Wesley Corpus

Mon. 23. I came once more to Carmarthen. Finding the people here (as indeed in every place) under a deep consterna- tion through the terrible reports which flew on every side, I cried aloud in the market-place, " Sayye unto the righteous, it shall be well with him." God made it aword in season to them, and many were no longer afraid. Aug. 1779.] JOURNAL. Tues. 24.-Setting out immediately after preaching, about eight I preached at Kidwelly, about nine miles from Carmar- then, to a very civil and unaffected congregation. At eleven, though the sun was intensely hot, I stood at the end of the church-yard in Llanelly, and took occasion from a passing-bell, strongly to enforce those words, " It is appointed unto men once to die. " About six I preached at Swansea to a large congrega- tion, without feeling any weariness. Wed. 25. I preached at five ; andabout eight in the Town- Hall at Neath. In the afternoon I preached in the church near Bridge-End, to a largercongregation than I ever saw there before; and at six, in the Town-Hall at Cowbridge, much crowded, and hot enough. The heat made it a little more difficult to speak ; but, by the mercy of God, I was no more tired when I had done, than when I rose in the morning. Thur. 26. I preached at five, and again at eleven. I think this was the happiest time ofall. The poor and the rich seemed to be equally affected. O how are the times changed at Cow- bridge, since the people compassed the house where I was, and poured in stones from every quarter ! But my strength was then according to my day; and (blessed be God ! ) so it is still. In the evening I preached in the large hall at Mr. Matthews's in Llandaff. Andwill the rich also hear the words of eternal life? " With God all things are possible." Fri. 27. I preached at Cardiff about noon, and at six in the evening. We then went on to Newport ; and setting out early in the morning, reached Bristol in the afternoon. Sunday, 29. Ihada very large number of communicants. It was oneof the hottest days I have known in England. The thermometer rose to eighty degrees ;-as high as it usually rises in Jamaica.