Wesley Corpus

I reached Newlyn a little after four. Here was a congregation of quite a different sort,--a rude, gaping, staring rabble rout; some or other of whom were throwing dirt or stones continually. But before I had done, all were quiet and still; and some looked as if they felt what was spoken. We came to St. Ives about seven; the room would nothing near contain the congregation ; but they stood in the orchard all round, and could hear perfectly well. I found to-night, that God can wound by the Gospel as well as by the Law; although the instances of this are exceeding rare, nor have we any scripture ground to expect them. While I was enforcing, “‘ We pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God,” a young woman, till then quite unawakened, was cut to the heart, and sunk to the ground; though she could not give a clear, rational account of the manner how the conviction seized upon her. Mon. 26.--I took my leave of St. Ives; about noon preached at Sithney, and at six in the evening at Crowan. Tues. 27.--At one I preached in Penryn, in a convenient place, encompassed with houses. Many of the hearers were at first like those of Newlyn. But they soon softened into attention.