tood much less of the truth, now
seemed to oppose me, and I could not explain it in any other way than
this, that the Lord intended to work through my instrumentality at
Teignmouth, and that therefore Satan, fearing this, sought to raise
opposition against me.

On the Lord's day I dined with a brother, whose heart the Lord
had opened to receive me as a servant of Christ. After dinner I
talked to a young woman, his servant, at the request of her sister, who on
the Tuesday previous had been convinced of sin, and on the Friday brought
to enjoy peace in the Lord. This young woman also was, through the
instrumentality of this conversation, brought to see her sinful state,
though she could not rejoice in the Lord until about seven months after.
How differently the Lord dealt with her sister, and yet the work of grace
was as real in the one as in the other, as I had full opportunity of
seeing afterwards! On this same Lord's day I preached twice at Teignmouth,
and once at Shaldon; for so precious did every opportunity seem to me, and
so powerfully did I feel the importance of those precious truths, which I
had so recently been led to see, that I longed to be instrumental in
communicating them to others.

By this time the request, that I might stay at Teignmouth, and be the
minister of the above chapel, had been repeatedly expressed by an
increasing number of the brethren; but others were decidedly against my
remaining there. This opposition was instrumental in settling it in my
mind that I should stay for awhile, at least until I was formally
rejected. In consequence of this conclusion I took the following step,
which, it may be, I should not repeat under similar circumstances, but
which was certainly taken in love to those who were concerned in the
matter, and for the glory of God, as far as I then had light.

On the Tuesday following, after preaching, I told the brethren how, in
the providence of God, I had been brought to them without the least
intention of staying among them, but that, on finding them without a
minister, I had been led to see it to be the will of God to remain with
them. I also told them, as far as I remember, that I was aware of the
opposition of some, but that I nevertheless intended to preach to them
till they rejected me; and if they should say, I might preach, but they
would give me no salary, that would make no difference on my part, as I
did not preach for the sake of money; but I told them, at the