Wesley Corpus

extremely crowded in the evening, and the whole congregation appeared to be wounded ; consequently,many attended in the morning. Tuesday, 13. I was desired to preach that evening, on, " Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling ; for it is God that worketh inyou both to will and to do of his good pleasure." Even the Calvinists were satisfied for the present; and readily acknowledged that we did not ascribe our salvation to our own works, but to the grace of God. Wed. 14. To awaken, if possible, the careless ones at Lod- don, at two in the afternoon, I opened and enforced those awful words, " Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. " In the evening, I applied those gracious words, " All things are ready ; come unto the marriage." After spending Thursday and Friday with the affectionate people at Lowestoft, on Saturday I returned to Norwich. Here I found about fifty missing out of the two hundred and sixteen whom I left in the society a year ago. Such fickleness I have not found any where else in the kingdom ; no, nor even in Ireland. Sun. 18. The chapel was full enough, both in the afternoon and the evening. I declared to them the whole counsel of God, and on Monday returned to London. Wednesday, 21 , being the National Fast, I preached in the new chapel in the morning, and at West-Street, in the afternoon. At this, as well as the two last Public Fasts, all places ofpublic worship were crowded : All shops were shut up ; all was quiet in the streets, and seriousness seemed to spread through the whole city. And one may hope even this outward acknowledgment of God is in a measure acceptable to him. Sun. 25. My brother, Mr. Richardson, and Mr. Bucking- ham being ill, I went through the Service at Spitalfields alone. The congregation was much larger thanusual ; but mystrength was as my day, both here, the new chapel, and afterwards at March, 1781.] 197 St. Antholin's church : The Service lasted till near nine ; but Iwas no more tired than at nine in the morning. Fri. MARCH 2.-We had our General Quarterly Meeting, and found the money subscribed this yearfor the payment of the public debt was between fourteen and fifteen hundred pounds.