Wesley Corpus

have turned scorn and hatred into general esteem and good-will. [Part of the manuscript having been lost, causes a chasm here'] Mon. MAY 24.-We set out at four, and reached Forglen about noon. The face of the country is much changed for the better since I was here before. Agriculture increases on every side ; so do manufactories, industry, and cleanliness. [June, 1790. But I found poor Lady B. (one of the most amiablewomen in the kingdom) exceeding ill ; and I doubt whether she will be much better till she removes to her own country. I spent a very agreeable afternoon with the lovely family, and preached to a serious congregation in the evening. Tuesday, 25. We returned to Aberdeen ; and I took a solemn farewell of a crowded audience. If I should be permitted to seethem again, well; if not, I have delivered my own soul. Wed. 26. Taking the midland road,we spent an hour at Lawrence-Kirk; which, from an inconsiderable village, is, by the care and power of Lord Gordon, soon sprung up into a pleasant, neat, and flourishing town. His Lordship has also erected a little library here, adjoining to a handsome and well- furnished inn. The country from hence to Brechin is as plea- sant as a garden : Happy would Scotland be, if it hadmany such gentlemen andnoblemen. In the evening I began preach- ing at Brechin, in the Freeman's Lodge ; but Iwas so faint and ill, that I was obliged to shorten mydiscourse. Thursday, 27. Wewent on through Forfar (now a handsome and almost a new town) and Cupar to Auchterarder. Herewe expected poor accommodations, but were agreeably disappointed. Food, beds, and everything else, were as neat and clean as at Aberdeen or Edinburgh. Friday, 28. We travelled through a delightful country, by Stirling and Kilsythe, to Glasgow. The congrega- tion was miserably small ; verifying what I had often heard before, that the Scots dearly love the word of the Lord-on the Lord's day. If I live to come again, I will take care to spend only the Lord's day at Glasgow. Mon. 31. We set out at two, and came to Moffat soon after three in the afternoon. Taking fresh horses, we reached Dum- fries between six and seven, and found the congregationwaiting: So after a few minutes, I preached on Mark iii. 35 : "Whoso-