Wesley Corpus

7.-I spent an hour with the children, the most diffi cult part of our work. About noon I preached to a large and serious congregation at Chew-Magna; in the evening, to a still more serious company at Stoke; where Mr. Griffin is calmly waiting for the call that summons him to Abraham’s bosom. 192 Rev. J. Wesley’s [Oct. 1780. Mon. 11.--As I drew near Bath, I wondered what had drawn such a multitude of people together, till I learnt, that one of the Members for the city had given an ox to be roasted whole. But their sport was sadly interrupted by heavy rain, which sent them home faster than they came; many of whom dropped in at our chapel, where I suppose they never had been before. Tues. 12.-At the invitation of that excellent woman, Mrs. Turner, I preached about noon in her chapel in Trowbridge. As most of the hearers were Dissenters, I did not expect to do much good. However, I have done my duty : God will look to the event. Thur. 14.--I read Prayers and preached in Clutton church: But it was with great difficulty, because of my hoarseness; which so increased, that in four-and-twenty hours I could scarce speak at all. At night I used my never-failing remedy, bruised garlick applied to the soles of the feet. This cured my hoarseness in six hours: In one hour it cured my lumbago, the pain in the small of my back, which I had had ever since I came from Cornwall. Wed. 20.--I preached in the market-place at Pill, to the most stupid congregation I have lately seen. Thursday, 21. I married Mr. Horton and Miss Durbin. May they be patterns to all around them | Sunday, 24. I preached in Temple church, the most beautiful and the most ancient in Bristol. Sun. OCTOBER 1.-I preached, as usual, morning and evening at the Room. About two I preached a funeral sermon at Kingswood, for that blessed saint, Bathsheba Hall, a pattern for many years of zealously doing and patiently suffering the will of God. In the evening about seven hundred of us joined in solemnly renewing our covenant with God. Mon. 2.--After preaching at the Devizes, I went on to Sarum. Tuesday, 3. I walked over to Wilton, and preached to a very serious congregation in the new preaching-house.