Wesley Corpus

Saturday, 23. I rode to Pill, and preached in the street, (the only way to do much good there,) to a more numerous and more attentive congregation than I have seen there for many years. Thur. OCTOBER 5.--I had the satisfaction to find, that two of our brethren, with whom I had taken much pains, had at length put an end to their Chancery suit, and closed their debate by a reference. Sun. 8.--I permitted all of Mr. Whitefield's society that desired it, to be present at our love-feast. I suppose there were a thousand of us in all. And we were not sent empty away. Mon. 9.--I preached at Bristol, Pensford, Shepton Mallet; and in the evening at Wincanton. The people here had just as much feeling as the benches on which they sat. Tuesday, 10. I preached in Shaftesbury at noon; and in the evening at Salisbury. Here I was as in a new world. The congregation was alive, and much more the society. How pleasing would it be, to be always with such ! But this is not our calling. Wed. 11.--I preached in Romsey, at noon: In the evening at Winchester. Thursday, 12. I preached at Fareham about one; and at Portsmouth Common in the evening. Friday, 13. I very narrowly missed meeting the great Pascal Paoli. He landed in the dock but a very few minutes after Ileft the water side. Surely He who hath been with him from his youth up, hath not sent him into England for nothing. Lord, show Oct. 1769.] JOURNAL. 381 him what is thy will concerning him, and give him a kingdom that cannot be moved ! Sat. 14.--Setting out at two in the morning, I came to London in the afternoon. Sunday, 15. My brother and I had such a congregation at Spitalfields, as has not been there since the covenant-night. The Foundery was equally crowded in the evening: Is God about to work here, as he did some years ago? If so, having learned experience by the things we have suffered, I trust we shall not quench the Spirit as we did before. Mon. 16.--I began my journey into Oxfordshire, and in the evening preached at Henley. A great part of the congregation was perfectly void both of sense and modesty.