Wesley Corpus

At nine I preached in Awkborough, to a people of quite another kind. So I spoke to them directly of "Christ Crucified," and the salvation which is through him. About noon I preached to a people of the same spirit at Amcoats. In the evening, the House at Swinfleet not being able to contain a third of the congregation, I preached on a smooth, green place, sheltered 406 REv. J. wesley's July, 1770. from the wind, on Heb. vii. 25. Many rejoiced to hear of being "saved to the uttermost," the very thing which their souls longed after. I preached in the market-place at Thorne: All were quiet, and tolerably attentive. About moon I preached at Crowle. This is the place, the former Rector of which, contemporary with my father, ordered those words to be inscribed upon his tomb-stone: ert Iits the 3300p or" FoRTY YEARS RECTOR OF THIS PARISH. "All the day long have I stretched out my hands Unto a disobedient and gainsaying people. So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lusts, And let them follow their own imaginations." They did follow them for many years; but at length God hath visited them. Friday and Saturday I spent at Epworth. Sunday, 22. About eight I preached at Misterton; at one about half a mile from Haxey church; and at five on Epworth Cross, to the largest congregation in Lincolnshire, on, "I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ." I preached at Doncaster and Rotherham; on Tuesday and Wednesday at Sheffield. On Wednesday evening my heart was so enlarged, that I knew not how to leave off. Do some say, "I preach longer than usual when I am barren?" It is quite the contrary with me. I never exceed, but when I am full of matter; and still I consider it may not be with my audience as with me. So that it is strange if I exceed my time above a quarter of an hour. On Thursday and Friday I preached at Creitch, Derby, Burton-upon-Trent, and Ashby. Saturday, 28. I rode to Castle-Donnington; but hay-making had emptied the town, till a violent shower brought all the hay-makers home, who received the good word with gladness. At seven I preached in Nottingham; Sunday, 29, at Sanjaker, where God was eminently present. At five in the evening I went to the market-place in Nottingham.