ng'asuubira okufa, yeewandiikira ekiwandiiko eky'oku ntaana ye: Wano wagalamidde omulambo gwa John Wesley, ekisiki ekyaggyibwa mu muliro. Oluvannyuma n'awangaala emyaka emirala amakumi asatu mu musanvu.

Essomero lya Susanna

Okukuzibwa okusinga obuziba mu bulamu bwa Wesley kwaliwo mu ffumbiro lya nnyina. Susanna Wesley — ebiwandiiko bye ebibye biri mu tterekero lino ery'ebitabo — yafuga ennyumba ya kabona ng'essomero, ng'ekisulo ky'abaminsi, era ng'akabaka akatono ak'emmeeme. Essaawa z'okusoma tezaamenyebwanga, okuva ku ssaawa ssatu okutuuka ku mukaaga, n'okuva ku ssaawa munaana okutuuka ku kkumi n'emu. Buli mwana yayiga ennukuta zonna mu lunaku lumu, ng'atandika ku lunaku olwaddirira olw'okuweza emyaka etaano. Buli omu yafunanga akawungeezi kamu mu wiiki ng'ali yekka ne nnyina, era aka John kaali aka Lwokuna; yali akyamuwandiikira ku Lwokuna olwo ng'amaze okufuuka omusomesa mu Oxford.

Mu 1732 mutabani we eyali akuze yasaba nnyina awandiike engeri gye yakozesa. N'akikola, nga July 24, era ebbaluwa eyo eri ku biwandiiko ebisookerwako ebya Methodism, wadde nga teyogera kigambo ekyo n'akatono. Ekikulu kyayo kwe kukkiriza okukalubo era, mu matu g'omulembe guno, okuzibu: “Nga bwe kiri nti okwegomba kw'omuntu ye kikolo ky'ekibi kyonna n'okubonaabona kwonna, bwe kityo buli kintu ekikuza ekyo mu baana kikakasa obunaku bwabwe n'obutaba na ddiini oluvannyuma; naye buli ekikiziyiza n'ekikifiisa, kyongera essanyu lyabwe n'okutya Katonda kwabwe okw'omu maaso.”

Sala omusango ku njigiriza eyo nga bw'oyagala — naye kino kye kikulu mu byafaayo by'obulamu bwe. Wesley bwe yajja n'azimba ekibiina ku bibinja ebitono, ku ssaawa ezaateekebwawo, ku bibuuzo ebinoonyereza, ku mateeka agaawandiikibwa, ne ku kwekebera okutakoowa, teyali ayiiya nteekateeka mpya. Yali addamu kuzimba nnyumba ya nnyina ku mutindo gw'eggwanga lyonna. Kya mazima okugamba nti Susanna yategeka Methodism nga mutabani we tannakula kugituuma linnya.

Oxford ne Holy Club

Wesley yagenda mu Christ Church, Oxford, era n'asigalayo. Yafuulibwa dikoni nga September 19, 1725, n'alondebwa okuba Fellow wa Lincoln College nga March 17, 1726 — ekitiibwa eky'amazima, era n'ensibuko y'obulamu bwe — era n'afuulibwa kabona nga September 22, 1728. Bwe yadda mu Oxford, yasanga muganda we omuto Charles ng'akuŋŋaanyizza abayizi abatono olw'okusaba, okusoma, okusiiba, n'okukyalira amakomera n'abaavu b'omu kibuga. John n'akitwala mu mikono gye, nga bwe yatwalanga ebintu ebisinga obungi.

Ettendekero lyabatwala ng'ab'okusekererwa. Amannya ag'okuduula gaajja mangu: Bible Moths, Holy Club, n'eryo eryawangaala — Methodists, olw'okutya Katonda kwabwe okw'entegeka, okw'essaawa. Okutuuka mu 1732 waaliwo akatabo akaabawandiikibwako. George Whitefield, omuweereza eyali yeesasulira okusoma mu Pembroke, yeegatta ku bo era n'akyusibwa.

Baasiiba, baalya Ekyekiro buli wiiki, baagabanya essaawa zaabwe, era baakebera ebigendererwa byabwe okutuusa ku kwerumya. Naye ng'omusango gwe yennyini bwe yagusala oluvannyuma, John Wesley — kabona eyafuulibwa, Fellow wa Oxford, era omusajja eyalina empisa ez'obukalabakalaba okusinga bonna mu kisenge — yali tannaba Mukristaayo. Ebyuma byali bituukiridde. Kyokka byali tebikwatiddwa ku kintu kyonna.

Georgia: okutoowazibwa

Mu October 1735 yasaabala emmeeri okugenda mu kitundu ekipya ekya Georgia, okuweereza abatuuze era, nga bwe yasuubira, okukyusa Abaindiyaani. Olugendo lw'oku nnyanja lwamuyigiriza ebisingawo ku obwo obuweereza.

Nga January 25, 1736, emmeeri Simmonds yagwa mu kibuyaga ku nnyanja Atlantic. Ekibinja ky'Abamoraviya — Abadaaki abeewaayo eri Katonda, abaali basenguka n'abakazi baabwe n'abaana baabwe — baali wakati mu kuyimba zabbuli, Wesley nga bwe yawandiika, ennyanja “n'esaanikira, n'eyuza ettanga eddene mu bitundutundu, n'ebikka ku mmeeri, n'eyiika wakati w'ebbaati.” Abasaabaze Abangereza ne batya nnyo. Wesley n'atya. Naye Abadaaki, nga bwe yawandiika mu bigambo bitono ebyali bimuzitoowerera okubiteeka ku lupapula, “beeyongera okuyimba nga bateefu.”

Oluvannyuma n'agenda n'abuuza omu ku bo ekibuuzo ekyali kimulya munda. “Tewatya?” Omusajja n'addamu nti, “Nneebaza Katonda, nedda.” Wesley n'anyiikira: “Naye abakazi bammwe n'abaana bammwe tebaatya?” Eddoboozi ne liddamu mpola. “Nedda; abakazi baffe n'abaana baffe tebatya kufa.”

Wesley yali kabona wa Kkanisa ya England, ng'aseeyeeya ku nnyanja okulokola emmeeme, era yali yaakazuula nti yatya okusaanawo mu mazzi okusinga abalimi abaali wansi mu mmeeri. Luno lwe lusegere lw'obulamu bwe. Teyakyerabira, era eky'ekitiibwa kye, yakiwandiika mu kifo ky'okukisangula.

Georgia yennyini yagenda bubi, oluvannyuma n'esingawo obubi. Yali mukakanyavu we yali yeetaagira amagezi ag'okukwatagana n'abantu, era okulabirira kwe ng'omusumba ku muwala ayitibwa Sophy Hopkey ne kufuuka ng'okwogereza kw'atasobola kumaliriza wadde okuleka. Bwe yafumbirwa omusajja omulala, Wesley n'amugaana Ekyekiro ku nsonga ntono ey'amateeka. Ab'omu maka ga bba ne bamuwaabira mu kkooti. Mu December 1737 yavaayo mu kitundu mu kyama n'asaabala okudda eka, ng'omuntu eyalemererwa mu buli ngeri abantu gye bapima. Ng'addayo ku mmeeri, ye yennyini yawandiika omusango gwe: yali agenze mu Amerika okukyusa abalala, so nga ye yennyini teyali akyusiddwa.

Aldersgate

Mu London Abamoraviya ne bamugoberera. Peter Böhler, omuvubuka eyali amusinga obuto emyaka kkumi, yagamba Wesley ekyo ky'atayagala kuwulira — nti yali abulwa okukkiriza okulokola. Wesley, nga ye kabona, n'abuuza oba nno kyali kimugwanira okulekera awo okubuulira. Eky'okuddamu kya Böhler kiri ku bigambo ebisinga obulungi eby'okubudaabuda kw'omusumba: “Buulira okukkiriza okutuusa lw'onookufuna; olwo, olw'okuba ng'okulina, ojja kubuulira okukkiriza.”

Yakubuulira okumala wiiki kkumi na emu nga takulina. Awo, akawungeezi ka May 24, 1738, n'agenda mu lukuŋŋaana lw'ekibiina mu Aldersgate Street — nga tayagala, nga bwe yawandiika, ekintu ekisinga okulaga Wesley mu byafaayo ebyo byonna. Waliwo eyali asoma waggulu ennyanjula ya Luther ku Abaruumi.

“Nga bukyali ng'ekitundu ky'essaawa nga tewannawera mwenda ez'ekiro, bwe yali ng'annyonnyola enkyukakyuka Katonda gy'akola mu mutima olw'okukkiriza mu Kristo, nnawulira omutima gwange nga gubuguumirira mu ngeri ey'ekitalo. Nnawulira nti nnali nneesiga Kristo, Kristo yekka, olw'obulokozi; era ne mpeebwa obukakafu nti Yeye yali anziggyeeko ebibi byange, weewaawo, ebyange nze kennyini, era n'annokola mu mateeka g'ekibi n'okufa.”

— John Wesley, Journal, May 24, 1738

Laba ekyo akaseera ako kye kaamuwa: si njigiriza mpya, era si mutindo mupya gwa butukuvu. Ebyo yali abirina dda, mu bungi obubonyaabonya. Kye yafuna kwali obukakafu — ekyo Omumoraviya kye yalina mu kibuyaga. Omusajja ow'empisa entegeke ku nkomerero yagambibwa nti ayinza okulekera awo okwekakasa.

Ennimiro

Mu kiseera kye kimu, Whitefield yali atandise okukola ekintu eky'okwewuunyisa: okubuulira ebweru, eri abasima amanda, mu bbanga eddungi. Yeegayirira Wesley ajje e Bristol akitandike. Wesley n'awunyiriza. Yakkiriza nti yali “akwatirira ennyo buli nsonga ekwata ku mpisa n'entegeka, n'okulowooza ne nnowooza nti okulokola emmeeme kyandibadde kumpi n'okuba ekibi singa tekikolerwa mu kkanisa.”

N'agonda. Nga April 2, 1739, ng'akozesa ebigambo bya Dawudi eri Mikali, yawandiika nti: “Ku ssaawa kkumi ez'olweggulo, nnakkiriza okuba ow'ekivve okusingawo, ne ndangirira mu nguudo amawulire amalungi ag'obulokozi, nga njogerera ku kasozi akatono mu ttaka eririraanye ekibuga, eri abantu nga enkumi ssatu.” Fellow wa Oxford eyali afaayo ennyo ku mpisa yali afuuse omubuulizi ow'oku ttale, era emimwaanyi gy'ekkanisa ya England ne gitandika okumuggalirwako. Bwe yawakanyizibwa olw'okuyingirira ebitundu by'abakabona abalala, n'addamu n'ekigambo ekyafuuka omulamwa gwa Methodism.

“Ensi yonna ngitwala ng'ekitundu kyange eky'obuweereza; era ekyo kye ntegeeza kwe kuti, mu kitundu kyayo kyonna mwe mbeera, ndowooza nti kisaanira, kituufu, era buvunaanyizibwa bwange okulangirira eri bonna abaagala okuwulira, amawulire amalungi ag'obulokozi.”

— John Wesley, Journal, June 11, 1739

Olugendo oluwanvu

Okuva mu biseera ebyo eby'okuzaawuka okutuusa lwe yanafuwa n'alemererwa okulinnya embalaasi, Wesley teyakoma kutambula. Yagolokokanga ku ssaawa kkumi ez'oku makya, n'abuulira ku ssaawa kkumi n'emu eri abakozi nga bagenda mu bunnya bw'amanda ne mu makolero, era n'atambula emayiro ze ng'alina ekitabo ekyanjuluddwa ku ntebe y'embalaasi, ng'amaze okuyigiriza embalaasi ye okukwata oluguudo ng'asoma. Yakubwa amayinja, yalumbibwa ebibinja by'abantu, yasumululirwa ente, era n'agaanibwa we yandisuze; naye era, ku nkomerero, yali omusajja asinga okwagalibwa mu England yonna.

Emiwendo egyatiibwa — nga emayiro 250,000 ku mbalaasi n'okubuulira nga 40,000 — gyetaaga okulabulwa okw'amazima. Wesley yennyini teyagibala. Gye magezi ga bulijjo, agaakisibwa abawandiisi b'ebyafaayo ab'oluvannyuma okuva mu ntambula ezaawandiikibwa mu Journal ye, era emiwendo gyawukana wakati w'ensibuko: emayiro 225,000 oba 250,000; okubuulira 40,000 oba 42,000. Bitwale ng'ekigero eky'obungi, so si ng'okubala okukakasibwa. Journal yennyini, eyakuumibwa okumala emyaka egisukka mu ataano, ye bukakafu obw'amazima, era ejjudde eby'okwewuunya nga tewali kubala.

Enkola

Ekitone kya Wesley ekyawangaala tekyali kwogera bulungi — Whitefield yamusinga okubuulira — wabula kwali kutegeka. Yakuŋŋaanya abaakyuka mu bibiina, oluvannyuma n'agabanya ebibiina mu bubinja obw'abantu nga kkumi na babiri, buli kamu nga kalina omukulembeze eyabasisinkananga buli wiiki n'ababuuza engeri emmeeme zaabwe gye zaali zikulaakulanamu. Tewali yasobola kwekweka. Yalonda ababuulizi abateewongebwa, abakozi ab'emikono aba bulijjo, mu kiseera we tewaali kabona yenna eyayagala okumuyamba, era n'abakuŋŋaanyiza mu Conference eya buli mwaka okuva mu 1744. Mu 1784 yakakasa embeera y'ekibiina mu mateeka ng'ayita mu Deed of Declaration, era — omutendera ogwasembayo ne gufuula okwawukana ne Kkanisa ya England okutasoboka kwewala — ye yennyini n'awonga abaweereza olwa Amerika, ng'atuma Thomas Coke, Richard Whatcoat, ne Thomas Vasey eri eggwanga eppya ery'abalabirizi abaali tebaagala kuliweereza.

Waaliwo enjigiriza eyali etuukagana n'ekyuma ekyo. Wesley yabuulira ekisa mu buli mutendera gw'obulamu bw'Ekikristaayo — ekisa ekikulembera okukyuka era ekizuukusa omwonoonyi, ekisa ekiweesa obutuukirivu okuyita mu kukkiriza, ekisa ekyeeyongera okukola ebbanga lyonna oluvannyuma lw'okusonyiyibwa — era yagaana okukkiriza obulokozi okukoma ku kusonyiyibwa. Enjigiriza ye eyasinga okuwakanyizibwa, obutuukirivu obutuukiridde obw'Ekikristaayo, oba okutukuzibwa okujjuvu, yawulirwa obubi okuva olwo: teyagamba n'akatono nti abakkiriza balekera awo okwonoona, wabula nti okwagala Katonda ne muliraanwa kusobola okukula okutuusa lwe kufuga obulamu bwonna, era nti buli Mukristaayo asaanidde okugoberera obukulu obwo mu ngeri z'ekisa eza bulijjo — okusaba, Ebyawandiikibwa, Ekijjulo kya Mukama, okusiiba, n'ebikolwa by'ekisa. Kyali nteekateeka ya dda ey'Ekibiina Ekitukuvu, ezuukiziddwa ku ludda olulala olwa Aldersgate: empisa y'emu, kaakano ng'etambulira ku bukakafu mu kifo ky'okweraliikirira.

Ebikolwa by'ekisa tebyali bya ku bbali. Ebibiina byali byuma by'okusaasira okukolera nga bwe byali by'okutya Katonda — Wesley yakyalira abasibe obulamu bwe bwonna, yatandika amasomero, era yategeka obujjanjabi eri abaavu abataali basobola n'akatono okusasula omusawo, ng'akakasa nti Obukristaayo obutakyusa omukkiriza awamu n'oluguudo omukkiriza abeeramu tebwali Bukristaayo bwa mazima.

Era yali wa magezi mu by'ensimbi. Okubuulira kwe okuyitibwa The Use of Money kuwa amateeka asatu, era gatera okujulizibwa bubi — ekigambo ekisooka kiri gain, kwe kugamba okufuna, so si earn, kwe kugamba okukolerera, era entegeka y'ebigambo ya mugaso, kubanga okugaba kujja oluvannyuma ku nsonga.

“Funa byonna by'osobola, nga tolumya ggwe wennyini wadde muliraanwa wo, mu mmeeme oba mu mubiri — tereka byonna by'osobola, ng'osalako buli nsaasaanya ekola bwekozi kutuukiriza kwegomba kwa busirusiru — olwo, gaba byonna by'osobola, oba, mu bigambo ebirala, wa Katonda byonna by'olina.”

— John Wesley, The Use of Money, Okubuulira 50

Yagoberera etteeka lye ye yennyini. Ensimbi ez'ebitabo bye bwe zeeyongera, yakuuma ensaasaanya ye ey'obulamu nga bw'eri n'agaba ebisigadde, n'afa nga talina kintu kyonna okuggyako ekkooti eyali ekaddiye, ensimbi ntono, ne Kkanisa ya Methodist.

Whitefield: mukwano gwe gwe yalwanyisa

Omukwano ogwatandika okuzuukuka gwali gunaatera okukumenya. Whitefield yali Mukalvini akakafu; Wesley yali si bw'atyo, era mu 1739 yabuulira oluvannyuma n'afulumya Free Grace, olutalo olutaliimu kisa ku njigiriza y'okulondebwa edda. Kyanuubula Whitefield, eyawulira nti obumu bw'okuzuukuka — ng'edda bonna baali “ng'abaana abato” — bwali bumenyeddwa ekkalaamu ya mukwano gwe. Ne baawukana, era okuzuukuka ne kutambulira mu makubo abiri okuva olwo.

Naye tebaasigala nga baawukanye, era wano abasajja bombi we baakulira. Baatuuka ku ekyo omu ku babuulizi ba Wesley kye yayita endagaano ey'okwawukana mu ndowooza, era okwagala ne kuwangaala okusinga empaka. Obukakafu bwajja ku nkomerero. Bwe yabuuzibwa emirundi mingi ani asaanira okubuulira ku kuziikibwa kwe singa afiira ebweru w'eggwanga, Whitefield yeeyongera okuyita omusajja eyali alumbye enjigiriza ye mu byawandiikibwa: “Oyo ye musajja.” Whitefield yafiira mu Amerika mu 1770, era nga November 18 John Wesley n'ayimuka n'abuulira okubuulira kw'okuziika kwe, n'omutima omugabi.

Molly

Ebyafaayo biteekwa okuba eby'amazima wano, era amazima ago tegasanyusa. Mu February 1751 Wesley yawasa Mary Vazeille — Molly — nnamwandu omugagga eyalina abaana bana. Byayonooneka mangu era ne bisigala bwe bityo okumala emyaka amakumi asatu. Ye teyayagala kulekera awo kutambula; naye teyayagala kukkiriza bba atabeera waka era ng'ebbaluwa ze n'abakazi abalala yazisoma n'azikyawa. Yagenda, n'akomawo, n'addamu okugenda.

Nga January 23, 1771 yasitula okugenda e Newcastle ng'ateesuubira kudda, era Wesley n'akiwandiika mu Journal ye mu bigambo bisatu ebikalu eby'Olulattini — Non eam reliqui: non dimisi: non revocabo — abateekateeka b'ebitabo bye bye bavvuunula nti: Saamulekulira; saamugoba; sijja kumuyita adde. Enkyusa ey'Olungereza etera okujulizibwa ya muvvuunuzi, si ya Wesley. Mu ngeri yonna kigambo kya bunnyogovu, era kikye. Yafa nga October 8, 1781; ye yali ebweru ng'abuulira era yakiwulira ng'amaze okuziikibwa. Omusajja eyasobola okutegeka obulamu obw'omwoyo obw'obukumi bw'enkumi z'abantu teyasobola kutegeka obw'oyo eyali amusembera okusinga bonna. Yakimanya, era teyakinnyonnyola ddala.

Olutalo olw'enkomerero

Essaawa ya Wesley esinga obulungi yajja ku nkomerero. Yali akyaye obuddu okuva mu Georgia, naye mu February 1772 akatabo akawakanya obuddu akaawandiikibwa Anthony Benezet Omukwaka ne kakuma omuliro. Ekiwandiiko kye ekya Journal ekya nga 12 kiri ku bigambo ebikulu mu byawandiikibwa eby'okuggyawo obuddu: yali asoma, bwe yawandiika, “ekitabo eky'enjawulo ennyo, ekyafulumizibwa Omukwaka omwesigwa, ku bwo obubi bwonna obukuŋŋaanyiziddwa awamu obw'ekivve, obutera okuyitibwa okusuubula abaddu.” Mu 1774 yafulumya Thoughts upon Slavery, ng'agaana buli kya kwewoleza kya by'enfuna eky'omulembe gwe: “Nkakasa nti sikkiriza n'akatono nti okuba n'abaddu kutuukagana n'obwenkanya bwonna, ne bwe buba obw'obutonde bwokka.”

Yali akyakikola ng'aweza emyaka kinaana mu musanvu. Ku makya ga February 24, 1791, ennaku mukaaga nga tannafa, ng'amaze okusoma akatabo akaawandiikibwa “Omwafirika omwavu” — ng'ono atera okutegeerebwa nga Olaudah Equiano mu Interesting Narrative ye — yakwata ekkalaamu ye ku lw'omuvubuka eyali Omubaka mu Palamenti, eyali awangulwa, omwaka ku mwaka, ku tteeka eryandiggyeewo okusuubula abaddu.

“Okuggyako ng'amaanyi ga Katonda gakuyimusizza okuba nga Athanasius contra mundum, sirabawo ngeri gy'oyinza okuyitamu omulimu gwo ogw'ekitiibwa ogw'okuwakanya obukyamu obw'ekivve obwo, obuli nsonyi eri eddiini, eri England, n'eri obuntu. Katonda bw'aba nga takuyimusizza olw'ekintu kino kyennyini, ojja kukoowesebwa okuziyizibwa kw'abantu ne baddayimooni. Naye Katonda bw'aba ku ludda lwo, ani ayinza okukuwakanya? … Weeyongereyo, mu linnya lya Katonda ne mu maanyi g'obuyinza bwe, okutuusa n'obuddu obw'omu Amerika (obusinga obubi ku bwonna obwali bulabye enjuba) lwe bulisaanawo mu maaso gaagwo.”

— John Wesley, ebbaluwa eri William Wilberforce, 24 Feb 1791

Eno y'ebbaluwa ye esembayo esigalawo. Yagiggalawo, nga bwe yaggalawo obulamu bwe, ng'asabira omuntu omulala.

Ekisinga byonna obulungi

Yafiira mu nnyumba ye eriraanye City Road Chapel nga March 2, 1791, ng'aweza emyaka kinaana mu musanvu, oluvannyuma lw'obulwadde obw'ennaku ntono, ng'azingiziddwa mikwano gye. Ng'anaatera okugenda, ng'omukka gumuweddemu, yabeewuunyisa ng'ayimba ebigambo bya Isaac Watts: Nnaatendereza Omutonzi wange nga nkyalina omukka. Era waakiri emirundi ebiri, eri abantu abaali bakuŋŋaanidde ku kitanda, yagamba ekintu kye yamala emyaka amakumi ataano mu esatu ng'avuga embalaasi okubuna England ng'akibuulira abagwira — nti byonna, omuliro n'ennimiro n'okulemererwa n'ebibinja eby'ettemu n'emayiro, byakoma ku nsonga emu:

“Ekisinga byonna obulungi kiri nti, Katonda ali naffe.”

Yalekawo ekkooti, ebijiiko bya ffeeza ebitono, n'ekibiina. Yandirowoozezza nti kimu kyokka ku ebyo kye kisaanira okwogerwako — era yandigambye, mu butuufu, nti kyatandikira ku mukazi eyali asabira omulenzi gwe yali anaatera okufiirwa mu muliro.