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his heart. Wednesday, 28. I looked over a volume of Lord Lyttelton's Works. He is really a fine writer, both in verse and prose, though he believed the Bible ; yea, and fearedGod! Inmy scraps of time I likewise read over Miss Talbot's Essays ; equal to any thing of the kind I ever saw. She was a woman of admirable sense and piety, and a far better poet than the celebrated Mrs. Rowe. But here too Heaven its choicest gold by torture tried ! After suffering much, she died of a cancer in her breast. Fri. MARCH 1.-As we cannot depend on having the Foun- dery long, we met to consult about building a new chapel. Our petition to the City for a piece of ground lies before their Com- mittee; but when we shall get any farther, I know not : So I determined to begin my circuit as usual; but promised to retur whenever I should receive notice that our petition was granted On Sunday evening I set out, and on Tuesday reached March, 1776. ] Bristol. In theway I read over Mr. Boëhm's Sermons, Chap- lain to Prince George of Denmark, husband to Queen Anne. Hewas a person ofvery strong sense, and, in general, sound in his judgment. I remember hearing avery remarkable circum- stance concerning him, from Mr. Fraser, then Chaplain to St. George'sHospital. " One day," said he," I asked Mr. Boëhm, withwhom I was intimately acquainted, 'Sir, when you are sur- rounded by various persons, listening to one, and dictating to another, does not that vast hurry of business hinder your com- munion with God ?" He replied, ' I bless God, I have just then as full communionwith him, as if I was kneeling alone at the altar.'" Wed. 6.-I went down to Taunton, and at three in the after- noon opened the new preaching-house. The people showed great eagerness to hear. Will they at length know the day of their visitation ? Thursday, 7. I returned to Bristol ; which I left onMonday, 11 ; and having visited Stroud, Painswick, and Tewkesbury, on Wednesday, 20, came to Worcester. Thurs- day, 21. I was much refreshed among this loving people ; espe- cially by the select society, the far greater part of whom could still witness that God had saved them from inward as well as outward sin.