Wesley Corpus

She turned to Lucy, and said, ‘You were always good children, and never told stories.’ ‘Yes, Madam,” said Lucy, “but I did, when I was afraid of being beat; and when I said my prayers; for I did not think of God; and I called him, My Father, when I was a child of wrath: And as to praying, I could not pray till it pleased him by his Spirit to show me my sins. And he March, 1770.] JOURNAL, 393 showed me, we might say as many prayers as we would, and go to church or meeting; yet all this, if we had not Christ for our foundation, would not do.” “When they were asked, if they were afraid to die, they always answered, ‘No; for what can death do? He can only lay his cold hand upon our bodies.’ “One told Lucy, ‘Now you may live as you please, since you are sure of going to heaven. She replied, ‘No, I would not sin against my dear Saviour if you would give me this room full of gold.’ “On the Monday before he died, Billy repeated that hymn with the most triumphant joy,-- Come, let us join our cheerful songs With angels round the throne ! Afterwards he repeated the Lord's Prayer. The last words he spoke intelligibly were, ‘How pleasant is it to be with Christ, for ever and ever,-for ever and ever ! Amen | Amen | Amen l’ “While he lay speechless, there came into the room some who he feared knew not God. He seemed much affected, wept and moaned much, waved his hand, and put it on his sister’s mouth; intimating, as she supposed, that she should speak to them. On Wednesday evening, February 1, his happy spirit returned to God.” She died soon after. In the following days I went on slowly, through Staffordshire and Cheshire, to Manchester. In this journey, as well as in many others, I observed a mistake that almost universally pre vails; and I desire all travellers to take good notice of it, which may save them both from trouble and danger.