Wesley Corpus

Thur. 2'77.--I went in the afternoon to a society at Deptford, and thence, at six, came to Turner’s Hall; which holds (by computation) two thousand persons. The press both within and without was very great. In the beginning of the expounding, there being a large vault beneath, the main beam which supported the floor broke. The floor immediately sunk, which occasioned much noise and confusion among the people. But, two or three days before, a man had filled the vault with hogsheads of tobacco. So that the floor, after sinking a foot or two, rested upon them, and I went on without interruption. 156 REV. J. WESLEY’S JOURNAL. [Oct. 1739. Fri. 28.--I met with a fresh proof, that “‘ whatsoever ye ask, believing, ye shall receive.” A middle-aged woman desired me to return thanks for her to God, who, as many witnesses then present testified, was a day or two before really distracted, and as such tied down in her bed. But upon prayer made for her, she was instantly relieved, and restored to a sound mind. Mon. Oct. 1.--I rode to Oxford ; and found a few who had not yet forsaken the assembling themselves together: to whom I explained that “ holiness without which no man shall see the Lord.” Tues. 2.--I went to many, who once heard the word with joy; but “‘ when the sun arose, the seed withered away.” Yet some still desired to follow their Lord. But the world stood fawning or threatening between them. In the evening, I showed them the tender mercies of God, and his readiness still to receive them. The tears ran down many of their cheeks. O thou lover of souls, seek and save that which is lost !