. Little journeys to the homes of great reformers ... 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
. Little journeys to the homes of great reformers ... 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 are secretive and sly. MOST remarkable womanwas Susanna \A^esley. Theway she wound her mind intothe minds of her sons, Johnand Charles, was as beauti-ful as it was few parents ever reallyget acquainted with their off-spring. Parents who fail tokeep their promises with theirchildren and who prevaricateto them, have children thatBut often no one person is to 5 GREAT REFORM ERS—Wesley blame, for children do not necessarily have any spirit-ual or mental relationship to their parents—theirminds are not attuned to the same key—they are noton the same wire. Indeed, even with the great Susanna Wesley, therewas a close and confiding intimacy only with tTwo ofher brood. John Wesley has written, I cannot re-member ever having kept back a doubt from mymother—she was the one heart to whom I went inabsolute confidence, from my babyhood until the dayof her death. The Epworth Parsonage where John Wesley wasborn was both a house and a school S<^ Probably themother centere
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