Wesley Corpus

To his Brother Charles BlRMINGHAM, March 17, 1772, You have done exactly right with regard to T. Maxfield. For the present my hope of him is lost. He had had a disappointing interview with Maxfield on Feb. 25. I am to-day to meet Mr. Fletcher at Bilbrook.Wesley writes in the Journal, v. 449: 'Partly in a chaise, partly on horseback, I made a shift to get to Bilbrook; and, after preaching, to Wolverhampton.' Fletcher told the Dublin Society in March that he had sent his Third Check to press. See Wesley's Designated Successor, p. 222. Part of the Third Check is printing. The rest I have ready. In this he draws the sword and throws away the scabbard. Yet I doubt not they will forgive him all if he will but promise to write no more. J. Rouquet helped me at Bristol. From March 3 to 9 Wesley had spent a 'few comfortable days' in Bristol. Mrs. Jenkins was one of the members there. It was probably Mrs. Reeves's husband, who died on Sept. 21, 1778. See C. Wesley's Journal, ii. 270, 275. I neither saw nor heard anything of G. Stonehouse. Jane Jenkins is in a right spirit; affliction has done her good. Mrs. Reeves I had no time for. I feared Sister Marriott would not recover. Mrs. Marriott was among the first twelve to join the Foundery Society in 1739, and her husband was one of its earliest members. Mr. Blackwell's heart is truly softened; but why is she afraid to receive the Lord's supper Wesley visited Mrs. Blackwell at Lewisham on Feb. 26. She died the following month. See letter of April 26. If Mr. F does come, it will be for good. It does not follow, 'You felt nothing; therefore neither did your hearers.' In haste. Adieu.