Wesley Corpus

Abundance of people were wait ing for me: But Mr. Sanderson having changed his mind, I preached in the inn-yard, to a very well-behaved congregation of rich as well as poor. Hence I went on to Clones, where I found such a society, as I had hardly seen in Ireland, making it a point of conscience to conform to all our Rules, great and small. The new preaching-house was exceeding neat, but far too small to contain the congregation. The first time I preached to-day was with difficulty; the second and third with less; the fourth with none at all. Sun. 29.--The Morning Service, so called, began between twelve and one. At five, the storm was so high, that I could not preach in the market-place, as I first designed. At length we pitched upon a sloping meadow near the town, where we were perfectly sheltered by the hill. I suppose the congregation would have filled the House at Dublin, more than twice over. We had several showers; but the people regarded them not, being wholly taken up with better things. Mon. 30.--Wewent on to Caladon. A convenient preaching house is just built here; which (after the forms were removed) just contained the congregation. The power of God was very unusually present among them. Many were cut to the heart; and refused to be comforted, till God spoke peace to their souls; and many did already rejoice with joy unspeakable. When we came to Armagh on Tuesday, the wind was extremely high, and the air as cold as it used to be in Decem ber. However, we had no place that could contain the con gregation, but Mr. M'Gough's avenue. And here the people, crowding close together, did not seem to regard either cold or wind. Tuesday, 31. We took a walk to the Primate's palace, and had a full view of the house. It is elegant in the highest degree, and yet not splendid; and it is furnished throughout in a handsome, though not in a costly, manner. Since I was June, 1785.] JOURNAL. 311 here before, he has added an obelisk a hundred feet high; and dairy-house, with many other conveniences; and a chapel, never yet used.