Wesley Corpus

The Hall was filled again at five; and I proclaimed " the aame of the Lord;" " The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth." At eight we met in the place where my brother preached, made, as it were, for the great congregation: it is a large hollow, not half a mile from the town, capable of containing four or five thousand people. They stood in a half circle, one above another, and seemed all to receive with joy that great truth, The kingdom of God is not meat and drink ; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost." In the afternoon Mr. Egginton preached a plain useful sermon. Almost the whole congregation then went down to the place, where abundance of people were already waiting for us; so that the hollow could not contain them, but was edged round with those who came from all parts. My subject was, " By grace are ye saved through faith." O that all who heard might experience this salvation ! I preached at five, at eight, and at three. In the intervals of preaching I spoke to all who desired it. Last night twenty-nine of them were joined together; Tuesday, 11, about a hundred. O that none of these may " draw back to perdition!" Let these " believe into the saving of the soul." I took my leave of them in 278 REV. J. WESLEY'S JOURNAL. Jan. 17438. the morning, by showing the difference between the righteousness of the Law and that of faith; and in the evening, explained to a large congregation at Evesham, " So is every one that is born of the Spirit." I rode to Stratford-upon-Avon. I had scarce sat down before I was informed that Mrs. K.,a middle-aged woman, of Shattery, half a mile from Stratford, had been for many weeks last past in a way .