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

had been used to the comfort of the home, but started nowto find fault with the life of travelling. Wesley experiencedall the criticism as if “she scraped the flesh off his bones”.What Molly complained about was that she had to ride onhorseback, on the dusty and dirty roads, as well as in rainyweather, the uncomfortable beds and the untasty and badlyserved meals at the inns.It was nothing to wonder over that the middleagedwoman was complaining, as she did not have theascetic disposition of John Wesley had. Molly, as Wesleycalled her in his letters to her, loved Wesley at least up tothe point when she became jealously ill. Wesley gives inhis letters expression for his love for Molly, and he wantsthe relationship between them to continue.MOLLY WAS JEALOUS OVER THEWOMEN JOHN COUNSELLEDMolly was jealous of the women, that JohnWesley wrote letters to. The letters contained advice onspiritual questions. Among the letters was one to Mrs.Lefevre. Wesley says that she was a woman like a dove fullof faith and humble love, and she was innocent as a littlechild. The most difficult problem was the relation to Mrs.Sarah Ryen. All these problems John presented in a letter tohis wife in July 1774, seven years before she died. Wesleywanted to forgive her for all the evil she had caused him.He wanted them to be on good terms. In the letter he writesdown 11 points, which Wesley discusses with her, heshows her how she has hurt him. At the end of the letter he85