Part 13 (1/2)

Onein the church, when it cao to thisto ht caestion is not from God, for He o all that distance” However, I returned home, and went to the stable to inquire, when, to my surprise, I found that , and had got hi journey, o”

”Well,” I said, ”put on the saddle, and be ready in half-an-hour” I went in to prepare, and started in due ti what I would say, and hoould begin the conversation, for as yet I did not know the particular ate, I saw the one out However, I rode up to the front door, and rang the bell His wife appeared, and said that her husband had gone out, and would not be back before six o'clock; she added, ”You look disappointed”; and so I was, for I thought the Lord had sent e to hi, ”Perhaps he may return sooner; you had better rest a little” I thanked her, and doing so, went in

As soon as ere seated, the lady said, ”I have been wishi+ng to see you for a long time; we have started e has failed him, and we have returned He says that he loves you still; but, somehow, he is very much afraid of you”

Then she went on to tellfro sent all their furniture on, they were driving in their own carriage; and that coht at so, they knew not what, and ran away Because it could not get along fast enough fro the carriage in pieces, round He was not much hurt, and soon rose, and ca was broken besides He ently to the side of the road, where there was a little bank, and, colleting soe, he placed theet assistance He had to go twothat tireat pain, but it came to her mind all at once that her sins were pardoned; she was exceedingly happy, and could not help thanking and praising God In this state her husband found her when he returned, and on hearing her talk, beca, her head was broken too; and that she was going out of her ain that she onderfully well, and really happy; but he could not bear to hear her talk like that, and said that he should gothe six weeks she was laid up, he continually brought doctors and clergyht it, but without avail Her happiness continued for several radually died away She askedof this?” I was deeply interested with her experience, and told her that I had read of a sian to cheer up, for I sahy I had been sent to this place I at once pointed her to passages of Scripture, where we are told that we have forgiveness of sins through the blood of Jesus, and I put Christ crucified before her as the object of faith I told her, that as certainly as the blood Jesus had been shed, there was iveness for her I said, ”I believe it, and have forgiveness: and you may have it too; not because you feel happy, but because Jesus died” She did believe, and we rejoiced together

She exclaieyou here for a revival!”

”Very well,” I said, ”let us ask Hi God

Before leaving, I pro Wednesday I kept my word, and had an intervieith her husband; but it was not encouraging He said he could not agree to ask for mercy as a sinner, because he had been baptized Some months afterwards his manservant ca, to say that his master was very bad, and would I come as soon as possible and see him I asked, ”What is the matter?” ”Oh, bless the Lord,” said the ht” I replied, thanking God; ”I will go with you at once,” and immediately I saddled my horse, and rode back with him

I found reatest ht that he was a most ”uncommon sinner,” and that there was no mercy for hied the power of God to forgive sin, and declared that he believed in Christ, and I was led to say ”he that believeth hath everlasting life”

Upon this text he found peace, and we all praised God together

The Sunday following, he asked the congregation to thank God with hi saved his soul; and in his ser of his experience Subsequently his church became the centre of a work of God, as Mr Aitken's church and hbourhoods

The power of the Lord overshadowed the place, and there was as usual a si of hearts all over the parish, and a running together of the people to hear the Word, and what is better to obey it

Then followed a true Cornish revival with full manifestations, and Mr

Aitken ca before; but when this ht The excitement of the parson and people was intense, and hundreds of souls were added to the Church, who had been brought frohteousness which all the previous preaching on Baptism and the Lord's Supper had failed to produce

CHAPTER 18

A Visit to Veryan, 1853

Next, I will tell of a clergyether different to the others I have h ere diametrically opposed to one another, especially in h Church; consequently, we fell out h we never really quarrelled After my conversion I made sure this friend would sympathize with me; but I found to my disappointment he was in reality more opposed now than before, because I had become, as he called it, ”a dissenter”

He would scarcely speak to me, and said, he was not so sure of ive me seven years to prove it, and then pronounce

I said, ”You are an old bachelor, and know nothing about the treatment of babies; we do not put our babies out on the lawn for seven days before we decide whether they are born or not!”

He could not resist joining in the laugh against his inexperience in this respect, although he was not over-pleased With all his head-knowledge of Gospel truth, he had not seen anything of the work of the Spirit, and uish between death and grave-clothes Because I announced some sacramental views after my conversion, he fancied that I rave-clothes in which I used to be wrapped We shall speak more of this hereafter