Wesley Corpus

tell the thousandth part of the joys I feel!” One saying, “Iam sorry to see you in that condition ;” he answered, “I would not change it for ten thousand worlds.” From the press yard he was removed into a large room, where he exhorted all the officers to repentance, till Thomas Atkins was brought in; whom he immediately asked, “ How is it between God and yoursoul’” He answered, “ Blessed be God, lam ready.” An officer asking about this time, ‘‘ What is it o’clock ?” was answered, “ Near nine.” On which Lancaster said, “ By one I shall be in paradise, safely resting in Abraham’s bosom.” To another prisoner, coming in, he said, “ Can not you see Jesus? Isee him by faith, standing at the right hand of God, with open arms to receive our souls.” One asking, “‘ Which is Lancaster?” He answered, “Here Iam. Come, see a Christian triumphing over death.” A bystander said, “Be steadfast to the end.” He replied, “T am, by the grace of God, as steadfast as the rock I am built upon; and that rock is Christ.” Then he said to the people, “ Cry to the Lord for mercy, and you will surely find it. I have found it; therefore none should despair. When I came first to this place, my heart was as hard as my cell walls, and as black as hell. But now I am washed, nowI am made clean by the blood of Christ.” When William Gardiner came in, he said, ‘‘ Well, my dear man, how are you?” He answered, “I am happy, and think the moments long; for I want to die, that I may be with Him whom my soul loves.” Lancaster asked, “Had we nota sweet night?” He said, “I was as it were in heaven. O, if a foretaste be so sweet, what must the full enjoyment be?” Then came in Thomas Thompson, who with great power witnessed the same confession. The people round, the mean time, were in tears; and the officers stood like men affrighted.