Wesley Corpus

At seven [ met the society at St. Ives, where two women, who came from Penzance, fell down as dead, and soon after cried out, in the bitterness of their souls. But we continued crying to God in their behalf, till he put a new song in their mouths. At the same time, a young man of the same place, who had once known the peace of God, but had sinned it away, had a fresh and clear manifestation of the love of God. Tues. 6.--I preached at Morva, on “ righteousness, and peace, and joy-in the Holy Ghost.” But still I could not find the way into the hearts of the hearers, although they were earnest to hear what they understood not. Wed. '7.--I preached to two or three hundred people at Zennor, (four miles west of St. Ives,) and found much good will in them, but no life. It was much the.same on Thursday, 8, while I preached at Cannegy Downs, (five miles south of St. Ives,) on the resurrection of the dry bones. There is not yet so much as a shaking aniong them; much less is there any breath inthem. Fri. 9.--I rode in quest of St. Hilary Downs, ten or twelve miles south-east of St. 292 REV. Je WESLEY’S JOURNAL. [Sept. 1743. ives. And the Downs I found, but no congregation,--neither man, woman, nor child. But by that I had put on my gown and cassock , about a hundred gathered themselves together, whom I earnestly called “to repent and believe the Gospel.” And if but one heard, it was worth all the labour.