place.  I had fixed upon a dark corner in a large deserted room, where we had stowed away bales and bales of goods we did not care to open.  Climbing over the top of these stores, I landed on the other side, and went to the spot I had chosen.  I had not prayed long before I heard master coming, cracking his whip, and saying, ‘I’ll teach you to pray.’  This made me tremble exceedingly, and pray all the harder; but hearing that he was very near and coming after me, I opened my eyes, and to my surprise there was a beautiful silver ladder before me.  As quick as thought, I sprang with hands and feet upon it, and began to climb for dear life.  ‘Ha!’ said master, ‘I’ll teach you to climb.’  Then I felt the ladder shaking under me, and knew that he was coming up.  I expected every moment to be seized and dragged back, so I climbed all the faster, and looked up to see how much farther I had to go.  Oh, it was such a long way, and there was only a very small hole to get to at last.  My heart began to fail me, so that I almost let go my hold, till I felt the master’s sulphurous breath on the back of my neck, which made me rush forward more vehemently.  At last I reached the top, and thrust my arm through the hole, then my head, and then my other arm; thus I got through altogether, leaving my old enemy blaspheming and cursing down below.  It was a most beautiful place that I was now in, and angels were flying about, just as the birds do in this world.  I saw the Lord Himself, and fell down before Him to give Him thanks.  As I remained a long time prostrate.  He said to me.  ‘What is thy petition?’ I answered, ’Lord, grant that that hole may be made larger, for I have nineteen friends down there in the power of the cruel master.’  The Lord smiled, and said, ‘That hole is quite large enough.’  So I awoke.”

Where there is a will, there is always a way of some kind; and if worldlings are really tired of Satan’s service, they can easily call upon God to deliver them, and He will most surely do so when He sees they are in earnest.  This dream had the effect of spiritually awakening the man who had it, and of bringing him to the foot of the cross for mercy and salvation.

I noticed that in dreams and visions in Cornwall the Lord Jesus very often appears, and the devil also; these are real persons to the Cornish mind, and their power is respectively acknowledged.

During the summer, a young gentleman, whom we invited to our house in the hope of reaching his soul, came to stay with us; and this in spite of his avowed prejudice against us and our proceedings.  I took this as a token of encouragement, for I was sure that the devil would have hindered his coming, unless the young man had been constrained by a higher power.  He spent his time in riding about or smoking, and made great fun of our meetings and services, though I observed that he was very attentive to hear the sermon whenever he did come.