Wesley Corpus

And cease at once to work and live. Sun. 29.-At ten I began the Service in theEnglish church in Utrecht. I believe all the English in the city were present, and forty or fifty Hollanders. I preached on 1 Cor. xiii.; I think, as scarchingly as ever in my life. Afterwards a merchant invited me to dinner : For six years he had been at death's door by an asthma, andwas extremely ill last night ; but this morning, without any visible cause, he was well, and walked across the city to the church. He seemed to be deeply acquainted with religion, and made me promise, if I came to Utrecht again, to make his house my home. In the evening a large companyofus met atMiss L.'s, where I was desired to repeat the substance of my morning sermon. I did so : Mr. Toydemea (the Professor of Law in the Uni- versity) interpreting it sentence by sentence. They then sung a Dutch hymn; and we an English one. Afterwards Mr. Regulet, a venerable old man, spent some time in prayer, for the establishment of peace and love between the two nations. Utrecht hasmuch the look of an English town. The streets are broad, and have many noble houses. In quietness and stillness it much resembles Oxford. The country all round is like agarden: And the people I conversed with are not only civil and hospi- table, but friendly and affectionate, even as those atAmsterdam. July, 1783.] 257 Mon. 30. We hired acoach for Rotterdam, at half-a-crown per head. We dined at Gouda, at M. Van Flooten's, Minister ofthe town, who received us with all possible kindness. Before dinnerwe went into the church, famous for its paintedwindows ; butwe had not time to survey a tenth part ofthem : We could only observe, in general, that the colours were exceeding lively, and the figures exactlyproportioned. In the evening we reached once more the hospitable house ofMr. Loyal, at Rotterdam. Tues. JULY 1.-I called on asmany as I couldofmy friends, andwe partedwith much affection. We then hired a yacht, which brought us to Helvoetsluys, about eleven the next day. At two we went on board ; but the wind turning against us, we did not reach Harwich till about nine on Friday morning. After a little rest we procured a carriage, and reached London about eleven at night.