Wesley Corpus

Sat. 23.-About noon I preached in the Town-Hall at Eves- ham, to a congregation of a very different kind. Few of them, I doubt, came from any other motive than to gratify their curi- osity. However, they were deeply attentive ; so that some of them, I trust, went away a little wiser than they came. I had been informed that Mr. Weston, the Minister of Campden, was willing I should preach in his church ; but, before I came, he had changed his mind. However, the Vicar of Pebworth was no weathercock ; so I preached in his church, Sunday, 24, morning and evening; and, I believe, not invain. Mon. 25.-I went on to Birmingham. I was surprised to hear that a good deal of platina was used there ; but, upon inquiry, I found it was not the true platina, an original metal between gold and silver, (being in weight nearest to gold, even as eighteen to nineteen,) but a mere compound of brass and spelter. Wed. 27. I preached at Dudley, in the midst of Antino- mians and backsliders, on , " We beseech you not to receive the 70 REV. J. WESLEY'S [April, 1776. grace of God in vain." In the evening I preached to our old flock at Wednesbury ; and the old spirit was among them. Fri. 29.-About eight I preached to avery large congregation even at Wolverhampton; and at six in the evening, to a mixed multitude in the market-place at Newcastle-under-Lyne. All were quiet now; the gentleman who made adisturbance when I was here last having been soon after called to his account. Sun. 31.I preached at Congleton. The Minister here having much disobliged his parishioners, most of the Gentry in thetowncame to the preaching, both at two in the afternoon, and in the evening ; and it was an acceptable time : I believe very few, rich or poor, came in vain. Mon. APRIL 1.-I went on to Macclesfield. That evening I preached in the House ; but it being far too small, on Tues- day, 2, I preached on the Green, near Mr. Ryle's door. There are no mockers here, and scarce an inattentive hearer. So mightily has the word of God prevailed ! Wed. 3.-Having climbed over the mountains, I preached at the New-Mills, in Derbyshire. The people here are quite