Susanna Wesley
This is the story of Susanna Wesley, 1669-1742 Mother of Charles and John Wesley, who were founders of the Methodist Church. Susanna and her husband, Samuel, had nineteen children, ten of whom survived to adulthood. Her son Charles became a well-known hymn writer and her son John became the found of Methodism. Susanna was brought up in a Puritan home as the youngest of twenty-five children. As a teenager, she became a member of the Church of England. She became the wife of a chronically debt-ridden parish rector in an English village. She said, "I have had a large experience of what the world calls adverse fortune." Nonetheless, Susanna managed to pass down to her children Christian principles that stayed with them.
This is the story of Susanna Wesley, 1669-1742 Mother of Charles and John Wesley, who were founders of the Methodist Church. Susanna and her husband, Samuel, had nineteen children, ten of whom survived to adulthood. Her son Charles became a well-known hymn writer and her son John became the found of Methodism.
Susanna was brought up in a Puritan home as the youngest of twenty-five children. As a teenager, she became a member of the Church of England. She became the wife of a chronically debt-ridden parish rector in an English village. She said, "I have had a large experience of what the world calls adverse fortune." Nonetheless, Susanna managed to pass down to her children Christian principles that stayed with them.
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CONTENTS.<br />
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CHAPTER I. BIKTH AND ANCESTRY .1<br />
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CHAPTEE II. YOUTH AND MARRIAGE . . *. ft<<br />
CHAPTEE III. EARLY MARRIED LIFE ... 15<br />
CHAPTEE IV. LATER MARRIED LIFE ... 22<br />
CHAPTEE V. TEACHING AND TRAINING ... 29<br />
CHAPTEE VI. TRIALS AND TROUBLES ... 44<br />
CHAPTEE VII. MATERNAL SOLICITUDE ... 59<br />
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CHAPTEE VIII. FIRE AND PERIL . . . 70<br />
CHAPTEE IX. THE HOME REBUILT ... 87<br />
CHAPTEE X. TEACHING IN PUBLIC . . .100<br />
CHAPTEE XL THE SUPERNATURAL NOISES . .113<br />
CHAPTEE XII. DISAPPOINTMENTS AND PERPLEXITIES 127<br />
CHAPTEE XIII. PARTINGS . '. . . . 150<br />
CHAPTEE XIV. WIDOWHOOD . . . . 182<br />
CHAPTEE XV. LAST YEARS 199<br />
CHAPTEE XVI. SURVIVORS AND DESCENDANTS . 212
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