It was, indeed, a melting, moving time.
"I was kneeling, talking to a Penitent, when somebody touched me on the shoulder, and said, 'Here is a lady who has come to seek Salvation.

Her son came to hear you at Spalding, and was induced to seek the Saviour, and now she has come to hear you, and she wants Salvation, too." The Lord had mercy upon her, and she went away rejoicing.
"At Swineshead Bridge--the very name gives some idea of the utterly rural character of the population--I was to preach on three successive evenings, in the hope of promoting a Revival there.

Many things seemed to be against the project; but the Lord was for us.
Two people came out on the Monday evening, and God saved them both.
This raised our faith and cheered our spirits, especially as we knew that several more souls were in distress.
"On the Tuesday the congregation was better.

The news had spread that the Lord was saving, and that seldom fails to bring a crowd wherever it may be.

That evening the word was with power, and six souls cried for mercy.