THE WOMEN AROUND JOHN WESLEY AT HOME ... - Kristoffersen

The 3 rd of September 1739 during a CommunionService her understanding of the certainty of forgivenesswas enlarged with a new and fresh dimension. The newunderstanding of forgiveness, she experienced 1739, haslately been stressed by the Methodists throughout theWorld. This dimension appear when she pray her ownprayer:“Give me grace, O Lord,I can become entirelyChristian”.One can say that the foundation stone to herTheology is to be found here in a practical everyday piety.In her library the Bible had a central place, and ithad its place among the books in her teaching. It is possiblethat the base for John Wesley´ s wish to be a man of onebook, “Homo unius libri”, was laid here.Susanna held Divine Services in her kitchen.Families who seldom went to Church now took regularlypart in her religious meetings.AN ACTIVE LIFE IS CLOSEDSusanna Wesley died 23 rd July 1742 at the age of73 years. She had said to her Children that as soon as shedied they should sing a hymn to the Lord God. Her lastrequests, was performed conscientiously by her children,who were her pupils.Susanna was buried in the nonconformistgraveyard Bunhill Fields opposite City Road on the areathat later on should be Wesley Chapel. John Wesley usedthe ritual of the English Church at the burial Service, and27