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Article: Wesleyan foundations created Canada: his social activism mixed with orthodoxy are now sadly forgotten.(John Wesley)
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- Presbyterian Record
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- September 1, 2005
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We have been polarized. If we care for the poor and the helpless, we are obliged to champion immorality. If we stand up for the family, we are supposed to obsess about law and order and low taxes
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