The Conversion That Wouldn't Let Wilberforce Rest
In the autumn of 1785, William Wilberforce was a twenty-five-year-old member of Parliament who had everything London's elite could want — wealth, wit, a voice...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Titus 2:11-12.
In the autumn of 1785, William Wilberforce was a twenty-five-year-old member of Parliament who had everything London's elite could want — wealth, wit, a voice that could hold the House of Commons spellbound, and an appetite for late-night card games and fine wine. Then, during a carriage journey through the French countryside with his former schoolmaster Isaac Milner, Wilberforce began reading the Greek New Testament.…
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