Wesley Corpus

Our chapel not being able to contain one-third of the congregation, they stood at the front of Mr. Myat’s house, where they could all hear perfectly; and though the wind was high, and extremely cold, none seemed to regard it. Mr. Myat was mentioning a little circumstance which I think worth relating, for its oddness :--He had two cats with kitten at once ; one of which was the mother of the other, and kittened three weeks before her. But she would not suffer one of her kittens to suck at all, till it was almost starved. The younger cat seeing this, took the kitten and suckled it till she kittened herself; and afterwards suckled it with her own kittens. Who can account for this 2 Tues. APRIL 1.--We went on to Burslem, where the work of God still prospers exceedingly. Sinners--men, women, and children--are still convinced and converted to God every day; and there are exceeding few that draw back, as they are much united in affection, and watch over each other in love. In the evening, before the time of preaching came, the preaching-house was more than filled. Finding it could not contain one half of the people, I ordered a table to be placed in the yard; where they stood very patiently, though the wind was very high and very cold. Afterwards I spent a comfortable hour with the society, who completely filled the House. Wed. 2.-This morning I finished Mr. Weston’s ingenious “Dissertations on the Wonders of Antiquity;” particularly the Darkness at our Lord’s death, and the Pool of Bethesda. And I quite agree with him, that the chief reason why these 412 REv. J. wesley’s [April, 1788. and many other miracles were not even mentioned by the heathen Historians is, their utter contempt of the Chris tians, and their being so accustomed to the “lying wonders” which were so common in the heathen world; whence they naturally supposed all the Christian miracles to be of the same sort. In the evening I preached to a crowded congregation at Newcastle; and God was in the midst of them. Thursday, 3. I crossed over to Leek, where for many years we seemed to be ploughing upon the sand; but, at length, the fruit appears.