Wesley Corpus

Lord's Supper to the society ; and God gave us a remarkable blessing. Fri. 11. I took an affectionate leave of our friends at five. I left them full ofgood desires and resolutions. Calling on one that was ill at Innishannon, word was quickly brought me, that the people were flocking together to the preaching-house. It was soon filled from end to end ; and I preached to them " Jesus Christ, made of God to us wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption. " About noon I preached in the Court-House at Kinsale, to a very large congregation. But how different from that which I had in the bowling-green, two years ago ! That was one of the most indecent, ill-mannered congregations that ever I saw in Ireland. This was as eminently well-behaved ; the sovereign and many genteel persons being among them. It [May,1787. was no wonder to see the congregation at Cork in the evening equally well-behaved. So theyalways are; the chief ofthe city being no longer bitter enemies, but cordial friends. Sat. 12.-A gentleman invited me to breakfast, with my old antagonist, Father O'Leary. I was not at all displeased atbeing disappointed. He is not the stiff, queermanthat I expected; but of an easy, genteel carriage, and seems not to be wanting either in sense or learning. In the afternoon, by appointment, I waited on the Mayor, an upright, sensible man, who is diligently employed, from morning to night, in doing all the goodhe can. He has already prevailedupon the Corporation to make it a fixed ។ rule, that the two hundred ayear, which was spent in two enter- tainments,should for the future be employed in relieving indigent freemen, with their wives and children. He has carefully regu- latedthe HouseofIndustry,and has instituted a Humane Society for the relief of persons seeminglydrowned; and he is unwearied in removing abuses of every kind. Whenwill our English Mayors copy after the Mayor of Cork ? He led me through the Mayoralty-House,-a very noble, and beautiful structure. The dining-room and the ball-room are magnificent, and shame the Mansion-House in London by their situation ; commanding the whole river, the fruitful hills on every side, and themeadows running between them. He was then sogood as to walk with me quite through the city to the House of Industry, and to go with me through all the apartments ; which are quite sweet and