Wesley Corpus

Sun. 16.--I was desired to pray with one in despair. I had never seen her before, but soon found she was a sensible woman, and well acquainted with the theory of religion ; yet when I spoke to her some of the principles of Christianity, she cried out, as if she had never heard them before, “ Hear! He says I may be saved! He says (10d loves me! Christ died for me! And that I may live with him in heaven! O then, what is this world? What is life, what is pain? I do not care for it. Let me die; let me suffer any thing here, so I may but live with Chrisi in heaven.” About this time I received a remarkable account from Grimsby, in Lincolnshire :-- e “ William Blow, John Melton, and Thomas Wilkinson, were going, on Friday last, ina boat on the sea near Grimsby. John Melton could swim exceeding well, but William Blow not at all. When they were about half a league from the shore, they were both beat overboard. John Nov. 1746.] REV. J. WESLEY’S JOURNAL. 383 Melton sunk to the bottom like a stone. William Blow sunk and rose several times, and was in the water near a quarter of an hour before Thomas Wilkinson could get near him. At last he saw his hand above the water. He then struck down his boat hook at a venture, and caught him by the flap of his coat, and pulled him to the boat side. He was quite sensible, and said, ‘Tommy, I am afraid you can’t get me in..--‘ Nay, then,’ said Thomas, ‘ we will sink together, for I will not let thee go.’ At last he did get him in, and brought him safe to land. “We asked, how he could keep in the water so long, and not be drowned: he said, God gave him that thought to keep his mouth shut, and when he was almost choked, he gave a spring up, and got a little breath. I asked him, how he felt himself when he was under water; if he was not afraid of death? He answered, No; his soul was lifted up unto the Lord, and he freely resigned himself into his hands.”