Wesley Corpus

I desire to be lost in that ‘love which passeth knowledge.’ I see ‘the just shall live by faith;’ and unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given. If I were an archangel, I should veil my face before him, and let silence speak his praise !” The following account is given by one who was an eye and ear witness of what she relates: “(1.) In the beginning of November, she seemed to have a foresight of what was coming upon her, and used frequently to sing these words: “When pain o'er this weak flesh prevails, With lamb-like patience arm my breast.” And when she sent to me, to let me know she was ill, she wrote in her note, ‘I suffer the will of Jesus. All he sends is sweetened by His love. I am as happy as if I heard a voice say, - ‘For me my elder brethren stay, And angels beckon me away, And Jesus bids me come !" “(2.) Upon my telling her, ‘I cannot choose life or death for you, she said, ‘I asked the Lord, that, if it was His will, I might die first. And he told me, you should survive me, and that you should close my eyes. When we perceived it. was the small-pox, I said to her, ‘My dear, you will not be frighted if we tell you what is your distemper. She said, ‘I cannot be frighted at His will.’ “(3.) The distemper was soon very heavy upon her; but so much the more was her faith strengthened. Tuesday, November 16, she said to me, ‘I have been worshipping before the throne in a glorious manner; my soul was so let into God!” I said, ‘Did the Lord give you any particular promise?’ ‘No, replied she; ‘it was all That sacred awe that dares not move, And all the silent heaven of love.” “(4.) On Thursday, upon my asking, ‘What have you to say to me?’ she said, ‘Nay, nothing but what you know already: God is love.’ I asked, ‘Have you any particular promise?” She replied, ‘I do not seem to want any; I can live without. I shall die a lump of deformity, but shall meet you all-glorious: And, meantime, I shall still have fellowship with your spirit.” “(5.) Mr. M.