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uncomfortable place,) and in the evening at Liverpool. The House was extremely crowded, and I found great liberty of spirit ; but still more the next evening, while Iwas openingand applying the parable of the Sower. How much seed has been sown in this town ! And, blessed be God, all is not lost. Some has brought forth thirty, some sixty, and some a hundred fold. Fri. 18.-Notice having been given at Wigan ofmy preach- ing a sermon for the Sunday-schools, the people flocked from all quarters in such amanner as never was seen before. I spoke with all possible plainness on, "Repent ye, and believe the Gospel; " and it seemed to sink deep into the hearts of the hearers. Surely " the kingdom ofheaven is at hand." Sat. 19. Wewent on to Bolton, where I preached in the evening in one of the most elegant Houses in the kingdom, and to one of the liveliest congregations. And this I must avow, there is not such a set of singers in anyof the Methodist congre- gations in the three kingdoms. There cannot be ; for we have near ahundred such trebles, boys and girls, selected out of our Sunday-schools, and accuratelytaught, as arenot found together [April, 1788. in any chapel, cathedral, or music-room within the four seas. Besides, the spirit with which they all sing, and the beauty of many of them, so suits the melody, that I defy any to exceed it ; except the singing of angels in our Father's house. Sun. 20. At eight, and at one, the House was throughly filled. About three I met between nine hundred anda thousand of the children belonging to our Sunday-schools. I never saw such a sight before. They were all exactly clean, as well as plain, in their apparel. All were serious and well-behaved. Many, both boys and girls, had as beautiful faces as, I believe, England or Europe can afford. When they all sung together, and none of them out of tune, the melody was beyond that of any theatre ; and, what is best of all, many of them truly fear God, and some rejoice in his salvation. These are a pattern to all the town. Their usual diversion is to visit the poorthatare sick, (sometimes six, or eight, or ten together,) to exhort, com- fort, and praywith them. Frequently ten or more of them get