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SUSANNA WESLEY THE MOTHER OF METHODISM(1669 – 1742)A MOTHER IN ISRAELSusanna Wesley was born 20 th of January 1669 inLondon, England. She is not only mother to the threebrothers; Samuel, John and Charles and her sevendaughters who all grew up to an adult age while ninechildren died in infancy, but she is also “The Mother ofMethodism”. This means a family over 40.000.000Methodists scattered round the World in 95 Countries.Who was this woman, who has taken the place asa “ Mother in Israel” for the Methodists throughout theWorld, and who has her monument outside Wesley Chapel,City Road, London?She was daughter to Dr. Samuel Annesley, vicarin the famous St. Giles Church in Criplegate. In his twomarriages he had twenty-five Children, and Susanna wasthe 25 th Child.THE FREE CHURCH TRADITIONSusanna´ s father, Dr. Samuel Annesley, left theChurch of England on the Day of St. Bartholomew 1662together with two thousand other Priests. This was a protestagainst the “Act of Uniformity”, which was against hisChristian conviction. Doctor Annesley became the leaderfor the dissenting Priests in London, and he has received anhonorary name; “St. Paul of Non-Conformists”. He was22
elated to “The Earl of Anglesay”, and had an enormousknowledge, great talents as well as a great leader. He had avery good contact with Susanna, but in spite of all theinfluence from her father, she decided to make herself freefrom the inherited Free Church membership to be amember of the Anglican Church. This was a veryindependent decision of a girl of thirteen years of age. Thisbecomes clear when one realises that she could, at her age,oppose her authoritative father, who in her saw his darlingchild. Susanna showed an intellectual conviction when shechose her own Church and walked her own way. A womanwith these abilities should never come to live in the shadowof a man. This is one of the reasons that one in the EnglishSpeaking World has seen in her a pioneer woman for “Therights of Women”. This conclusion one has deducted fromher love of freedom in her life of thought and herindependent life in her own Parish. If she had lived today, itis not sure that she would have engaged herself in thepublic life. It is possible that she would have been contentwith spreading her message, and to live her life throughthose she loved, rather than winning fame and influence bybeing known herself. She had something of the “WomanlyMysticism” in herself, which modern women cannot acceptbut must protest against.SUSANNA AS PEDAGOGUEIt has furthermore been written about Susanna asmother and the special significance she had for JohnWesley through his education and being his advisor. One23
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Page 18 and 19: LITERARY ACTIVITYSamuel Wesley had
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Page 26 and 27: education and integration in educat
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Page 30 and 31: Emilia was helpful and took respons
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Page 34 and 35: SULKY MARRIES RICHARD ELLISONUnfort
Page 36 and 37: Richard had liked very much, had be
Page 38 and 39: The Vicar John Whitelamb opened his
Page 40 and 41: her beauty, others for her witticis
Page 42 and 43: perform weddings. Many young Englis
Page 44 and 45: suffering Hetty went through due to
Page 46 and 47: The Wesley-girls would not have man
Page 48 and 49: Hetty had surely hoped that the new
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Page 52 and 53: Your fatherS. Wesley.”FATHER AND
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Page 56 and 57: TO DIE IN HAPPINESSHetty said to a
Page 58 and 59: that he used to bring his dog with
Page 60 and 61: Samuel Wesley. Romley served also a
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wrote about in her dissertation. We
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WESLEY´ S MISSION ROMANTICISMJohn
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JOHN WESLEY AND SOPHY HOPKEYIn addi
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Sophy had many eyes directed toward
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EVERYONE FALL IN LOVE WITH JOHN WES
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salvation of their souls, which wer
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The Wesley biographer L. Tyeman tel
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writes: “I still love you, and I
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who are searching for kingdom witho
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Mrs. Harrison is not the only one w
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Nottingham. On a wall in a small si
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was born in a pub should be accepte
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The vicar Rev. John Fletcher from M
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Huntingdon. The countess was more a
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This was an 84 years old woman who
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At the bottom of the montage is a p
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Lords. It was only a selection of t
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“The sacred bow he so divinelydre
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Conference; because we do not get a
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“PERSONALISM - THE SOUNDESTPOSITI
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method. Dr. Kristoffersen was respo
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She was critical against her father
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John Wesley went from an OxfordDon
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