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tion in the evening. Surely we shall see more fruit in this city ; but first we shall have need of patience. Mon. 4-Mr. Broadbent preached at five, and I at eleven, and he in the evening. He did the same on Tuesday, 5. At June, 1787.1 JOURNAL . 381 noon we took awalk in the Bishop's garden, and saw his delight- ful summer-house; aroom fifty feet long, finished with the utmost elegance; and situated on the point ofa hill that commands the river and all the country : But his Lordship has utterly forsaken it; for it is no longer new. Wed. 6.-I took leave of my dear friends at Londonderry, and drove to Newtown Limavaddy. I had no design to preach there ; but while we were at breakfast, the people were gathered so fast, that I could not deny them : The House was soon filled from end to end. I explained to them the fellow- ship believers have with God. Thence I went on to Coleraine, and preached at six (as I did two years ago) in the barrack-yard. The wind was high and sharp enough ; but the people here are good old soldiers. Many attended at five in the morning, and a huge congregation about six in the evening ; most of whom, I believe, tasted the good word ; for God was with us of a truth. Friday, 8. I could willingly have stayed a little longer with this steady, affectionate people ; but I broke from them between six and seven ; and went forward, as well as the heavy rain and a tired horse would permit. About two we reached Ballymena, where we have a small and poor, but well-established, society. The Presbyterian Minister offering his meeting-house, I willingly accepted his offer ; and explained to a large congre- gation, " God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself. " And I believe his word fell on many " as the rain, and as the dew upon the tender herb." Sat. 9. We went through a lovely country to Antrim. Here likewise the Presbyterian Minister offered me the use of a large and commodious House. The Bible in the pulpit lying open, I chose, for the subject of my discourse, the words which first met my eye ; namely, " Whenthey had nothing to pay, he