Wesley Corpus

Sun. 13.--I met the society at five, and showed them wherein I feared they had grieved the Spirit of God, and provoked him to deliver them to be thus outraged by “the beasts of the people.” I then rode to Hayfield once more, where Mr. B read prayers, and preached a solemn and affecting sermon, relative to the late providence. In the afternoon I again found great liberty of spirit in applying those awful words, * What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul ?” Mon. 14.--I rode by Manchester (where I preached about twelve) tc Warrington. Atsix in the morning, Tuesday, 15, I preached to a large and serious congregation ; and then went on to Liverpool, one of the neatest, best built towns I have seen in England: I think it is full twice as large as Chester; most of the streets are quite straight. ‘Two thirds of the town, we were informed, have been added within these forty years. If it continue to increase in the same proportion, in forty years more it will nearly equal Bristol. The people in general are the most mild and courteous I ever saw in a sea-port town; as indeed appears by their April, 1755. | REV. J. WESLEY’S JOURNAL. 577 friendly behaviour, not only to the Jews and Papists who live among them, but even to the Methodists (so called). The preaching house is a little larger than that at Newcastle. It was thoroughly filled at seven in the evening ; and the hearts of the whole congregation seemed to be moved before the Lord, and before the presence of his power. Every morning, as well as evening, abundance of people gladly attended the preaching. Many of them, I learned, were dear lovers of controversy : but I had better work. I pressed upon them all “repentance toward God, and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.”