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his- wife was with him, and that God was with him.' 

 He has been a man of sorrows, and has suffered the 

 loss of two respectable wives, and a favorite son; sus- 

 tained heavy loss by fire, and was subject to a great 

 variety of difficulties in trade and merchandise. He 

 was one much for the feeling part of religion ; a gen- 

 tleman of spirit, and sentiment, and fine feelings; a 

 faithful friend to the poor, and warmly attached to the 

 ministers of the gospel. 



Wednesday, 18. We committed the dust of our dear 

 Brother Wells to the Old Church burying-ground, in 

 Cumberland street. Doctor Coke performed the funer- 

 al-rites, and delivered an oration. I also gave a short 

 one. 



Sunday, 22. I preached Mr. Wells's funeral-sermon 

 on Rev. ii. 10: " Be thou faithful unto death, and I will 

 give thee a crown of life." Observed, (1) Who it is 

 that speaketh ; (2) to whom he was speaking ; (3) what 

 might be supposed and granted concerning the Angel 

 of the Church — that he had professed the convicting 

 and converting grace of God — that he had suffered 

 poverty, temptation, and persecution; (4) what it is to 

 be faithful to God — to fear him, as also to trust in his 

 grace and providence; faithful to Christ, and to the 

 Church, to the Spirit of God, to his family and citi- 

 zens; faithful unto death, even martyrdom. Gave a 

 brief account of Mr. Wells's life and death. 



Wednesday, 25. No justice for Cumberland street 

 Methodists. A young Scot shouted in the church, 

 and after he was taken out of the house struck three 

 or four men; no bill was found against him, and we 

 are insulted every night by candle-light. 



Sunday, 29. Consulted a physician, who judged 

 my disease to be intermittent fever. 



