"Faith--I mean the _evidence of things not seen_--is a powerful cordial to support and exhilarate us under the heaviest pressures of pain and temptation. By faith, we live upon the _invisible_, _eternal_ God; we believe that _in Him_ we live, move, and have our being; insensibly we slide from _self_ into _God_, from the visible into the invisible, from the carnal into the spiritual, from time into eternity. Here our spirits are ever young; they live in and upon the very fountain of strength, sprightliness, and joy. Oh! my dear friend, let us rest more upon the _truth as it is in Jesus_. Of late, I have been brought to feed more upon Jesus as _the truth_. I see more in Him in that character than I ever did. I see Christ _the truth_ of my life, friends, relations, sense, food, raiment, light, fire, resting-place. All out of Him are but shadows. All _in Him_ are blessed sacraments; I mean visible signs of the fountain, or vehicles to convey the streams of inward grace." * * * * * UNINTERRUPTED PEACE. _To_ CHARLES WESLEY: "MADELEY, _May 11th_, 1776. "MY DEAR BROTHER,--What are you doing in London? Are you ripening as fast for the grave as I am? How should we lay out every moment for God? For some days I have had the symptoms of an inward consumptive decay--spitting of blood, etc. Thank God! I look at our last enemy with great calmness. "I still look for an outpouring of the Spirit, inwardly and outwardly. Should I die before that great day I shall have the consolation to see it from afar. Thank God! I enjoy uninterrupted peace in the midst of my trials, which are, sometimes, not a few. Joy also I possess; but I look for joy of a superior nature. I feel myself, in a good degree, dead to praise and dispraise. I hope, at least, that it is so, because I do not feel that the one lifts me up, or that the other dejects me. I want to see a Pentecost Christian Church; and, if it is not to be seen at this time upon earth, I am willing to go and see that glorious wonder in Heaven. How is it with you? Are you ready to seize the crown in the name of the Redeemer _reigning_ in your heart? We run a race towards the grave. John is likely to outrun you, unless you have a swift foot. "Let us pray that God would renew our youth, as that of the eagle, that we may bear fruit in our old age. I hope I shall see you _before_ my death; if not, let us rejoice at the thought of meeting in Heaven." * * * * * A WITNESS IN WORD AND DEED. _To certain Methodists at Hull and York who invited him to visit the great Methodist county:_ "LONDON, _November 12th_, 1776.