Wesley Corpus

ofimportance, either to me or any man living. -Dr. Kershaw, the Vicar of Leeds, desired me to assist him at the sacrament. It was a solemn season. We were ten Clergymen, and seven or eight hundred communicants. Mr. Atkinson desired me to preach in the afternoon. Such a congregation had been seldom seen there ; but I preached to a much larger in our own House at five ; and I found nowant of strength. -. After having visited the intermediate societies, I came to Darlington, and found some of the liveliest people in the north ofEngland. All but one or two of the society are justified ; great part of them partakers of the great salvation ; and all of them seem to retain their first simplicity, and to be as teachable as little children. I preached in the market-place ; and all the congre- gation behaved well, but a party of the Queen's Dragoons. Monday, 10. I preached at Barnard-Castle ; and saw a quite different behaviour in the Durham Militia ; the handsomest body of soldiers I ever saw, except in Ireland. The next even- ing they all came, both Officers and soldiers, andwere a pattern to the whole congregation. In myjourney to Brough, (where I preached at noon,) I read over a volume of Dr. Blair's Ser- mons. He is an elegant, but not a deep, writer ; much resem- bling, but not equalling, Mr. Seed. I do not remember that any day in January, February, or March, was near so cold as this. After preaching at Cuthburton and in Teesdale, I went a little out of my way, to see one of the wonders of nature. The river Tees rushes down between two rocks, and falls sixty feet perpendicular into a basin of water, sixty feet deep. In the evening I preached to the lovely congregation in Weardale, and the next day went on to Newcastle. May, 1779. I preached at Gateshead-Fell in the morning; and in the new House, near Sheephill, at noon. Here thework of God greatly revives ; many are lately convinced of sin, and many enabled, from dayto day, to rejoice in God their Saviour. About noon I preached at Shields, and in the evening at Sunderland. Tuesday, 18. I read Prayers and preached in Monkwearmouth church , and Thursday, 20,