a 'Londoner' would consider almost,
if not quite, impassable.

"Our little school, from this time, began to attract some notice, and we
had an examination or two, had sermons preached, and gave the children an
annual treat. This mode of procedure we found absolutely necessary; so
that, by coming out prominently, we might draw the attention of our
friends, and so reach their pockets.

"Our school continuing to prosper, we began to talk about a chapel, and
several subscriptions were promised toward it; but in consequence of the
landowner's antipathy to Methodism, we could not obtain a spot of ground
to build upon. The death of the landowner, some time after, obviated the
difficulty; a suitable site was obtained, and a chapel built, in which, a
few years after, I had the pleasure of addressing the children on one of
their festive occasions. The scene had changed, the new chapel which had
been erected was well attended, the school prosperous, and the blessing
of God evidently rested upon the place."

In my former narrative I made a remark or two on the evils and dangers
to which a young man is exposed in coming to the metropolis, and the
dreadful consequences to which a yielding to them leads. Those remarks
will, I think, be fully borne out in the case of Thomas; for, although,
by the preserving grace of God, he was kept from all gross and outward
sins, yet it will be seen that he lost the sweets and comforts of
religion, which before he had possessed. But I will give his own account
of his residence in London.

"I have said," he writes in continuation, "that in the beginning of 18--
I removed to London: but I should have remarked, that, for some time
previous to my leaving H----, I was impressed with the conviction that it
was my duty to be engaged in a more prominent sphere of labor in the
Church. This impression received countenance and strength from the fact,
that several persons connected with the society urged such a step upon
me. I had for some months been accustomed to accompany a very excellent
friend of mine, a local preacher, to his appointments in the country, and
now and then to take part of the service: but by natural temperament, my
youth, my inexperience, together with the overwhelming feelings of
responsibility which I attached to the office, prevented my acceding to
the request of my friends that I would preach; until just a month before
my leaving for London, when I made an essay at the house in which