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they were at Newcastle in the evening, while I explained and strongly applied, " I am the all-sufficient God: Walk before me, and be thou perfect." Sun. 8.-I preached at the Ballast-Hills, about half an hour after eight. I think thecongregationwasnearlydouble to that Ihad here two years ago ; and they increased in earnestness as much as in number. About two I preached at Gateshead-Fell, to I suppose twice as many as were at the Ballast-Hills, on the joy that is in heaven "over one sinner that repenteth." Though the sunwas very hot, and the windverycold, the people regarded neither one nor the other. They seemed only to attend to the voice of God, and the breathing of his Spirit. In the evening I preached near the Keelmen's Hospital, within sight of the place where I preached the first Sunday I was at Newcastle ; and I think to the largest congregation which Ihave seen at Newcastle since that time. The Second Lesson June, 1788.1 JOURNAL. 423 for the Evening Service supplied me with a text, 2 Cor. vi. 1 : "We then, as workers," &c. The people appeared to devour the word, and I did not spare them. I was then ready to say, "Now I am clear from the blood of these men." No, I dare not ! Ijudge not my own self! He thatjudgeth me is the Lord. Mon. 9. I preached at Durham about eleven, to more than theHouse could contain. Even in this polite and elegant city, we now want a larger chapel. In the evening I preached near our preaching-house, to a large multitude ; I think, as numerous as that at Gateshead-Fell. Many of the Durham Militia, with several of their officers, were there: And all of them seemed to receive the word, "not as the word of man; but, as it is indeed, the word of God." Tues. 10. We went through one of the pleasantest countries I ever saw, to Darlington. Before I left Newcastle, I was desired to read a strange account of a young woman, late of Darlington. But I told the personwho brought it, " I can form no judgment till I talk with Margaret Barlow herself." This morning she came to me, and again in the afternoon ; and I asked her abundance of questions. I was soon convinced, that