Wesley Corpus

Tues. 31.--I breakfasted at Dumfries, and spent an hour with a poor backslider of London, who had been for some years settled there. We then rode through an uncommonly pleasant country (so widely distant is common report from truth) to Thorny Hill, two or three miles from the duke of Queensborough’s seat ; an ancient and noble pile of building, delightfully situated on the side of a pleasant and fruitful hill. But it gives no pleasure to its owner; for he does not even behold it with his eyes. Surely this is a sore evil under the sun; a man has all things, and enjoys nothing. We rode afterward partly over and partly between some of the finest mountains, I believe, in Europe; higher than most, if not than any, in England, and clothed with grass to the very top. Soon after four we came to Lead Hill, a little town at the foot of the mountains, wholly inhabited by miners. Wed. June 1.--We rode on to Glasgow ; a mile short of which we met Mr. Gillies, riding out to meet us. In the evening the tent (so they call a covered pulpit) was placed in the yard of the poor house, a very large and commodious place. Fronting the pulpit was the infirmary, with most of the patients at or near the windows. Adjoining to this was the hospital for lunatics: several of them gave deep attention. And cannot God give them also the spirit of a sound mind ? After sermon, they brought four children to baptize. I was at the kirk in the morning while the minister baptized several immediately after sermon. So | was not at a loss as to their manner of baptizing. I believe this removed much prejudice. "ri. 3.--At seven the congregation was increased, and earnest atten- June, 1757. | REV. J. WESLEY’S JOURNAL. 6338 tion sat on every face. In the afternoon we walked to the college, and saw the new library, with the collection of pictures. Many of them are by Raphael, Rubens, Vandyke, and other eminent hands ; but they have not room to place them to advantage, their whole building being very small.