Wesley Corpus

Tues. 25.--I rode over to Kingswood, and inquired particularly into the state of our school there. I was concerned to find that several of the Rules had been habitually neglected : I judged it necessary, therefore, to lessen the family ; suffermg none to remain therein, who were not clearly satisfied with them, and determined to observe them all. Thur. 27.--I read Mr. Law “ On the Spirit of Prayer.” There are many masterly strokes therein, and the whole is lively and entertaining , but it-is another Gospel. For if God was never angry, (as this Tract asserts,) he could never be reconciled ; and, consequently, the whole Christian doctrine of reconciliation by Christ falls to the ground at once. An excellent method of converting Deists, by giving up the very essence of Christianity ! Sun. 30.--Mr. Grimshaw and Mr. B assisted my brother aad me at Kingswood. How many there are that run well for a season! But “he that endureth to the end shall be saved.” I received a letter about this time from Ireland, a part of which follows :-- “ Tyrrel’s Pass, July 24, 1749. “ Dear Sir,--Many have found a sense of the pardoning love of God at Athlone since you left it; and the society in general are on the stretch Aug. 1749.] REV. J. WESLEY'S JOURNAL. 461