The Wesley brothers formed what was at first a club at Oxford University, where they and several colleagues systematically set about living a holy life through an organised set of practices. They received Communion every week, fasted regularly, abstained from alcohol, gambling and other addictive pleasures and made it a requirement to frequently visit the sick and the poor, as well as prisoners in gaol. The fellowship was branded "Methodist" by campus students because of the way the club used "rules" and "method" to go about their daily religious affairs. John took a liking to the initially derogatory taunt and eventually adopted it as the formal name of the movement. The Brothers eventually travelled to America, preaching and themselves coming under the influence of the Moravian Church and its strong spiritual heritage, which they conveyed back to England upon their return home. Wesley would go on to become a much loved preacher, advocating for women's rights as well as an end to slavery, becoming a fundamental source of inspiration to the abolitionist movement which would arise in his wake. Margaret Thatcher's father was a Wesleyan lay-preacher and the philosophy of this church made a huge impact on her personal and political thinking, such that it is impossible to understand her legacy properly, without knowing the fundamentals of the church she grew up in.
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