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[John Wesley to Christopher Hopper, 1769 January 5]
No full textLondon
January 5, 1769
My Dear Brother,
If Joseph Cownley or you have a mind to step over to New York, I will not say you nay. I believe it would help your own health and help many precious souls. Thomas Taylor is very well at Alnwick. However, if you could raise a little money for his family I should be glad.
Now let us see what you can do in the grand affair, the Lord being your helper. I shall doubt whether your name be Christopher Hopper if Birstall circuit does not subscribe more this year than the last. And take honest Tommy Lee and Daniel Bumsted by the hand. Go on in the name of the Lord. Speak, and speak again. Take no denial. Be as active as sister [Ann] Hopper would be if she was in your place. You love to do whatever contributes to the comfort of
Your affectionate friend and brother,
J. WesleyLetter from John Wesley to Christopher Hopper
[P Southerbourg to Sarah Wesley, 1809 February 20]
No full textLetter from P. Southerbourg to Sarah Wesley
[John Wesley to Ebenezer Blackwell, 1754 January 5]
No full textBristol
January 5, 1754
Dear Sir,
If I write to my best friends first, I must not delay writing to you, who have been the great instrument, in God’s hands, of my recovery thus far. The journey hither did not weary me at all. But I now find the want of Lewisham air. We are (quite contrary to my judgment, but our friends here would have it so) in a cold, bleak, place, and in a very cold house. If the Hotwell water make amends for this, it will be well. Nor have I any place to ride but either by the river side, or over the downs, where the wind is ready to carry me away. However, one thing we know, that whatsoever is, is best! O let us look to him that orders all things well! What have we to do but to employ all the time he allots us, be it more or less, in doing and suffering his will?
My wife [Mary] joins in tender love both to Mrs. [Elizabeth] Blackwell, Mrs. [Hannah] Dewell, and yourself, with, dear sir,
Your obliged and affectionate servant,
John WesleyLetter from John Wesley to Ebenezer Blackwell
[John Wesley to Alexander Suter, 1785 November 16]
No full textLetter from John Wesley to Alexander Suter
[John Wesley to Lancelot Harrison, 1780 May 29]
No full textNewcastle upon Tyne
May 29, 1780
My Dear Brother,
You do not consider I am not this year visiting the societies, but only calling at a few of them by the by. I hope to be at York on Monday, June 5th (and Tuesday); at Swinfleet on Wednesday; Thorne on Thursday; Epworth on Friday; Owston, Saturday; Gainsborough and Kirton on Sunday, June 11 (at what hours you please); Newton and Newark on Monday, the 12th; Lincoln on Tuesday, [June] 13th; Wednesday, June 21st at Binbrook. See that notice be given at these places. I am, with love to sister Harrison,
Your affectionate friend and brother,
J. WesleyLetter from John Wesley to Lancelot Harrison
Aneshia Campbell Interview
No full textAneshia Campbell (MBA 2008) was interviewed by Princess Igwe-Icho via the Zoom internet-based video conferencing software on June 14, 2022. She grew up on the south side of Houston in a poor primarily Black neighborhood with a younger brother and three adopted children who her mother took in when their mother died from cancer. Both of her parents worked, her father as biochemist and her mother as a nurse. She was the oldest child and went to Texas Tech (Class of 1994) when her siblings were still young. She describes growing up in a positive family environment and home, but living in a poor area. She went to church with many of her neighbors and still has a strong sense of community, visiting friends when she goes back, although some people have not survived and many had children at a young age. She was one of the few people from her neighborhood to go to college and then to get an advanced degree. Her parents sent her to a Catholic middle school and STEM high school, which made her stand out. They then sent her to Texas Tech in Lubbock, where she was much more in the minority. She was able to travel throughout Texas and the Southwest where her friends from college lived. She enjoyed seeing many different places, including farms, and had a white roommate, where they both learned about each other's cultures. At the same time, she did not participate in a lot of activities because she didn't feel comfortable as a Black student. Throughout her career, she struggled to break barriers as a Black woman. After working in accounting at five or six companies, she began her MBA at SMU in 2004, where she was one of five Black students in the Cox graduate school of some 200 students. At the time of the interview, she was still active at SMU, including on the Black MBA Board and the SMU Black Alumni Board. She did not experience direct racism at SMU, but became aware of it through her current activities with campus leadership and the inception of CIQ. She chose SMU because of its strong Dallas network and reputation, working two jobs and taking four years to complete the degree. Although it was tremendously expensive, she felt secure in her choice to go to SMU, where she learned a great deal, received a solid education in a supportive environment, and was able to interact with high-level business leaders. She believes the current generation of students need more focus on how to interact in a real job with reality-based expectations and recommends a ''real-life reality check'' course that could also serve as a networking, mentoring and coaching opportunity. She describes the difficulty of getting her MBA over four years while working and without current technologies like Zoom. Her most memorable event was a trip through the MBA program to Disney World, where the students went behind the scenes to learn about the business and bonded as a group. She feels that the SMU Black Alumni Board could be more productive and suffers from too much red tape. In her current roles at SMU, she notices white people becoming more perceptive towards her as a minority and that SMU is making noticeable strides to increase minority representation. She did not notice any major microaggressions and did not feel she was treated differently as a Black student. She credits her counselors, including Vicky Cartwright, as helping her tremendously and supporting her throughout the program. She believes she learned to interact better with white people, including CEOs, through the MBA program. Throughout her life, she credits her innate drive to succeed, strong belief in her skill set, desire for ongoing education, and commitment to service as allowing her to move ahead in an ethical way
Ali Morgan Interview
No full textAli Morgan (Class of 1997) was interviewed by Laura Narvaez via the Zoom internet-based video conferencing software on November 23, 2022. Mr. Morgan, the younger of two brothers, was born in the Bronx in New York. His parents met in college in New York City. Mr. Morgan's father died when he was 10 and his mother moved the family to be closer to her family on St. Croix in the Virgin Islands. He was mentored in theater arts growing up and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre Arts from Southern Methodist University in 1997. A major part of his decision to go to SMU was that his father's family lived nearby. While at SMU, he joined the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity during his sophomore year and lived in various campus dorms, the latter of which he promised his grandmother he would do in order to focus on his studies. Since graduating from SMU, Mr. Morgan has worked in education administration, worked on short films and off-Broadway plays, and raised a family. He reflects favorably on his time spent with friends, peers, and mentors
