Thursday, May 7.—I reminded the United Society that many of our brethren and sisters
had not needful food; many were destitute of convenient clothing; many were out of business,
and that without their own fault; and many sick and ready to perish: that I had done what
in me lay to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, to employ the poor, and to visit the sick;
but was not, alone, sufficient for these things; and therefore desired all whose hearts were
as my heart:
1. To bring what clothes each could spare to be distributed among those that wanted most.
2. To give weekly a penny, or what they could afford, for the relief of the poor and sick.
My design, I told them, is to employ for the present all the women who are out of business, and desire it, in knitting.
To these we will first give the common price for what work they do; and then add, according as they need.
Twelve persons are appointed to inspect these and to visit and provide things needful for the sick.
Each of these is to visit all the sick within her district every other day and to meet on Tuesday evening, to give an account of what she has done and consult what can be done further.
The Journal of John Wesley
1. To bring what clothes each could spare to be distributed among those that wanted most.
2. To give weekly a penny, or what they could afford, for the relief of the poor and sick.
My design, I told them, is to employ for the present all the women who are out of business, and desire it, in knitting.
To these we will first give the common price for what work they do; and then add, according as they need.
Twelve persons are appointed to inspect these and to visit and provide things needful for the sick.
Each of these is to visit all the sick within her district every other day and to meet on Tuesday evening, to give an account of what she has done and consult what can be done further.
The Journal of John Wesley
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