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ber, whom I besought in strong terms not to receive " the grace ofGod invain." On Monday and Tuesday I preached at Otley and Pateley- Bridge. Wednesday, 4. I went on to Ambleside ; and on Thursday to Whitehaven. Monday, 9. I set out for Scotland. At eight I preached in the Castle-yard at Cockermouth, to abundance ofcareless people, on , " Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched." In the evening I preached at Carlisle. On Tuesday I went on to Selkirk, and on Wednes- day to Edinburgh ; which is distant from Carlisle ninety-five miles, and no more. Thursday, 12. I went in the stage-coach to Glasgow ; and on Friday and Saturday, preached on the old Green, to a people, the greatest part ofwhom hear much, know every thing, and feel nothing. Sun. 15. My spirit was moved within me at the sermons I heard both morning and afternoon. They contained much truth, but were no more likely to awaken one soul than an Italian Opera. In the evening a multitude of people assembled onthe Green, to whom I earnestly applied these words, " Though I have all knowledge, though I have all faith,-though I give all my goods to feed the poor," &c., " and have not love, I am nothing." Mon. 16. In the afternoon, as also at seven in themorning, I preached in the kirk at Port-Glasgow. My subjects were Death and Judgment, and I spoke as homeas I possibly could. The evening congregation at Greenock was exceeding large. I opened and enforced these awful words, " Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, that leadeth unto life." I know not that ever I spoke more strongly. And some fruit of it quickly appeared; for the House, twice as large as that at Glasgow, was throughly filled at five in the morning. In the evening, [May, 1774. Tuesday, 17, I preached on the Green at Glasgow once more, although the north windwas piercing cold. At five in the morn- ing I commended our friends to God. How is it that there is no increase in this society ? It is exceeding easy to answer. One Preacher stays here two or three months at a time, preaching on Sunday mornings, and three or four evenings in a week. Can a Methodist Preacher preserve