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ET. 28.] JOURNAL. 133 
Sunday evening, February 10. . . . This morning 
I attended one of the larger Methodist chapels, where 
I heard an excellent sermon from 1 Pet. v. 7: “ Cast- 
ing all your care upon him; for he careth for you.” 
A portion of the Episcopal service was read at the be- 
ginning from the desk; but afterwards the clergy- 
man ascended to the pulpit, when the singing and 
prayers were in the ordinary manner. In the after- 
noon I went to hear my old favorite Baptist Noel, who 
was to preach a kind of charity sermon for the infant- 
schools of St. Clement’s, Danes. I felt satisfied that 
we should have a close and fervent sermon, and truly 
I was not disappointed. . . . He preaches ex tempore, 
but has the most perfect facility of language; the 
words drop from his mouth without any apparent 
effort, but he never repeats, and all seems equally im- 
portant ; so unless I could write as fast as he speaks I 
could give you no proper idea of his discourse. His 
manner is so exceedingly placid that you wonder how 
he fixes the attention of his auditors so perfectly. 
There are many other clergymen who have the same 
ardent piety, and the number I hope is increasing; so 
that one cannot help expecting great things from this 
communion, if it once gets free from the contaminat- 
ing influence of the political power. These men all 
preach continually to crowded houses, which is an- 
other good sign, and proves that the people are ready 
to hear sound doctrine. I hoped to have heard an- 
other of the same stamp this evening, and went all the 
way to St. Sepulcre’s, where Mr. Dale preaches in 
the evening, but he was out of town... . 
February 5, evening. — It is not long since I 
closed a parcel of letters for you, and dispatched them 
by mail to Liverpool, for the steamship Liverpool, by 
