Wesley Corpus

She answered them all with readiness and plainness, to his entire satisfaction. She told him abundance of temptations which she underwent from time to time; but still witnessed, that the blood of Christ had cleansed her from all sin. She often said to us, The race we all are running now ! And if I first attain, Ye too your willing heads shall bow; Ye shall the conquest gain “10. Commonly, when I came into her room, I was not able to speak for a time. She would then say, ‘Why do not you speak? Why do not you encourage me? I shall love you better when we meet in heaven, for the help you give me now.” “11. In the last week or two, she was not able to speak many words at a time; but as she could, with her feeble, dying voice, she exhorted us to go forward. Yet one day, some of her former companions coming in, her spirit seemed to revive; and she spoke to them, to our great surprise, for near an hour together. They seemed deeply affected; and it was some time before the impression wore off. * Elizabeth Padbury. 84 REv. J. wesln, o's [Nov. 1774. “12. Her father now frequently came, sat by her bedside, and expressed tender affection; weeping much, and saying he should now be quite alone, and have no one left to whom he could speak. She spoke to him without reserve. He received every word, and has never forgotten it since. “13. A few days before she died, after we had been praying with her, we observed she was in tears, and asked her the reason. She said, ‘I feel my heart knit to you, in a manner I cannot express; and I was thinking, if we love one another now, how will our love be enlarged when we meet in heaven' And the thought was too much for me to bear; it quite overcame me.” “J4. On Friday she seemed to be just upon the wing: We thought she was going almost every moment. So she con tinued till Tuesday. We were unwilling to part with her, but seeing the pain she was in, could not wish it should con tinue; and so gave her up to God.