Wesley Corpus

“All the outward appearances of people’s being affected among us, may be reduced to these two sorts :--One is, hearing with a close, silent attention, with gravity and greediness, discovered by fixed looks, weeping eyes, and sorrowful or joyful countenances. Another sort is, when they lift up their voice aloud, some more depressedly, and others more highly ; and at times the whole multitude in a flood of tears, all as it were crying out at once, till their voice be ready to drown the minister’s, that he can scarce be heard for the weeping noise that surrounds him. The influence on some of these, like a land flood dries up; we hear of no change wrought: but in others it appears in the fruits of righteousness, and the tract of a holy conversation. “May the Lord strengthen you to go on in his work, and in praying for the coming of his kingdom with you and us; and I hope you shall not be forgotten among us, in our joint applications to tne throne of grace. “Tam, reverend and dear Sir, “Your very affectionate Brother and Servant in Christ, “Raupy Ersxine.” Sun. July 1.--I preached to about five thousand, on the favourite advice of the infidel in Ecclesiastes, (so zealously enforced by his brethren now,) “ Be not righteous overmuch.” At Hannam and at Rose Green I explained the latter part of the seventh of St. Luke ; that verse especially, “*‘ When they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both.” A young woman sunk down at Rose Green in a violent agony both of body and mind: as did five or six persons in the evening at the new room, at whose cries many were greatly offended. The same offence was given in the morning by one at Weaver’s Hall, and by eight or nine others at Gloucester-lane in the evening. The first that was deeply touched was L W. ; whose mother had been not a little displeased a day or two before, when she was told how her daughter had exposed herself before all the congregation. The mother herself was the next who dropped down, and lost her senses in a moucnt; but went home with her daughter, full of joy ; as did most of those that had been in pain.