RICHARD RODDA {EXTRACT FROM A LETTER TO REV. JOHN WESLEY, WRITTEN BY MR RICHARD RODDA)
REv. AND
DEAR
SrR,
I was born in 1743 in the parish of Sancreed in Cornwall. As a child, my mother and my sister came under the influence of the Methodists and were converted. On the 17th June, 1758, God gave me a clear sense of His forgiving love. When I was about twenty years of age some Christian friends desired me to go to prayer, for as yet I had not prayed much in public. The doctrine of Christian perfection was now preached among us. I believed the doctrine, and my soul longed to experience it. When my eldest brother and I were pouring out our souls to God for this blessing, the Lord poured out His Spirit upon us; every heart present appeared like melting wax before the fire ; and in that hour God gave my mother a testimony that He had cleansed her from all unrighteousness. My soul was now on full stretch after the ¡ss