Wesley Corpus

Sat. 14.--I left Worcester. The frost was exceeding sharp, as it was last year, just at this time. I preached in Benge worth, near Evesham, at eleven, and then took horse for Broadmarston. The north-east wind, uncommonly sharp, was exactly in our face: But what is the pleasure or pain of this life?--A moment, and it is gone ! Sun. 15.--At six in the morning, and five in the evening, I preached in our own chapel; at eleven, in Quinton church; and between two and three, at Honeybourn. Monday, 16. As much snow had fallen in the night, it was with difficulty we reached Alcester, where I took chaise for Birmingham. Here our brethren “walk in the fear of God,” and “the comfort of the Holy Ghost;” and God has at length made even the beasts of the people to be at peace with them. All were quiet in the evening; and at five in the morning, although so much snow had fallen, that it lay mid-leg deep in all the streets, yet the House was nearly filled. Tues. 17.--Partly in a chaise, partly on horseback, I made a shift to get to Bilbrook; and, after preaching, to Wolver hampton. Thursday, 19. I preached at Burton-upon-Trent; at Ashby-de-la-Zouch in the afternoon; and in the evening, to a lovely congregation, in the new House at Loughborough. Here is a fair prospect: The last society in the circuit is likely to be one of the first. They increase continually, and are athirst to be, not almost, but altogether, Christians. Fri. 20.--I rode to Markfield, through violent rain. The church, notwithstanding the severity of the weather, was pretty well filled; not with curious hearers, but with earnest people, who sought only to save their souls. Some such we found at Leicester also, in the evening, together with many who had 456 REv. J. wesDEY’s [March, 1772. little thought about it; to whom, therefore, I spoke in a quite different manner, exhorting them to “awake out of sleep.” I believe God applied his word; for the House, large as it is, was nearly filled at five in the morning; and all seemed willing to receive that important truth, “Without holiness no man shall see the Lord.” Sat. 21.--About noon I preached at Hoton; in the evening at Nottingham. Sunday, 22.