Wesley Corpus

God, and prayed that he would prosper the work of our hands upon us. Three or four times in the evening, I was forced to break off preaching, that we might pray and give thanks to God. When I came home, they told me the physician said, he did not expect Mr. Meyrick would live till the morning. I went to him, but his pulse was gone. He had been speechless and senseless for some time. A few of us immediately joined in prayer : (I relate the naked fact :) before we had done his sense and his speech returned. Now, he that will account for this by natural causes, has my free leave: but I choose to say, This is the power of God. Thur. 23.--It being computed that such a house as was proposed could not be finished under seven hundred pounds, many were positive it would never be finished at all; others, that I should not live to see it _ covered. I was of another mind; nothing doubting but, as it was begun for God’s sake, he would provide what was needful for the finishing it. Sat. 25.--The physician told me he could do no more; Mr. Meyrick could not live over the night. I went up, and found them all’crying about him ; his legs being cold, and (as it seemed) dead already. We all kneeled down, and called upon God with strong cries and tears. He opened his eyes, and called for me; and, from that hour, he continued to recover his strength, till he was restored to perfect health.--I wait to hear who will either disprove this fact, or philosophically account for it.