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

were more out and about. In this was they had a lot to tellwhich could enrich their lives.The solidarity that was characteristic for the homeof the vicar in Epworth lasted a lifetime. The Wesley boystook care of the Wesley girls and looked after themthroughout their lives. It is a surprising to note how thebrothers cared for their sisters and their children andgrandchildren, when they needed help.THE WOMEN AROUND JOHN WESLEYJohn Wesley was a High Church Anglican Priest.He was inclined to celibacy, and thought that he could domore for the Kingdom of God as unmarried than he coulddo as a married man. The conflict between these two ideasmade him doubtful to marriage. This made him, as a 32years old, abstain from marrying Sophia Hopkey inGeorgia. He made however the mistake, as a 48 year oldman, to marry the widow Mrs. A. N. Vazeille, who was ashrew.John was ordained a Priest in September 1725 andhe was elected Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford, 17 th ofMarch 1726.BIOGRAPHIES OF JOHN WESLEYI had read biographies about John Wesley before Istarted my studies at the Union Theological Seminary,Överås, Gothenburg, where I could make deeper studies onWesley both in books and in compendia. It was the rev.Axel Lager, B.A., who taught Wesley literature in70