Wesley Corpus

Thur. 26.--We came to Knowle between nine and ten, a furious, turbulent place from the beginning. I began preaching directly in the yard of the inn, to a few gaping, staring people, before the mob could assemble. They increased apace, and were tolerably attentive. In the afternoon we rode to Evesham, where I preached in the evening and morning, and then went forward to Stanley. The congregation was larger than could have been expected, upon a few hours’ warning ; and they all appeared both glad to hear, and willing to embrace, the word of reconciliation. In the evening I preached at Wall Bridge, near Stroud; and the next day, Saturday, 28, reached Bristol. Sun. 29. --I preached both at Kingswood and Bristol, on, “ Ye have need of patience.” It was more particularly at Bristol that God refreshed my soul, and applied what I spoke to my own heart. Jon. 30.--I retired to Kingswood, to write part of the volume of Sermons which I had promised to publish this winter. Wed. November 8.--I preached in Bath at noon, and at Seend in the evening. On Thursday evening, the 9th, at Reading ; and on F'1day in London. Here I found an excellent letter from a friend abroad, part of which I add in his own words; being unable so to translate them, as not to lose great part of the spirit of the original :- - CuarissimE Frater,--Gratia, pax, et multifarie Spiritds Sancti consolationes tibi tueeque societati'sint, et multiplicentur a Deo nostro per Servatorem nostrum. Amen. Tuas gratissinas Ratcormucki datas accepi, et ex illis summo cum gaudio grandem in variis Angliz et Hibernize partibus januam vobis apertam esse intellexi, dum multi adversarii evangelice doctrine sese opponerent. Literas tuas ad D. Perronet datas (4 plain Account, &c,) non quidem legi, sed devoravi. Omniaque aded mihi arriserunt, ut vix me cohibere possim, quin Londinum devolem, veniam et videam societatis tue ordina- Nov. 1749.] -- REV. J. WESLEY’S JOURNAL. 471