Wesley Corpus

extremely crowded in the evening, and the whole congregation appeared to be wounded ; consequently,many attended in the morning. Tuesday, 13. I was desired to preach that evening, on, " Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling ; for it is God that worketh inyou both to will and to do of his good pleasure." Even the Calvinists were satisfied for the present; and readily acknowledged that we did not ascribe our salvation to our own works, but to the grace of God. To awaken, if possible, the careless ones at Lod- don, at two in the afternoon, I opened and enforced those awful words, " Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. " In the evening, I applied those gracious words, " All things are ready ; come unto the marriage." After spending Thursday and Friday with the affectionate people at Lowestoft, on Saturday I returned to Norwich. Here I found about fifty missing out of the two hundred and sixteen whom I left in the society a year ago. Such fickleness I have not found any where else in the kingdom ; no, nor even in Ireland. The chapel was full enough, both in the afternoon and the evening. I declared to them the whole counsel of God, and on Monday returned to London. Wednesday, 21 , being the National Fast, I preached in the new chapel in the morning, and at West-Street, in the afternoon. At this, as well as the two last Public Fasts, all places ofpublic worship were crowded : All shops were shut up ; all was quiet in the streets, and seriousness seemed to spread through the whole city. And one may hope even this outward acknowledgment of God is in a measure acceptable to him. My brother, Mr. Richardson, and Mr. Bucking- ham being ill, I went through the Service at Spitalfields alone. The congregation was much larger thanusual ; but mystrength was as my day, both here, the new chapel, and afterwards at March, 1781. 197 St. Antholin's church : The Service lasted till near nine ; but Iwas no more tired than at nine in the morning. Fri. MARCH 2.-We had our General Quarterly Meeting, and found the money subscribed this yearfor the payment of the public debt was between fourteen and fifteen hundred pounds.