Wesley Corpus

Friday, 25. About eleven I read Prayers, and preached in Lantwyt church, to a very numerous congregation. I have not seen either so large or so handsome a church since I left England. It was sixty yards long; but one end of it is now in ruins. I suppose it has been abundantly the most beautiful, as well as the most spacious, church in Wales. In the evening I preached at Mrs. Jones’s house in Fonte gary. For the present, even the genteel hearers seemed affected; and God is able to continue the impression. Sat. 26.-I breakfasted at Fonmon Castle, and found a melancholy pleasure in the remembrance of past times. About noon I preached at Penmark, and in the evening in that memorable old Castle at Cardiff. Sun. 27.-I preached in the Town-Hall; and again in the afternoon, to a crowded audience, after preaching in a little church at Caerphilly. In the evening I preached in Mr. M 's hall at Llandaff; and God applied his word (I think) to every heart. Monday, 28. I preached at Newport, and in the evening reached Bristol. Wed. 30.--I spent an hour or two with Mr. Fletcher, restored to life in answer to many prayers. How many pro vidential ends have been answered by his illness And perhaps still greater will be answered by his recovery. Fri. AUGUST 1.--I desired as many as could to join toge ther in fasting and prayer, that God would restore the spirit of love and of a sound mind, to the poor deluded rebels in America. In the evening we had a watch-night at Kings wood; and I was agreeably surprised to observe that hardly any one went away till the whole service was concluded. Tues. 5.--Our yearly Conference began. I now particu larly inquired (as that report had been spread far and wide) of every Assistant, “Have you reason to believe, from your own observation, that the Methodists are a fallen people? Is there a decay or an increase in the work of God where you have been 2 Are the societies in general more dead, or more alive to God, than they were some years ago?” The almost 108 REv. J. wesley’s [Aug. 1777, universal answer was, “If we must ‘know them by their fruits,’ there is no decay in the work of God, among the people in general.