Wesley Corpus

room, and asked aloud, with a tone unusually sharp, where those vagabond fellows were. Capt. T., without any ceremony, took him in hand ; but he soon quitted the field, and walked out of the house. Just as I was taking horse, he returned and said, " Sir, I am afraid you are in a wrong way ; but if you are right, I pray God to be with you, and prosper your undertakings." About one I came to Callicut, and preached to a small, attentive company of people, on, " Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness ; for they shall be filled." Between seven and eight we reached Bristol. I called upon Edward Ww , who had been ill for several days. I found him in deep despair. Since he had left off prayer, all the waves and storms were gone over him." We cried unto God, and his soul revived. A little light shone upon him, and, just as we sung, Be Thou his strength and righteousness, His Jesus, and his all; his spirit returned to God. I saw several others who were ill of the same distemper. Surely our Lord will do much work by this sickness. I do not find that it comes to any house without leaving a blessing behind it. In the evening I went to Kingswood, and found Ann Steed also praising God in the fires, and testifying that all her weakness and pain wrought together for good. I visited more of the sick, both in Kingswood and Bristol ; and it was pleasant work ; for I found none of them " sorrowing as men without hope." At six I expounded, " God is light, and in him is no darkness at all ;" and his light broke in upon us in such a manner, that we were even lost in praise and thanksgiving.