Today in History

On February 9, 1709, six year old John Wesley was "plucked like a brand from the burning flames."

This was a defining moment in Wesley's life, and throughout the rest of his years, he referred to it in his sermons and writings.

His brother Charles, the hymnwriter, was also deeply moved by the experience. The song he wrote at his conversion goes like this:

How shall I all to heaven aspire?

A slave redeemed from death and sin,

A brand plucked from the eternal fire.

How shall I equal triumphs raise,

Or sing my great Deliverer's praise?

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