Wesley Corpus

Lent Assizes, laid before the grand jury: yet they did not find any of these bills! But they found one against Daniel Sullivan, (no preacher, but a hearer of Mr. Wesley,) who, when Butler and his mob were discharging a shower of stones upon him, put them all in bodily fear by discharging a pistol, without any ball, over their heads. If any man wrote this story to England in a quite different manner, and fixed it on a young Methodist preacher, let him be ashamed. Several of the persons presented as vagabonds in autumn, appeared at these Assizes. But none appearing against them, they were acquitted, with honour to themselves, and shame to their persecutors; who, by bringing the matter to a judicial determination, plainly showed, “ There is law even for Methodists ;” and gave his majesty’s judge a fair occasion to declare the utter illegality of all riots, and the inexcusableness of tolerating (much more causing) them on any pretence whatsoever. April 15.--(Being Easter Day,) I preached, morning and evening ; but my voice was so weak, it could scarce be heard. Wed. 18.--One who, upon her turning to God, had been turned out of doors, and disowned by all her relations, (very good Protestants,) was received into the “ house of God, not made with hands.” We rejoiced over her in the evening with exceeding joy. Happy they who lose all, and gain Christ! Thur. 19.--I rode with J: R through a heavy rain, to Edinderry. The congregation was much larger than I expected ; and both in the evening and the morning, we praised God with joyful lips.