Wesley Corpus

It is a pleasant town, finely situated on a rising ground, in the midst of fruitful hills; and has a larger market-place than any I have seen in England, not excepting Norwich or Yarmouth. At six I preached in the old Danish fort, to the largest congregation I have had in the kingdom. The next morning I preached to a great part of them again; and again the word sunk “as the rain into the tender herb.” I preached at Roasky at noon, and Sydare in the evening. Wednesday, 31. I hobbled on, through a miserable road, as far as wheels could pass, and then rode on to Lisleen. After dinner, we hastened to Dargbridge, and found a large congre gation waiting. They appeared, one and all, to be deeply serious. Indeed there is a wonderful reformation spreading throughout this whole country, for several miles round. Out ward wickedness is gone; and many, young and old, witness that the kingdom of God is within them. Thur. JUNE 1.-I reached Londonderry: But I had so deep an hoarseness, that my voice was almost gone. However, pounded garlick, applied to the soles of my feet, took it away before the morning. JUNE 4, (Being Whitsunday.) The Bishop preached a judicious, useful sermon, on the blasphemy of the Holy Ghost. He is both a good writer, and a good speaker; and he celebrated the Lord's Supper with admirable solemnity. Hence I hastened to the New-Buildings. The sun was intensely hot, as it was on Monday and Tuesday. Six such days together, I was informed, have not been in Ireland for several years. Mon. 5.-I examined the society, growing in grace, and June, 1775.] JOURNAL. 47 increased in number, from fifty-two to near seventy. Tues day, 6. The Bishop invited me to dinner; and told me, “I know you do not love our hours, and will therefore order dinner to be on table between two and three o’clock.” We had a piece of boiled beef, and an English pudding. This is true good breeding. The Bishop is entirely easy and unaffected in his whole behaviour, exemplary in all parts of public worship, and plenteous in good works. Wed. 7.--About noon I preached a few miles from Stra bane; in the evening at Lisleen; and the next at Castle Caulfield. In the night the rain came plentifully through the thatch, into my lodging-room.