Wesley Corpus

26. I rode to Llanelly, and at six read Prayers, and preached in another large church, almost as ruinous as that at Pembroke. The congregation was numerous; yet most of them seemed to understand what they heard. Tuesday, 27. We crept through a right Welsh road, and reached Oxwych between twelve and one. The congregation had waited for some time; so I began without delay. The road to Swansea was a little better; so I reached the town in time; and at six preached in the yard, as our Room would contain hardly a third of the people. Wednesday, 28. I called at Neath, on one of our friends; but, before I could sit down, was informed a congregation was waiting for me. This I had no thought of: However, I gave them a short sermon, and hastened on to Coy church, near Bridge-End. I preached as deliberately as possible, as great part of the audience were Welsh: And I believe, by this means, all of them could understand at least the substance of the discourse. About six I preached in the Town-Hall, at Cowbridge, to high and low, rich and poor; and the two next evenings in the Court-House at Cardiff, to a still larger congregation. After wards we had a comfortable love-feast, which brought to our mind former days, when we praised God with Ann Jenkins, Arthur Price, and Thomas Glascott, before Thomas Prosser sowed the deadly tares among them. I returned to Bristol, and in part of the following week visited some of the neighbouring societies. Friday, SEPTEMBER 6. I spent an hour among our children at Kingswood. It is strange How long shall we be con strained to weave Penelope's web 7 What is become of the wonderful work of grace which God wrought in them last September? It is gone ! It is lost ! It is vanished away ! There is scarce any trace of it remaining ! Then we must begin again; and in due time we shall reap, if we faint not. I read over Dr. Cadogan's ingenious treatise on Oct. 1771. JOURNAL. 443 Chronical Distempers. It is certainly true that "very few of them are properly hereditary;" that most of them spring either from indolenee, or intemperance, or irregular passions. But why should he condemn wine toto genere, which is one of the noblest cordials in nature?