Re: I Now Pronounce You Chuck (May) and Larry (Mike McDonnell)

these were in her mind: The words of the Lord are
pure words, health to the soul, and marrow to the bones: and then these
words, The blood of Christ cleanses from all sin; which were accompanied
with a lively sense of the excellency of Christ, and His sufficiency to
satisfy for the sins of the whole world. She then thought of that
expression, It is a pleasant thing for the eyes to behold the sun; which
words then seemed to her to be very applicable to Jesus Christ. By these
things her mind was led into such contemplations and views of Christ, as
filled her exceeding full of joy. She told her brother, in the morning,
that she had seen (i.e. in realizing views by faith) Christ the last
night, and that she had really thought that she had not knowledge enough
to be converted; but, says she, God can make it quite easy! On Monday
she felt all day a constant sweetness in her soul. She had a repetition
of the same discoveries of Christ three mornings together, and much in
the same manner, at each time, waking a little before day; but brighter
and brighter every day.

At the last time, on Wednesday morning, while in the enjoyment of a
spiritual view of Christ's glory and fullness, her soul was filled with
distress for Christless persons, to consider what a miserable condition
they were in. She felt a strong inclination immediately to go forth to
warn sinners; and proposed it the next day to her brother to assist her
in going from house to house; but her brother restrained her, by telling
her of the unsuitableness of such a method. She told one of her sisters
that day, that she loved all mankind, but