Wesley Corpus

nounced the blessing, and quietly walked away. I know not that ever I felt it hotter in Georgia than it was here this afternoon. Sun. SEPTEMBER 3.-I preached three times at Bath; and, I believe, not without a blessing. Wednesday, 6. I preached at Paulton. The flame, kindled last year, still continues to burn here : And, (what is strange,) though so many have set their hand to the plough, there are none that look back. In all the number, I do not find so much as one backslider . Thur. 7-. I spent an hour with the children, the most diffi- cult part of our work. About noon I preached to a large and serious congregation at Chew-Magna ; in the evening, to a still more serious company at Stoke ; where Mr. Griffin is calmly waiting for the call that summons him to Abraham's bosom. [Oct. 1780. Mon. 11.-As I drew near Bath, I wondered what haddrawn such a multitude of people together, till I learnt, that one ofthe Members for the city had given an ox tobe roasted whole. But their sport was sadly interrupted by heavy rain which sent them home faster than they came ; many of whom dropped in at our chapel, where I suppose they never had been before. Tues. 12. At the invitation of that excellent woman, Mrs. Turner, I preached about noon in her chapel in Trowbridge. Asmost of the hearers were Dissenters, I did not expect to do much good. However, I have done myduty : God will look to the event. Thur. 14. I read Prayers and preached in Clutton church: But it was with great difficulty, because ofmyhoarseness ; which so increased, that in four-and-twenty hours I could scarce speak at all. At night I usedmy never-failing remedy, bruised gar- lick applied to the soles of the feet. This cured my hoarseness in six hours : In one hour it cured my lumbago,the pain in the small of my back, which I had had ever since I came from Cornwall. Wed. 20.-I preached in the market-place at Pill, to the most stupid congregation I have lately seen. Thursday, 21. I married Mr. Horton and Miss Durbin. May they be patterns to all aroundthem ! Sunday, 24. I preached in Temple church, the most beautiful and the most ancient in Bristol. Sun. OCTOBER 1.-Ipreached, as usual, morning and evening