Wesley Corpus

man with a loaded blunderbuss, and another upon the coach. Sun. 25. Both the chapels were full enough. On Monday, I retired to Lewisham to write. Tuesday, AUGUST 3. Our Conference began; which continued and ended in peace and love. Sunday, 8. I was at West-Street in the morning, and at the new chapel in the evening, when I took a solemn leave of the affectionate congregation. This was the last night which I spent at the Foundery. What hath Godwrought there in one- and-forty years ! Mon. AUGUST 9.-1 set out for Wales, with my brother and his family. In the evening I preached at Oxford ; the next, at Witney. Wednesday. We went on to Gloucester, where I preached with much satisfaction to a crowded audience. Thursday, 12. Wewent on to Monmouth, where the late storm is blown over. I preached at six in the evening, but did not observe one inattentive person then, any more than at five in themorning. Fri. 13.-As I was going down a steep pair of stairs, my foot slipped, and I fell down several steps. Falling on the edge of one of them, it broke the case of an Almanack, which was in my pocket, all to pieces. The edge of another stair met my right buckle, and snapped the steel chape ofit in two ; but I was not hurt. So doth our good Master give his angels charge overus ! In the evening I preached at Brecknock ; and, leav- ingmybrother there, on Saturday, 14, went forward to Car- marthen. This evening, and in the morning, Sunday, 15, the new preaching-house contained the congregation ; but in the after- noon we had, I think, the largest congregation I ever saw in Wales. I preached on the Gospel for the day, the story of the Pharisee and the Publican ; and I believe many were constrained to cry out, for the present, " God be merciful to me a sinner ! " Mon. 16. In the evening I preached in the market-place again, to a very serious congregation ; many ofwhom were in tears, and felt the word ofGod to be sharper than a two-edged sword. Tues. 17-. Having some steep mountains to climb, I took a pair of post-horses. About four miles from the town, one of : them began to kick and flounce, without any visible cause, till