3-043-736 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Rev. Luke Wiseman, President of the Wesleyan Conference, 1872. Engraving from a photograph by Messrs. Appleton and Co. 'The Rev. Luke H. Wiseman, M.A,, was the elected President for the year. This gentleman was born at Norwich, in the year 1822...In 1840 he entered the Wesleyan Theological College in London, where he received his training for the Wesleyan ministry. Mr. Wiseman has been stationed in some of the best circuits, where, as a preacher and pastor, he has been greatly esteemed by the people. His easy and kindly way of preaching, and his Christian bearing and gentlemanly manners on all occasions, have won the esteem and confidence of those who have heard him and known him...In the foreign mission house Mr. Wiseman, as one of the secretaries, has been very useful. The practical character of his mind and habits has been of great value in the secretary's office; while the earnestness and power of his missionary speeches have given life to the evangelising sympathies of the people. He lately visited Canada, as the representative or delegate of the Wesleyans in this country at the Canadian Wesleyan Methodist Conference'. From "Illustrated London News", 1872.