Wesley Corpus

Mon. 17.--I took my leave of Newcastle, and set out with Mr. Downes and Mr. Shepherd. But when we came to Smeton, Mr. Downes was so ill, that he could go no further. When Mr. Shepherd and I left Smeton, my horse was so exceeding lame, that I was afraid I must have !ain by too. We could not discern what it was that was amiss ; and yet he would scarce set his foot to the ground. By riding thus seven miles, I was thoroughly tired, and my head ached more than it had done for some months. (What I here aver, is the naked fact: Journal I.--24 366 REV. J. WESLEY’S JOURNAL. [ March, 1746. let every man account for it as he sees good.) I then thought, “ Cannot God heal either man or beast, by any means, or without any ?” Immediately my weariness and headache ceased, and my horse’s lame- ness in the same instant. Nor did he halt any more either that oor or. the next. A very odd accident this also! Tues. 18.--I rode to Pontefract; on Wednesday, to Epworth ; std, on Thursday, by Barley Hall, to Sheffield. I was glad of having an opportunity here of talking with a child I had heard of. She was convinced of sin some weeks before by the words of her elder brother, (about eight years of age,) dying as a hundred years old, in the full triumph of faith. I asked her abruptly, “Do you love God?” She said, “ Yes, I do love him with all my heart.” I said, “ Why do you love him?” She answered, * Because he has saved me.” I asked, ‘“‘ How has he saved you?” She replied, “ He has taken away my sins.” I said, “ How do you know that?” She answered, “ He told me himself on Saturday, Thy sins are forgiven thee; and I believe him ; and I pray to him without a book. I was afraid to die; but now I am not afraid to die; for if I die I shall go to him.”