Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-01-16

covered that little John was left be-
hind. For a time the child was in
2 great peril, but was taken from a
window by neighbor, just before
the roof fell i'm. Between nine and
ten years Of age he was attacked
with smallpox, and his mother
says, Jack has borne his disease
like q man, ana indeed like a Chris
tian, without complaint At the
Charter.IIOuse school he bore in.
iuries and priyations with the same
patient fortitude. At Westminster
we find him learning Hebrew as
fast as he can He maintained his
regulation for scholarship at Ok
ford, and with his brother Charles
and some other students formed
the little cOnclave out OF which
/ have grown the spreading branches
of McthOdism. But in truth the
root was planted aud nurtured by
/ Susanuah Wesley by her orderly
fresidc at Epworth. The youngest
son Of the Wesley family is one
whose name no d fOnt heart can
willingly let die In the Ep.
worth circle he was full of boyish
pranks and mischievous devices to
yerturn the gravity Of his sister
/ Fatty, of whom he says later,
. Patty was too wise to be witty.
At Oxford Charles Wesley is
described as "a rollicking youth,
with more genius than grace But
soon he felt the need of more than
/ learning, and united with his bro
ther in striving after holicr life.
| The gift of poesy seemed inherent
/ in his family, but he became the
sweet singer of the Wesleyan
church. Yet not for that only, for
| his hymns are sung the world over;
'thcy have borne the name Of
Jesus far and wide and helped to
write it deep on countless hearts,
The parents at Epworth watched
their large band Of children as one
by one they passed from she hum
bic rcctory into wider and buster
spheres, and both father and moth
er followed them with words Of wise
counsel. The venerable rector's
health slowly decayed, yet he still
wrought laboriously in his study.
In his failing health he was assisted /
for a while in his clerical duties by |
his son John, who was afterwards |
to preach with power in Epworth /
churchyard, on his fathers tomb.
Mr.. Weslcy's faith that pure and |
undelled religion would revive in |
England never failed. Upon his |
dcath.bed, laying his hands on his |
son Charles head, he said, 'Be |
steady. The Christian faith will |
surely revive in this kingdom. You
shall see it though shall not.
Mrs. Wesley survived her hus- |
band seven years, spending the last /
years Of her life with her sonsJohn /
and Charles, where, free from the
cares and worldly anXieties with /
.ich she had long been unayoida
biz cnclmbcred, she spent the even
inr Of her daysin comparative case |
and comfort Her last request, a.
her children stood about her death /
bed. was As soon as am released /
sing psalm Of praise to God
-he was laid in Bunhil Fields.
At the death Of Mr.. Wesley the /
home az Epworth AS broken for /
ever, the large household scattered, /
TO be no more united on earth. In /
after years john Wesley, in hisitin- /
Grant tours, frequently preached at /
n3 native town, gathering large /
congregations in the church-yard |
often in the marketplacc. In his |
eighty-third year we find the old |
man recording in his diary;
q rode to Epworth, which ! still !
love beyond most places in the |
world And again, few months |
before his death, in 1871, 81 began /
in the market-placo to press the
awful question, How shall we es-
cape if we neglect so great saliva
tion?' to such congregation as was /
never seen in Epworth before
1t is interesting to note that the |
ministerial Office had hourished in
the Wesley family for 200 years
John Wesley says, 'Son, father,
grandfat er, dtaUas hitaras,preach-
ing the 60 .,cl, nay, and the genu-
inc gospel, in line
And in the expressive words OF
Margaret Fuller, I'VE look upon
the picture of this home and its
government with tenfOld interest,
because the founders Of the Meth
odist church inherited in straight
line the gifts of the Spirit through
their patronage. This is delightful,
for we long to see parent and child
linked to one another by natural
piety, kindred in mind no less than
by blood
HEALTH ALPHADET.-The La.
dies Sanitary Association of Lon
don gives the following simple
rules for health:
Garments should never bo made
tight.
Homes should be healthy, airy
and EoIf