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respect, had only my labour for my pains ; yet I do not at all repent ofmyjourney : I have done my part ; let others bear their own burden. Going back nearly the sameway I came, on Saturday, 13, I reached Bristol. I had likewise good reward for my labour, in the recovery of my health, by a journey of five or six hundred miles . On Wednesday, 17, and the two following days, I visited several of the country societies ; and found most of them, not only increasing in number, but in the knowledge and love of God. Fri. 26. Observing thedeep poverty ofmanyof our brethren, I determined to do what I could for their relief. I spoke sever- ally to some thatwere ingood circumstances, and received about forty pounds. Next I inquired who were in the most pressing want, andvisited them at their own houses. I was surprised to find no murmuring spirits among them, but many that were truly happy in God; and all of them appeared to be exceeding thankful for the scanty reliefwhich they received. Sun. 28. It being a fair day, I snatched the opportunity of preaching abroad to twice or thrice as many as the Roomwould have contained. Wednesday, ОсTOBER 1. I preached at Bath, to such acongregation as I have not seen there of a long season. All my leisure hours this week I employed in visiting the remaining poor, and in begging for them. Having collected about fifty pounds more, I was enabled to relieve most of those that were in pressing distress. Mon. 6.-Leaving the societyin a more prosperous way than it had been for several years, I preached in the Devizes about noon, and at Sarum in the evening. Captain Webb lately kindled a flame here, and it is not yet gone out. Several persons were still rejoicing in God; and the people in general were much quickened. Tuesday, 7. I found his preaching in the street at Winchester had been blessed greatly. Many were more or less convinced of sin, and several had found peace with God. I never saw the preaching-house so crowded before with serious and attentive hearers. So was that at Portsmouth also. Wednesday, 8. We took a wherry for the Isle of Wight. Before we were half over, the sea rose, and the water washed [Oct. 1783.