Wesley Corpus

O how white are these fields to the harvest! About twelve, I preached to a lovely congregation at Burn upfield, on, “Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous.” I have found nothing like it since I left London; such was The' o'erwhelming power of grace divine ! I know not that ever I felt such self-abasement before ; and the whole congregation seemed almost equally moved. And so they were at Newcastle in the evening, while I explained and strongly applied, “I am the All-sufficient God: Walk before me, and be thou perfect.” Sun. 8.--I preached at the Ballast-Hills, about half an hour after eight. I think the congregation was nearly double to that I had here two years ago; and they increased in earnestness as much as in number. About two I preached at Gateshead-Fell, to I suppose twice as many as were at the Ballast-Hills, on the joy that is in heaven “over one sinner that repenteth.” Though the sun was very hot, and the wind very cold, the people regarded neither one nor the other. They seemed only to attend to the voice of God, and the breathing of his Spirit. In the evening I preached near the Keelmen’s Hospital, within sight of the place where I preached the first Sunday I was at Newcastle; and I think to the largest congregation which I have seen at Newcastle since that time. The Second Lesson June, 1788.] JOURNAL, 423 for the Evening Service supplied me with a text, 2 Cor. vi. 1 : “We then, as workers,” &c. The people appeared to devour the word, and I did not spare them. I was then ready to say, “Now I am clear from the blood of these men.” No, I dare not I judge not my own self! He that judgeth me is the Lord. Mon. 9.--I preached at Durham about eleven, to more than the House could contain. Even in this polite and elegant city, we now want a larger chapel. In the evening I preached near our preaching-house, to a large multitude; I think, as numerous as that at Gateshead-Fell. Many of the Durham Militia, with several of their officers, were there: And all of them seemed to receive the word, “not as the word of man; but, as it is indeed, the word of God.” Tues.