Wesley Corpus

Tues. MAY 1.--Setting out early in the morning, between nine and ten I preached in the church at Old-Ross, to a large company of as plain country-people as ever I saw in Yorkshire. We reached Waterford between two and three. At six I preached in the Court-House, to an immense congregation, while a file of musketeers, ordered by the Mayor, paraded at the 372 REv. J. Wesley’s [May, 1787. door. Two or three hundred attended in the morning, and gladly received the whole truth. In the evening the congrega tion was larger than before, and equally attentive. Thursday, 3. I took my leave of this earnest, loving people, and went on through a delightful country to Clonmell. At six I preached in the Court-House. I was much surprised. I know not when I have seen so well-dressed and ill-behaved a congregation; but I was told it was the same way that they behaved at church. Pity them they do not turn Papists. The Church of England needs no such members: They are no honour to it. Fri. 4.--With great difficulty we got over a most horrid road to Capperquin; but that from thence to Tallagh (eight miles) was exceeding pleasant. The remaining ten miles were very tolerable; so that we reached Youghall in good time. The Court-House was throughly filled at six, and above half filled at five in the morning. Saturday, 5. We went on to Cork. The latter was pleasant beyond description. At a very small distance on the left hand, the river “rolled its sinuous train;” beyond which were shady trees, covering a steep hill, and rising row above row. On the right we had another sloping mountain, tufted over with trees, sometimes forming one green, even wall, sometimes scattered up and down. Between these appeared several beautiful seats, some of them fit for Noblemen. At six in the evening the preaching-house would ill contain the congregation; and many of the rich and honourable were among them ' Who hath warned these to flee from the wrath to come 2 Sun. 6.--We had an evening congregation at seven, whom I warned to order their conversation aright. At three in the afternoon I preached on the road to a numerous congregation; but many of them, especially the genteeler sort, were rude as colts untamed.