The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-08-22
4 LETTER OF JOHN WESLEY'S
New York Critie.I

copy OF an unpublished letter
which throws q food Of light on
the domestic misery of . man
whose life was, in an unusual de-
gree and with worldwide results,
devoted to the regeneration Of his
fellowmen. John Wesley was
married In February, 1851, to Mrs.
Mary Yazeille. "a merchants wild.
ow in Threadneedle street, who
possessed a fortune of about $780,
600, secured to herself and her
four children. He was forty eight,
she forty.one. His biographer,
the Rev. L. Tyerman, says of their
marriage that II "was, in q high
degree, an act of folly and, prop.
erly enough, to the end Of life,
both Of them was made to suffer q
serious penaliy.n Mary's life end
ed ten years before her husbands.
She died In 1881. after having
made him miserable for thirty
years. Wesley survived her, liv.
ing to the ripe age Of eighty.eight.
In worldly way be gained moth.
ing BY his marriage. 1t lost bin
bis fellowship at Oxford, and at
least temporarily alienated his
brother Charles and his wife. The
letter itselfshows what the Found.
or Of Methodism had to put up
with Ia his own household:
CoLEFoRD. Oct. %, 1861.
DEAR MOLLY will tell you
simply and plainly the things wch.
/ dislike. II you remove them,
well. If not, l am but where l
was. 1 dislike your showing any
one my letters aud private papers
without my leave. This never did
any Good yet, either to you or me,
or any one. 1t only sharpens aud
emb.tters your own Spirit. And
the same Effect IL naturally has
.
upon Others. The same 1t would
have upon me, but that 10y the
Grace of Cod l do not think Of
II. 1t can do no Good. 1t can
never bring me nearer, tho 1t may
drive me further OF. And should
you do as you often threaten me,
then the matter 10 over. l know
what l have to do. In all this you
are fighting against Yourself. You
are frustrating your own purpose,
II SOU want me to love you. You
take just the wrong way. No one
ever was forced to love another.
1t cannot be: Love can only be
won by softness: Foul Means
avail nothing. But you say u
have tried Fair Means and they
did not succeed.n II they do no,
none will. Then you have only Il
say "This Evil is Of the Lord:
am Clay In his hand"
/ dislike, 2, Not having the Com
mand Of my own House; not be
ing ut liberty to invite even m,
nearest Relation, so much as 4
drink q Dish Of Tea without disc
! bliging you. / dislike, 8, The be
! ing myself q Prisoner in my owl
House: the having my Chambe
door watched continually so tina
no Person can 60 In or out, bu
such as have your Good Leave
l dislike, 4, The being but q prit
oner at large even when / r
abroad, inasmuch as you are high
ly dlsgusted, II l do not give yoI
an Account Of every Place | g
to, aud every Person with whou
l converse. / dislike, 8, the no
being safe in my own House. NJ.
House Is not my Castle. | capno
call even my Study, even my Blu
reau, my own. They are liable t
be pIundered every day. Yol
say, NJ plundered you Of nothin
but Papers, l am not sure 0
that. How Is II possible l should
l miss money too, and he that vii
steal q Pin will steal a Pound
But were 1t so, q Scholars Paper
are his treasure My Journal i
particular. "But | took only sue
Papers as relate to Sarah Rya
and Sarah Crosby" That is no
true What are Mr.. Landey'
Letters to Themi Besides, yo
have taken Parts Of my Journa
which relate to neither One no
the Other. l dislike, 9, You
Treatment of my Servants thc
; indeed they are not properl
Mine). You do all that In you lie
, to make their Lives q Burden Il
them. You brow. beat, harrasl
rate them like Dogs, make ther
afraid to speak to me. You trea
them with such Haughtines'
, Sternness, Sourness, Surliness
J Illnature as never were known i
any House of mine, for near doz
en- years. You forget even Goo
breeding, and use such coars
Language as BELTS none but
Fishwife.
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