Tomorrow Editions

John Wesley

20 September 1779 – 26 September 1779

23 September 1779

In the evening one sat behind me in the pulpit at Bristol who was one of our first masters at Kingswood. A little after he left the school he likewise left the society. Riches then flowed in upon him, with which, having no relations, Mr. Spencer designed to do much good--after his death. "But God said unto him, Thou fool!" Two hours after he died intestate, and left all his money to be scrambled for! Reader, if you have not done it already, make your will before you sleep!
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