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love-feast, at which many spoke without reserve ; and several of them admirably well; showing that with the fear of the Lord is understanding. Tues. 4.-I met the select society, most ofthem walking in glorious liberty. Afterwards I went to Wentworth-House, the splendid seat of the late Marquis of Rockingham. He lately had forty thousand ayear in England, and fifteen or twenty thousand in Ireland. And whathas he now ? Six foot of earth. Aheap ofdust is all remains of thee ! 'Tis all thou art, and allthe proud shall be. The situation of the house is very fine. It commands a large and beautifulprospect. Before the house is an openview ; behind, a few acres ofwood ; but not laid out with anytaste. The green-houses are large; but I did not observe anything curious in them. The front of the house is large and magnifi- cent, but not yet finished. The entrance is noble, the saloon exceeding grand, and so are several of the apartments. Fewof the pictures are striking: I think none ofthem to be compared with some in Fonmon Castle. The most extraordinary thing I saw was the stables : A Square, fit for a royal palace, all built of fine stone, and near as large as the old Quadrangle at Christ- Church in Oxford. But for what use were these built ? To show that the owner had near threescore thousand pounds ayear! O how much treasure might he have laid up inheaven, with all thismammonof unrighteousness ! About one I preached at Thorpe, to three or four times as many as the preaching- house would have contained; and in the evening to the well- instructed and well-behaved congregation at Sheffield. O what has God wrought in this town ! The leopard now lies down withthekid. Wed. 5.-Notice was given, without my knowledge, of my July, 1786.] JOURNAL. 341 preaching at Belper, seven miles short of Derby. I was nothing glad of this, as it obliged me to quit the turnpike-road, to hob- ble over a miserable common. The people, gathered from all parts, were waiting. So I went immediately to the market- place ; and, standing under alarge tree, testified, " This is life eternal, to know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent." The House at Derby was throughly