Wesley Corpus

As all the Preachers are in earnest, God has blessed them through the whole Circuit. This evening we had a large and deeply serious congregation, and not a few of them in the morning. Tuesday, 25. Though it blew a storm, and was piercing cold, we were sufficiently o Dec. 1788.] JOURNAL. 441 crowded at Dover; where the work of God is very lively, and continually increasing. Wednesday, 26. Our Room at Sandwich being small, both the Dissenting Ministers sent to offer me the use of their chapels. I willingly accepted one of them, which was far larger than ours, and very commodious. I believe God spoke to many hearts. In the evening we had another storm, with much snow and sleet: However, our House at Margate was well filled; and I was much comforted by the earnestness of the congregation. Fri. 28.--A little preaching-house being just built at St. Peter's, (two miles from Margate,) notice had been given, with out my knowledge, of my preaching there in the morning. It was utterly inconvenient, on many accounts; the wind was piercing cold, and the ground covered with snow. However, I would not disappoint the congregation; so I preached at nine, and hastened to Canterbury, where the House was, as usual, well filled; and God gave us his blessing. Tues. DECEMBER. 2.-I went to Chatham, and preached in the evening, on, “We walk by faith, not by sight.” Wednes day, 3. I went to Sheerness, where the society is considerably increased since I was here before. Thursday, 4. At noon, I preached at Faversham, where, after a long winter, the seed seems to be springing up. The congregation was very large, and deeply attentive. In the evening I preached in the new House at Brompton. I had not preached there between thirty and forty years; and there is now a fair prospect here also. Friday, 5. I returned to London. Mon. 8.-I had the pleasure of meeting an old friend, who gave me a pleasing account of the glorious death of his mother, which had made so deep an impression upon him that he was almost persuaded to be a Christian. Wednesday, 10, and the following days, I corrected my brother's posthumous poems; being short Psalms, (some few excepted,) [hymns] on the four Gospels, and the Acts of the Apostles.