Wesley Corpus

Mon. 15. I set out for Wales, but did not reach Cardiff till near eight o'clock. As the congregationwas waiting in the Town-Hall, I went thither without delay ; and many, I believe, did not regret the time they had waited there. Tues. 16. I preached, about noon, in the great hall at [Aug. 1774. Llandaff, on, " It is appointed unto men once to die." Strange doctrine, and not very welcome to the inhabitants ofpalaces ! Wed. 17. At eleven I preached in the Town-Hall, at Cow- bridge : The neatest place of the kind I have ever seen. Not only the floor, the walls, the ceiling, are kept exactly clean, but every pane ofglass in the windows. Hence I hasted on to Swansea, and at seven preached in the Castle to a large congregation. The next morning I went on to Llanelly ; butwhat a change was there! Sir Thomas Stepney, the father of the poor, was dead: Cut down in the strength of his years ! So the family was broke up, and Wilfred Colley, his butler, the father of the society, obliged to remove. Soon after, John Deer, who was next in usefulness to him, was taken into Abraham's bosom. But just then Col. St. Leger, in the neighbourhood, sent to Galway for Lieutenant Cook to come and put his house into repair, and managehis estate. So ano- ther is brought, just in time to supply the place of Wilfred Colley. I preached at five near sister Deer's door, to a good company of plain country-people ; and then rode over to the old ruinous house, which Mr. Cook is making all haste to repair. It is not unlike old Mr. Gwynne's house at Garth, having a few large handsome rooms. It is also situated much like that ; only not quite so low : For it has thecommand of a well- cultivated vale, and of the fruitful side of the opposite mountain. Fri. 19. We rode on to Larn-Ferry ; and seeing a person just riding over the ford, we followed him with ease, the water scarce reaching aboveour horses' knees. Between two and three we came to Pembroke. Sun. 21. At nine I began the service at St. Daniel's, and concluded a little before twelve. It was a good time. The power of the Lord was unusually present, both to wound and