nent danger of death and very uneasy on that account, I was
A Heart Strangely Warmed Journal, May 1738 On May 24, 1738, Wesley received the assurance of faith he had been seeking. The moment was so important to him that he inserted a lengthy spiritual autobiography at this point in his journal, with eighteen points. This selection picks up at point 11, which recounts
Wesley's return to England from Georgia.
11. On my return to England, January, 1738, being in imminent danger of death and very uneasy on that account, I was strongly convinced that the cause of that uneasiness was unbelief and that the gaining of a true, living faith was the "one thing lacking" for me. But still I did not fix this faith on its right object. I meant only faith in God, not faith in or through Christ. Again, I did not know that I was wholly void of this faith, but only thought that I did not have enough of it. So when Peter Béhler, whom God prepared for me as soon as | came to London, affirmed of true faith in Christ (which is but one) that it had those two fruits inseparably attending it,
"dominion over sin, and constant peace coming from a sense of forgiveness," I was quite amazed and looked upon it as a new