The Rector's Sons
Samuel Wesley spent forty years as the rector of Epworth, a small parish in the marshlands of Lincolnshire, England. He labored faithfully, wrote theological treatises...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on 2 Samuel 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16.
Samuel Wesley spent forty years as the rector of Epworth, a small parish in the marshlands of Lincolnshire, England. He labored faithfully, wrote theological treatises few people read, and dreamed of accomplishing something lasting for God. When fire destroyed his rectory in 1709, he rebuilt it with his own hands, determined to leave behind a legacy of brick and mortar and steady parish ministry.…
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