B 38 To Samuel Wood
| Author | John Wesley |
|---|---|
| Type | letter |
| Year | None |
| Passage ID | jw-letter-1790b-38-to-samuel-wood-000 |
| Words | 111 |
To Samuel Wood
Source: The Letters of John Wesley (1790)
Author: John Wesley
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[October, 1790.]
DEAR BROTHER, -- I have delivered my opinion upon this subject in one of the sermons in the Arminian Magazine, and I again say that though a parent has not a positive authority yet he has a negative i.e., though a child is not obliged to marry whom its parent pleases, yet it ought not to marry whom he forbids, especially a daughter; and when a marriage has been contrary to a religious and prudent parent's opinion and counsel, I have rarely known it to be a happy one. -- I am
Your affectionate brother.