AUG. 5, Sun.[1]-In the morning I met the select society, a lovely company of humble, simple Christians.

 

AUG. 1, Wednesday

 

4 Prayed, Committee; 6 Conf[erence]; 8 tea, Conf[erence]: 11.30 read letters; 1 dinner; 2 Conf[erence]; 5 tea, conversed, prayed; 6.30     Heb. iv. 9! the leaders, supper, prayer; 9.30.

 

Several of them appeared to have sound and deep experience of the things of God, and stand steadfast in the liberty wherewith Christ had made them free. The house was at ten full and warm enough. Mr. Horne read prayers, and read them well. I preached on those words in the First Lesson, ‘How long halt ye between two opinions?’ and was enabled to press the question home on the consciences of the hearers. We had five clergymen (although three only could officiate); and twelve or thirteen hundred communicants; and the Master of the feast was in the midst of us, as many found to their unspeakable comfort. After preaching in the evening, I took a solemn leave of the affectionate society. Here, at least, it undeniably appears that we have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.[2]

 

Thursday 2

 

4 Prayed, Committee; 6 Conf[erence]; 8 tea, conversed, Conf[erence]; 11.30 writ letters; 1 dinner, conversed; 2 Conf[erence]; 4 writ letters; 5 tea, conversed, prayed; 6.30 Rev. ii. 4! 8 within, supper, prayer; 9.30.

 

Friday 3

 

4 Prayed, ordained four[3]; 6 Conf[erence]; 12 within to many; 1 dinner, conversed; 2 Conf[erence]; 4 letters, tea, E. R., prayed; 6.30 I Pet.      iv. II! within, supper, prayer; 9.15;

 

Saturday 4

 

4 Prayed, ordained D[uncan] McAllum, etc.; 6 Conf[erence]; 8,tea, con­versed; 9 Conf[erence] ; 1 dinner, conversed; 2 Committee; 3 letters; 5 tea; conversed, prayer; 6 writ letters, within; 8 supper, conversed, prayer; 9 on business; 9.30

 

Sunday 5

 

4 Prayed, letters; 8 tea, select society, letters; 10 prayers, I Kings xviii. 21! communion; 1.30 dinner, conversed, prayer; 2.30 letters, within to many, letters, tea; 5 I Cor. x. 12! society, supper, prayer; 9.

 

Mon. 6.-Having taken the whole coach for Birmingham, we set out at twelve o’clock, expecting to be there, as usual, about five in the evening; but, having six persons within and eight without, the coach could not bear the burden, but broke down before three in the morning. But, having patched it together as well as we could, we went on to Congleton and got another. But in an hour or two this broke also, and one of the horses was so thoroughly tired that he could hardly set one foot before the other. After all these hindrances, we got to Bir­mingham just at seven. Finding a large congregation waiting, I stepped out of the coach into the house, and began preach­ing without delay; and such was the goodness of God that I found no more weariness when I had done than if I had rested all the day.

 

Here I took a tender leave of Mrs. Heath and her lovely daughters, about to embark with Mr. Heath[4] for America, whom I hardly expect to see any more till we meet in Abraham’s bosom.

 

Tues. 7.-Setting out a little before five, we reached Wor­cester between ten and eleven. Resting till half-past twelve, and taking fresh horses at Tewkesbury, we reached Gloucester before five o’clock. About seven I preached to a numerous congregation in the new house[5] on ‘I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ,’ and strongly applied the words to those whom they concerned. This night was one of the hottest I ever felt in Europe.

 

Monday 6

 

 12 Coach within, sleep; 2.30 coach broke, New[castle], tea, coach broke; 10 coach; 3.30 Wolverhampton, dinner; 5.15 coach; 7 Birm[ingham], Psa. xxxi. I! supper, conversed, prayer, Mrs. Heath; 10.

 

Tuesday 7

 

 4 On business, tea; 5 chaise; 7.30 [--], tea; 8.30 coach; 10.30 Worcester, on business, dinner; 12.30 coach; 4.45 Gloster, on business, tea, within, prayed; 7 Rom. i. 16, supper, prayer; 9.15.

 

Wed. 8.-We set out at two, and, from the time it was light, rode through one of the pleasantest countries I ever saw. Before five we came to Rodborough Place, but we were far too early for so genteel a family.[6] Before we reached Malmesbury one of my horses fell lame, so I sent my own chaise and horses directly to Bristol, and took post-chaises the rest of the day.

 

About half-hour after four we came to Salisbury, designing to go straight forward to Southampton; but, to our great sur­prise, there was not a post-chaise to be hired in the town. After waiting some time, we were informed that notice had been given of my preaching in the evening. I then saw the providential reason why we could not leave Sarum. The house was full enough in the evening, and great was the power of God in the midst of them.

 

Thur.9.-Desiring to be at Southampton as soon as pos­sible, we took chaise at four in the morning, and (making but a short stay at Ramsey) came thither between eight and nine. We found two sloops nearly ready to sail. The captain of one promised to sail the next morning; so we sat down content. At seven in the evening I preached in Mr. Fay’s school-room,[7] to a small but deeply serious congregation, on ‘It is appointed unto men once to die. ‘I believe some of

 

Wednesday 8

 

2 Chaise, The Fleece, chaise, Malm[e]sbury, chaise, Chip[penham]; 12 chaise, Devizes, dinner; 1.30 chaise; 4.30 Sarum, at Mr. Whitchurch’s, tea, conversed, prayed; 7 Deut. v. 7! supper, conversed, prayer; 9.30.

 

Thursday 9

 

3 Prayed, within; 4 chaise, Rorns[e]y, tea, chaise; 8.45 Southampton, letters; 11 prayers, writ Journal; 1.30 dinner, conversed, walk; 2.30 Journal; 4 prayed, tea, conversed; 7 Heb. ix., prayer; 9.30.

 

these will not be forgetful hearers, but will bring forth fruit with patience.[8]

 

Fri: 10.-At six I preached to nearly the same number on Heb. iv. 14. In the afternoon I went with a gentleman (Mr. Taylor) to hear the famous musician[9] that plays upon the glasses. By my appearing there (as I had foreseen), a heap of gentry attended in the evening; and I believe several of them, as wel1 as Mr. T[aylor] himself, did not come in vain.

 

Sat.11.-We went on board the Queen, a small sloop, and sailed eight or nine leagues with a tolerable wind. But it then grew foul, and blew a storm, so that we were all glad to put in at Yarmouth harbour. About six Dr. Coke preached in the market-house to a quiet and tolerably attentive congregation. The storm continuing, at eight in the morning, Sunday the 12th, I preached to a much larger congregation. I had uncommon liberty of speech, and I believe some of them felt that God was there. At eleven we went to church. There was a tolerable

 

Friday 10

 

4 Prayed, writ narrative; 6 Heb. iv. 14, read; 8 tea, conversed, read; 1 dinner, conversed, letter, read; 5 The Glasses; 6 tea; 7 2 Cor. viii. 9, supper, prayer; 9.30.

 

Saturday 11

 

4 Prayed, tea; 6 Key; 7 in the Queen, read, within; 12 dinner, read; 5 tea, prayed; 6 land, walk, Dr. Coke; 8 supper, within; 9.30.

 

Sunday 12

 

4 Prayed, Mag.; 7 tea, Mag.; 8 Matt. xxii. 4. Mag.; 11 prayers; 12.15 together; 1 dinner, together, prayed, Mag.; 4 Lu. xix. 42! tea, together; 6 prayed; 6.30 Dr. Coke, walk; 8 supper, conversed; 9.30.

 

  ­congregation, and all remarkably well-behaved. The minister read prayers very seriously, and preached on ‘Blessed are the poor in spirit.’ At four I preached again on Luke xix. 42 [part of the Second Lesson in the morning), ‘If thou hadst known, even thou,’ &c. The market-house was now more than filled; and not a few seemed to hear as for life. In the evening Dr. Coke preached again. We have now delivered our own souls at Yarmouth, and trust God will suffer us to go on to Guernsey.

 

Mon. 13.-We set out from Yarmouth with a fair wind, but it soon turned against us, and blew so hard that in the afternoon we were glad to put in at Swanage. I found we had still a little society here. I had not seen them for thirteen years,[10] and had no thought of seeing them now; but God does all things well. In the evening I preached in the Presbyterian meeting­house-not often, I believe, so well filled; and afterwards passed half an hour very agreeably with the minister in the parsonage-house, which he rents-a neat, retired house, with a delightful garden. Thence we adjourned to the house of our old brother Collins, and between eight and nine went on board.

 

Tues. 14.-Sailing on, with a fair wind, we fully expected to reach Guernsey in the afternoon; but, the wind turning contrary, and blowing hard, we found it would be impossible. We then judged it best to put in at the Isle of Alderney; but we were very near being shipwrecked in the bay. When we were in the middle of the rocks, with the sea rippling all round us, the wind totally failed. Had this continued we must have struck upon one or other of the rocks; so we went to prayer, and the wind sprung up instantly. About sunset we landed; and, though we had five beds in the same room, slept in peace.

 

Monday 13

 

4 Prayed, Mag.; 7 tea, conversed, Mag.; 10 on board, read French; 12.30 dinner, read French; 4.30 Swanage, walk; 5 Diary; 5.30 tea, within; 6.30 Rom. i. 16, garden, supper; 9 on board; 9.30.

 

Tuesday 14

 

4 Prayed, Mag., French; 8 tea, conversed; 12.30 dinner, conversed, French; 5 tea; 7 Alderney, within, supper, together; 10.30.

 

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About eight I went down to a convenient spot[11]  on the beach and began giving out a hymn. A woman and two little children joined us immediately. Before the hymn was ended we had a tolerable congregation, all of whom behaved well. Part, indeed, continued at forty or fifty yards’ distance; but they were all quiet and attentive.

 

It happened (to speak in the vulgar phrase) that three or four who sailed with us from England, a gentleman with his wife and sister, were near relations of the Governor.[12] He came to us this morning, and, when I went into the room, behaved with the utmost courtesy. This little circumstance may remove prejudice, and make a more open way for the gospel.

 

Soon after we set sail, and, after a very pleasant passage, through little islands on either hand, we came to the venerable Castle,[13] standing on a rock, about a quarter of a mile from Guernsey. The isle itself makes a beautiful appearance, spread­ing as a crescent to the right and left; about seven miles long, and five broad; part high land, and part low. The town itself is boldly situated, rising higher and higher from the water. The first thing I observed in it was very narrow streets and exceed­ing high houses. But we quickly went on to Mr. De Jersey’s, hardly a mile from the town.[14] Here I found a most cordial welcome, both from the master of the house and all his family. I preached at seven in a large room, to as deeply serious a congregation as I ever saw, on ‘Jesus Christ, of God made unto us wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption.’

 

Wednesday 15

 

4.45 Prayed, Mag.; 7.30 tea, conversed; 8 Mark i. 15! 9.30 on board; 10 French; 1 dinner, conversed, French; 4.30 Guernsey, within, at Mr. De Jersey’s, tea, walk, prayed; 7 I Cor. i. 30, supper, prayer; 9.30.

 

Thur. 16.-I had a very serious congregation at five, in a large room of Mr. De Jersey’s house.[15] His gardens and orchards are of a vast extent, and wonderfully pleasant; and I know no nobleman in Great Britain that has such variety of the most excellent fruit, which he is every year increasing, either from France or other parts of the Continent. What quantity of fruit he has you may conjecture from one sort only: this summer he gathered fifty pounds of strawberries daily, for six weeks together.

 

In the evening I preached at the other end of the town,[16] in our own preaching-house. So many people squeezed in (though not near all who came), that it was as hot as a stove. But this none seemed to regard; for the word of God was sharper than a two-edged sword.

 

Fri. 17.-I waited upon the Governor[17] and spent half an hour very agreeably. In the afternoon we took a walk upon the pier, the largest and finest I ever saw. The town is swiftly increasing, new houses starting up on every side.

 

In the evening I did not attempt to go into the house, but stood near it, in the yard surrounded with tall, shady trees, and proclaimed to a large congregation, ‘God is a Spirit; and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth.’ I believe many were cut to the heart this hour, and some not a little comforted.

 

Thursday 16

 

4.45 Heb. vi. I, Journal; 7.30 tea, conversed, prayer, read Lavour walk; 12.45 dinner, conversed, prayer, Mag.; 3.30 prayed; 4.15 walk; 5 Les Terres; 7 tea, within, prayed; 6.30 Matt. xi. 28! walk, supper, conversed, prayer; 9.30.

 

Friday 17

 

4 Prayed, Lavour, conversed to Sus [? Susy, i.e. daughter of his host]; 9.30 Gov[erno]r, Lavour; 1 dinner, Lavour; 3 prayed; 4 walk; 5 tea, conversed; 6.30 Jo. iv. 24! 8 supper, conversed, prayer; 9.30.

 

Sat. 18.-Dr. Coke and I dined at the Governor’s. I was well pleased to find other company. We conversed serious for upwards of an hour, with a sensible, well-bred, agreeable man. In the evening I preached to the largest congregation I have seen here, on Jer. viii. 22; and they were all attention Surely God will have a people in this place.      

 

Sun. 19.-Joseph Bradford preached at six in the morning, at Mon Plaisir les Terres, to a numerous congregation. He preached at half an hour past eight,[18] and the house contained the congregation. At ten I went to the French church, where there was a large and well-behaved congregation. At five we had the largest congregation of all; of whom I took a solemn and affectionate leave, as it is probable I may not see them any more till we meet in Abraham’s bosom.

 

Saturday 18

 

4 Prayed, letters; 7.45 tea, conversed with Mr. S.; 9.30 conversed, letters, Journal; 3 at the Governor’s, dinner, together; 4.30 conversed to Dr. Coke; 5, tea, conversed, prayer; 6 prayed, Jer. viii. 22! supper, conversed, prayer, on business; 9.30.

 

Sunday 19

 

4 Prayed, Mag., tea, prayer walk; 8.30 Jo. xvii. 3, prayers; 12 read narrative, dinner, read narrative; 3 prayed; 4 tea, conversed; 5 I Cor. xiii. I, etc., society, Mount [Mon Plaisir], conversed, prayer; 8 Les Terres, supper, prayer; 9.15.

 

Monday 20

 

2.45 On business; 3.30 on board, sailed; 6.30 read, within; 11 St. Helier; 12 read; 1 dinner, conversed, prayer; 2 Mag.; 4 prayed; 5 tea, conversed, prayer; 6.30 Mark iii. 35; 8 supper, conversed, prayer; 9.30.

 

­ Mon. 20.-We embarked between three and four in the morning in a very small, inconvenient sloop, and not a swift sailer; so that we were seven hours in sailing what is called seven leagues. About eleven we landed at St. Heliers, and went straight to Mr., Brackenbury’s house.[19] It stands very pleasantly, near the end of the town, and has a large, convenient garden, with a lovely range of fruitful hills, which rise at a small distance from it. I preached in the evening to an exceeding serious congregation, on [Mark] iii. ult.: and almost as many were present at five in the morning; whom I exhorted to go on to perfection; which many of them, Mr. Clarke informs me, are earnestly endeavouring to do.

 

Tues. 21.-We took a walk to one of our friends in the country. Near his house stood what they call the College.[20] It is a free-school, designed to train up children for the University; exceeding finely situated, in a quiet recess, surrounded by tall woods. Not far from it stands, on the top of a high hill[21] (I suppose a Roman mount), an old chapel,[22] believed to be the first Christian church which was built in the island. From hence we had a view of the whole island, the pleasantest I ever saw; as far superior to the Isle of Wight as that is to the Isle of Man. The little hills, almost covered with large trees, are inexpressibly beautiful. It seems they are to be equalled in the Isle of Guernsey. In the evening I was obliged to preach abroad, on ‘Now is the day of salvation,’ I think a blessing seldom fails to attend that subject.

 

                        Tuesday 21

 

4 Prayed, Psa. lxxxiv. I, Mag.; 8 tea, conversed, prayer, Mag., ,at the Gov[erno]r['s]; 11 sister Bisson, prayer; 11.45 walk; 1 at brother W[ -]’s, dinner, conversed, prayer; 2.30 walk; 4 prayed; 5 tea, conversed, prayer, visited; 6.30 2 Cor. vi. 2, within, supper, con­versed, prayer; 9.30.

 

Wednesday 22

 

4 Prayed, Rom. xii. I, read P. Whitfield[23] walk; 8 tea, conversed, prayer,     Whitf[ield]; 10 conversed; 12 Whitf[ield]; 1.30 dinner, conversed, prayer, Whitf[ield]; 4 prayed, tea, conversed, prayer! prayed; 6  Rom. iii. 22! read narrative, supper, conversed, ,prayer; 9.15.

 

Wed. 22.-In the evening, the room not containing the people, I was obliged to stand in the yard. I preached on Rom. iii. .22, 23, and spoke exceeding plain. Even the gentry heard with deep attention. How little things does God turn to His Own glory I Probably many of these flock together because I have lived so many years. And perhaps even this may be the means of their living for ever!

 

Thur. 23.-I rode to St. Mary’s, five or six miles from St. Heliers, through shady, pleasant lanes. None at the house[24] could speak English, but I had interpreters enough. In the evening our large room was thoroughly filled: I preached on ‘By grace are ye saved, through faith.’ Mr. Brackenbury

 

interpreted sentence by sentence; and God owned His word though delivered in so awkward a manner; but especially in prayer: I prayed in English, and Mr. Brackenbury in French.

 

The houses here are exactly like those in the interior parts of Wales, equal to the best farmers’ houses in Lincolnshire; and the people in general are far better behaved than our country farmers in England.

 

Fri. 24.-I returned to St. Heliers. The high wind in the evening prevented my preaching abroad. However, on more than the house would contain enforced those awful words, ‘It is appointed unto men once to die.’ I believe the word fell heavy on all that heard; and many wished to die the death of the righteous.

 

Sat. 25.-Having now leisure, I finished a sermon on ‘Discerning the Signs of the Times.’ ­

 

Thursday 23

 

4 Prayed, Dr. Coke, conversed, read narrative; 8 tea, conversed, prayer, visited; 10 on business; 11 writ; 12.30 St. Mary’s, read narrative; 1 dinner, conversed; 2 read; 4 walk, conversed; 4.30 prayed, tea, conversed, prayer, read; 7.15 supper; 8 Eph. ii. 8! society; 9.30.

 

Friday 24

 

4 Prayed, sermon; 7 tea, conversed, prayer; 8 read; 9.30 at home, sermon; 1 dinner, conversed; 2 sermon, prayed; 5 tea, conversed, prayer, prayed; 6.15 Heb. ix. 27, read, supper, conversed, prayer; 9.30.

 

Saturday 25

 

4 Prayed, Matt. v. 6, sermon; 8 tea, conversed, prayer, visited; 9.30 sermon, J[eannie] Bi[sson], conversed, prayer, sermon, garden; 1 dinner, prayer; 2 sermon, read Norden[25] [the Danish traveler]; 4 prayed, tea, conversed, prayer; 6.15 Isai. xxxv. 8! 7.30 supper, the leaders, prayer, on business; 9.30.

 

This morning I had a particular conversation (as I had once or twice before) with Jeannie Bisson of this town; such a young woman as I have hardly seen elsewhere.[26] She seems to be wholly devoted to God, and to have constant communion with Him. She has a clear and strong understanding; and I cannot perceive the least tincture of enthusiasm. I am afraid she will not live long. I am amazed at the grace of God which is in her: I think she is far beyond Madame Guyon in deep communion with God; and I doubt whether I have found her fellow in England. Precious as my time is, it would have been worth my while to come to Jersey, had it been only to see this prodigy of grace.

 

In the evening God was with us in a very uncommon manner while I opened and enforced those comprehensive words, ‘We preach Christ crucified.’ I know not when we have had such an opportunity; it seemed as if every soul present would have found the salvation of God!

 

Sun. 26.-Dr. Coke preached at five, and I at nine o’clock. Afterwards I heard the English service at church; but the congregation was nothing near so large as ours at five in the morning. We had a French sermon in our room at three. Afterwards I met the society, many of whom came from the country, and had no English; so Mr. Brackenbury interpreted for me again. Afterwards we both prayed. Many of the people seemed greatly affected. Between five and six I began preaching in the yard, but before I had finished my sermon it poured down with rain; so I was obliged to conclude abruptly.

 

Mon. 27.-Captain Cabot, the master of a Guernsey sloop, called upon us early in the morning, and told us, if we chose to go that way, he would set out between five and six; but, the wind being quite contrary, we judged it best to wait a little longer.

 

Sunday 26

 

4 Prayed, sermon; 6 Dr. Coke, sermon; 8 tea, prayer, sermon; 9 Psa. xxxiii. I, sermon; 12.30 dinner, prayer, sermon; 2 prayers; 3 sermon; 4 society; 4.30 prayed, tea; 5.30 Mat. viii. 2, rain, supper, conversed, prayer; 9.30.

 

Monday 27

 

4 Prayed, I Pet. iv. 7, sermon; 8 tea, conversed, prayer, visited; 9.30 sermon, J[eannie] B[isson]; 12.30 walk; 1.15 dinner, prayer; 2 sermon, conversed! prayed; 4.30 visited, tea, conversed, prayer; 6 prayed, sermon; 7 I Cor. i. 24! supper, conversed, prayer; 9.30.

 

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In the evening, being appointed to preach at seven, I was obliged to preach within. We were extremely crowded but the power of God was so manifested while I declared ‘We preach Jesus Christ, and Him crucified,’ that we soon forgot the heat, and were glad of being detained a little longer than we intended.

 

I thought, when I left Southampton, to have been there again as this day; but God’s thoughts were not as my thoughts. Here we are shut up in Jersey, for how long we cannot tell. But it is all well, for Thou, Lord, hast done it. It is my part to improve the time, as it is not likely I shall ever have another opportunity of visiting these islands.

 

Tues. 28.[27]- Being still detained by contrary winds, I preached at six in the evening, to a larger congregation than ever, in the assembly-room.

 

Tuesday 28

 

Prayed, Rev. xiv. I, etc., read account of Jersey; 8 tea, conversed, prayer; 9 Jersey; 12.30 garden; 1 dinner, within; 2 Journal; 4 prayed; 5 tea, conversed, prayer, prayed; 6 Provo iii, 17; 7.30 supper, conversed, prayer; 9.30.

 

­It conveniently contains five or six hundred people. Most of the gentry were present, and; I believe, felt that God was there in an uncommon degree. Being still detained, I preached there again the next evening to a larger congregation than ever; I now judged I had fully delivered my own soul; and in the morning, the wind serving for Guernsey, and not for Southampton, I returned thither, not unwillingly, since it was not by my choice, but by the clear providence of God; for in the afternoon I was offered the use of the assembly-room, a spacious chamber in the market-place, which would contain at least thrice as many as our former room. I willingly accepted the offer, and preached at six to such a congregation as I had not seen here before; and the word seemed to sink deep into their hearts. I trust it will not return empty.

 

Wed. 29.-I designed to have followed the blow in the morn­ing; but I had quite lost my voice. However, it was restored in the evening; and I believe all in the assembly-room (more than the last evening) heard distinctly while I explained and applied ‘I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God.’ In the morning, Thursday the 30th, I took a solemn leave of the society. We set out about nine, and reached St. Peter’s in the afternoon. Good is the will of the Lord. I trust He has something more for us to do here also. After preaching to a larger congregation than was expected on so short a notice, on ‘God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself,’ I returned to Mon Plaisir, to stay just as long as it should please God.

 

Wednesday 29

 

4 Prayed; 5 ill, sleep; 6 read, Norden; 8 tea, conversed, prayer, visited; 9.30 read, Mr. Neau; 12 walk; 1 dinner, conversed; 2 Neau; 4 prayed; 5 tea, conversed; 6 Rev. xx. 12; 7.30 supper, conversed, prayer; 9.30.

 

Thursday 30

 

4 Prayed, I Pet. ii. I, etc., on business, tea; 7.30 on board, read Recueil,[28] [-]; 12.30 dinner, read Recueil; 5 Guernsey, tea, conversed, prayed; 6.30 2 Cor. vi. 16, etc., walk, Mount [Mon Plaisir], supper, conversed, prayer; 9.30.

 

I preached there. in the morning, Friday the 31^st to a congregation serious as death. Afterwards I looked over Archbishop Usher’s Letters; and was surprised to find that great man was fully convinced (1) that the Septuagint translation continually adds to, takes from, and changes the Hebrew text at pleasure; (2) that this could not possibly be owing to mistake, but must have been done by design; (3) that the original translation of it was lost long ago; and what has ever since gone under that name is a spurious copy, abounding with omissions, additions, and alterations of the Hebrew text, yet not such as any way destroy the foundation.

 

I designed to preach abroad in the evening, but the furious wind drove us into the house. However, our labour was not lost, for many felt the sharpness of the two-edged sword while I was expounding Gal. vi. 14.

 

Friday 31

 

4 Prayed, 1 Thes v. 16, etc., read A[rch]bishop Usher, tea, conversed, walk; 12.15 dinner, conversed; 1.30 read; 4 prayed, tea; 6 Gal. vi. 14, walk, supper, prayer; 9.30.

  

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[1] On Aug. 4 he wrote from Manchester to Miss Jane Bisson, afterwards Mrs. Cock, of St. Heliers, Jersey. He urges the cultivation of a joyful religious experience: ‘He can purify you by the fire of His love, as well as by the fire affliction. Do not, therefore, expect or desire affliction, but let the Joy of the Lord be your strength’ (Works, vol. xiii. p. 106).

 

[2] Wesley says nothing of the Conference which began in Manchester on Tuesday, July 31. John Stamp, Richard Reece, and Joseph Entwisle were admitted on trial. Anthems were forbidden,

 

the reason given being that they could be properly called joint worship. See W.H.S. vol. iv. p. 117, for a notice of this Conference in the Leeds Mercury of Aug 8, 1787.

 

[3] Duncan McAllum, Alexander Suter, James Wray for Nova Scotia, and a fourth (whose name is not known) for the West Indies. See Dr. John S. Simon’s article on Wesley’s Ordinations in W.H.S. vol. ix. p. 145.

 

[4] Who was going to be President of Cokesbury. See above, p. 252.

 

[5] See above, p. 251. This ‘new house’ was hidden behind shops, and was reached from Northgate Street by a narrow passage shown in Meth. Rec. July 6, 1905. In 1878 the shops were demolished, and a new chapel built fronting the street. Mr. Samuel Jeffs, a friend of Wesley’s, has descendants who worship at Northgate Street.

 

[6] Sir George Onesiphorus Paul, the second and last baronet. His father was a woollen manufacturer at Woodchester, and, as Sheriff in 1760, presented a County address to George III on his accession.

 

The view from Rodborough Hill is very extensive and pleasing.

 

[7] It cannot now be traced; but the W.M. Mag. 1907, p. 290, gives pictures of a (transformed) bricklayer’s loft which served until ‘The Ditches’ was built. In this loft-chapel the Dairyman’s Daughter was converted, under a sermon by James Crabb, who was appointed to the circuit in 1794 and 1795.The first chapel in Southampton was in a busy street ca1led The Ditches. It still exists, but is used for other purposes. It was superseded (Oct. 24, 1849) by East Street Chapel. See Meth. Rec. April 26, 1906.

 

[8] This is a marvellous journey. Start­ing on Sunday at midnight, he travelled 19 hours, including two break-down delays; Tuesday rose at 4, Wednesday at 2, Thursday at 3, Friday at 4. After travelling from 230 to 240 miles in 80 3/4 hours, he preached and went to hear the musical glasses.

 

[9] Probably Marianne Davies. See Grove’s Dictionary of Music, vol. i. pp. 435, 662. In 1742 Benjamin Franklin invented a musical instrument consisting of a series of glasses fixed on a spindle, which was moved by a treadle, and played and tuned something like the ordinary musical glasses. This he cal1ed the ‘Armonica.’ Miss Davies was the daughter of a relative of Franklin. She attained some distinction as a performer on the harpsichord and pianoforte, but about 1762 achieved much more repute for her skill on the harmonica, or musical glasses, then recently much improved by Franklin… After 1771 she still continued to play, probably touring the country. She died in 1792. See also Dict. of Nat. Biog. vol. xiv. p. 147­

 

[10] See above, Oct. 12, 1774, when he preached at Swanage.

 

[11] Near the Old Forge, Braye.

 

[12] John Ie Messurier, hereditary Go­vernor of Alderney, and Lord of the Manor by a grant from the Crown.

 

[13] Cornet.

 

[14] Mon Plaisir, a farm of 152 verg′ees or nearly 61 acres, which Henri de Jersey, Wesley’s host, had bought about 1750, from various owners, and planted as a fruit and cider farm. The view of the house in which Wesley lodged (see p. 315) is taken from Lelie′vre's Histoire du Methodisme dans Iesﺁ  ies de la Manche, p. 229. The engraving in Wesley his own Biographer shows a very modern arrangement of the old place. In this house Adam Clarke lodged during his appointment in the years 1786, 1787, and 1788, and was treated with parental affection. See Jones’s Life of Adam Clarke, pp. 169-70.

 

[15] Over the dairy and bakehouse, to the left of the picture on p. 315. The same preaching-room was used until July 24, 1854.

 

[16] A room hired from Mr. Walker, at Les Terres, under Fort George.

 

[17] The question arises whether the reference is to the Governor of Alderney, who resided habitually in Guernsey, or is it to the military Lieutenant-Governor of Guernsey and its dependencies, at the time Lieut.-Colonel William Browne? See W.H.S. vol. iv. p. 21 and vol. vii. p. 41.

 

[18] Rev. Matthew Gallienne, B.A., whose notes we are quoting, suggests another form of the text as probably more correct than the one hitherto adopted. ‘Joseph Bradford preached at six in the morning at Les Terres, to a numerous congregation. I preached at half an hour past eight at Mon Plaisir.’ His note is to the follow­ing effect: ‘The edition of 1810 has: “Bradford preached at Mont Les Plaisie Terre. . .” Here, as elsewhere, it would be important to refer to manuscript sources, if available.’ Mon Plaisir and Les Terres are at opposite ends of the town. See above, p. 312 n, and W.H.S. vol. vii. p. 41.

 

[19] 15 Vieux Chemin (Old Street), where a large room had been arranged for the See society (Meth. Mag. 1820, pp. 368 and 805).

 

[20] Saint-Mannelier, an old endowed school, now united to Victoria College. 

 

[21] La Hogue Bie, or Böete.  See Cartaret’s Diary.

 

[22] Probably St. Jean.

 

[23] See above, vol. iv, p, 204.

 

[24] Mrs. Le Couteur’s.

 

[25] See above, vol. v. p. 227.

 

[26] See Wesley’s letters to her (Works, Vol. xiii. pp. 106-12) and his description of her in his letter to Mrs. Hester Ann Rogers, Oct. 12 (Works, vol. xiii. p. 85).

 

[27] Mr., Gallienne suggests a new reading of the text at this point (from ‘Tues. 28’ to ‘Good is the will of the Lord’), on the ground that these lines as they stand seem to be made up of two different redactions of the same story, As neither manuscript nor earlier edition, nor indeed any Wesley-corrected edition, is available for comparison, the editor of the present edition does not feel at liberty, in this or any other instance, apart from absolute necessity, to reconstruct the text. It is true that Wesley himself did not correct the proof-sheets of this last ‘Extract’ from his Journal, but he may have left a corrected manuscript. Mr. Gallienne’s new reading is, however, given below. It clears up a difficulty, and appears to meet the facts of the case:

 

Being still detained by contrary winds, in the afternoon I was offered the use of the assembly-room, a spacious chamber in the market-place, which would contain at least thrice as many as our former room. [This room was called the Long Room; it was in the lower part of the market-place, now

 

Royal Square.] I willingly accepted the offer, and preached to such a congregation as I had not seen here before. The room contains live or six hundred people. Most of the gentry were present, and, I believe, felt that God was present in an uncommon degree. And the word seemed to sink deep into their hearts. I trust it will not return empty.

 

Wed. 29.-I designed to have followed the blow in the morning; but I had quite lost my voice: however, it was restored in the evening, and I believe all in the assembly room (more than in the last evening) heard distinctly while I explained and applied ‘I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God.’ In the morning, Thursday the 30^th, I took a solemn leave of the society. I now judged I had fully delivered my own soul and, the wind serving for Guernsey, and not for Southampton, I returned hither, not unwillingly, since it was not by my choice, but by the clear providence of God. We set out about nine, and reached St. Peter’s (Guernsey) in the afternoon. Good is the will of the Lord.

 

A full discussion of the subject will be found in W.H.S. vol. vii. pp, 11 and 41.

 

[28] This may have been an early French hymn-book, e.g. Recueil de Cantiques 1743 (Moravian), or a later edition of the same book.