Wesley Corpus

Wed. 28.--I read Mr. Barton’s ingenious “ Lectures on Lough Neagh,” near Lurgan, which turns wood into stone, and cures the king’s-evil, and most cutaneous distempers. Under part of this lake there is first a stratum of firm clay, and under that a stratum of trees four foot thick, all compacted into one mass, doubtless by the pressure of the incumbent earth, (perhaps water too,) which it has probably sustained ever since the general deluge. In the evening we had the largest congregation which I have seen since we left Cork. It was almost as large at five in the morning. Why should we despair of doing good at Lurgan also ? Thur. 29.--I preached at Newry, and the three following days. On Monday, August 2, I returned to Rosmead. Tues. 3.--We rode to Tullamore through heavy rain, which a strong wind drove full in our face. The only wild Irish whom I have seen yet, a knot of officers, were present at the preaching in the evening, and behaved tolerably well. Wed. 4.--]I preached at Portarlington in the evening, and was going to take horse in the morning, when a gentleman came, and said he was just setting out for Dublin, and would be glad of my company in his chariot. I accompanied him to Johnstown, where we dined; and then took horse and rode on to Dublin. Fri. 6.--On this and the next day I finished my business in Ireland, so as to be ready to sail at an hour’s warning.