Protected from rude crowds and bad weather.

Wed 5 August 1761. I preached about nine at Ferry, and then rode on to Gainsborough. I preached in the old hall to a mixed multitude, part civil, part rude as bears. We rode through heavy rain, joined with much thunder and lightning, part of which was just over our heads.But 'the Lord sitteth above the water clouds.' So we came safe, only very wet, to Epworth.