Wesley Corpus

were risen with him to set their affections on the things above. May, 1790.1 Here I met with one ofthe most extraordinary phenomena that I ever saw, or heard of:-Mr. Sellers hasin his yard a large New- foundland dog, and an old raven. These have fallen deeply in love with each other, and never desire to be apart. The bird has learned the bark of the dog, so that few can distinguish them. She is inconsolable when he goes out ; and, if he stays out a day or two, she will get up all the bones and scraps she can, and hoard them up for him till he comes back. Wed. 7.-About eleven I preached at Warrington. The chapel was well filled with serious hearers ; but the great con- gregationwas at Liverpool. If those without were added to those within, I believe it would have exceeded even that at Manchester ; and surely the power of God was present with them also. Thur. 8. Such another congregation we had on Thursday, among whom were many that had never been there before. They seemed utterly amazed when I explained, “ Now faith is the evidence of things unseen." I believe many were then con- vinced ; but, alas, how soon will that conviction die away ! Fri. 9. We went to Wigan, for many years proverbially called, wicked Wigan : But it is not now what it was : The inha- bitants in general have taken a softer mould. The House in the evening was more than filled ; and all that could get in seemed to be greatly affected, while I strongly applied our Lord's words , " I will ; be thou clean." Saturday, 10. I crossed over to North- wich, and again found the wisdom ofjudging nothing before the time. The removal, which I used to ascribe to caprice, I find was the effect of necessity. Awretched man, who had persuaded his father-in-law to give the staff out of his own hands, now abridges him of half his five hundred ayear ; and has the con- science to take fifty pounds a year out of the remainder, for the board of his son, apprenticed to him. In the evening I preached in the lovely House at Bolton, to one of the loveliest congrega- tions in England; who, by patient continuance in well-doing,