Monday, 26.--I was desired to preach at Walsal. James Jones was alarmed at the notion,
apprehending there would be much disturbance. However, I determined to make the trial.
Coming into the house, I met with a token for good. A woman was telling her neighbor why
she came: "I had a desire," said she, "to hear this man; yet I durst not, because I heard so
much ill of him; but this morning I dreamed I was praying earnestly, and I heard a voice,
saying, 'See the eighth verse of the first chapter of St. John.' I waked and got my Bible, and
read, 'He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.' I got up, and came
away with all my heart."
The house not being capable of containing the people, about seven I began preaching abroad; and there was no opposer, no, nor a trifler to be seen. All present were earnestly attentive. How is Walsal changed! How has God either tamed the wild beasts or chained them up!
The Journal of John Wesley
The house not being capable of containing the people, about seven I began preaching abroad; and there was no opposer, no, nor a trifler to be seen. All present were earnestly attentive. How is Walsal changed! How has God either tamed the wild beasts or chained them up!
The Journal of John Wesley
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