“PEDICORD RECEIVES THE THANKS OF THOMAS WARE.

Mr. Pedicord returned again to our village. I hastened to see him, and tell him all that was in my heart. He shed’ tears over me, and prayed. I was dissolved in tears. He prayed again. My soul was filled with unutterable delight. He now rejoiced over me as a son, ‘an heir of God, and a joint heir with Christ.’ I felt and knew that I was made free; and, as I had been firm in my attachment to the cause of civil freedom, I did hope that I should be enabled to stand fast in the liberty wherewith Christ had made me free.

Soon after I wrote to the good man, in a manner expressive of my feelings when I first heard him preach, as well as those which followed. In the ardour and simplicity of my soul, I said, ‘A thousand blessings on the man who brought me this intelligence. On my bended knees I owned the doctrine true, and said it was enough—I may be happy—heaven may be mine, since Jesus tasted death for all, and wills them to be saved! But I am not myself; my hopes and fears are new. O, may I never lose this tenderness of heart! Yes, my friend, I am thy debtor. To me thou hast restored my Bible and my God; and shall I be ungrateful? No; I will see thee, and confess the whole. Thy God and thy people shall be mine—T. Ware.”

Reference Data:

The Heroes of Methodism, by Joseph Beaumont Wakeley, 1857, page 190