Wesley Corpus

In the afternoon I visited many of the sick; but such scenes, who could see unmoved? There are none such to be found in a Pagan country. If any of the Indians in Georgia were sick, (which indeed exceedingly rarely happened, till they learned gluttony and drunkenness from the Christians,) those that were near him gave him whatever he wanted. O who will convert the English into honest Heathens! On Friday and Saturday, I visited as many more as I could. I found some in their cells under ground; others in their garrets, half starved both with cold and hunger, added to weakness and pain. But I found not one of them unemployed, who was able to crawl about the room. So wickedly, devilishly false is that common objection, “ They are poor, only because they are idle.” If you saw these things with your own eyes, could you lay out money in ornaments or superfluities ? Sun. 11.--I preached at Hayes. Here we have a fair instance of overcoming evil with good. All but the gentry of the parish patiently hear the truth. Many approve of, and some experience it. Thur. 15. --I visited Mr. S slowly recovering from a severe illness. He expressed much love, and did not doubt, he said, inasmuch as I meant well, but that God would convince me of my great sin in writing books ; seeing men ought to read no book but the Bible. I judged it quite needless to enter into a dispute with a sea captain, seventy-five years March, 1753. ] REV. J. WESLEY’S JOURNAL. 547 old. This day Mr. Stewart was released. For two or three years he had been “ instant in season, out of season, doing the work of an evan gelist, and making full proof of his ministry.” Three or four weeks ayo he fell ill of a fever, and was for a while in heaviness of soul. Last week all his doubts and fears vanished ; and as he grew weaker in body, he grew stronger in faith. This morning he expressed a hope full of immortality, and in the afternoon went to God. Sat. 17.--From Dr. Franklin’s Letters I learned, 1. That electrical fire (or ether) is a species of fire, infinitely finer than any other yet known. 2. That it is diffused, and in nearly equal proportions, through