Wesley Corpus

She said, ‘Sir, I have it now ! I have it now I and more abundantly. My soul is so full of love, that my body is almost overpowered. It will be but a little while, and we shall meet in glory.’ “Mon. 9. I visited her again, and found her singing as well as her weak body would permit. I asked, ‘Are you as happy now, as when I saw you last?” She said, ‘Yes, I am; I have not the shadow of a doubt. I had many conflicts with a wicked heart; but those are all over now; the Lord has finished his work. She conversed now like one on Pisgah’s top, in sight of 292 REv. J. wesi.EY’s [July, 1767. the new Jerusalem; often saying, “My work is begun, which shall never end; I shall praise him to all eternity.’ “She was asked, ‘Can you wait the Lord’s leisure to release you?” She said, ‘Yes, yes; as long as he pleases. My pain is gone; this also he has done for me; and why should I not wait patiently?’ But it was not long before her pains returned with redoubled violence; and sometimes a groan was extorted from her; but not the least complaint. Yea, she often broke out in a rapture of love, crying, ‘I cannot express the happiness I feel,’ “Fri. 13. After dozing a little, she awaked in a transport, saying, ‘O! you cannot conceive the joy I feel. You know but in part; but when that which is perfect is come, you shall know even as you are known.” She spoke with regard to some glorious views which she then had of her dear Redeemer. “During her last pains, which were the sharpest of all, the devil made his last effort. She was in a violent struggle about half an hour. Then she stretched out her hands, and said, “Glory to Jesus! O love Jesus! love Jesus! He is a glorious Jesus ! He has now made me fit for himself! When the harvest is ripe, the sickle is put in.” She asked for a little wine-and-water; but she could not swallow it. She said, ‘I have long been drinking wine-and-water here; now I shall drink wine in my Father's kingdom.