Wesley Corpus

man thirst, let him come unto me and drink. He that believeth on me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.” T'ues. 24.--I rode to Cirencester, and preached on a green place, at a little distance from the town, on, “ The kingdom of God is not meat and drink ; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.” Wednesday, 25.--I preached to a little company at Oxford. Thursday, 26.--I had a large congregation at Wycomb; from whence I hastened to London, and concluded the day by exforcing those awful words at the Foundery, “The Lord hath proclaimed unto the end of the world: say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh! Behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.” : Sun. 29.--(Being Trinity Sunday.) I began officiating at the chapel in West-street, near the Seven Dials, of which (by a strange chain of providences) we have a lease for several years. I preached on the Gospel for the day, part of the third chapter of St. John; and afterward administered the Lord’s Supper to some hundreds of communicants. I -was a little afraid at first, that my strength would not suffice for the business of the day, when a service of five hours (for it lasted from ten to three) was added to my usual employment. But God looked to that: so I must think ; and they that will call it enthusiasm may. I preached at the Great Gardens, at five, to an immense congregation, on, “ Ye must be born again.” Then the leaders met; (who filled all the time that I was not speaking in public ;) and after them, the bands. At ten at night I was less weary than at six inthe morning. The following week I spent in visiting the society. On Sunday, June 5, the service of the chapel lasted till near four in the afternoon; so that'I found it needful, for the time to come, to divide the communicants into three parts, that we might not have above six hundred at once.