Wesley Corpus

"7, At Holbeck we had an economy of young men. When I visited them, and examined them strictly, they declared to me so much of their Onanism, wh ms, and other abominations, that I was utterly astonished. I was constrained to rebuke them sharply; for which, in a few days I received a severe letter from Mr. Sp , telling me I was destroying God's dear children, instead of building them up; and that therefore was neither to preach nor labour any more in Yorkshire. "8, In a little while I was sent for to London, to accompany Mrs. St into Germany ; but the letter being delayed, although I rode post, she was gone before I came. » Some time after, I was appointed a member of the Committee of Six, to whom an account was to be transmitted by all the laourers, of all the steps which they took, either at home or abroad. "One of our fundamental rules was, not to run in debt above thirty pounds; therefore, when Mr. Sp brought in a bill of more than three hundred, I was exceedingly startled, and moved that the particulars of it might be given in, and that all our accounts might be clearly and fairly stated. Wencel Neuser being present, (though not one of our members,) took me up for this very severely, telling me, they were servants of the Saviour, and would give no account to men. "9, J was more and more uneasy at their way of proceeding, till one day, Mr. Sl came to me, and asked me, if I was willing to go to Bedford, for six or eight days. I told him I was; and in a day or two set Journal I. 34 out. But Mr. Br told me, ' Brother K. , you must not expect to do much good here; for there is the hidden curse among the souls, which I believe arises chiefly from the practice of procuring ab , which is so common among the women.' Nevertheless I did find a great blessing during the two or three months that I laboured there; but I could not stay, having a strong impression on my mind that I was to labour in Jamaica.