Wesley Corpus

the Court-House was filled from end to end: And such was the attention of all, high and low, that I hope many of them will bring forth fruit to perfection. May, 1785.1 Wed. 4.-At five in the morning the Court-House was thoroughly filled. So in the evening I preached in the Mall, where the congregation was much the same as the last at Water- ford ; only that they were in general Protestants, as are most in the town ; who are also some of the most courteous and quiet people in the kingdom. Thur. 5.-Before I came half way to Cork, I was met by about thirty horsemen. We dined at Middleton, and then rode on through a pleasant, well-cultivated country to Cork . In the evening, many in the crowded congregation were much comforted. Fri. 6.-I made an exact inquiry into the state of the society. I found the number was about four hundred, many of whom were greatly in earnest. Many children, chiefly girls, were indisputably justified; some of them were likewise sanctified, andwere patterns of all holiness. But how shall we keep up the flame that is now kindled, not only in Cork, but in many parts ofthe nation ? Not by sitting still ; but by stirring up the gift of God that is in them ; by uninterrupted watchfulness ; by warning every one and exhort- ing every one ; by besieging the throne with all the powers of prayer; and, after all, some will, and some will not, improve the grace which they have received. Therefore there must be a falling away. We are not to be discouraged at this ; but todo all that in us lies to-day,leaving the morrow to God. Sat. 7.-On this day that venerable saint, Mr. Perronet, desired his grandaughter, Miss Briggs, who attended him day and night, to go out into the garden, and take a little air. He was reading, and hearing her read, the three last chapters of Isaiah. When she returned, he was in a kind of ecstasy ; the tears running down his cheeks, from a deep sense ofthe glorious things which were shortly to come to pass. He continued unspeakably happy that day, and on Sundaywas, if possible, happier still. And indeed heaven seemed to be as it were opened to all that were round about him. When he was inbed,