July 23
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Birthday of Mary Magdalene.
According to the Farmer's Almanac this is the birthday of Mary Magdalene, the woman possessed by seven devils who was forgiven and saved by the Lord Jesus Christ.
1742 - The Date of the Burial of Susannah Wesley.
She said on her deathbed, "Children, as soon as I am released, sing a song of praise to God." What a way to go into the presence of God! Charles Wesley wrote the epitaph that was placed on the tombstone as follows:
"In sure and certain hope to rise
and claim her mansion in the skies.
A Christian here her flesh laid down,
Her cross exchanging for a crown."
According to some authors the following letter was one written from Susannah to her son John:
Dear Son:
According to your desire, I have collected the principle rules I observed in educating my family; which I now send you as they occurred to my mind and you may (if you think they can be used to any good) dispose of them in what order you please.
When turn a year old (and some before) they were taught to fear the rod and to cry quietly. By which means they escaped abundance of correction they might otherwise have had. And that most odious noise of the crying of children was rarely heard in the house; but the family usually lived in as much quietness as if there had not been a child among them.
In order to form the minds of children, the first thing to be done is to conquer their will and bring them to obedience ...
According to the Farmer's Almanac this is the birthday of Mary Magdalene, the woman possessed by seven devils who was forgiven and saved by the Lord Jesus Christ.
1742 - The Date of the Burial of Susannah Wesley.
She said on her deathbed, "Children, as soon as I am released, sing a song of praise to God." What a way to go into the presence of God! Charles Wesley wrote the epitaph that was placed on the tombstone as follows:
"In sure and certain hope to rise
and claim her mansion in the skies.
A Christian here her flesh laid down,
Her cross exchanging for a crown."
According to some authors the following letter was one written from Susannah to her son John:
Dear Son:
According to your desire, I have collected the principle rules I observed in educating my family; which I now send you as they occurred to my mind and you may (if you think they can be used to any good) dispose of them in what order you please.
When turn a year old (and some before) they were taught to fear the rod and to cry quietly. By which means they escaped abundance of correction they might otherwise have had. And that most odious noise of the crying of children was rarely heard in the house; but the family usually lived in as much quietness as if there had not been a child among them.
In order to form the minds of children, the first thing to be done is to conquer their will and bring them to obedience ...
