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Life of the widower, Br Timothy Gray, who
departed to our Svar at Wyke Aug. 11th 1795.
He has left the following account of his course
thro time.
I was born Aug. 5th 1719 at North Orwam in
the parish of Halifax. I lived with my parents
till I was 14 years old, when I was put appren-
tice to a cloth maker at Birkenshaw. During
my apprenticeship, I became very uneasy about
the state of my soul, & took to praying & self
working, but soon found, that I could not help
myself. Soon after I became acquainted with
one John Nelson, to whom I could freely open
my mind. Upon his enquiry, I told him, how
I had proceeded, & that with all my endeavors
I could not attain to rest for my soul, but
found myself as wretched as ever. His answer
was: I find that you are a poor slave of the
devil. He then told me his experience, that
he had been of the same way of thinking, but
had found all laboring in his own strength to be
in vain. He advised me to go to hear Mr Wesley,
he would teach me the right way to heaven.