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                                                                   15
of mind not to be expressed. At length when
I could repeat with continued attention
the Lord's prayer, I knew, that the cloud
was removed, and I could again enjoy
the privilege of addressing my heavenly
Father. I then wept with joy & gratitude.
In this state of mind I continued
till the beginning of the year 1817, when
the family of the Wesleys came to reside
with me; from whom I heard a great
deal about Jesus Christ - but I could not
like the subject. My dear and invaluable
friend S. Wesley endeavoured to convince
me of my errors, but in vain. I loved
this cheerful, pious, simple family;
but I disliked all other Methodists. All
religion but deism seemed methodism.
S. Wesley used to tell me, I should never
be happy till I was a Moravian, and
she urged me to go, if only once to the
chapel in Fetter Lane. She had been
accustomed to the strictest discipline
of the Brethren's Church, and her account
of them filled me with exceeding
 

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