Wesley Corpus

3.--Between eight and nine, while I was preaching at Truro, we had only a few light showers; although, a few miles off, there was impetuous rain, with violent thunder and lightning. About noon I preached at Mevagissey, in a vacant space near the middle of the town, and strongly applied those words, “Turn ye, turn ye, from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?” At six I stood at the head of the street, in St. Austle, and enforced, on a large and quiet congregation, “Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve,” After visiting Medros, Plymouth, and Collumpton, I came on Friday, 7, to Taunton. Presently after preaching, I took horse. The rain obliged us to make haste; but in a while the saddle came over his neck, and then turned under his belly I had then only to throw myself off, or I must have fallen under him. I was a little bruised, but soon mounted again, and rode to Lympsham, and the next day to Bristol. Sun. 9.--My voice was weak when I preached at Princes Street in the morning. It was stronger at two in the after moon, while I was preaching under the sycamore-tree in Kingswood; and strongest of all at five in the evening, when we assembled near King's Square in Bristol. Tues. 11.--In the evening I preached at Frome; but not abroad, as I designed, because of the rain. The next evening I preached in the adjoining meadow, to as quiet a congregation as that in the House. Sun. 16.--The appointed Preacher not coming in time, I preached myself at five; at eight in Princes-Street, at two in 414 REv. J. wesLEY’s [Sept. 1770. Kingswood, and near King’s Square at five in the evening, Saturday, 15. It was the day before, that I first observed a very uncom mon concern in the children at Kingswood School, while I was explaining, and enforcing upon them, the first principles of religion. Tues. 18.--Most of them went to see the body of Francis Evans, one of our neighbours, who died two or three days before. About seven Mr. Hindmarsh met them all in the school, and gave an exhortation suited to the occasion.