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two at Pudsey. Afterwards I walked to Fulneck, the German settlement. Mr. Moore showed us the house, chapel, hall, lodging-rooms, the apartments of the widows, the single men, and single women. He showed us likewise the workshops of various kinds, with the shops for grocery, drapery, mercery, hardware, &c., withwhich, aswellaswith bread from their bake- house, they furnish the adjacent country. I see not what but the mighty power of God can hinder them from acquiring mil- [April,1780. lions ; as they, 1. Buy all materials with readymoney at the best hand : 2. Have above a hundred young men, above fifty young women, many widows, and above a hundred married per- sons ; all of whom are employed from morning to night, without any intermission, in various kinds ofmanufactures, not for jour- neymen's wages, but for no wages at all, save a little very plain food and raiment : As they have, 3. Aquick sale for all their goods, and sell them all for ready money. But can they lay up treasure on earth, and at the same time lay up treasure inheaven ? In the evening I preached at Bradford, where I was well pleased to find many, both men andwomen, who had never suf- fered any decay since they were perfected in love. Wednes- day, 19. I went to Otley ; but Mr. Ritchie was dead beforel came. But he had first witnessed a good confession. One "י telling him, " You will be better soon ; he replied, " I cannot be better ; for I have God inmy heart. I am happy, happy, happy in his love." Mr. Wilson, the Vicar, after a little hesitation, consented that I should preach his funeral sermon : This I did to-day. The text he had chosen was, " To you that believe, he is precious." Perhaps such a congregation had hardly been in Otley church before. Surely the right hand of the Lord bringeth mighty things to pass ! Sun. 23. Mr. Richardson being unwilling that I should preach anymore in Haworth church, Providence opened ano- ther : I preached in Bingley church,both morning and after- noon. This is considerably larger than the other. It rained hard in the morning : This hindered many ; so that those who did come, got in pretty well in the forenoon ; but in the afternoon