Wesley Corpus

So when the French had got past us, our regiment retreated, or we should have been surrounded. In our retreat we faced about twice, and fired on the enemy, and so came off with little loss; though they fired after us with large cannon shot; I believe four-andtwenty pounders. “ We lost one brother of Graham’s regiment, and two of ours,--Anarew Paxton, shot dead in our retreat, and Mark Bend, who was wounded, and left on the field. The Lord gave us all on that day an extraordinarv courage, and a word to speak to our comrades, as we advanced toward the enemy, to tell them how happy they were that had made their peace with God. We likewise spoke to one another while the cannon were firing, and we could all rely on God, and resign ourse!ves to his will. “A few of us meet here twice a day ; and, thanks be to God, his grace 384 REV. J. WESLEY’S JOURNAL. [ Nov. 1746 is still sufficient for us. We desire all our brethren to praise God on our behalf. And we desire all your prayers, that the Lord may give us to be steadfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord. I remain “Your loving brother, * October 17. ; s.S.” Nearly the same account we received a few days before, in a letter from the camp near Maestricht. Part of this ran as follows :--