Wesley Corpus

No such thing inhis conduct as the whole affair of Dido is in the Trojan Hero. Meantime, who is Ewen Cameron ? Is it not Doctor Blair ? And is not one great part of this publication to aggrandize the character of the old Highlanders, as brave, hospitable, generous men ? In the evening I preached to a large congregation at Gains- borough, in Sir Nevil Hickman's yard. But Sir Nevil is no more, and has left no son ; so the very name of that ancient family is lost ! And how changed is the house since I was young, and good Sir Willoughby Hickman lived here ! One of the towers is said to have been built in the reign of King Stephen, above six hundred years ago. But it matters not ; yet a little while, and the earth itself, with all the works of it, will be burned up. Sat. 24. I preached at New Inn ; afterwards at Newark,- one of the most elegant towns in England; and in the evening at Retford, on, " I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God." Sun. 25.-I preached at Misterton. I was grieved to see so small a congregation at Haxey church. Itwas not sowhen Mr. Harle lived here. O what a curse in this poor land are pluralities and non-residence ! But these are evils that God alone can cure. About one I preached at Overthorpe, where the spreading trees sheltered both me and the congregation. But we had a far larger at Epworth, between four and five in the afternoon. Surely God will visit this place yet again, and lift up them that are fallen. Mon. 26. I read Prayers and preached in Owstone church, thoroughly filled with attentive hearers ; and again at nine in the morning. Tuesday, 27. At one in the afternoon I preached at Belton. While Iwas preaching, three little children, the eldest six years old, the youngest two and a half, whom their mother had left at dinner, straggled out, and got to the side of a well, *The following is Warton's translation of this quotation from Virgil :- The good Æneas am I call'd ; my fame, And brave exploits, have reach'd the starry frame.-EDIT. which was near the house. The youngest leaning over, fell in The others striving to pull it out, the boardgaveway ; inconse-