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ing we came to Philipstown, which we had forsaken for near forty years ; yet at length there is a prospect of good. A little society is formed; and some troopers, who are part of it, keep all the town in awe. The congregation was as quiet asthat in Dublin, both in the evening and at seven in the morning. Here is seed sown once more ; and God is able to give a plentiful harvest. Tues. 17.-I crossed over to my old friends at Tyrrel's Pass. It was supposed the House would hold the congregation inthe evening, but it would hardly contain a fourth part of them : So I preached in the yard, not only to Protestants, but (I was informed) most of the Papists in the town ; and we found God was no respecter of persons. Wednesday. 18. The House was well filled in the morning, andwe hadacomfortable season; as also at Coolylough in the evening, where God spoke to many : hearts. Thursday, 19. About noon I preached at Kenagh, to a numerous congregation : Formany years we seemed to be beat- ing the air here ; but a few months since, God so blessed the preaching of poor John Bredin,just tottering over the grave, that we have now a lively society, swiftly increasing both in grace and number. We went hence to Longford, where a mul- titude of people soon assembled in the Town-Hall. I found much liberty of speech, and I have seldom seen a congregation more affected. I observed one genteel woman, who kept her eyes fixed, from the beginning to the end; andwas agreeably surprised, when she called upon me, to find one ofmy old flock at Castlebar. Once more she has set her hand to the plough: May she never look back ! Fri. 20.-I went to Athlone, and preached in the evening to April, 1787.1 JOURNAL . 369 acongregation of deeper experience than any I had seen since I left Dublin. Yet the nextday I thought it expedient to press upon them the advice of the Apostle, " Let him that assuredly standeth" (so it should be rendered) "take heed lest he fall." Sun. 22. I opened and applied that glorious text, " The help that is done upon earth, he doeth it himself." Is it not strange that this text, Psalm lxxiv. 12, is vanished out of the