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five persons did so ; about as many men as women. explained to them the nature of a Christian society, and they willingly joined therein. Mon. 25. I spent an agreeable hour at the Boarding-School April, 1782. ] in Sheriff- Hales. I believe the Misses Yeomans are well qualified for their office. Several of the children are under strong drawings. We then went on to Newcastle-under-Lyne. (This is the name of a little river which runs near the town.) Tuesday, 26. I found many at Burslem, too, under sad appre- hensions of the public danger : So I applied to these also those comfortable words, " I will not destroy it for ten's sake." Thur. 28. Coming to Congleton, I found the Calvinists were just breaking in, and striving to make havoc of the flock. Is this brotherly love? Is this doing as we would be done to ? No more than robbing on the highway. But if it is decreed, they cannot help it : So we cannot blame them. MARCH 29.-(Being Good-Friday.) I came to Macclesfield just time enough to assist Mr. Simpson in the laborious service of the day. I preached for him morning and afternoon ; andwe administered the sacrament to about thirteen hundred persons. While wewere administering, I heard a low, soft, solemn sound, just like that of an Eolian harp. It continued five or six mi- nutes, and so affected many,that theycould not refrainfrom tears. It then gradually died away. Strange that no other organist (that I know) should think of this. In the evening, I preached at our Room. Herewas that harmony which artcannot imitate. Sat. 30.-As our friends at Leek, thirteen miles from Mac- clesfield, would take no denial, I went over, and preached about noon to alovely congregation. God bore witness to his word in an uncommon manner, so that I could not think much ofmy labour. MARCH 31.-(Being Easter-Day.) I preached inthe church, morning and evening, where we had about eight hundred com- municants. In the evening, we had a love-feast ; and such an one as I had not seen for many years. Sixteen or eighteen per- sons gave a clear, scriptural testimony of being renewed in love. Andmany others told what God had done for their souls, with inimitable simplicity. Mon. APRIL 1.-We set out in the morning for Chapel-en-