Wesley Corpus

Praise God, from whom pure blessings flow ! ‘““When he had done preaching, he desired the society to meet; to whom he first.gave out a hymn, as before, and then exhorted them to love one anothers; 1. Because they had one Creator, Preserver, and Father; 2. Because they had all one Redeemer; 3. Because they had all one Sanctifier; 4. Because they were walking in one way of holiness; and, 5. Because they were all going to one heaven. Having sung a parting verse, he said, (as shaking each by the hand,) ‘ Good night, brother; good night, sister. This lasted till about a quarter after two, he being fast asleep all the time. In the morning he knew nothing of all this; having, as he apprehended, slept from night till morning, without dreaming at all.” By what principles of philosophy can we account for this? Mon. 4.--I rode from Manchester to Chelmorton in the Peak, where I preached in a little meadow, and reached Sheffield in the evening. Tues. 5.--I rode over to Jonathan Booth’s, at Woodseats, whose daughter had been ill in a very uncommon manner. The account her parents gave of it was as follows :-- About the middle of December, 1'752, Elizabeth Booth, junior, near ten years old, began to complain of a pain in her breast, which continued three days: on the fourth day, in a moment, without any provocation, she began to be in a vehement rage, reviling her mother, and throwing -at the maid what came next to hand. This fit continued near an hour;