Wesley Corpus

Garth morning and evening. Sun. 21.--I preached in the morning in Lanzunfried church. The service at Builth was not over till past two ; 1 then began in the church yard, notwithstanding the north-east wind, to call sinners to repentance. More than all the town were gathered together in that pleasant vale, and made the woods and mountains echo while they sung, ‘Ye mountains and vales, In praises abound ; Ye hills and ye dales, Continue the sound ; Break forth into singing, Ye trees of the wood ; For Jesus is bringing Lost sinners to God. In the evening I preached again at Garth, and on Monday, 22, at five in the morning. _At little before sunrise we took horse, it being a clear, sharp frost. We had waited four days in hopes the snow would melt, fearing the drifts of it would lie deep upon the mountains, particularly as we journeyed northward; but quite contrary to our expectation, the further northward we went the less snow we found, so that it scarce hindered us after the first day. About eleven we came to Llanidloes. At the earnest request of one who lived there, I preached at noon in the market place, to such a congregation as no one could expect at an hour’s warning. It was as much as we could do to reach Machynlleth that night. It snowed again from about midnight till morning; so that no path was to be seen for several miles. However, we found our way to Tannabull, and passed the sands in the afternoon, being determined to reach Carnarvon, if possible. And so we did, notwithstanding my horse’s losing a shoe; but not till between nine and ten at night.