JULY 1, Fri. -Most of our travelling preachers met to confer together on the things of God. We began and ended in much peace and love; being all resolved not to ‘do the work of the Lord so lightly.’[1]

 

Sun. 3.-We had a larger congregation than ever at St. Patrick’s, where many of our brethren found such a blessing that they will not easily be so prejudiced against the Church as they were in time past.

 

JULY 1, Friday

 

4 Prayed, Matt. xiii. 27, Conf[erence]; 8 writ narrative; 9 Conf[erence]; 1 visited, writ narrative; 2 dinner, conversed, prayer; 5 tea, conversed, prayer, visited; 6.30 I Tim. vi. 20, the singers; 8.30 supper, prayer; 9.30.

 

Saturday 2

 

4 Prayed, writ narrative; 6 Conf [erence]; 8 tea, conversed, Conf [erence]; 12.30 letters, visited; 2 at home, dinner, letters; 5 tea, conversed, prayer; 6.15 writ society; 8 supper, conversed, prayer, 

 

      coach; 10

 

Sunday 3

 

4 Prayed, Mag., letters, tea; 8 2 Tim. iii. 5, letters, visited, letters; 11 prayers; 2.15 at G. Cra., dinner, conversed, sleep; 4 prayed, tea; 5.30 Matt. xiii. 32; 6.30 lovefeast, coach, supper, conversed; 9.45.

 

Monday 4

 

4 Prayed, letters, Conf[erence]; 8 tea, conversed; 9 Conf[erence]; 1 visited; 2 dinner, conversed, prayer; 3.15 Conf[erence]; tea, con­versed, prayer, prayed; 6.30 2 Cor. iv. 7, coach, supper, prayer; 9.45.

 

Tuesday 5

 

4 Prayed, letters, Conf[erence], tea, Conf[erence]; 12.30 visited, writ narra­tive; 2 dinner, conversed, prayer; 3.15 Conf[erence]; 5 tea, conversed, prayer; 6.30 Matt. viii. 2, the bands, supper, conversed, prayer; 9.45.

 

Wed. 6.-We concluded our Conference. I remember few such Conferences, either in England or Ireland; so perfectly unanimous were all the preachers, and so determined to give themselves up to God.

 

Sun.10.-I went on board the Prince of Wales, one of the neatest ships I ever was in. We left the work of God increasing in every part of the kingdom, more than it has done for many years. About two in the morning we sailed out of Dublin Bay, and came into Holyhead Bay before one in the afternoon on

 

Wednesday 6

 

4 Prayed, letters, Conf[erence], communion, tea, conversed, visited; 9.30 letters; 10.30 letters; 12 visited, chaise, visited; 2 dinner, conversed, prayer; 3.30 prayed, tea, conversed, prayer, writ narrative; 6.30 Mic. ii. 10, the leaders, coach; 8 supper, conversed, prayer; 9.45.

 

Thursday 7

 

4 Prayed, letters; 8 tea, conversed, prayer, read, class; 12 on business, chaise; 2 dinner, within, prayer; 4 prayed; 5 tea, conversed, prayed; 6.30 I Cor. xii. 31! the leaders, coach, supper, conversed, prayer; 9.30.

 

Friday 8[2]

 

4 Prayed, letters; 9 writ society; 1 chaise; 2 dinner, conversed, prayer; 3.30 College; 5 prayed, tea, conversed; 6.30 2 Cor. iv. 18! the singers, coach, supper, conversed, prayer; 9.45.

 

Saturday 9

 

4 Prayed, letters; 6.30 writ class I 8 tea, conversed, prayer, writ class; 12.30 chaise; 2 dinner, conversed, prayer, writ class, visited, tea, con­versed, prayer, visited; 7 on business; 8 supper, conversed, prayer, on business; 10.

 

Sunday 10

 

4 Prayed, letters; 7 tea, conversed, prayer; 8 Jo. iv. 24, chaise, prayer; 10 on business, letter, prayers, communion; 2 dinner, conversed, prayer, sleep, letters, prayed, tea; 6.30 Psa. 1. 21; 7 society, supper; 9 chaise, in the boat; 11 Prince of Wales; 12.

 

Monday the 11th. That evening we went on to Gwyndu; Tuesday, the 12th, to Kinmel,[3] one of the pleasantest inns in Wales; surrounded with gardens and stately woods, which their late proprietor must see no more.

 

Wed. 13.-We reached Chester. After preaching there between five and six in the evening, I stepped into the stage­coach, which was just setting out; and, travelling day and night, was brought safe to London on Thursday the 14th, in the afternoon.[4]

 

Monday 11

 

6 Prayed, Coxe’s Travels [William Coxe, Travels in Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Denmark, 1784]; 9 tea, Coxe, Holyh[ead], letters, tea, within; 5 walk; 7. 15 chaise; 8 G[wyndu], supper, conversed, prayer; 10.

 

                                                                       Matt. xiii. 32.

 

Tuesday 12

 

4.30 Prayed, on business; 6 chaise, prayed, Coxe; 8.30 Bangor Ferry, tea, within; 10 chaise, Coxe, walk; 1.30 Conway, walk, boat, dinner; 4.45 chaise; 6 walk, chaise; 8 Kimmel, supper, prayer, [cipher] *; 10.

 

Wednesday 13

 

4.30 Prayed; 5.30 chaise, Holywell, tea, chaise; 1 Chester, dinner; 2 within, conversed, on business; 3 sleep, prayed, writ narrative, prayed, tea; 5.30 Matt. xiii. 32! 7 coach; 10.30 sleep.

 

Thursday 14

 

4 Prayed, read Coxe's Travels; 7 Ecc1es[h]al[l], tea; 7.30 coach, Coxe, within; 2 Attershall, dinner; 3 coach, Hinckley, tea, conversed; 6 coach; 8.30 Lutterwor[th]; 9 within; 10 sleep.

 

Friday 15

 

Prayed, Coxe, together; 5 Stony Stratf[ord], tea, coach, Coxe; conversed; 3 London, coach, at home, on business, prayed; 8.30 supper, conversed, prayer; 10.15.

 

Saturday 16

 

4.45 Prayed, letters; 7.30 tea, within, with Charles, letters; 12.30 walk; 1 dinner, conversed, prayer; 2 letters; 5 tea, conversed, prayer, prayed, within; 7 letters; 8 supper, conversed, on business; 9.30.

 

Sun. 17.[5] - I preached both morning and evening, on the education of children. I now spoke chiefly to the parents, informing them that I designed to speak to the children at five the next morning.

 

Mon. I8. - At five not only the morning chapel[6] was well filled, but many stood in the large chapel: I trust they did not come in vain. The rest of the week I was fully employed in writing for the Magazine and preparing for the Conference.

 

Sunday 17

 

4 Prayed, letters; 8 the preachers; 9.30 prayers, Prov. xxii. 6! com­munion, at brother Beardm[ore]’s, dinner, christened, sleep; 3 the leaders, prayed; 5 prayers, Provo xxii. 6, society, within to many, supper, conversed, prayer; 9.30.

 

Monday 18

 

4 Prayed, Col. iii. 10, select society, letters; 8 at T[homas] R[ankin’s], tea, within, prayer, Mag., [cipher] *; 1 dinner, conversed; 2 Mag.; 5.30 tea, conversed, prayed, Mag.; 8.15 supper, conversed, prayer; 9.30.

 

Tuesday 19

 

4 Prayed, Mag.; 6 Dr. Coke, etc., within; 8 tea, conversed, prayer, walk, visited; 11 at sister Greenw[ood]’s, Mag.; 1.30 dinner, conversed; 2.30 Mag.; 5 tea, conversed, prayer; 6 prayed; 7 Mag., supper, prayer; 9.30.

 

Wednesday 20

 

4 Prayed, sermon; 8 tea, conversed, prayer, sermon; 1.30 dinner, conversed; 2.30 sermon; 5 tea, prayed, sermon; 6.30 Micah ii. 10! sermon, letters, garden; 8.30 supper, conversed, prayer; 9.30.

 

Thursday 21

 

4 Prayed, letter, walk; 6.30 at home, on business, tea; 7.45 walk; 8.45 Peck[ham]; 9 tea, prayer, letter, Journal; 3 dinner, conversed, prayed, writ Journal; 6 tea, conversed; 7 Mic. ii. 10, garden, con­versed; 9.15 supper, conversed, prayer; 10.

 

Friday 22

 

4 Prayed, sermon; 8 tea, conversed, prayer, sermon; 12.30 letters; 3 dinner, within, garden; 5.30 prayed; 6 letters; 7 tea together; 8 Dr. Coke, within; 9 supper, conversed, prayer; 10.30.

 

  Sun. 24.-I preached at West Street, morning and afternoon, when both the largeness and      

 

       earnestness of the congrega­tion gave me a comfortable hope of a blessing at the ensuing    

 

       Conference.

 

       Tues. 26.-Our Conference[7] began, at which about seventy 

 

Saturday 23

 

5 Prayed, letters; 8 at sister Thornton’s, tea, conversed, prayer; 9 walk; 10.15 at home, letters; 1.15 dinner ; 2 letters ; 5 tea, letters, within, to many; 8 supper, conversed, on business; 9.45.

 

Sunday 24

 

4 Prayed, letters; 6 conversed, Charles; 8 the preachers; 9.30 prayers, Prov. xxii. 6! communion; 1.15 dinner, conversed, prayer, Charles, sleep; 3 the leaders; 3.30 prayers, I Kings xix. 9! tea, society, Charles, society; 6 prayed; supper, conversed, prayer; 945.

 

Monday 25

 

4 Prayed, Eph. ii. 8, letters; 8 tea, conversed, letters; 1 at Dr. Whitehe [ad’s], dinner, conversed; 2 writ Conf [erence]; 5 tea, the Trustees prayed; 6.30 I Pet. i. 3-5, Cabinet, supper, prayer; 9.45.

 

Tuesday 26

 

4 Prayed, letters; 6 Conf [erence]; 8 tea, conversed; 9 Conf [erence]; 12 Cab [inet]; 1 dinner; 2 Conf[erence], tea; 5 read letters, on business, prayed; 6.30 I Pet. iv. 11! within to many; 8 supper, conversed, prayer; 9.30.

 

Wednesday 27

 

4 Prayed, writ narrative; 6 Conf[erence]; 8 tea, conversed; 9 Conf[erence]; 12 Cab[inet] dinner, conversed; 2 Conf[erence]; 2.30 writ narrative; 4 Cab[inet]; 5 tea, within, Cab[inet]; 6.15 prayed; 6.30 2 Cor. iv. 5! Cab [inet], supper, conversed, prayer; 9.30.

 

Thursday 28

 

4 Prayed, Cab[inet]; 6 Conf[erence]; 8 tea, conversed; 9 Conf[erence]; 12 Cab[inet]; 1 dinner, conversed ; 2 Conf[erence]; 4 Cab[inet]; 5 tea, conversed, prayed, letter; 6.30 Rom. xv. 2, writ; 8 Conf[erence] supper, conversed, prayer; 9.30.

 

preachers were present, whom I had invited by name. One consequence of this was, that we had no contention or alterca­tion at all; but everything proposed was calmly considered, and determined as we judged would be most for the glory of God.

 

Friday 29

 

4 Prayed, Conf[erence]; 8 tea, writ narrative; 9 Conf[erence]; 12.30 writ narrative; 2 dinner, conversed; 3 Conf[erence]; 4.30 in talk; 5 tea, in talk; 5.30 prayed, letters; 8 supper, conversed, prayer; 9.30.

 

Saturday 30

 

4 Prayed, writ narrative; 6 Conf [erence]; 8 tea, conversed, prayer; 9 Con­f [erence]; 12 letters, within; 2 dinner, conversed; 3 letters; 5 tea, prayed, letters, walk, supper, on business; 9.30.

 

Sunday 31

 

4 Prayed, letters, tea; 8.15 married S. Sparrow; 9.30 prayers, Heb. xii. 1, 2; 1 communion, dinner, conversed, prayer, sleep, prayed, the leaders, tea, prayed; 5 prayers, Heb. iii. 15; 6 letter; 6.30 lovefeast; 8 supper, conversed, prayer; 9.30.

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[1] For an interesting record of the Rev. Walter Griffith’s work in Athlone and other Irish circuits in 1785, &c., see W.M. Mag. 1827, pp. 79, 145.

 

[2] On July 8 he wrote from Dublin to Miss Bolton. See new ed. Wesley letters.   He wrote from Dublin to Alexander Knox prescribing in detail outdoor exercise (Remains, vol. iv. p. 18). Wesley preached morning and evening. ‘The house was filled with sighs and tears, while he gave the parting blessing’ (Journal of Mrs. Stacy).

 

[3] Kinmel Hall and Park, on the borders of Denbigh and Flint, on the high-road from Abergele to St. Asaph. The Cross Foxes Inn.

 

[4]John Valton dined with Wesley at City Road, finding him ‘young and lusty as the eagle’ (Valton’s Journal).

 

[5] He wrote from London to Mrs. Christien, giving her homely prescriptions, and explaining his drastic plan for preventing disputes at Conference (new ed. Wesley Letters).

 

[6] The ‘morning chapel’ was used chiefly for the early morning services, which were continued in London until after Wesley’s death. In 1879 the small building erected by Wesley was destroyed by fire. The present Morning Chapel is entirely new. See Telford's Wesley’s Chapel and House, p. 87, also above, vol. vi. p. 485.

 

[7] The forty-second. The Deed of the lists of Declaration was again discussed and approved by seventy preachers, who signed a statement to that effect. Eight preachers had, however, left the connexion, including William Moore and two Hampsons. Nova Scotia, New foundland, and Antigua were added to the list of circuits. Sunday trading and dancing-schools were forbidden. There seems to have been perfect unanimity It is significant that, in accordance with his invariable Custom, the selection preachers to attend the Conference the made by Wesley himself.