MARCH 11
I really hope the Sunday Schools will be productive of great good to the nation. They spread wider and wider, and are likely to reach every part of the kingdom.
to the Rev. John Fletcher, 1785
Our Sunday Schools at Bolton contain upward of eight hundred children, and are all taught by our own brethren without pay.
to Alexander Suter, 1787
The Sunday Schools have been of great use in every part of England, and to assist in any of them is a noble employment.
to his niece, Sarah Wesley, 1788
Take care of the rising generation.
to Thomas Rankin, 1767
Believe me you can find nothing higher than this (love), till mortality be swallowed up of life.
Letter, 25th October, 1772