Now, do you see why the world is like a siren? Its pleasures all look so beautiful that we are tempted to draw nearer and nearer, until at last we are lost to all that is holy and good.
CHAPTER VI.
Jack a minister.—A letter from father.—Jack's first sermon.—"Mr. John."—Back at college.—Temptations and persecutions.—"For Jesus' sake."—Mr. John's long hair.—Clever, but not proud.—Young soldiers for Christ.
E all love to get letters, do we not? though some of us are not so fond of writing them. It was in the year 1725, when Jack was twenty-two years old, that he became a minister; and just about this time he had a beautiful letter from his father. In it Mr. Wesley said:—
"God fit you for your great work. Watch and pray; believe, love, endure, and be happy, towards which you shall never want the most ardent prayers of