Friday, August 27, 2010

One of the hottest days I have known in England

Fri 27 Aug 1779: I preached at Cardiff about noon and at six in the evening. We then went on to Newport and, setting out early in the morning, reached Bristol in the afternoon. Sunday 29, I had a very large number of communicants. It was one of the hottest days I have known in England. The thermometer rose to eighty degrees—as high as it usually rises in Jamaica.
Being desired to visit a dying man on Kingsdown, I had no time but at two o’clock. The sun shone without a cloud, so that I had a warm journey. But I was well repaid; for the poor sinner found peace. At five, I preached to an immense multitude in the Square. And God comforted many drooping souls.