Wesley Corpus

and praising God; who has, in his own manner and time, accomplished what he had so often attempted in vain. Jon. 21.--I rode to Sykehouse, and preached about noon, and then went on for Leeds. In the afternoon we called at a house where a company of rough, butcherly men, exceeding drunk, were cursing and swearing at an unusual rate. I spoke to them, in spite of German prudence, and they were not only patient, but exceeding thankful. Tues. 22.--Most of our preachers met, and conversed freely together; as we did, morning and afternoon, to the end of the week ; when our conference ended with the same blessing as it began: God giving us all to be not only of one heart, but of one judgment. This week I read over Mr. Rimius’s “Candid Narrative.” It informed me of nothing new. I still think several of the inconsiderable members of that community are upright. But I fear their governors “ wax worse and worse, having their conscience seared as with a hot iron.” Sun. 27.--I was afraid many of the congregation at Birstal would not be able to hear. But my fear was needless ; for my voice was so strengthened, that even those who sat in John Nelson’s windows, a hundred yards off, could (as they afterward told me) distinctly hear every word. Tues. 29.--I preached at Keighley, where the loving spirit, and exemplary behaviour of one young man, has been a means of convincing almost all the town, except those of his own household. Wed. 30.--I rode to Haworth, where Mr. Grimshaw read prayers, and I preached to a crowded congregation. But having preached ten or eleven times in three days, besides meeting the societies, my voice began to fail. Not that I was hoarse at all; but I had not strength to speak. However, it was restored at Heptonstall in the afternoon, so that the whole congregation could hear. When shall we learn to take thought only for the present hour? Is it not enough, that God gives help when we want it ?