Wesley Corpus

Mon. 15.--I had the pleasure of meeting many of my friends from various parts at Coolylough. I preached at twelve under the shade of some spreading trees, and again at six in the evening. Tuesday, 16. I preached at Tyrrel’s Pass, with a peculiar blessing from God, though many persons of fortune were in the congregation. But the poor and the rich are his. Wed. 17.--I preached in the Grove at Edinderry. Many of the Quakers were there, (it being the time of their General Meeting,) and many of all sorts. I met here with the Journal of William Edmundson, one of their Preachers in the last century. If the original equalled the picture, (which I see no reason to doubt,) what an amiable man was this His opinions I leave; but what a spirit was here ! What faith, love, gentleness, long-suffering ! Could mistake send such a man as this to hell? Not so. I am so far from believing this, that I scruple not to say, “Let my soul be with the soul of William Edmundson l’” 230 REv. J. weslEY’s [July, 1765. Thur. 18.--The wind in our face tempering the heat of the sun, we had a pleasant ride to Dublin. In the evening I began expounding the deepest part of the holy Scripture, namely, the first Epistle of St. John, by which, above all other, even inspired writings, I advise every young Preacher to form his style. Here are sublimity and simplicity together, the strongest sense and the plainest language How can any one that would “speak as the oracles of God,” use harder words than are found here? Sun. 21.--Between eight and nine I began preaching in the Barrack-Square, to such a congregation as I never saw in Dub lin before; and every one was as quiet as if we had been in the new Square at Bristol. What a change since Mr. Whitefield, a few years ago, attempted to preach near this place | Mon. 22.--I rode to Donard, a little town in the county of Wicklow. Here I met with more noise, and stupid, senseless impudence, than I have found since I left England; but the chief man of the town having handled one of the disturbers roughly, and another of them being knocked down, (not by a Methodist,) I concluded my discourse without any farther hinderance. Tues.