Wesley Corpus

22. I rode to Caladon, where, two years ago, Mr. C was ready to put me in his bosom. But he did not know me now. So I preached in the street, to an exceeding quiet congregation; and rode back in the evening. Is it strange that men, or the moon, should change? In the evening, such a multitude of people assembled, and stood so close together, that, though we were 4.38 REv. J. Wesley's July, 1771. in open air, the heat was almost insupportable. Surely God will have a people in this place The poor, at least, will receive the Gospel. I preached, about noon, at a village which takes its name from the Black Water in which the Irish Papists drowned so many Protestants, in 1641. In the evening I preached at Clanmain, to a very dull congregation. It is well, if the first are not last ! Tuesday, 25. I preached at Cock-Hill, in a delightful evening, under some shady trees. Many of the people were alive to God. Wednesday, 26. I preached at the Grange, to a still livelier and larger congre gation: But I found the liveliest of all at Derry-Anvil. Six or seven of this little society still rejoice in the pure love of God. Thus has God his secret ones, in a little corner of the land, surrounded with bogs, and out of all road. Friday, 28. I preached in the street at Portadown, to a serious, well behaved congregation; and in the evening at Kilmararty, to the largest congregation I have seen since we left Armagh. This day I entered the sixty-ninth year of my age. I am still a wonder to myself. My voice and strength are the same as at nine-and-twenty. This also hath God wrought. I preached at the end of the market-house in Tanderagee. Sunday, 30. At nine the people flocked from all parts; but much more at six in the evening, when we had a London congregation both for number and seriousness. Mon. JULY 1. I preached at Killwarlin, where, a few weeks ago, Thomas Mott died in peace. In the evening I preached in the Linen-Hall, at Lisburn, to a numerous congregation. Tuesday, 2. I preached on the Green at Newtown; but the people had not the spirit of those at Lisburn. Wednesday,