Wesley Corpus

Wed. 30.--After preaching at West-street chapel in the evening, I walked to Lambeth, to see Miss Sm , who had for several days expressed an earnest desire to see either my brother or me. When I came, her sister told me, her senses were gone, and that she had not spoke for several hours. But she spoke as soon as I took her by the hand, and declared a hope full of immortality. I prayed with her, and praised God on her behalf. An hour or two after, her spirit returned to God. JOURNAL.--No. IX. Saturpay, November 2, 1751.--Mr. Arvin, according to my desire, informed Mr. M , that I was willing to give him twenty pounds a year, for assisting me once a week. He refused it with the utmost indignation, and from that time spoke all manner of evil. Mon. 11.--I rode to Rochester, and the next day to Canterbury, where I preached morning and evening, in what was lately the French church. We had not any disturbance from first to last, the court of king’s bench having broke the spirits of the rioters. Sat. 16.--I set out early in a clear, calm morning, and in the afternoon came to London. Twes. 19.--I began writing a letter to the Comparer of the Papists and Methodists. Heavy work, such as I should never choose; but sometimes it must be done. Well might the ancient say, “God made practical divinity necessary, the devil controversial.” But itis necessary: we must “resist the devil,” or he will not * flee from us.” Sat. December 22.--Being informed that Mr. K » for some years zealously attached to the Brethren, had now burst his chain, | had a desire to hear, from his own mouth, how he was delivered. So a day or two after, I talked with him at large, and wrote down the substance of his account, that I might make no mistake. After a few days I called upon him; I read over to him what I had written, and desired him to tell me if I had misunderstood him in any thing. And this account alone may be abundantly sufficient to pull off the mask from those crue] and deceitful men. I do not speak this of all; but of them with whom he had to do.