Wesley Corpus

To Henry Moore Date: CHESTER, July 14, 1789. Source: The Letters of John Wesley (1789) Author: John Wesley --- DEAR HENRY, -- After a very agreeable voyage, wherein I was not sick a moment, [Compare letter of June 24.] I landed at Parkgate this morning. I propose spending Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at Manchester, and the next week hiding myself at Otley. Not anything which Dr. Coke has said or done, but the vile, willful misrepresentation of it, had set all Ireland in a flame. But I am in hope it is now in a great measure quenched. It has brought a flood of obloquy upon me. [See letter of July 1.] But it is all well. We now fear greater danger from honor than dishonor. God will surely exalt us if we do not exalt ourselves. I do not know that any of our clergymen can be spared from London. But I expect to see Brother Rankin, Whitfield, and you at the Conference, or at Otley a day or two before it. We shall have some points of deep importance to consider. -- I am, with love to my Nancy, dear Henry, Your affectionate friend and brother. Let T. Rankin and you write down what is on your mind.