Journal Vol4 7
| Author | John Wesley |
|---|---|
| Type | journal |
| Year | None |
| Passage ID | jw-journal-vol4-7-393 |
| Words | 392 |
will be agood harvest in this place.
Tues. MAY 1.-Setting out early in the morning, between
nine and ten I preached in the church at Old-Ross, to a large
company of as plain country-people as ever I saw in Yorkshire.
We reached Waterford between two and three. At six I
preached in the Court-House, to an immense congregation,
while a file of musketeers, ordered by the Mayor, paraded at the
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door. Two or three hundred attended in the morning, and
gladly received the whole truth. In the evening the congrega-
tion was larger than before, and equally attentive. Thursday,
3. I took my leave of this earnest, loving people, and went on
through a delightful country to Clonmell. At six I preached
in the Court-House. I was much surprised. I know not when
I have seen so well-dressed and ill-behaved a congregation ;
but I was told it was the sameway that they behaved at church.
Pity then they do not turn Papists. The Church of England
needs no such members : They are no honour to it.
Fri. 4.-With great difficulty we got over a most horrid road
to Capperquin ; but that from thence to Tallagh (eight miles)
was exceeding pleasant. The remaining ten miles were very
tolerable ; so that we reached Youghall in good time. The
Court-House was throughly filled at six, and above half filled at
five in the morning. Saturday, 5. We wenton to Cork. The
latter was pleasant beyond description. Ata very small distance
on the left hand, the river " rolled its sinuous train ; " beyond
which were shady trees, covering a steep hill, and rising row
above row. On the right we had another sloping mountain,
tufted over with trees, sometimes forming one green, even wall,
sometimes scattered up and down. Between these appeared
several beautiful seats, some of them fit for Noblemen.
At six in the evening the preaching-house would ill contain
the congregation ; and many of the rich and honourable were
among them ! Who hath warned these to flee from the wrathto
come?
Sun. 6-. We had an evening congregation at seven, whom I
warned to order their conversation aright. At three in the
afternoon I preached on the road to a numerous congregation ;
but many of them, especially the genteeler sort, were rude as