I preached at half an hour after six, in an open part of the Common adjoining to the
new church. The congregation was large and well behaved; not one scoffer did I see, nor
one trifler. In the morning, Tuesday, 10, I went on board a hoy and in three hours landed
at Cowes, in the Isle of Wight; as far exceeding the Isle of Anglesey, both in pleasantness
and fruitfulness, as that exceeds the rocks of Scilly.
We rode straight to Newport, the chief town in the isle, and found a little society in tolerable order. Several of them had found peace with God.
At half n hour after six I preached in the market place, to a numerous congregation; but they were not so serious as those at Portsmouth. Many children made much noise, and many grown persons were talking aloud almost all the time I was preaching. It was quite otherwise at five in the morning. There was a large congregation again; and every person therein seemed to know this was the Word whereby God would judge them in the last day.
The Journal of John Wesley
We rode straight to Newport, the chief town in the isle, and found a little society in tolerable order. Several of them had found peace with God.
At half n hour after six I preached in the market place, to a numerous congregation; but they were not so serious as those at Portsmouth. Many children made much noise, and many grown persons were talking aloud almost all the time I was preaching. It was quite otherwise at five in the morning. There was a large congregation again; and every person therein seemed to know this was the Word whereby God would judge them in the last day.
The Journal of John Wesley
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