Wesley Corpus

Andyet most of the people hear and hear, and are just what they were before. Mon. 3.-I went on to Dundee. The congregation was large and attentive, as usual. But I found no increase, either of the society, or of the work of God. Tuesday, 4. The House at Arbroath was well filled with serious and attentive hearers. Only one or two pretty flutterers seemed inclined to laugh, if anywould have encouraged them. Wednesday, 5. We set out early, but did not reachAberdeen till between five and six in the evening. The congregations were large both morning andevening, and manyof them much alive to God. Friday, 7. We received a pleasing account of the work of God in the north. The flame begins to kindle even at poor, dull Keith : But muchmore at a little town near Fraserburg : And most of all at Newburgh, a small fishing town, fifteen miles from Aberdeen, where the soci- ety swiftly increases : And not only menand women, but a con- siderable number of children, are either rejoicing inGod or pant- ing after him. Sat. 8-. I walked with a friend to Mr. Lesley's seat, less than amile from the city. It is one ofthe pleasantest places of the kind I ever saw, either in Britain or Ireland. He has laid his gardens out on the side of a hill, which gives a fine prospect both of sea and land: And the variety is beyond what couldbe expected within so small a compass. But still Valeat possessor oportet, Si comportatis rebus bene cogitat uti . Unless a manhave peace within, he can enjoy none of the things That are round about him . *The love of finery among the poor. EDIT. [June, 1782. Sun. 9.-We had a lovely congregation in the morning,many ofwhom were athirst for full salvation. In the evening God sent forth his voice, yea, and that amighty voice. I think few of the congregationwereunmoved: And we never had amore solemn parting. Mon. 10. We went toArbroath ; Tuesday, 11, to Dun- dee; and Wednesday, 12, to Edinburgh. We had such congregations both that evening and the next, as had not been on aweek-day for many years: Some fruit of our labours here we have had already. Perhaps this is atoken that we shall have more. Fri. 14. We travelled through apleasant country to Kelso,