Wesley Corpus

O how I long to be gone ! Some people tell me I may recover; but I do not thank them; I do not count them my friends.” On my saying occasionally, ‘There is no satisfaction for sin, but that which Christ has made by his precious blood;’ she Jan. 1761.] JOURNAL. 33 answered, “That is all the satisfaction I want; and I believe he both lived and died for me.” “After this, she gave a strict charge that none should be admitted to see her but such as could speak for God; saying, ‘I do not love to have a word spoken, which is not to edification. O how unsuitable to me, are all things which do not tend to the glory of my God!’ On her spitting a large quantity of blood, one said, ‘You are in great pain.” She answered, ‘I think little of it. My blessed Redeemer suffered greater pain for me.’ “When I stood up to go away, she said, ‘I now take my leave of you. Perhaps we may not meet again in this world; but I trust we shall meet in heaven. I am going to God. O may it be soon | I now feel an heaven in my soul.” “The last time I came was on Sunday, December 14. Hearing she was extremely ill and wanted rest, we did not go up, but after a while began singing below. She immediately heard, sat up in bed, and insisted on our being brought into the room and singing there. Many times she repeated these words, ‘Come, Lord Jesus, come quickly l’ And this she continued to do till, on Wednesday, 17, she resigned her soul into the hands of her dear Redeemer.” JANUARY 2, 1761.--I wrote the following letter: “To the Editor of the London Chronicle. “Of all the seats of woe on this side hell, few, I suppose, exceed or even equal Newgate. If any region of horror could exceed it a few years ago, Newgate in Bristol did; so great was the filth, the stench, the misery, and wickedness, which shocked all who had a spark of humanity left. How was I surprised then, when I was there a few weeks ago! 1.