Wesley Corpus

the day I observed, wherever I was, one circumstance that sur- prised me :-In England we generally hear the birds singing, morning and evening ; but here thrushes, and various other kinds of birds, were singing allday long. Theydid not inter- mit, even during the noon-day heat, where they had a few trees to shade them. JUNE 4.-(Being Whit-Sunday.) I preached inthe market- place again about nine, to a still larger congregation than before, on, " I am not ashamed ofthe Gospel ofChrist." How few of the genteel hearers could say so ! About four in the afternoon, I preached at Barewle, on the mountains, to a larger congrega- tion than that in the morning. The rain began soon after I began preaching ; but ceased in a few minutes. I preached on, " They were all filled with the Holy Ghost ; " and showed in what sense this belongs to us and to our children. Between six and seven I preached on the sea-shore at Peel, to the largest congregation I have seen in the island : Even the society nearly filled the House. I soon found what spirit they were of. Hardly in England (unless perhaps at Bolton) have I found so plain, so earnest, so simple a people. Mon. 5.-We hadsuch acongregation at five, asmight have been expected on a Sunday evening . We then rode through and over the mountains to Beergarrow ; where I enforced, on 206 REV. J. WESLEY'S June, 1781. an artless, loving congregation, " If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink." A few miles from thence,we came to Bishop's Court, where good Bishop Wilson resided near threescore years. There is something venerable, though not magnificent, in the ancient palace; and it is undoubtedly situ- ated in one of the pleasantest spots of the whole island. At six in the evening I preached at Balleugh ; but the preaching-house would not contain one half of the congrega- tion ; of which the Vicar, Mr. Gilling, with his wife, sister, and daughter, were a part. He invited me to take a breakfast with him in the morning, Tuesday, 5 ; which I willingly did. He read family-prayers before breakfast, in a very serious manner. After spending a little time very agreeably, I went on toKirk- Andrews.