"Saturday, July 7. Settled some affairs concerning our brethren,
and had a useful conversation about many things with my honoured
friend Mr. John Wesley. Dined at my sister's. Preached at
Baptist Mills, to near the same number of people as last night,
and found that Bristol had great reason to bless God for the
ministry of Mr. John Wesley. The congregations I observed to be
much more serious and affected than when I left them; and their
loud and repeated Amens, which they put up to every petition,
as well as the exemplariness of their conversation in common
life, plainly shew that they have not received the grace of
God in vain. That good, great good, is done is evident. Either
this is done by an evil or good spirit. If you say by an evil
spirit, I answer in our Lord's own words, 'If Satan be divided
against Satan, how can his kingdom stand?' If by a good Spirit,
why do not the clergy and the rest of the Pharisees believe
our report? It is little less than blasphemy against the Holy
Ghost to impute the great work, that has been in so short a time
wrought in this kingdom, to delusion and the power of the devil."
On Sunday, July 8, Whitefield preached thrice--first, at the Bowling
Green, Bristol, "to about ten thousand people;" next, at Hannam
Mount, to nearly the same number; and, in the evening, at Rose
Green, to about twenty thousand.