Wesley Corpus

and common swearer. But he is washed, and old things are passed away. ‘Such power bolongeth unto God.” In the evening our Lord rose on many who were wounded, “ with healing in his wings :” and others who till then were careless and at ease, felt the two-edged sword that cometh out of his mouth. One of these showed the agony of her soul by crying aloud to God for help, to the great offence of many, who eagerly “ rebuked her that she should hold her peace.” She continued in great torment all night, finding no rest either of soul o1 body. But while a few were praying for her in the morning, God delivered her out of her distress. Fri. 12.--We had fresh occasion to observe the darkness which was fallen on many who lately rejoiced in God. But he did not long hide his face from them. On Wednesday the spirit of many revived: on Thursday evening many more found Him in whom they had believed, to be “a present help in time of trouble.” And never do I remember the power of God to have been more eminently present than this morning: when a cloud of witnesses declared his “breaking the gates of brass, and smiting the bars of iron in sunder.” Yet I could not but be under some concern, with regard to one or two persons, who were tormented in an unaccountable manner ; and seemed to be indeed lunatic, as well as “ sore vexed.” But while I was musing, what would be the issue of these things, the answer I received from the word of God, was, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.”