no satisfaction for sin, but that which Christ has made for it by his precious blood; she answered, That is all the satisfaction I want: and I believe, he both lived and died for me.'

"After this, she gave a strict charge, that none should be admitted to see her but such as could speak for God, saying, 'I do not love to have a word spoken, which is not to edification. O how unsuitable to me, are all things which do not tend to the glory of my God!' On her spitting a large quantity of blood, one said, 'You are in great pain;' she answered, 'I think little of it. My blessed Redeemer suffered greater pain for me."

"When I stood up to go away, she said, 'I now take my leave of you. Perhaps we may not meet again in this world but I trust, we shall meet in heaven. I am going to God. O may it be soon! I now feel a heaven in my soul.'

"The last time I went, was on Sunday, Dec, 14. Hearing she was extremely ill, and wanted rest, we did not go up, but after a while, began singing below. She immediately heard, sat up in bed, and insisted on our being brought into the room, and singing there. Many times she repeated these words, 'Come, Lord Jesus, come quickly!' And this she continued to do, till on Wednesday, the 17th, she resigned her soul into the hands of her dear Redeemer."

January 2, 1761, I wrote the following letter :

"To the Editor of the London Chronicle.

66 SIR,

"Of all the seats of woe on this side hell, few, I suppose, exceed or even equal Newgate. If any region of horror could exceed it a few years ago, Newgate in Bristol did: so great was the filth, the stench, the misery, and wickedness which shocked all who had a spark of humanity left. How was I surprised then, when I was there a few weeks ago 1, Every part of it, above stairs and below, even the pit, wherein the felons are confined at night, is as clean and sweet as a gentleman's house: it being now a rule, that

every prisoner wash and clean his apartment thoroughly twice a week. 2, Here is no fighting or brawling. If any think himself ill used, the cause is immediately referred to the Keeper, who hears the contending parties face to face, and decides the affair at once. 3, The usual grounds of quarrelling are removed. For it is very rarely that any one cheats or wrongs another, as being sure, if any thing of this kind is discovered, to be committed to a closer confinement. 4, Here is no drunkenness suffered, however advantageous it might be to the Keeper as well as the Tapster. 5, Nor any whoredom : the women prisoners being narrowly observed, and kept separate from the men: nor is any woman of the town now admitted; no, not at any price. 6, All possible care is taken to prevent idleness: those who are willing to work at their callings, are provided with tools and materials, partly by the Keeper, who gives them credit at a very moderate profit, partly by the alms occasionally given, which are divided with the utmost prudence and impartiality. Accordingly at this time, among others, a shoemaker, a tailor, a brazier, and a coach-maker, are working at their several trades. 7, Only on the Lord's-day they neither work nor play, but dress themselves as clean as they can, to attend the public service in the Chapel, at which every person under the roof is present. None is excused, unless sick in which case he is provided gratis, both with advice and medicines. 8, And in order to assist them in things of the greatest concern (besides a sermon every Sun day and Thursday) they have a large Bible chained on one side of the Chapel, which any of the prisoners may read. By the blessing of God on these regulations, the prison now has a new face. Nothing offends either the eye or ear, and the whole has the appearance of a quiet, serious family. And does not the Keeper of Newgate deserve to be remembered, full as well as the Man of Ross? May the Lord remember him in that day! Mean time, will no one follow his example? I am, Sir, your humble Servant, "JOHN WESLEY."

Monday, January 5, This week I wrote to the Author of the Westminster Journal, as follows:

66 SIR,

"I hope you are a person of impartiality. If so, you will not insert what is urged on one side of a question, but likewise what is offered on the other.

"Your correspondent is, doubtless, a man of sense; and he seems to write in a good humour. But he is extremely little acquainted with the persons, of whom he undertakes to give an account.

"There is gone abroad,' says he,- an ungoverned spirit of enthusiasm, propagated by knaves, and embraced by fools.' Suffer me now to address the gentleman himself. Sir, you may call me both a knave and a fool: but prove me either the one or the other, if you can. Why, you are an enthusiast.' What do you mean by the term? A believer in Jesus Christ? An asserter of his equality with the Father, and of the entire Christian Revelation ? Do you mean one who maintains the antiquated doctrines of the new birth, and justification by faith? Then I am an enthusiast. But if you mean any thing else, either prove, or retract the charge.

"The enthusiasm which has lately gone abroad, is faith which worketh by love. Does this endanger government itself?' Just the reverse. Fearing God, it honours the King. It teaches all men to be subject to the higher powers, not for wrath but for conscience' sake.

"But no power in England ought to be independent of the supreme power.' Most true. Yet the Romanists own the authority of a Pope, independent of civil government.' They do, and thereby shew their ignorance of the English constitution. In Great Britain we have many popes, for so I must call all who have the souls and bodies of their followers devoted to them.' Call them so and welcome. But this does not touch me; nor Mr. Whitefield, Jones, or Romaine; nor any whom I am acquainted with: none of us have our followers thus devoted to us. Those who follow

the advice we constantly give, are devoted to God, not man. But the Methodist proclaims he can bring into the field 25,000 men.' What Methodist ? Where and when?

Prove this fact, and I will allow you I am a Turk.

"But it is said, they are all good subjects. Perhaps they are, because under a Protestant government they have all the indulgence they can wish for.' And do you seriously wish for a Popish government, to abridge them of that indulgence? But, 1, has not a bad use been made of this? Has not the decency of religion been perverted?' Not in the least: the decency of religion is never so well advanced, as by advancing inward and outward religion together. 2, 'Have not the minds of the vulgar been darkened to a total neglect of their civil and social duties? Just the contrary thousands in London, as well as elsewhere, have been enlightened to understand, and prevailed on to practise those duties, as they never did before. 3, 'Has not the peace of many families been ruined?' The lost peace of families has been restored. In others, a furious oppomany sition to true religion, has occasioned division, as our Lord foretold it would. 4, Have not the circumstances of many industrious tradesmen been hurt?' I believe not. I know no instance. But I know a hundred tradesmen in London, who have begun to be industrious, since they began to fear God: and their circumstances, low enough till then, are now easy and affluent.

"I am almost ashamed to spend time upon these threadbare objections, which have been answered over and over. But if they are advanced again, they must be answered again, lest silence should pass for guilt.

"But how can the government distinguish between tenderness of conscience, and schemes of interest?' Nothing more easy. They may withdraw the licenses of such.'Sir, you have forgotten the question. Before they withdraw their licenses, they are to distinguish, whether they are such or not? And how are they to do this? O, it is very easy.' So you leave them as wise as they were before.

"But the Methodist, who pretends to be of the Church of England in forms of worship, and differs from her in points of doctrine, is not, let his pretensions be what they will, a member of that Church.' Alas, sir, your friends will not thank you for this. You have broken their heads sadly. Is no man of the Church, let him pretend what he will, who differs from her in point of doctrine? Au! obsecro; Cave dixeris! I know not but you may stumble upon Scandalum Magnatum. But stay: you will bring them off quickly. 'A truly good man may scruple signing and swearing to articles, that his mind and reason cannot approve of.' But is he a truly good man who does not scruple signing and swearing to articles which he cannot approve of? However, this doth not affect us; for we do not differ from our Church in point of doctrine. But all do, who deny justification by faith. Therefore, according to you, they are no members of the Church of England.

"Methodist Preachers, you allow, practise, sign, and swear whatever is required by law :' a very large concession: But the reserves they have are incommunicable and unintelligible.' Favour us, Sir, with a little proof of this: till then I must plead not guilty. In whatever I sign or swear to, I have no reserve at all. And I have again and again communicated my thoughts, on most heads, to all mankind; I believe intelligibly particularly in the Appeals to Men of Reason and Religion.

"But if Methodism, as its professors pretend, be a new discovery in religion.'-This is a grievous mistake: we pretend no such thing. We aver, it is the one, old religion: as old as Christianity, as old as Moses, as old as Adam.

"They ought to discover the whole ingredients of which their nostrum is composed, and have it enrolled in the public register, to be perused by all the world.' It is done. The whole ingredients of Methodism, so called, have been discovered in print over and over. And they are enrolled in a public register, the Bible, from which we extracted them at first. Else they ought not to be tolerated.' We