. Little journeys to the homes of great reformers ... ds of her letters to John andCharles at Oxford their mother repeats this advice invarying phrase : We are creatures of habit; we mustcultivate good habits, for they soon master us, and wemust be controlled by that which is good. Life is veryprecious—we must give it back to God some day, solet us get the most from it. Let us methodize thehours, so we may best improve Wesley was a leader by nature, and before hewas twenty he had gathered about him at Oxford alittle group of young men, poor in purse, but intent inpurpose, who held th
. Little journeys to the homes of great reformers ... ds of her letters to John andCharles at Oxford their mother repeats this advice invarying phrase : We are creatures of habit; we mustcultivate good habits, for they soon master us, and wemust be controlled by that which is good. Life is veryprecious—we must give it back to God some day, solet us get the most from it. Let us methodize thehours, so we may best improve Wesley was a leader by nature, and before hewas twenty he had gathered about him at Oxford alittle group of young men, poor in purse, but intent inpurpose, who held themselves aloof from the foiblesand follies of the place, and planned their lives afterthat of the Christ. In ridicule they were called Method-ists. The name stuck. Q In this year of grace, 1907,there are over thirty million Methodists, and about14 GREAT REFORMERS—Wesley seven million in America. The denomination ownsproperty to the value of over three hundred milliondollars in the United States; and has over one hun-dred thousand paid FTER Wesleys graduation hewas importuned by the author-ities to remain and act as tutorand teacher at ChristchurchCollege Sfr He was a diligentstudent and his example wasneeded to hold in check the, hilarious propensities of the•^ftt sons of nobility. & In due time John was ordained^SS^i5»S^^ to preach, and often he would—fc.^^1 inKT read prayers at neighboringchapels. His brother Charles was his devoted echo andshadow. Then there was an enthusiastic youth by thename of George Whitefield, and a sober, serious youngman, James Hervy, who stood by the Oxford Method-ists and endured without resentment the sarcasticsmiles of the many. These young men organized committees to visit thesick; to search out poor and despondent students andgive them aid and encouragement; to visit the jailsand workhouses. The intent was to pattern their lives
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