Part 10 (1/2)

The servants were very ed of , ”It was about you, master; it was about you that she caet a lemon within three miles, but it so happened that a man came to the door with a net full, for sale, that saht two, just to pacify the servants, and let the more about it

In the course of the afternoon a very heavy thunder-stor the roads and lanes; and before it ceased I had to go to theI took the precaution to put on thick shoes, and then set off and walked through the rain When I arrived at the cottage, I thought ot all about the, which lasted till ten o'clock; then I returned ho off my shoes, I was surprised to see hoet andet feet all the evening To guard against any ill effects, I putto bed However, at three o'clock in theI awoke, nearly choked with a severe fit of bronchitis; the thick, hard phlegle for breath and life

After an hour or , my dear wife reet up and bring it It was just in time I was black in the face with suffocation; but this coreatly exhausted with the effort and struggle for life, and after two hours I fell asleep I was able to rise in the h my chest was very sore

After breakfast, the ”o-roo on the sofa

”Ah, one at three o'clock this h If you had not had that lemon, you know, you would have been a dead man by this ti art, together with the prayer of faith and the ht she had, was quite a terror to the people One day she cao to a man as very worldly and careless, and tell hio, if you have received the o! that's the hed at ed hiive his heart to God, and prayed with him, but to no effect He was thrown fro hos would fill a book; but ould believe the things?

She was not always a bird of evil oood news as well as bad One day she said, ”There is a clergyreat friend of yours, but since your conversion he has been afraid of you He is co; you !” Sure enough, my old friend WB--, came as she predicted He preached, and in due time was converted, and his wife also; but his story shall coe stopped as suddenly as it began I cannot theorize about the subject; I an, it continued, and continued only in that house, and then it stopped

Another re the cottages within a limited distance round Frank's house, people were softened, and it was easy to persuade them to yield themselves to Christ They appeared to be quite ripe and ready Just beyond this limit the people were as hard and careless as ever It seemed as if the power of God overshadowed only a certain spot, and that all within that were under Divine influence for the tied, however, that they felt the Spirit's power striving with them, and they knew afterwards that it ithdrawn ”The wind blohere it listeth”

CHAPTER 14

Open-Air Services, 1852

1 PERRANZABULOE

AS the suo and preach in the parish of Perranzabuloe, where I had ministered in my unconverted days

The vicar, would not consent to , that he could not preventon the coestion as to the latter As soon I was able Idue notice, went down to the old familiar place; but this time on a new errand, and it was to own for this first open-air service; and on arriving, found many hundreds of people already asseiving out a hy God for the change He had wrought in iven the past, by bestowing aupon the present service All this was loudly responded to, in Cornish fashi+on, with hearty ”Amens” and various other ejaculations to which I ell accusto of the fifth chapter of St Luke, taking for my text the words, ”Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught”

Having rest the any conversions, I went on to show theht and taken nothing, but that when he went forth at the Lord's coreat e now Why did Simon Peter fail at first? and why did he subsequently succeed? Why did he fail?--1 Because he went out in the night 2 At his own desire 3 In the wisdom of men Why did I fail?--1

Because I preached and laboured in the night ofof the Church And, 3 According to the wisdom and tradition of the fathers Why did Peter succeed?--Because, 1 He went out in the3 With the Lord's presence

”I aht sunshi+ne of my first love Jesus, the Saviour, is the 'Sun of my soul, my Saviour dear'” The people cheered , that I felt as happy as they The opening heaven seemed to shi+ne around us, indeed, ”with beaain, ”Glory to God! Glory to God! Hallelujah!I am come now,” I continued, ”to tell you froiveness of sins” ”Yes, yes!” ”Thank the Lord!” ”Bless Hi I feel sure that He put it into ood when I was yourabout the Way myself Now, that I do, I am constrained to tell you The love of God within, and the Word of God without, compel me

”I feel I have the Lord's presence, for He not only proether in His name; but also to those who preach the Gospel, He said, 'Lo, I am with you alway!' His presence is power It is His word I bring you, not mine; I merely deliver it He is here And be sure He loves you, and, what isthan we can He died for you, and shed His blood for your forgiveness; how, then, can He do otherwise than take an interest in the delivery of His e, and, more, in the result which is to follow?

”When Simon Peter let down his net, he was astonished;which enclosed the fish, in order that hethem out of their native element, the water

So I preach the Gospel, notyou from the power of Satan, in which we all are by nature, to God, that you iveness of your sins

”We read that he enclosed a great multitude of fishes; I have faith to believe that the Lord will bringand praise the address was concluded and prayer was offered At the close, we found at least fifty people in that great throng on their knees, crying for mercy It was a most triumphant and joyful tiht at Porth, as that part of the village is called