Wesley Corpus

2. To my never having lost a night's sleep, sick or well, at land or at sea, since I was born ? 3. To my having sleep at command ; so that whenever I feel myself almost worn out, I call it, and it comes, day or night ? 4. To my having constantly, for above sixty years, risen at four in the morning ? 5. To my constant preaching at five inthe morning, for above fifty years ? [June, 1788. 6. To my having had so little pain in my life; and so little sorrow, or anxious care ? Even now, though I find pain daily in my eye, or temple, or arm; yet it is never violent, and seldom lasts many minutes at atime. Whether or not this is sent to give mewarning that I am shortly to quit this tabernacle, I do not know ; but be it one way or the other, I have only to say, My remnant of days I spend to his praise Who died the whole world to redeem : Be they many or few, My days are his due, Andthey all are devoted to Him ! I preached in the morning on Psalm xc. 12 ; in the evening on Acts xiii. 40, 41 ; and endeavoured to improve the hours between to the best advantage. Sun. 29. At eight I preached at Misterton, as usual ; about one to a numerous congregation at Newby, near Haxey ; and about four at my old stand in Epworth market-place, to the great congregation. Here there used to be a few mockers ; but there were none now : All appeared serious as death, while I applied those solemn words. " When the breath of man goeth forth, " &c. We concluded with a love-feast, at which many declared, with an excellent spirit, the wonderful works of God. Mon. 30.-About eight I preached in Scotter ; and found it good to be there. About eleven I preached in Scowby, two miles from Brigg, to a very numerous and serious congregation. In the afternoon, going just by that curious building, Mr. Pelham's Mausoleum, I alighted, and took aview of it within and without. The like, I suppose, is not to be found in England. : It is exactly round, fifty-two feet in diameter, and will be sixty-