Wesley Corpus

it was likewise, in the morning, Thursday, 25. Agood work has been wrought here since I was here before. Here is now a lively, loving society, who adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour. In returning to Canterbury, I called upon Mr. Kingsford, a man of substance as well as piety. He informed me, "Seven years ago, I so entirely lost the use of myankles andknees, that I could no more stand than a new-born child. Indeed, I could not lie in bed without apillow laid between mylegs, one ofthem being unable to bear the weight of the other. I could notmove from place to place, but on two crutches. All the advice I had profited me nothing. In this state I continued above six years. Last year I went on business to London, then to Bristol and Bath. At Bath I sent for a Physician ; but beforehe came, as I sat reading the Bible, I thought, 'Asa sought to the Physi- cians, and not to God ; but God cando more for me than any Physician.' Soon after I heard a noise in the street ; and, rising up, found I could stand. Beingmuch surprised, I walked several times about the room ; then I walked into the Square, andafter- wards on the Bristol road : And from that time I have been per- fectly well, having as full a use of all my limbs as I had seven years ago." We had a comfortable opportunity in the evening, and early Nov. 1787.] JOURNAL. 403 in the morning ; and I left Canterbury, Friday, 26, with a stronghope that thework of God will flourish here, as it has notdone formany years. In the evening I preached to a lovely congregation at Chatham; andon Saturday returned to London. Mon. 29. I looked over all the manuscripts which I had collected for the Magazine, destroyedwhat I did not think worth publishing, and corrected the rest. Tuesday, 30. I wentdown to Miss Harvey's, at Hinxworth, in Hertfordshire. Mr. Simeon, from Cambridge, met me there ; who breathes the very spirit of Mr. Fletcher. The chapel was quite crowded in the evening. I preached on that inexhaustible text, and with much liberty of spirit, " By grace are ye saved through faith." In the morning, Wednesday, 31, I preached on the Woman ofCanaan ; and in