“On the Wednesday of Holy Week began a hope of mercy. On the Thursday, that hope increased. On … Easter Day … I awoke with these words upon my heart and lips: Jesus Christ is risen today, halleluja, halleluja!” Though he became a model for modern figures like John Stott, Charles Simeon started his life in Cambridge as anything but a model. In 1779, the young Simeon, from an aristocratic family, came to Kings College, Cambridge,