ught was right, and then
find it was all wrong.

On his return voyage to England Mr. Wesley had time to think about all
the things that happened in Georgia. He was feeling dreadfully
disappointed and discouraged; he had given up everything at home on
purpose to do good to the people out there. He had meant to convert the
Indians and comfort and help the Christian exiles, and he was coming
back not having done either. Poor Mr. Wesley! And the worst of it was,
the more he thought about it all, the more he began to see that the
fault was his own.

There was another thing he discovered about himself on that voyage home.
They encountered a fearful storm, when every one expected to be drowned.
During those awful hours Mr. Wesley found out, almost to his own
surprise, that the very thought of death was a terror to him. He knew
then that there was something wrong, for no Christian ought to fear to
die. So Mr. Wesley went down on his knees and told God how wrong he had
been, that he had thought too much of his own opinions and trusted too
much in himself. He asked God to give him more faith, more peace, more
love.

He was always glad afterwards that he had gone to Georgia, and thanked
God for taking him into that strange land, for his failure there had
humbled him and shown him his weakness and his failings.

It is a grand thing when we get to know ourselves. Let us be always on
the look-out for our own faults, and when we see them, fight them.

I would like to close this chapter with an acrostic I once heard on the
word "Faith." It is a thing little folks, yes, and big folks often find
hard to understand, perhaps this may help you.

What is Faith?

F ull
A ssurance (confidence, having no doubt)
I n
T rusting
H im (Jesus).

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CHAPTER XIII.

George Whitefield, the "boy parson."--The Wesleys
back in England.--Long walks.--Preaching by the
way-side.--A talk in a stable.--Sermon in
Manchester.--Mr. Charles in London.--Wants
something he has not got.--Gets it.--Mr. John
wants it too.--A top place in the class.

YOU remember the Holy Club which the Methodists started at Oxford? Well,
one of the youngest members was named George Whitefield; he was a pupil
of Mr. John Wesley's, and when he left Oxford he became a preacher.
While the two Wesleys were in Georgia, he c