“Fear not, dear Sir, the Lord will take care of the ark. Have faith in the Word, and leave the rest to Providence. ‘_The Lord will provide_’ is a comfortable motto for a believer.”[95] Footnote 94: One of Wesley’s Itinerant Preachers. Footnote 95: Letters, 1791, p. 126. Thus by proposing to act as mediator between the Wesleys and their distracted followers in London did Fletcher end the eventful year of 1762. In the middle of the year he told Charles Wesley that he had “attempted to form a Society,” and hoped to succeed. He drew up rules for this Society.[96] First of all, he described “the nature of a Religious Society,” and quoted Malachi iii. 16, Psalm lxvi. 16; Luke viii. 1–3; Acts i. 15, ii. 42–47; Heb. iii. 12, 13, x. 25; Col. iii. 16; 1 Cor. xiv. 29–31; 1 Thess. v. 11–14; James v. 16; and Jude i. 18–21. “Encouraged by these texts,” said he, “a few of us design to unite in a Religious Society to support and animate each other in the ways of godliness.” He proceeds:— “In order to be admitted into the Society, one only condition is previously required, namely, a sincere desire to flee from the wrath to come, and to seek salvation from the servitude of sin according to the Gospel, and the Thirty-nine Articles of the Church of England, especially the ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth, which are earnestly recommended to the perusal of every person who would be a member. “It is, however, expected that the sincerity of such a desire be evinced by putting on the form of godliness, which we apprehend to consist in three things: 1. Doing no harm, Isa. i. 16; Rom. xii. 9. 2. Doing good, Isa. i. 17; Rom. xii. 9. 3. Using the means of grace, Luke i. 16, Isa. lv. 6.” Footnote 96: He also drew up the following rules of daily self-examination for himself:— “1. Did I awake spiritual, and was I watchful in keeping my mind from wandering this morning when I was rising? “2. Have I this day got nearer to God in times of prayer, or have I given way to a lazy, idle spirit? “3. Has my faith been weakened by unwatchfulness, or quickened by diligence this day? “4. Have I this day walked by faith and eyed God in all things? “5. Have I denied myself in all unkind words and thoughts; have I delighted in seeing others preferred before me? “6. Have I made the most of my precious time, as far as I had light, strength, and opportunity? “7. Have I kept the issues of my heart in the means of grace, so as to profit by them? “8. What have I done this day for the souls and bodies of God’s dear saints? “9. Have I laid out anything to please myself when I might have saved the money for the cause of God? “10. Have I governed well my tongue this day, remembering that ‘in a multitude of words there wanteth not sin’? “11. In how many instances have I denied myself this day? “12. Do my life and conversation adorn the Gospel of Jesus Christ?”[97] Footnote 97: