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was asked upon what he rested his hope of

eternal life. His answer was: “I have used my

best endeavors to serve God.” As the friend

who had put the question seemed not to be

fully satisfied with his answer, Wesley

thought: “What! are not my endeavors a

sufficient ground of hope? Would he rob me

of my endeavors? I have nothing else to trust

to.”—John Whitehead, Life of the Rev. Charles

Wesley, page 102. Such was the dense

darkness that had settled down on the

church, hiding the atonement, robbing Christ

of His glory, and turning the minds of men

from their only hope of salvation—the blood

of the crucified Redeemer.

Wesley and his associates were led to see

that true religion is seated in the heart, and

that God's law extends to the thoughts as well

as to the words and actions. Convinced of the