KEEPING CONTENTMENT
In John Reynolds’ “Anecdotes of the Rev. John Wesley” (1828) he tells the story of Wesley’s student days at Lincoln College in Oxford. A Porter knocked on Wesley’s door one evening and asked to speak with him. It was a cold winter night and after some conversation Wesley noted the man’s thin coat. Wesley suggested that he better get a heavier coat. The porter replied, “This coat… is the only coat I have in the world and I thank God for it.” Wesley asked the man if he had eaten and the porter replied: “I have had nothing today but a draught of spring water… and I thank God for it.” Wesley began to grow uneasy in the man’s presence and reminded him that he would have to get back to his quarter or he would be locked out. “Then what shall you have to thank God for?” Wesley asked. The porter replied, “Then I will thank him that I have dry…
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