Wesley Corpus

1. Here are two men in a boat; each of them more than half as long as the boat itself. 2. Our Lord, saying to Peter, “Feed my sheep,” points to three or four sheep standing by him. 3. While Peter and John heal the lame man, two naked boys stand by them. For what? O pity that so fine a painter should be utterly without common sense ! In the evening I saw one of the greatest curiosities in the vegetable creation,-the Nightly Cereus. About four in the afternoon, the dry stem began to swell; about six, it gradually opened; and about eight, it was in its full glory. I think the inner part of this flower, which was snow-white, was about five inches diameter; the yellow rays which surrounded it, Ijudged, were in diameter nine or ten inches. About twelve it began to droop, being covered with a cold sweat; at four it died away. The people at Bath were still upon my mind: So on Thursday, 27, I went over again; and God was with us of a truth, whenever we assembled together. Surely God is healing the breaches of this poor, shattered people. Sun. 30.--Forty or fifty of our Preachers being come, we had a solemn opportunity in the morning. We had the most numerous congregation in the afternoon which has been seen here for many years. And will not the Lord be glorified in our reformation, rather than our destruction ? Tues. AUGUST 1.--Our Conference began. We have been always, hitherto, straitened for time. It was now resolved, “For the future we allow nine or ten days for each Conference; that every thing, relative to the carrying on the work of God, may be maturely considered.”af Fri. 4.--I preached on a convenient piece of ground, at one end of Radcliff-Parade. Great part of the immense congrega tion had never heard this kind of preaching before ; yet they were deeply attentive, while I opened and applied those awful words, “I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God.” Sun. 6.--We had the largest numbers of communicants that had ever met at the new Room; and the largest congregation at 190 REv. J. WESLEY’s [Aug. 1780. five, that had ever met near King's Square. Wednesday, 9. We concluded the Conference in much peace and love. Fri.