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HEART WENT OUT.
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seemed more than man. Two boys
cnce came to hear him preach, deter
mined to stone him. Their pockets
were full of rocks, and they carried
stones in each hand. After Wesley be-
gan to speak, they stood open-mouth-
ed and wide-eyed for few moments,
and then one, dropping his stones.
said to his neighbor He's not a man!
He's not a mani
After the meeting was over, one of
the youths stood near a gate where
Wesley must go out, and as he passed
slowly the young fellow pinched Wes-
ley's leg through his clothing, and
shouted, He is a man! He is a mani!
Wesley laid his hand upon the boys
head, and said. God bless thee, my
lad Afterward this boy became one
of the eVangelists most faithful
preachers.
Loved widow.
I'm August, 174S, when Wesley was
46 years of age. he fell i'll at Newcastle,
from a bilious attack, which disabled
him for about a week. fascinating
young widow of 20, Grace Murray
nursed him through his sickness. Yves
ley was so rarely i'll that it seems ever
to have been a dangerous period for
him, for he at once succumbed to the
tender passion. In the days of his con-
valescence he proposed marriage to
his nurse. She seemed astonished, and
exclaimed: This is too great a bless
ing for me; / can't tell how to believe
it. This is all l could have wished for
under heaven!' From that hour John
Wesley naturally regarded her as his
affianced bride.
Grace Murray had a history. She
was born at Newcastle on-Tyne, of re-
a h1a M When hllt lh she
had a love affair, but grew weary of
it, and threw her lover over. At Is she
went up to London, and became a do
mestic servant. At 20 she married
sailor by the name of Alexander Muir
ray, who, a few years later, was
drowned at sea. In the meantime she
had become an enthusiastic Methodist.
A good talker, she had many brilliant
qualities, very engaging manners, and
was extremely fascinating.
after accepting Wesley's proposal
of marriage. Grace Murray appeared
so deeply devoted to him that she could
not bear to be away from him. To
satisfy and give her pleasure, he rath-
er indiscreetly permitted her to ac-
company him as a helper in evangel-
istic work on a preaching tour as FAR
as the circuit of the Rev. John Bennett.
Here she expressed herself as being
that Bennett was a minister whom she
had nursed for six months during ill-
ness, and with whom she had CORE
sponded ever since. Wesley had not
been gone but a few weeks before he
received a letter from each of them,
asking his consent for them to marry,
she declaring that she believed it was
the viii of God she should. Wesley
was naturally amazed, but wrote mild
answer to both. supposing they were
already married
Grace Played Two.
Further correspondence showed him
his error, and for six months this re-
markable coquette played with the two
men. When she heard from Wesley
she resolved to live and die with him.
When Bennett wrote, she replied TO him
in the tenderest tones. There was a
period of several months in which she
seemed entirely devoted to Wesley,
but in August, 1919 she again turned
10 Bennett and wrote him a loving let
ter Soon afterward he came to see
her. Bennett visited Wesley and told
MIN that Grace Murray had sent 10 him
all the letters which Wesley had writ
ten her.
ION hearing this. Wesley decided
that she and Bennett should marry
without delay, and wrote her "A letter
telling her So. on receiving II, she
came 10 Wesley in an agony Of tears
and begged him not 20 talk 20 unless
he wished 10 Kill her. Wesley held Arm
70 his decision that she should marry
Bennett, though he felt the deepest an
guish al his own loss. Then came a
message from Mrs. Murray stating thar
sire Was very in. When b. called on
her, she cried, How can you think
love anyone better than ] love YOU
love you a thousand times better than
ever loved John Bennet in my NE
But I am afraid ~ ! don't marry him
he'll run MAD
AFTER several r9ore emotional ras-
tafff thf AFFAIR came 10 % lniut. Wes-
h1 tQid her that ahe must choose foi
600 ana sil hefWeeu Thorn Again and
again she dffinrtd y nm dcfefulnea
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