tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36531041.post7798912590007209800..comments2023-09-30T15:56:17.784+00:00Comments on Fairing's Parish: Strangely warmedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36531041.post-78893528413165728572007-05-01T14:45:00.000+00:002007-05-01T14:45:00.000+00:00The Wesleys themselves were far from teetotal... ...The Wesleys themselves were far from teetotal... I think it's something that entered Methodism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. My grandpa never drank his whole life. I admire the persistence, though I'm not about to emulate it.<BR/><BR/>I wonder sometimes if the modern equilvalent of the evil of drink is the evil of debt, and that perhaps we should all be cutting up our RJRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08128262293399766342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36531041.post-64192554979622447252007-05-01T14:32:00.000+00:002007-05-01T14:32:00.000+00:00With my Methodist roots, I'd concur of course with...With my Methodist roots, I'd concur of course with sensible and hearty, but the one drawback of Methodism of course is the enforced teetotalism......no gin and tonics, or even sherry, for the Wesleys! (And even the tombola was banned from the fete at my childhood church, for being a form of gambling....)stchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05042701870307800845noreply@blogger.com