Silas Told

A man named Silas Told, once a sailor and a profane man, was converted through the preaching of John Wesley. He became one of the first Methodist school teachers. Later he devoted much of his life to serving in many of the prison houses in London. He would preach to many of the inmates in all the prisons of London, and he would ride in the death carts with the prisoners who were going to execution. He led many to faith in Christ on those final rides. One example is the story of Mrs. Brownrigg who murdered her apprentice girl named Mary Clifford. Silas led her to Christ, rode with her in the death cart as crowds screamed, hurled taunts, and threw rubbish at her. He stayed by her side until the moment of her execution.