Wesley Corpus

I will no more encourage that villanous tautology of lawyers, which is the scandal of our nation. In the evening I preached to the children of our Sunday-school; six or seven hundred of whom were present. N. B. None of our masters or mistresses teach for pay: They seek a reward that man cannot give. Wed. 9.-Having dispatched all the business I had to do here, in the evening I took a solemn leave of this lovely people; perhaps never to see them more in this life; and set out early in the morning, Thursday, 10. About noon I preached at Wolsingham, in a House throughly filled, on Isaiah xxxv. 8; and in the evening in Weardale, which hardly contained the congregation. The same spirit was still in the congregation, that has been for many years; and 488 REv. J. Wesley’s [June, 1790. many felt, the Lord’s hand is not shortened that it cannot save, nor his ear heavy that it cannot hear. Fri. 11.--About seven I preached at Stanhope; but no House would contain the congregation. So I stood in a broad place near the church; and enforced, “If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink.” In going through Wolsingham, we called at Mr. W.’s, who was in low circumstances till a few years ago, when many thousands were heaped upon him unawares; and yet he seems to walk unhurt in fire | What is too hard for God? Hence we went on to Durham. Here likewise I was obliged to preach in the open air, to a multitude of people, all of whom were serious and attentive. Saturday, 12. We went through a lovely country to Sunderland, where I preached in the evening to a numerous congregation. Sunday, 13. In the morning I preached a charity sermon in Monkwearmouth church, for the Sunday-school; which has already cleared the streets of all the children that used to play there on a Sunday from morning to evening. I preached at five near the Pens, to several thousands of people. Here, it is plain, our labour has not been in vain. Mon. 14.--In the evening I preached to as many as the Town-Hall would contain at Hartlepool. Tuesday, 15. I received a farther account of Mrs.