arried on their work in
England. He had learnt to love Jesus very dearly, had felt how wicked
and sinful he was, and had gone to the Saviour and told Him all, asking
Him to "Create in him a clean heart, and to renew within him a right
spirit." Then he was so happy in knowing he was forgiven, that he wanted
every one else to be happy and forgiven too. He was so young when he
commenced to preach that every one called him the "boy parson;" but he
talked so earnestly and kindly to the people that crowds everywhere
flocked to hear him.

When he heard that the two Wesleys were leaving Georgia he determined to
go and take their place, and see what he could do for the poor exiles.
Before he left England he preached a good-bye sermon, and told the
people that he was going this long and dangerous voyage, and perhaps
they might never see his face again. When they heard this, the children
and the grown-up people, rich and poor, burst into tears, they loved him
so much. But as this book is to be about Mr. John Wesley, we must not
follow Mr. Whitefield across the Atlantic. Try to remember his name
though, for he and the Wesleys were life-long friends, and you will hear
about him again further on.

When Mr. John and Mr. Charles got back to England they took up George
Whitefield's work, going from town to town telling the people about
Jesus Christ. As there were no railways they had to walk a great deal,
and they used to speak to the people they met on the roads and in the
villages through which they passed. Once, when Mr. Wesley and a friend
were on their way to Manchester, they stayed one night in an inn at
Stafford. Before they went to bed, Mr. Wesley asked the mistress of the
house if they might have family prayer. She was quite willing, and so
all the servants were called in. Next morning, after breakfast, Mr.
Wesley had a talk with them all again, and even went into the stables
and spoke to the men there about their sins and about the love of Jesus
Christ.

He preached in Manchester the next Sunday, and this was his text: "If
any man be in Christ, he is a new creature" (2 Cor. v. 17). He explained
to them that when any one begins to love Jesus, and tries to copy His
life, they grow more and more like what He was. Then everything becomes
different; the things they loved to do before cease to be a pleasure to
them, and the places they liked to go to they no longer care to visit;
they are "_new creatures_ in Christ Jesus."

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