Wesley Corpus

To Mrs. Freeman Date: CASTLEBAR, May 20, 1789. MY DEAR SISTER, All this noise and confusion I impute to an artfull busy man, who has thrown wildfire among them that were quiet in the land. However, when I meet the classes, I will propose that question in each Who of you wishes the Sunday service to continue, and who does not See letter of June 13, 1788. what demonstrates the matter of this outcry to be a mere Bugbear is this: when we began the service on Sunday mornings in London, and afterwards in Bristol, no living creature ever said it was 'leaving the Church.' This is a palpable falsehood. It would not pass in England. A man bawls out, 'Fire, fire!' and puts people in a fright, when there is no fire at all but in his own imagination. And he will keep you in a fright while you hearken to him. James Deaves: see letter of April 23. Good it had been for that man if he had not been born I I am, my dear sister, Your affectionate brother.