Wesley Corpus

Above all, in the lovely grottoes, two ofwhich excel everything of the kind which I ever saw ; the fountain-grotto, made entirely of rock-work, admirably well imitating nature ; and the castle- grotto, into which you enter unawares, beneath a heap of ruins. This is within totally built of roots of trees, wonderfully inter- woven. On one side of it is a little hermitage, with a lamp, a chair, a table, and bones upon it. Others were delighted with the temples, but I was not : 1 . Because several of the statues about them were mean : 2. Because I cannot admire the images of devils ; and we know the gods of the Heathens are but devils: 3. Because I defy all mankind to reconcile statues with nudities, either to common sense or commondecency. Returning from thence through Maiden-Bradley, we saw the elumsy house ofthe Duke ofSomerset ; and afterwards the grand Nov. 1776 and elegant one of Lord Weymouth, beautifully situated in a lovely park . I went on to Midsummer-Norton, where the Rector, being applied to, cheerfully granted me the use of his church, and himselfmade one of the congregation. I preached on those words in the Second Lesson, " O thou of little faith,wherefore didst thou doubt ? " About two I preached in the new House, at Paulton, to a plain, simple, loving people ; and spent the evening at Kingswood, endeavouring to remove some little offences, which had arisen in the family. -About one I preached at Bath, as usual, to a crowded audience ; in the afternoon at Keynsham, where, at length, we see some fruit ofour labours. Thursday, 19. Find- ing few would come to the Room at Pill, I preached in the market-place. Many attended, and I am persuaded, God cut some of them to the heart. About six I preached at Pensford, and spent the evening with the lovely family at Publow. I preached in the Paddock, at Bedminster. It is plain (notwithstanding what some affirm) that the time of field- preaching is not past, while the people flock to it from every quarter. After reading Prayers, preaching, and administer- ing the sacrament, at Bristol, I hastened away to Kingswood, and preached under the trees to such a multitude as had not