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day at two. I preached at five in the morning to morethan the House would well contain. Mon. 27-. I left Bristol ; about eleven I preached in the Devizes ; and in the evening at Sarum. I do not know that ever I saw the House so crowded before, with high and low, Oct. 1790. ] JOURNAL. 495 rich and poor : So that I hope we shall again see fruit here also. Wed. 29.-About noon I preached at Winton. The congre- gationwas larger than usual, and, what was stranger still, seemed not a little affected ! How long have we cast our bread upon the waters here ! And shall we find it again after many days ? In the evening I preached to a crowded and deeply-attentive congregation at Portsmouth-Common. Thursday, 30. It being a lovely morning, we went in a wherry, through Cowes har- bour, to Newport ; one of the pleasantest, neatest, and most elegant towns in the King's dominions. Both the nights I preached here, the preaching-house would by no means contain the congregation. I was likewise well pleased with the poor, plain, artless society. Here, at least, we havenot lost our labuor. Friday, OCTOBER 1. We purposed to return to Portsmouth, (about twenty miles,) it being a calm sunshiny morning, in the wherry we came ; but a friend offering us a kind of hoy, we willingly accepted his offer. It was well he did ; for as soon as we were out of the harbour, the wind rose, and the sea raged horribly. The wherry would soon have been swallowed up. Thewaves washed over us on both sides. Having no decks, we were well soaked from head to foot ; but, before noon, we got safe to Portsmouth. Sat. 2-. Setting out, as usual, at two, we came to Cobham between ten and eleven ; and found a party of our friends from Londonready to receive us. We walked an hour in thegardens ; but the innkeeper informed us, strangers were not admitted, unless on Tuesday and Friday. However,hearing Mr. Hopkins was at home, I sent in my name, and desired thatfavour ; which was immediately granted. We spent an hour very agreeably in those lovely walks ; but still the eye was not satisfied with seeing. An immortal spirit canbe satisfied with nothing but seeingGod.