Wesley Corpus

again as this day ; but God's thoughts were not as my thoughts. Here we are, shut up in Jersey ; for how long we cannot tell. But it is all well ; for thou, Lord, hast done it. It is my part to improve the time, as it is not likely I shall ever have another opportunity of visiting these islands. Tues. 28-. Being still detained by contrarywinds, I preached at six in the evening to a larger congregation than ever, in the assembly-room. It conveniently contains five or six hundred people. Most of the Gentry were present ; and I believe felt that Godwas there in an uncommon degree. Being still detained, I preached there again the next evening, to a larger congregation than ever. I now judged, I had fully delivered my ownsoul: 1 And in the morning, the wind serving for Guernsey, and not for Southampton, I returned thither not unwillingly ; since it was not by my choice, but by the clear providence of God ; for in the afternoon I was offered the use of the assembly-room; a spacious chamber in the market-place,which would contain at least thrice as many as our former Room. I willingly accepted the offer, and preached at six to such a congregation as I had not seen here before ; and the word seemed to sink deep into their hearts. I trust it willnot return empty. Wed. 29. I designed to have followed the blow in the morn- ing; but I had quite lostmy voice. However, it was restored in the evening ; and I believe all in the assembly-room (more than the last evening) heard distinctly, while I explainedand applied, " I saw the dead, small and great,stand before God." In the morning, Thursday, 30, I took a solemn leave of the society. We set out about nine, and reached St. Peter's in the afternoon. Good is the will of the Lord. I trust he has something more for us to do here also. After preaching to a larger congregation than was expected on so short a notice, on, "God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself," I returned to Mont-Plaisir, to stay just as long as it should please God. I preached there in the morning, Friday, 31, to a congregation Sept. 1787. ] JOURNAL. 397 serious as death . Afterwards I looked over Archbishop Usher's