Wesley Corpus

Even now, though I find pain daily in my eye, or temple, or arm; yet it is never violent, and seldom lasts many minutes at a time. Whether or not this is sent to give me warning that I am shortly to quit this tabernacle, I do not know; but be it one way or the other, I have only to say, My remnant of days I spend to his praise Who died the whole world to redeem : Be they many or few, My days are his due, And they all are devoted to Him I I preached in the morning on Psalm xc. 12; in the evening on Acts xiii. 40, 41; and endeavoured to improve the hours between to the best advantage. Sun. 29.--At eight I preached at Misterton, as usual; about one to a numerous congregation at Newby, near Haxey; and about four at my old stand in Epworth market-place, to the great congregation. Here there used to be a few mockers; but there were none now : All appeared serious as death, while I applied those solemn words, “When the breath of man goeth forth,” &c. We concluded with a love-feast, at which many declared, with an excellent spirit, the wonderful works of God. Mon. 30.-About eight I preached in Scotter; and found it good to be there. About eleven I preached in Scowby, two miles from Brigg, to avery numerous and serious congregation. In the afternoon, going just by that curious building, Mr. Pelham's Mausoleum, I alighted, and took a view of it within and without. The like, I suppose, is not to be found in Eng land. It is exactly round, fifty-two feet in diameter, and will be sixty-five feet high. The lower part contains, I believe, near a hundred places for the bodies of the Pelham family. (O what a comfort to the departed spirits, that their carcases shall rot above ground !) Over this is to be a chapel. It is computed the whole building will cost sixty thousand pounds. About five we came to Grimsby; and, the Vicar reading Prayers, I preached on the Psalm for the day, “He healeth them that are broken in heart, and giveth medicine to heal their sickness.” I think the church is near as large as that at Hull; July, 1788.] JOURNAL.