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perform weddings. Many young English couples had runaway from home and got married here. This blacksmith´ sworkshop and Guesthouse was located just over the boarderto Scotland, so it was outside the jurisdiction of Englishlaw. Many stories were told about horse races between theyoung lovers and their parents, who had discovered thattheir children had run away to get married. The parentsrode off to hinder the young people getting married, butoften the parents came to late to hinder the rite as theblacksmith had struck already his hammer against the anviland proclaimed the performed marriage.Hetty gave in to the promise of her lover and hispromise of marriage, and a future together. Hetty herselfthought that her father always interfered with her love life.Further she was 27 years of age and earned to her ownupkeep. She went away with Will. They stayed over nighttogether. The next day when the wedding should takeplace, Will disappeared and did not bother about hispromises. He lived up to the personal act that SamuelWesley had obtained of Will Atkinson. It was these factsthat Samuel Wesley used to warned Hetty.The result of this one night together with her loverhad made her pregnant.RETURNED HOME IN DEFEATHer lover had deserted her, and therefore she hadto return home. Through this act defeat was completed.What was even worse was that from this time tragedy washer future. When she came home, she met her father. You42
can imagine the meeting between the vicar and hisdisobedient daughter. Here you meet the Priest whofollowed the system of rules in the 18 th century. The ruleswere strengthened by his puritan education. In addition tohis actions, came his lack of understanding and sympathyfor his daughter and her behaviour. She had qualifiedherself to be shut out from her home. Samuel wouldimmediately have closed the doors for her at the home inEpworth, if it had not been for Susanna Wesley, his wife,who prayed for their adult daughter. From our way ofthinking today, I feel that Samuel did not show Christianlove for his daughter who needed help and support. Oneextra child and Hetty, in that big family would not havebeen noticed.There were certainly many factors that played apart in Samuel Wesley´ s decision. Samuel and Susannabelonged to highly respected families; Wesley andAnnesley, and in addition Samuel was a respected Priest inthe Anglican Church. Further it was a hard blow in hispatriarchal pride that his beloved daughter with herintellectual capacity and literal education should oppose hiscommand, and show her disobedient to her father´ sdecision that she should give up resign the proposed man.THE FEELINGS CONQUER REASONThe conflict between father and daughter was apity, because reason overcame emotions and in thissituation one often does things that one later repents.Samuel could not see the pain and the psychological43
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Page 3: Leslie F. Church has contributed wi
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Page 10 and 11: 550 members from October 1972. Ther
Page 12 and 13: Cambridge University was not part o
Page 14 and 15: she, who had been her father´ s fa
Page 16 and 17: Fleming, Bishop of Lincoln. John We
Page 18 and 19: LITERARY ACTIVITYSamuel Wesley had
Page 20 and 21: The three Wesley brothers were all
Page 22 and 23: SUSANNA WESLEY THE MOTHER OF METHOD
Page 24 and 25: can partly thank Susanna that layme
Page 26 and 27: education and integration in educat
Page 28 and 29: he delivered a speech at the graves
Page 30 and 31: Emilia was helpful and took respons
Page 32 and 33: partly by John Wesley because he di
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 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
Page 50 and 51: “Ere thy gentle breast sustainsLa
Page 52 and 53: Your fatherS. Wesley.”FATHER AND
Page 54 and 55: had dated 22 nd August 1735, he had
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
Page 62 and 63: THE TRUE NATURE OF WESTLEY HALLThe
Page 64 and 65: edited 1737. This play was performe
Page 66 and 67: could if she could stand it. Furthe
Page 68 and 69: It has surprised the historians tha
Page 70 and 71: were more out and about. In this wa
Page 72 and 73: wrote about in her dissertation. We
Page 74 and 75: WESLEY´ S MISSION ROMANTICISMJohn
Page 76 and 77: JOHN WESLEY AND SOPHY HOPKEYIn addi
Page 78 and 79: Sophy had many eyes directed toward
Page 80 and 81: EVERYONE FALL IN LOVE WITH JOHN WES
Page 82 and 83: salvation of their souls, which wer
Page 84 and 85: The Wesley biographer L. Tyeman tel
Page 86 and 87: writes: “I still love you, and I
Page 88 and 89: who are searching for kingdom witho
Page 90 and 91: 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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