prisons near Bristol.  One historian has calculated that he preached to 149,000 people during this period!  He preached throughout England for the rest of his life, especially to people whom the English Church was not reaching.
    But Wesley is best known for his hymns.  One historian has determined that he wrote more than 6,000 hymns and religious poems, composing an average of three hymns per week.  His collected poems fill 13 volumes!