Wesley Corpus

marrying, was debarred from meeting the young ones ; and there being none left who so naturally cared for them, they fell heaps upon heaps: 3. Most of the liveliest in the society were the single men and women ; and several ofthese in a little time contracted an inordinate affection for each other ; whereby they so grieved the Holy Spirit of God, that he in great measure departed from them : 4. Men arose among ourselves, who under- valued the work ofGod, and called the great work of sancti- fication a delusion. By this they grieved some, and angered others ; so that both the one and the other were much weak- ened : 5. Hence, the love of manywaxing cold, the Preachers June, 1774. ] 19 were discouraged; and jealousies, heart-burnings, evil-surmis- ings, were multiplied more and more. There is now a little revival : God grant it may increase ! Mon. 13. At eleven I preached in Teesdale, and at Swale- dale in the evening. Tuesday, 14. We crossed over the enor- mousmountain into lovely Wenaudale ; the largest by far of all the Dales, as well as the most beautiful. Some years since,many hadbeen awakened here, and joined together by Mr. Ingham and his Preachers. But since the bitter dissension between their Preachers, the poor sheep have all been scattered. A considerable number of these have been gleaned up, and joined together by our Preachers. I came into the midst of them at Redmire. As I rode through the town, the people stood staring on every side, as ifwe had been a company of monsters. I preached in the street, and they soon ran together, young and old, from every quarter. I reminded the elder, of their having seen me thirty years before, when I preached in Wensley church ; and enforced once more, "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved." When I rode back through the town, it wore a new face. The people were profoundly civil: They were bowing and courtseying on every side. Such a change in two hours I have seldom seen. Hence we hasted to Richmond, where I preached in a kind of Square. All the Yorkshire Militia were there ; and so were their Officers, who kept them in awe, so that they behaved