Description
A Virtuous Woman
The life of Susanna Wesley (1669-1742) is both intriguing and illuminating to explore. The book presents her life in ways that will astound the modern reader. 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 founder 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 wire 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 manged to pass down to her children Christian principles that stayed with them.
Author: Ray Comfort with Trisha Ramos
Publisher: Bridge Logos
Number of Pages: 149
Dimensions: 216x140x10mm
Book Format: paperback
ISBN: 9781610361354
