Wesley Corpus

Gre gory’s “Advice to his Daughters.” Although I cannot agree with him in all things; (particularly as to dancing, decent pride, and both a reserve and a delicacy which I think are quite unnatural;) yet I allow there are many fine strokes therein, and abundance of common sense: And if a young woman followed this plan in little things, in such things as daily occur, and in great things copied after Miranda, she would form an accomplished character. Fri. 20.-I rode over to Mr. Fraser's, at Monedie, whose mother-in-law was to be buried that day. O what a difference is there between the English and the Scotch method of burial The English does honour to human nature; and even to the poor remains, that were once a temple of the Holy Ghost ! But when I see in Scotland a coffin put into the earth, and covered up with out a word spoken, it reminds me of what was spoken concern ing Jehoiakim, “He shall be buried with the burial of an ass!” Sat. 21.--I returned to Perth, and preached in the evening to a large congregation. But I could not find the way to their hearts. The generality of the people here are so wise that they need no more knowledge, and so good that they need no more religion | Who can warn them that are brim ful of wisdom and goodness, to flee from the wrath to come. Se:... 22.--I endeavoured to stir up this drowsy people, by speaking as strongly as I could, at five, on, “Awake, thou that sleepest;” at seven, on, “Where their worm dieth not;” and in the evening, on, “I saw the dead, small and great, stand before May, 1774.] JOURNAL. 15 God.” In the afternoon a young gentleman, in the west kirk, preached such a close, practical sermon, on, “Enoch walked with God,” as I have not heard since I came into the kingdom. Mon. 23.--About ten, I preached to a considerable number of plain, serious, country-people, at Rait, a little town in the middle of that lovely valley, called the Carse of Gowry. In riding on to Dundee, I was utterly amazed at reading and con sidering a tract put into my hands, which gave a fuller account than I had ever seen of the famous Gowry conspiracy in 1600. And I was throughly convinced,--l.