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

combination with the history of missions. Already at thattime I had a special interest in the subject Wesley and thewomen around him. The interest, was may be, at that time,mostly the women who were interested in the Wesley boys.Witnesses from that time show that both the boys and thegirls from the Parsonage in Epworth were smart and hadcharm and elegance, that drew attention in society both inLondon and in the fashionable circles in England. TheWesley girls were also well educated. Let Hetty Wesley bean example. She was one of the most intelligent girls in theWesley family. She read Greek New Testament at the ageof eight years old. Later on she was one of the writers in“The Gentlemen´ s Magazine”. Martha Wesley was one ofDr. Samuel Johnson´ s favourites, and was one of theliterary figures that were a guest in the great author in hishome. Emilia Wesley taught in a Boarding School inLincoln.A WOMAN LECTURER IN SWEDENIN LOVE WITH JOHN WESLEYI knew that a woman lecturer had told her girlstudents in her class in the College in Halmstad, Sweden,that she had contact with a man that she was in love with.She met him at 4 O´ clock every morning. The girlslistened eagerly wanting to know what romantic story theirlecturer in Christendom was engaged in. The girls knewthat their teacher was working on her doctor dissertation,but they could not imagine that it was an academic romancethat was going on. The excitement soon came to an endwhen Laura Petri disclosed that it was John Wesley she71