The Journal Of John Wesley

1 EDITOR'S NOTE 2 INTRODUCTION 3 AN APPRECIATION OF JOHN WESLEY'S JOURNAL 4 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH 5 Introduction 6 Wesley Begins his Work 7 Origin of the Holy Club 8 Wesley Sails for America 9 Life on Board 10 Memorable Atlantic Storms 11 Wesley Arrives in Georgia 12 Begins His Ministry at Savannah 13 |I Waked Under Water| 14 Talks to the Indians 15 Fearless of Rains and Dews 16 Desires to Go Among the Indians 17 Begins to Learn Spanish 18 Warrant for Wesley's Arrest 19 The Jury's Charge against Wesley 20 Why Wesley left Georgia 21 Lost in the Woods 22 Farewell to America 23 The Voyage to England 24 Lands at Deal 25 In London Again 26 Wesley Meets Peter Bohler 27 Wesley's Four Resolutions 28 Incidents on the Manchester Road 29 Companions on Horseback 30 Preaches in Oxford Castle 31 Talks with Bohler 32 |I Felt My Heart Strangely Warmed| 33 Wesley Preaches in Newgate Gaol 34 Wesley Begins Field-preaching 35 The First Methodist Building 36 Wesley's Living Arguments 37 Beau Nash Argues with Wesley 38 |All the World My Parish| 39 Susanna Wesley and her Son 40 Talks with Whitefield 41 Press-gang Disturbs the Sermon 42 The New Name of Methodism 43 An Accident and a Long Sermon 44 Wesley in Wales 45 |A Terrible Sight| 46 |Yonder Comes Wesley, Galloping| 47 The Colliers of Kingswood 48 Wesley's Correspondents 49 A Sermon and a Riot 50 Preaching Incidents 51 Wesley's Labor Colony 52 Dispute with Whitefield 53 Wesley at Northampton and Nottingham 54 An Ox in the Congregation 55 Wesley at Cardiff 56 A Curious Interruption 57 Wesley's Congregation Stoned 58 A Bull in the Congregation 59 Wesley Was |the Better Mounted| 60 A Big Crowd at Newcastle 61 Wesley on His Father's Tombstone 62 |Let Them Convert the Scolds| 63 Death of Wesley's Mother 64 Mrs. Wesley as Preacher 65 She Speaks to Two Hundred 66 How the Wesleys Were Brought up 67 |Conquer the Child's Will| 68 They Had Nothing They Cried For 69 Keeping the Wesley Children in Order 70 Susanna Wesley's |By-laws| 71 Mr. Stephenson and Wesley 72 Newcastle's First Methodist Room 73 Introduction 74 Wesley Refused the Sacrament at Epworth 75 Wesley and the Cock-fighter 76 Wesley in Seven Dials 77 Wesley's Horses Give Trouble 78 Wesley Goes to Cornwall 79 The Cornish Tinners 80 In the Scilly Isles 81 Remarkable Service at Gwennap 82 A Mob at Wednesbury 83 Wesley in Danger 84 His Presence of Mind 85 |What Soft Hair He Has| 86 Wesley's Defenders 87 The Sleepy Magistrates' Proclamation 88 Wesley Nearly Drowned 89 Methodism on the Stage 90 The First Conference 91 Wesley's Chancery Bill 92 Wesley's Effective Letter 93 Press Gang and Methodists 94 Reading the Riot Act 95 Wesley Seized for a Soldier 96 Dramatic Scenes at Falmouth 97 |I am John Wesley| 98 Wesley Pushed from a High Wall 99 Riot Act and a Sermon 100 Pelted by the Mob at Leeds 101 Great Excitement at Newcastle 102 Wesley's Letter to the Mayor 103 Preaching under Difficulties 104 The Blasphemous Troops 105 Bonfires Everywhere 106 Introduction 107 Wesley Encounters Severe Weather 108 Preaching to the Lead Miners 109 How Wesley Dealt with a Mob 110 The Bargemen and their Clubs 111 Remarkable Accident to Wesley 112 A Shower of Stones 113 A Horrible Proposition 114 Incidents in Ireland 115 Wesley Lives on Apple-tea 116 A Determined Preacher 117 Zealous Protestants 118 Wesley Protests Against Lawlessness 119 Beaten by the Mob 120 Defending Field Preaching 121 Three Remarkable Shots with Stones 122 Wesley in Wales 123 Marries his Brother 124 Methodists Lease an Abbey 125 Wesley and the Soldiers' Class 126 A Ridiculous Question 127 A Rough Voyage 128 Remarkable Scenes at Bolton 129 Wesley at Dudley and Birmingham 130 Wesley in Wales 131 Waiting for the Irish Boat 132 |Where Is the Parson?| 133 Wesley Interviews Mrs. Pilkington 134 Wesley Burned in Effigy 135 Visits to Kinsale and Cork 136 At an Irish Funeral 137 Wesley Rides Ninety Miles 138 He Left One Shilling and Fourpence 139 Wesley as Editor 140 In Canterbury Cathedral 141 Introduction 142 Wesley Decides to Marry 143 Marriage and Preaching 144 Wesley and His Barber 145 Wesley's Impressions of Scotland 146 Wesley's Remarkable Vitality 147 A Crowded Coach 148 Wesley Sleeps in a Cellar 149 Round Chester Walls 150 A Boiling Sea 151 Wesley's Forgiveness 152 The Pay of Preaching 153 Wesley in Glasgow 154 Apprenticeship Customs 155 Cornish Smugglers 156 Wesley Writes His Epitaph 157 Wesley His Own Doctor 158 Introduction 159 Wesley Retires to Paddington 160 Persecuting the Methodists 161 Wesley's Prescriptions 162 Wesley and the Sunshine 163 The Room Was Like and Oven 164 |This Is No Mazed Man| 165 Slandering Wesley in the Pulpit 166 Extraordinary Coincidence 167 Macbeth and Thunder at Drury Lane 168 At Dover Castle 169 Preaching to a Press-gang 170 Waiting for the Ferry 171 Irish Honesty 172 A Remarkable Premonition Fulfilled 173 Preaching in a Loft 174 A Terrible Dream 175 The Delights of North Wales 176 Wesley's Debt of 1236 177 Wesley on Electricity as a Cure 178 Introduction 179 In Glasgow Cathedral 180 Wesley Sings a Scotch Psalm 181 |I Do Indeed Live by Preaching!| 182 Wesley at Charterhouse 183 Wesley Opposed by Mayor and Minister 184 Fire at Kingswood School 185 In Norfolk and Suffolk 186 Another Ninety-mile Journey 187 Wesley's Advice to Travelers 188 Wesley at Norwich and Colchester 189 The Sands of Ravenglass 190 Useless Doctors 191 Fire in a Coalpit 192 Newcastle as a Summer Resort 193 Wesley Likes a Soft Cushion 194 Defeating the Press-gang 195 Extraordinary Trances 196 Wesley Rides Twenty-four Hundred Miles in Seven Months 197 Field-preaching Expedient 198 Wesley Clothes French Prisoners 199 The Truth about Trances 200 Wesley and the Irish Question 201 Attack on Wesley's Hat 202 |A Kind of Waterspout| 203 A Tinner's Story 204 Wesley Writes to the London Chronicle 205 Preaching in the Inn Yard 206 Wesley Preaches at Aberdeen 207 Wesley's Criticism of Edinburgh 208 A Busy Week 209 Wesley and Impositions 210 A Monster Called a Declaration 211 Some Impudent Women 212 Seen in a Looking Glass 213 Wesley at Matlock Bath and Boston 214 Preaching by Moonlight 215 Some Rough Journeys 216 Remarkable Speaking Statue 217 Wesley and the Oatmeal Sellers 218 The Irish Whiteboys 219 Whitewashing Kilkenny Marble 220 Wesley in Cornwall 221 Wesley's Day of Pentecost 222 Wesley in Aberdeen Again 223 Plain Dealing in Scotland 224 The Drunkard's Magnificat 225 Methodists and Their Wealth 226 A Difficult Crossing 227 Wesley at Birmingham, Walsal, and Derby 228 |No Law for Methodists| 229 Wesley Unhorsed 230 Wesley on Holy Island 231 Wesley at the General Assembly 232 At Inverness 233 A Sermon and Congregation to Order 234 Wesley and a Scotch Communion 235 Wesley's Likes and Dislikes 236 She Thought, |I Laugh Prettily| 237 An Exhausting Day 238 Seven Hours on Horseback 239 The Ride from Pembroke to Swansea 240 Wesley's Experiments with Lions 241 Introduction 242 Breakfast with Mr. Whitefield 243 Two Deeds 244 Wesley Covered with Mud 245 Wesley Secures Justice for Methodists 246 Gwennap's Famous Amphitheater 247 Wesley on a Country Life 248 Wesley and the Character of a Methodist 249 The Sexton's Strange Apparition 250 Queer Houses at Sheerness 251 Wesley in the Marshalsea Prison 252 Wesley Travels North 253 Preaching in a North Wind 254 Wesley Instructs Parents 255 Wesley and Mary Queen of Scots 256 Wesley at Scoon and Holyrood 257 Wesley's Old Schoolfellow 258 Wesley's Wife Ill 259 Wesley and Seaport Towns 260 Introduction 261 Wesley's Land-shark 262 Wesley Opens a New Church 263 A Forsaken Beauty 264 Wesley at the Countess of Huntingdon's 265 The Gentleman with Rotten Eggs 266 Wesley on Geology and Rousseau 267 Swedenborg an Entertaining Madman 268 Wesley and His Horses 269 Wesley at Nairn, Elgin, and Aberdeen 270 Where Are the Highlands? 271 Wesley and the Turnpikes 272 Wesley in St. Albans Abbey 273 Wesley and the Druid Monuments 274 Congregation of 20,000 275 Fire at Portsmouth Dock 276 Wesley Preaches Whitefield's Funeral Sermon 277 Introduction 278 The Earl of Desmond's Castle 279 Wesley in Winchester Cathedral 280 Wesley at Windsor Park 281 Wesley as Art Critic 282 Wesley on A Sentimental Journey 283 Wesley and the Boarding School 284 Wesley at Greenock and Glasgow 285 Wesley Receives the Freedom of Perth 286 Wesley Visits the Bass Rock 287 Through the Dales 288 Field-preaching as Wesley's Cross 289 Good or Bad Spirits? 290 A Remarkable Dream 291 Wesley's Letters and Friends 292 Wesley and His Chaise 293 Incidents in Ireland 294 A Neglected School 295 Mobbed by Masons 296 Wesley at Derry and Armagh 297 The Speaking Statue Again 298 The Earthquake at Madeley 299 A Man of Seventy Preaches to 30,000 People 300 A Monster Elm 301 Introduction 302 Wesley Arrested in Edinburgh 303 Wesley's Terrible Ride 304 A Collier's Remarkable Escape 305 Wesley at Corfe Castle 306 A Methodist Isaac Newton 307 Wesley in the Fens 308 Wesley's Coach Upset 309 Wesley and the American War 310 Preaching from the Stocks 311 |A Very Extraordinary Genius| 312 Neat and Elegant Banff 313 A Town of Beggars 314 Wesley Criticizes the Scotch Universities 315 Smuggling in Cornwall 316 In Bethnal Green Hamlet 317 City Road Chapel Begun 318 Wesley in the Isle of Man 319 The Manx Men 320 |Taught by a Chaise Boy| 321 Are the Methodists a Fallen People? 322 Wesley Starts a Magazine 323 Wesley Discusses Old Sermons 324 Among the Ruins 325 City Road Chapel Opened 326 Wesley Goes North 327 Wesley Attended by Felons 328 |Make Your Will before You Sleep| 329 Wesley at the German Settlement 330 The Bishop of Durham's Tapestry 331 Wesley on |Boston Stump| 332 Wesley at Sevenoaks 333 Wesley Visits Lord George in the Tower 334 Introduction 335 A Rough Voyage 336 In the Isle of Man 337 Preaching at Peel 338 An Ideal Circuit 339 |A Low, Soft, Solemn Sound| 340 Wesley Enters His Eightieth Year 341 No Repose for Wesley 342 A Christian Bishop's Furniture 343 |The Tide Is Now Turned| 344 Wesley Visits Holland 345 The Reverent Dutch 346 The Beautiful Hague 347 At Leyden and Amsterdam 348 The Warmly Affectionate Dutch 349 Wesley at Utrecht 350 Two Hours with Dr. Johnson 351 Wesley and Early Rising 352 Remarkable Escape from Prison 353 The Banks of the Spey 354 Twelve and a Half Miles in Heavy Rain 355 Incidents in Scotland 356 Wesley at 81 357 Burglary at Wesley's House 358 Introduction 359 Wesley at Eighty-one Begs 200 360 Fifty Years Growth of Methodism 361 Wesley Visits the House of Lords 362 Wesley Visits Hatfield House 363 Wesley's Threat to Deptford 364 Wesley Visits the Irish Parliament House 365 A Visit to the Channel Islands 366 |A Little Circumstance| 367 At the Governor's House 368 |Because I Have Lived so Many Years| 369 Detained by Contrary Winds 370 Sails for Penzance 371 Wesley on His Old Age 372 Wesley's Reasons for His Long Life 373 An Important Conference 374 |The Gentle Steps of Age| 375 Wesley Sits to Romney 376 Wesley Explains Methodism 377 Wesley Describes Himself at Eighty-five 378 |How Is the Tide Turned!| 379 Wesley's Eighty-sixth Christmas 380 The Last Year of the Journal 381 A Backsliding Innkeeper 382 |I Am Become an Honorable Man| 383 Wesley's Last Entries 384 WESLEY'S LAST HOURS