Wesley Corpus

misings presently vanished away, and our hearts were ) it together in love. We rode together to Machan, (five miles beyond Newport,} which we reached about twelve o’clock. In an hour after H. Harris. came, and many of his friends from distant parts. We had no dispute. of any kind; but the spirit of peace and love was in the midst of us. At three we went to church. There was a vast congregation, though at only a few hours’ warning. After prayers, I preached on those words. in the Second lesson, “ The life which I now live I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.” Mr. Rowlands then preached in Welsh, on Matthew xxviii, 5: “ Fear not ye; for ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.” We rode afterward to St. Bride’s in the Moors; where Mr. Row- -- lands preached again. Here we were met by Mr. Humphreys and Thomas Bissicks, of Kingswood. About eleven a few of us retired, in order to provoke one another to love, and to good works. But T. Bis- ~ sicks immediately introduced the dispute, and others seconded him. This H. Harris and Mr. Rowlands strongly withstood; but finding it profited nothing, Mr. Rowlands soon withdrew. H. Harris kept them at bay till about one o’clock in the morning: I then left them and Capt. T. together. About three they left off just where they began.