Wesley Corpus

pain, but full of faith and love, and breathing nothing but prayer and thanksgiving. About ten we came to Kingston, three hours’ ride, (which they call eight miles) from Leominster. I preached at one end of the town. The congregation divided itself into two parts. One half stood near, the other part remained a little way off, and lowered defiance ; but the bridle from above was in their mouth ; so they made no disturbance at all. At four we had another kind of congregation at Maesmennys ; many who had drank largely of the grace of God. I examined them, “ Do ye now believe?” And the word was as a twoedged sword. After taking a sweet leave of this loving people, we rode with honest John Price, of Mertha, to his house. We had four hours’ rain in the morning ; but a fair, mild afternoon ; in the close of which we came to Cardiff. Sun. 17.--I preached at Wenvo church, morning and afternoon ; at five in the evening, in the Castle yard at Cardiff, to the far largest congregation which I had ever seen in Wales, All stood uncovered and attentive ; and, I trust, few went empty away. Mon. 18.--I rode with Mr. Hodges to Neath. Here I found twelve young men, whom J could almost envy. They lived together in one house, and continually gave away whatever they earned above the necessaries of life. Most of them (they told me) were Predestinarians, but so little bigoted to their opinion, that they would not suffer a Predestinarian to preach among them, ° 5 Se Ne ne 274 ‘REV. J. WESLEY’S JOURNAL. [Aug. 1746. ‘anless he would lay all controversy aside. And on these terms they gladly received those of the opposite opinion. The multitude of people obliged me to preach in the street, on, “‘ Repent ye, and believe the Gospel.” One man would fain have interrupted, and had procured a drunken fiddler for his second ; but finding none to join them, they were ashamed ; so the gentleman stole away on one side, and the fiddler on the other.