Early in his fifty-year ministry in Cambridge England Charles Simeon ndash met a neighboring pastor Henry Venn and his daughters After the visit the daughters remarked how harsh and self-assertive the young man seemed In response Venn asked his daughters to pick a peach from the trees When they wondered why their father would want the unripe fruit he responded ldquo Well my dears it is green now and we must wait but a little more sun and a few more showers and the peach will be ripe and sweet So it is with Mr Simeon rdquo Over the years [... more]