MOORE, Henry, Irish Wesleyan clew man: b. near Dublin, 1751; d. 1844. After conversion, he joined a Methodist class in 1777, began to preach, gave up his trade of wood carver, opened a school, and in 1779 was ap pointed by Wesley to the Londonderry circuit. Called later to London, he assisted Wesley (1784-86) as traveling companion and amanu ensis, serving again in the same capacities 1788-90. Wesley appointed him one of his three literary executors, and also selected him to become (after Wesley's death) one of 12 ministers in charge of services at the City Road Chapel, London. In 1804, and again in 1823, Moore was president of the Wesleyan Con ference. Refusing ordination in the Church of England, he was ordained by Wesley, with two Episcopal clergymen assisting. The ciroposal to establish a hierarchy in the Methodist Church was opposed by Moore, who also objected to the scheme for establishing a Methodist theo logical school, and to the proposed acquisition of land by the Methodist body in 1839, when the centenary fund was created. In 1792, with
Thomas Coke, he published a Life of the Rev. John Wesley.' Although the work was au thorized by the Conference, the third literary executor prevented them from using Wesley's papers in its preparation. With the aid of these he wrote a new 'Life,' which was pub lished in 1824-25. Moore also wrote 'A Reply to Considerations on the Separation of the Methodists from the Established Church' (1794); 'Thoughts on the Eternal (1816) ; two religious biographies: 'Sermons,' with an autobiography (1830). Consult 'Life' (with the autobiography) by Mrs. Richard Smith (1844).