Wesley Corpus

By his death I became entitled to an house in Sunderland, which was left us by my grandfather, John Hobson, an exceeding wicked man, who was drowned fourteen years ago. I employed an Attorney to recover it from my aunts, who kept possession of it. But finding more difficulty than I expected, in the beginning of December I gave it up. * I do not understand this. + Another instance like this we shall see by and by ; but the reason of it we cannot so much as conjecture. # So, a spirit finds no difficulty in travellihg three or four thousand miles in a moment 1 May, 1768.] JOURNAL, 331 Three or four nights after, as I rose from prayer, a little before eleven, I saw him standing at a small distance. I cried out, ‘Lord bless me ! what brings you here?” He answered, ‘You have given up the house: Mr. Parker advised you so to do;' but if you do, I shall have no rest:+ Indeed Mr. Dunn,t whom you have hitherto employed, will do nothing for you. Go to Durham, employ an Attorney there, and it will be recovered.’$ His voice was loud, and so hollow and deep, that every word went through me. His lips did not move at all, (nor his eyes,) but the sound seemed to rise out of the floor. When he had done speaking, he turned about, and walked out of the room." “15. In January, as I was sitting on the bedside, a quarter before twelve he came in, stood before me, looked earnestly at me, then walked up and down and stood and looked again. This he did for half an hour, and thus he came every other night* for about three weeks. All this time he seemed angry,tt and sometimes his look was quite horrid and furious. One night I was sitting up in bed crying, when he came and began to pull off the clothes. I strove to touch his hand, but could not; on which he shrunk back and smiled.tt “16. The next night but one, about twelve, I was again sitting up and crying, when he came and stood at the bedside. As I was looking for an handkerchief, he walked to the table, took one up,§§ brought and dropped it upon the bed.