Wesley Corpus

Vincent Perronet, in the ninety-second year of his age. I follow hard after him in years, being now in the eighty-second year of my age. O that I may follow him in holiness; and that my last end may be like his Sun. 8.--In the afternoon I stood in the vacant space near the preaching-house, capable of containing many thousands. An immense number assembled : There was no disturbance: The days of tumult here are over; and God has now of a long season made our enemies to be at peace with us. Mon. 9.--About noon I preached at Kinsale, in the old Bowling-green, which lies on the top of the hill, and commands a large prospect, both by sea and land. All behaved well, but a few Officers, who walked up and down, and talked together during the whole service. The poor in Ireland in general are well-behaved: All the ill-breeding is among well-dressed people. In the evening I preached in the main street at Bandon, to a very numerous congregation: But some of them were better clothed than taught; for they laughed and talked great part of the time. Such a transaction occurred here last week, as has not oc curred this century. A soldier, walking over the bridge, met a countryman, and taking a fancy to his stick, strove to wrench it from him: His companion knocked the soldier down. News of this being carried to the barracks, a whole troop of soldiers marched down, and, without any provocation, fell upon the countrymen coming into the town, pursued them into the houses where they fled for shelter, and hacked and hewed them without mercy: Two-and-forty were wounded, several maimed, and two killed upon the spot. Wed. 11.--I returned from Bandon to Cork; and after endeavouring to confirm those that were much alive to God, on Friday, 13, with some difficulty, I broke loose from my affectionate friends, and in two long stages reached Kilfinnam. It being too stormy to preach abroad, I preached in the Assembly-Room: All the hearers were serious and well behaved. I trust some will bring forth fruit with patience. Afterwards I took a survey of the Danish mount near the town; the first I have seen, surrounded with a triple ditch; but it is not either so high or so large as that near Dundee.