Wesley Corpus

I thought, “However, the gate which is on the other side of the yard, and is shut, will stop them:” But they rushed through it as if it had been a cobweb, and galloped on through the corn-field. The little girls cried out, “Grandpapa, save us!” I told them, “Nothing will hurt you : Do not be afraid;” feeling no more fear or care, (blessed be God 1) than if I had been sitting in my study. The horses ran on, till they came to the edge of a steep precipice. Just then Mr. Smith, who could not overtake us before, galloped in between. They stopped in a moment. Had they gone on ever so little, he and we must have gone down together' I am persuaded both evil and good angels had a large share in this transaction : How large we do not know now ; but we shall know hereafter. I think some of the most remarkable circumstances were, 1. Both the horses, which were tame and quiet as could be, starting out in a moment just at the top of the hill, and running down full speed. 2. The coachman’s being thrown on his head with such violence, and yet not hurt at all. 3. The chaise running again and again to the edge of each ditch, and yet not into it. 4. The avoiding the cart. 5. The keeping just the middle of the bridge. 6. The turning short through the first gate, in a manner that no coachman in England could have turned them, when in full gallop. 7. The going through the second gate as if it had been but smoke, without slackening their pace at all. This would have been impossible, had not the end of the chariot pole struck exactly on the centre of the gate; whence the whole, by the sudden impetuous shock, was broke into small pieces. 8. That the little girl, who used to have fits, on my saying, “No thing will hurt you,” ceased crying, and was quite composed. June, 1774.] JOURNAL. 21 Lastly, That Mr. Smith struck in just then : In a minute more we had been down the precipice; and had not the horses then stopped at once, they must have carried him and us down together.