. Little journeys to the homes of great reformers ... ttern his life after thatof the Christ. Perhaps it is needless to say that thefollowers of John Wesley do not much resemble him,indeed not more so than they resemble Jesus ofNazareth. John Wesley and Jesus had very much incommon. But should a man of the John \A^esley pat-tern appear, say in one of the fashionable Methodistchurches of Chicago, the organist would drown himout on request of the pastor; and the janitor withthree fingers under his elbow, would lead him to thedoor while the congregation sang Pull for the Shore. ULIA WEDGWOOD, dau
. Little journeys to the homes of great reformers ... ttern his life after thatof the Christ. Perhaps it is needless to say that thefollowers of John Wesley do not much resemble him,indeed not more so than they resemble Jesus ofNazareth. John Wesley and Jesus had very much incommon. But should a man of the John \A^esley pat-tern appear, say in one of the fashionable Methodistchurches of Chicago, the organist would drown himout on request of the pastor; and the janitor withthree fingers under his elbow, would lead him to thedoor while the congregation sang Pull for the Shore. ULIA WEDGWOOD, daugh-ter of Josiah and Sarah ^Vedg-wood, and sister to the motherof Darwin, wrote a life of John\Vesley. In this book MissWedgwood says, The fol-lowers of a leader are alwaystotally different from theleader. The difference be-tween a leader and a followeris this : a leader leads and afollower shepherd is a man, but sheep are a rule foUo^wers follow as far as the path is good,but at the first bog they balk. Betrayers, doubters and4. GREAT RE FO RM ERS —Wesley those who deny with an oath, are always recruitedfrom the ranks of the followers. In a sermon JohnWesley once said, To adopt and live a life of sim-plicity and service for mankind is difficult; but to fol-low the love of luxury, making a clutch for place, pelfand power, labeling Paganism Christianity, and im-agining you are a follower of Christ, this is easy. Yetall through life we see that the reward is paid for thedifficult task. And now^ I summon you to a life ofdifficulty, not merely for the sake of the reward, butbecause the life of service is the righteous life—theright life—the life that leads to increased life and in-creased light.
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