Wesley Corpus

Wed. 21.--I conversed freely with some of the most amiable Christians I know. In the morning I met the select society, one-and-twenty in number, all, (it seemed,) or all but one, rejoicing in the pure love of God. It is no wonder, if the influence of these should extend to the whole society, or even the whole town. Thur. 22.--I found another society at High-Wycomb, almost as earnest as that at Witney. A large congregation was presentat five in the morning, many of whom were athirst forfull salvation. Oct. 1772.] JOURNAL. 481 I talked with twelve of them, who seemed to have experienced it. This is genuine Christianity | Friday, 23. I preached at Chesham, and on Saturday returned to London. Mon. 26.--At twelve I set out in the stage coach, and in the evening came to Norwich. Tuesday, 27. Finding abun dance of people were out of work, and, consequently, in the utmost want, (such a general decay of trade having hardly been known in the memory of man,) I enforced, in the evening, “Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteous ness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” For many years I have not seen so large a congregation here, in the mornings as well as evenings. One reason of which may be this: Thousands of people, who, when they had fulness of bread, never considered whether they had any souls or not, now they are in want begin to think of God. Thursday, 29. I took an exact account of the society, considerably increased within this year. And there is reason to believe that many of the members are now a little established, and will no longer be driven to and fro, as reeds shaken with the wind. Friday, 30. I went to Loddon, ten miles from Norwich, where there has been preaching for a year or two. The preaching-house, at one, was thoroughly filled with serious and attentive hearers. So was the House at Norwich in the evening. From all these blossoms, will there not be some fruit? Sat. 31.--A young man of good sense, and an unblamable character, gave me a strange account of what (he said) had happened to himself, and three other persons in the same house. As I knew they all feared God, I thought the matter deserved a farther examination.