Wesley Corpus

18.--I preached at eleven on the parable of the Sower; at half-past two on Psalm 1.23; and in the evening on, “Now abideth faith, hope, love; these three.” I subjoined a short May, 1788.] JOURNAL. 419 account of Methodism, particularly insisting on the circum stances, There is no other religious society under heaven which requires nothing of men in order to their admission intoit, but a desire to save their souls. Look all round you, you can not be admitted into the Church, or society of the Presbyterians, Anabaptists, Quakers, or any others, unless you hold the same opinions with them, and adhere to the same mode of worship. The Methodists alone do not insist on your holding this or that opinion; but they think and let think. Neither do they impose any particular mode of worship; but you may continue to worship in your former manner, be it what it may. Now, I do not know any other religious society, either ancient or modern, wherein such liberty of conscience is now allowed, or has been allowed, since the age of the Apostles. Here is our glorying; and a glorying peculiar to us. What society shares it with us? Mon. 19.--I went to Edinburgh, and preached to a much larger congregation than I used to see here on a week-day. I still find a frankness and openness in the people of Edinburgh, which I find in few other parts of the kingdom. I spent two days among them with much satisfaction; and I was not at all disap pointed, in finding no such increase, either in the congregation or the society, as many expected from their leaving the Kirk. Thur. 22.--The House at Dalkeith being far too small, even at eight in the morning, to contain the congregation, I preached in a garden, on, “Seek ye the Lord while he may be found:” And from the eager attention of the people, I could not but hope, that some of them would receive the truth in love. In the evening I preached in the House at Dunbar, tolerably well filled, on Job xxii. 2, 3; I believe with The spirit of convincing speech: But much more, at five in the morning, Friday, 23. And will God manifest his power among these dry bones also? Immediately after preaching we set out.