Wesley Corpus

she went into his room to see if any thingwas wanting ; and as she stood at the feet of the bed, he smiled, and broke out, "God bless thee,my dear child, and all that belong to thee ! Yea, He will bless thee ! " Which he earnestly repeated many times, till she left the room. When she went in, the next morning, Monday, 9, his spirit was returned to God! [May, 1785. So ended the holy and happy life of Mr. Vincent Perronet, in the ninety-second year ofhis age. I follow hard after him in years, being now in the eighty-second year ofmyage. O that I may followhim inholiness ; andthatmylast endmaybe like his! Sun. 8. In the afternoon I stood in the vacant space near the preaching-house, capable of containing many thousands. Animmense number assembled: There was no disturbance : The days oftumult here are over ; andGod has now of a long season made our enemies to be at peace with us. Mon. 9.-About noon I preached at Kinsale, in the old Bowling-green, which lies on the top ofthe hill, and commands a large prospect,bothby seaand land. All behaved well, but a few Officers, who walked up and down, and talked together during the whole service. The poor in Ireland in general are well-behaved : All the ill-breeding is amongwell-dressed people. In the evening I preached in the main street at Bandon, to a very numerous congregation: But some of them were better clothed than taught ; for theylaughed and talkedgreat part of the time. Such a transaction occurred here last week, as has not occurred this century. Asoldier, walking over the bridge, met a countryman, and taking a fancy to his stick, strove to wrench it from him : His companion knocked the soldier down. News 'of this being carried to the barracks, awhole troop of soldiers marched down, and without any provocation, fell upon the countrymen coming into the town, pursued them into the houses where they fled for shelter, and hacked and hewed them without mercy : Two-and-forty were wounded, several maimed, and two killed upon the spot. Wed. 11.-I returned from Bandon to Cork; and after endeavouring to confirm those that were much alive to God, on Friday, 13, with some difficulty, I broke loose from my affec- tionate friends, and in two long stages reached Kilfinnan. It