Wesley Corpus

At nine I preached in Awkborough, to a people of quite another kind. So I spoke to them directly of “Christ Crucified,” and the salvation which is through him. About noon I preached to a people of the same spirit at Amcoats. In the evening, the House at Swinfleet not being able to contain a third of the congregation, I preached on a smooth, green place, sheltered 406 REv. J. wesley’s [July, 1770. from the wind, on Heb. vii. 25. Many rejoiced to hear of being “saved to the uttermost,” the very thing which their souls longed after. Tues. 17.--I preached in the market-place at Thorne: All were quiet, and tolerably attentive. Wed. 18.--About moon I preached at Crowle. This is the place, the former Rector of which, contemporary with my father, ordered those words to be inscribed upon his tomb-stone: #ert Iits the 3300p or" FoRTY YEARS RECTOR OF THIS PARISH. “All the day long have I stretched out my hands Unto a disobedient and gainsaying people. So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lusts, And let them follow their own imaginations.” They did follow them for many years; but at length God hath visited them. Friday and Saturday I spent at Epworth. Sunday, 22. About eight I preached at Misterton; at one about half a mile from Haxey church; and at five on Epworth Cross, to the largest congregation in Lincolnshire, on, “I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ.” Mon. 23.--I preached at Doncaster and Rotherham; on Tuesday and Wednesday at Sheffield. On Wednesday evening my heart was so enlarged, that I knew not how to leave off. Do some say, “I preach longer than usual when I am barren?” It is quite the contrary with me. I never exceed, but when I am full of matter; and still I consider it may not be with my audience as with me. So that it is strange if I exceed my time above a quarter of an hour. On Thursday and Friday I preached at Creitch, Derby, Burton-upon-Trent, and Ashby. Saturday, 28. I rode to Castle-Donnington; but hay-making had emptied the town, till a violent shower brought all the hay-makers home, who received the good word with gladness. At seven I preached in Nottingham; Sunday, 29, at Sanjaker, where God was eminently present. At five in the evening I went to the market-place in Nottingham.