Wesley Corpus

It may doubtless vie in elegance, if not in costliness, with any seat in Great Britain: But the miserable master of the whole has little satisfaction therein. God hath said, “Write this man childless.” For whom then does he heap up these things? He is himself growing old:-- And must he leave this paradise ? Then leave These happy shades, and mansions fit for gods? Sun. 4.--There was an Ordination at St. Patrick’s. I admired the solemnity wherewith the Archbishop went through the Ser vice: But the vacant faces of the ordained showed how little they were affected thereby. In the evening multitudes met to renew their covenant with God. But here was no vacant face to be seen; for God was in the midst, and manifested himself to many; particularly to a daughter of good William Pennington. Mon. 5.--We prepared for going on board the packet; but as it delayed sailing, on Tuesday, 6, Iwaited on Lady Arabella Denny, at the Black Rock, four miles from Dublin. It is one of the pleasantest spots I ever saw. The garden is everything in miniature. On one side is a grove, with serpentine walks; on the other, a little meadow and a green-house, with a study (which she calls her chapel) hanging over the sea. Between these is a broad walk, leading down almost to the edge of the water; along which run two narrow walks, commanding the quay, one above the other. But it cannot be long before this excellent lady will remove to a nobler paradise.- The unusually large congregation in the evening was plenti fully watered with the dew of heaven. I found a particular concern for the children, many of whom willingly attended. Wed. 7.--The packet still delaying, I exhorted a large con gregation, in the evening, to take care how they built their house upon the sand; and then cheerfully commended them to the grace of God. Thur. 8.-We rose at one, went down to the quay at two, and about four went on board the Hillsborough packet. About five the wind turned fair, and, between five and six in the evening, brought us to Holyhead. About seven we took coach, and the next evening met our friends at Chester. Mon. 12.--About eight I preached at Preston-in-the-Hill; about twelve, in Warrington; and in the evening, at Liverpool. May, 1783.] JOURNAL.