Wesley Corpus

Shall the fool still say in his heart, “There is no God?” Sun. 25.--I buried the remains of William Evans, one of the first members of our Society. He was an Israelite indeed, open (if it could be) to a fault; always speaking the truth from his heart. Wednesday, 28. I looked over a volume of Lord Lyttelton's Works. He is really a fine writer, both in verse and prose, though he believed the Bible; yea, and feared God In my scraps of time I likewise read over Miss Talbot's Essays; equal to any thing of the kind I ever saw. She was a woman of admirable sense and piety, and a far better poet than the celebrated Mrs. Rowe. But here too Heaven its choicest gold by torture tried After suffering much, she died of a cancer in her breast. Fri. MARCH 1.-As we cannot depend on having the Foun. dery long, we met to consult about building a new chapel. Our petition to the City for a piece of ground lies before their Com. mittee; but when we shall get any farther, I know not: So I determined to begin my circuit as usual; but promised to return whenever I should receive notice that our petition was granted. On Sunday evening I set out, and on Tuesday reached March, 1776.] JOURNAL. 09 Bristol. In the way I read over Mr. Boöhm's Sermons, Chaplain to Prince George of Denmark, husband to Queen Anne. He was a person of very strong sense, and, in general, sound in his judgment. I remember hearing a very remark able circumstance concerning him, from Mr. Fraser, then Chaplain to St. George's Hospital. “One day,” said he, “I asked Mr. Boëhm, with whom I was intimately acquainted, ‘Sir, when you are surrounded by various persons, listening to one, and dictating to another, does not that vast hurry of business hinder your communion with God?” He replied, “I bless God, I have just then as full communion with him, as if I was kneeling alone at the altar.’” Wed. 6.--I went down to Taunton, and at three in the afternoon opened the new preaching-house. The people showed great eagerness to hear. Will they at length know the day of their visitation? Thursday, 7.