Wesley Corpus

I found, could hear. Such another multitude assembled near Huddersfield in the evening. Many of these had never heard a Methodist Preacher before ; yet they all behaved well. Mon. 9. I spent one hour more at Otley. Spectaculum Deo dignum ! * I have not before seen so triumphant an instance of the power offaith. Though in constant pain, she has no com- plaint : So does the glory ofGod overshadow her, and swallow up her will in his ! She is indeed All praise, all meekness, and all love. Wed. 11. I had appointed to preach in the new preaching- house at Colne. Supposing it would be sufficiently crowded, I went a little before the time ; so that the galleries were but half full when I came into the pulpit. Two minutes after, the whole left-handgallery fell at once, with a hundred and fifty or two hundred persons. Considering the height, and the weight of people, one would have supposed many lives would have been lost. But I did not hear of one. Does not God give his angels charge over them that fear him ? When the hurry was a little over, I went into the adjoining meadow, and quietly declared the whole counsel ofGod. On Thursday and Friday I preached at Halifax, Daw-Green, Asight worthy ofGod himself. EDIT. [June,1777. Horbury, and Wakefield. On Saturday I wrote " Thoughts upon God's Sovereignty." To a cool man, I think the whole matter will appear to rest on a single point:-As Creator, he could not but act according to his own sovereign will : But as Governor he acts, not as a mere Sovereign, but according to justice and mercy. Mon. 16. I met the class of children at Rothwell. This consisted last year of elevenyoung maidens. They are increased to twenty. I think, seventeen or eighteen of them are now rejoicing in the love of God. And their whole behaviour is suitable thereto, adorning the doctrine of God our Saviour. Afterwards I went on to Rotherham, and was glad to find, that the society is not discouraged by the death of that good man, William Green, who had been as a father to them from the beginning. He never started either at labour or suffering ; but went on calm and steady, trusting Godwith himselfand his eight