While these unfortunate young men were battling with the elements, we went home by land and had a night’s rest, though it was but a short one.  I rose and went to my meeting at seven o’clock, and on arriving found the room quite full, there being only one chair unoccupied.  As I stood to ’speak, this seat remained vacant, so I beckoned a young man who was standing at the door to come and take it.  He looked worn and sad, and I thought I recognized in him the same young man I had noticed the previous night, and who, I was told, was the ringleader of the party who came in the boat with the purpose of disturbing the meeting.  He sat down, sighing heavily several times.

Almost directly a man came forward and whispered to me, “You have a wolf near you—­take care!”

“All, right,” I said, “he is tame enough now; there is no more bite in him.”

“Yes, yes,” said the young man, overhearing us, “no more wolf.  O God, change me to a lamb!”

Poor fellow! he was in great trouble all day, and fainted away several times before he found peace, which he did very dearly.  He came to the evening meeting, shouting “Hallelujah!” and stirred us all greatly.  Several others of the same party were also converted.

The news of this made some of the town’s people furious; and, being the fifth of November, they consoled themselves by making a straw effigy to represent me.  They put on it a sheet in place of a surplice, with a paper mitre on its head, and, setting it on a donkey, carried it through the town, accompanied by a crowd of men and boys, who shouted at the top of their voices, “Here goes the Puseyite revivalist!  Here goes the Puseyite revivalist!  Hurrah!  Hurrah!” In this complimentary sport the curate and one of the churchwardens took part.

That same night this churchwarden (who, I should say, had been one of the boating party two nights before) had a dream.  He dreamt that his house was full of people, just like the church he had been in; all the rooms, the staircase, and even his own bedroom, were filled with people standing.  There was a tremendous storm of wind and rain; the thunder rolled, and the lightning flashed.  In the midst of this a voice said to him, “This is all about you, you sinner!” He awoke up out of his sleep in a terrible fright, and began to cry to the Lord to have mercy on his soul.

I was sent for before five o’clock in the morning to come and see him, for his friends said that they thought he would go out of his mind.  Instead of this, he came to his right mind, for the Lord heard and answered his prayer, and brought him from darkness into light, and from the power of sin and Satan unto God.  He went with me to the early morning meeting; there we had the two chief leaders of the riotous party in a changed condition, for which we heartily thanked God.