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ceased, and he fell into a sweet sleep. Thur. 21. I preached at Morley, on, "O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?" About two I preached at the new-built House at Pudsey, wherethe Germans (I was informed) are continually declining. Twenty years since onewould have thought they would never have been moved ; but who can stand any longer than God is on their side ? This evening and the next I preached to the lively congregation at Bradford, and was much comforted ; so were many ; indeed all that ear- nestly desired to recover the whole image ofGod. Fri. 22. I rode and walked to Bradshaw House, standing alone in a drearywaste. But although it was a cold and stormy day, the people flocked from all quarters. So they did at noon the nextday, to Clough, (two or three miles from Colne,) where, though it was cold enough, I was obliged to preach abroad. In the evening I preached to our old, upright, loving brethren at Keighley. Sun. 24. It being acold and stormy day,Haworth church contained the people tolerably well. On Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, I preached at Bingley and Yeadon ; and on Thursday opened the new House at Wakefield. What a change is here, since our friend was afraid to let me preach in his house, lest the mob should pull it down! So I preached in the main street : And then was sown the first seed, which has since borne so plenteous a harvest. Hence I went to Leeds, and on Saturday, 30, to Birstal. Here, on the top of the hill, was the standard first set up four- May, 1774.1 and-thirty years ago. And since that time, what hath God wrought! Sun. MAY 1.-I preached at eight on that delicate device of Satan to destroy the whole religion of the heart, the telling men not to regard frames or feelings, but to live by naked faith ; that is, inplain terms, not to regard either love, joy, peace, or any other fruit of the Spirit : Not to regard whether they feel these, or the reverse ; whether their souls be in an heavenly or hellish frame ! At one I preached at the foot of the hill to many thousand hearers ; and at Leeds to about the same num-