Part 10 (2/2)
The next e basket of fish as a present Their hearts had been cheered the preceding night, and taking my word in a natural as well as a spiritual sense, they went out once again and let down their nets They had gone out ; but this time their venture was croith success, and they ca ill the Lord, who had shown thes coht ratitude
After breakfast, as alking on the seashore, under the ainst the Atlantic waves for centuries, we heard our good-natured Newfoundland dog barking at so on the rocks; we looked up, and behold! There was an exquisitely graceful fawn-coloured kid, with a scarlet collar and bells, bounding about playfully on the narrow ledges of the rocks It see about on the face of the cliff, for we could not see the little ledges on which it picked its way It was quite out of the dog's reach, and appeared to know it, judging fro about, in high glee at its independence While ere standing watching the pretty and graceful creature, a young lady came out from behind other rocks, and called to her pet, which arched its little neck and looked at her, then at the dog, as if it would say, ”How can I co, found that she knew me, and that I had seen her when she was a child After a little talk about the playful kid, I asked her if she had been to the ; she said ”she had, and she had not!”
I waited silently for an explanation Presently, she said that her s,” but that her father had asked her to ith hiarden, there they could and did hear every word; and she added, ”I think papa has found peace--he is so very happy'”
”And have not you also?” I asked
”Ah,” she replied, ”I wish I could”
The more I talked with her, thestood in the way She said she did not knohat it was--that she really wished for salvation, and illing to give up everything I said, ”Do you think your mother would let you return with us on a short visit? We are just going back to Baldhu”
She said, ”Maone away for three days; but I think papa would let o Shall I ask hiht do so if we could pro settled, she hastened to get her things ready, and sent her reat care of during her absence: then we set off
On arriving at our house she went straight to her bedroom, and there on her knees i for five hours, before she found peace Then she ca she spent at the es On the third day, after a happy visit, we took her ho in the liberty of the children of God
Her mother returned the day after, and when she was told of the change in her husband and her daughter Lucy, she becary, and wrote, not to thank, but to forbid us the house; also prohibiting further intercourse At the saet all that nonsense out of her daughter's head as soon as possible She dragged this poor girl out to parties and aainst her will, which had the effect ofher dislike them the more, and caused her to cleave steadfastly to the Lord in prayer
Six months later, she was taken ill, and after a feeeks' suffering she died, rejoicing that her sins were pardoned, and that she was going home It was evident that God would not trust that hter whose soul she was determined to injure He took His child away to Hi at Perran led to many similar services there, and at other places I will tell of two only, to prevent sa the reader
The former of these, was at a place called Rose-in-vale, in the same parish, on the lawn of the chief parishi+oner He was an uneducated man, who had risen from the rank of a co very shrewd and clever, he had succeeded in accuh he and his wife had a very large house, they chiefly occupied two of the ss up in the parlours,” he said, he ” but co the wealthy e square pew; but beyond giving personal attendance, and that very regularly, I do not knohat other heed he gave, either to the service or the serive ”a preaching” in his garden
Accordingly, on a fixed day, I went, and tried to speak, but found it ain I felt as though I had lost the thread of --that I was at a loss for words, and could not hold the attention of the people
Perplexed, and greatly discouraged, I was not sorry when the time came to conclude; therefore I did not invite the people to re for prayer Several persons came up and asked me why I had dismissed the assembly ”Ah!” I replied, ”because there is no power I could not get on at all!” They were surprised, and said they thought that I had been helpedaone now, and could not be recalled This onlywas very strong hich I had been so burdened while speaking; and, to add to uardbadly, and laughing all the tireat disco Open-air addresses were not common in those days, and for a man to set up (as some said) and pretend to be a second Whitfield or Wesley, was bad enough, but to fail was !
Three years after this, I was travelling outside a coach, when a rough sailor-looking h he was told that there was no room ”Never mind,” he said; ”I will sit on the boxes
I want to talk to this here gentlee, and offered to shake hands with me ”Do you know me?” I asked
”Oh yes, bless you, of course I do! Don't you rearden?”
”Yes,” I said, ”indeed I do, and aet them easily; they behaved so badly, and disturbed me so much”
”Well,” he continued, ”I'hed and made fun, for we all on us felt your words deeply, and went home to pray; and a few days afterwards ere all three converted--that ere Praise the Lord! After that, we volunteered for the navy, to go to the Crih One day we got a little too near the Russian battery, and they peppered us brave--noto pieces, and ploughed up our deck with their shots Men were being killed on every side of lory