Meantime D--- T--- engaged another part of them with smoother and softer words.
Believing the time was now come, I walked down into the thickest of them. They had now
filled all the rooms below. I called for a chair. The winds were hushed, and all was calm and
still. My heart was filled with love, my eyes with tears, and my mouth with arguments. They
were amazed; they were ashamed; they were melted down; they devoured every word. What
a turn was this! Oh, how did God change the counsel of the old Ahithophel into foolishness
and bring all the drunkards, swearers, Sabbath-breakers, and mere sinners in the place, to
hear of His plenteous redemption!
Thursday, 19.--Abundantly more than the house could contain were present at five in the morning, to whom I was constrained to speak a good deal longer than I am accustomed to do. Perceiving they still wanted to hear, I promised to preach again at nine, in a meadow near the town. Thither they flocked from every side; and I called aloud, "All things are ready; come unto the marriage” [Matt. 22:4]. Oh, how have a few hours changed the scene! We could now walk through every street of the town, and none molested or opened his mouth, unless to thank or bless us.
The Journal of John Wesley
Thursday, 19.--Abundantly more than the house could contain were present at five in the morning, to whom I was constrained to speak a good deal longer than I am accustomed to do. Perceiving they still wanted to hear, I promised to preach again at nine, in a meadow near the town. Thither they flocked from every side; and I called aloud, "All things are ready; come unto the marriage” [Matt. 22:4]. Oh, how have a few hours changed the scene! We could now walk through every street of the town, and none molested or opened his mouth, unless to thank or bless us.
The Journal of John Wesley
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