3. This love we believe to be the medicine of life, the never-failing remedy for all the evils of a disordered world, for all the miseries and vices of men. Wherever this is, there are virtue and happiness going hand in hand. There is humbleness of mind, gentleness, long suffering, the whole image of God; and at the same time a peace that passeth all understanding, and joy unspeakable and full of glory.
-- Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind;
-- Each prayer accepted, and each wish resign'd;
-- Desires composed, affections ever even,
-- Tears that delight, and sighs that waft to heaven
"An Earnest Appeal to Men of Reason and Religion"
The Rev. John Wesley - 1744
Wesley quotes Alexander Pope, selected verses from "From Eloisa to Abelard"
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