Tuesday, May 6.—Our conference began at Leeds. The point on which we desired all
the preachers to speak their minds at large was whether we ought to separate from the
church. Whatever was advanced on one side or the other was seriously and calmly considered;
and on the third day we were all fully agreed in that general conclusion—that (whether it
was lawful or not) it was no ways expedient.
Monday, 12.—We rode (my wife and I) to Northallerton.
Wednesday, 21.—I preached at Nafferton, near Horsley, about thirteen miles from Newcastle. We rode chiefly on the new western road, which lies on the old Roman wall. Some part of this is still to be seen, as are the remains of most of the towers, which were built a mile distant from each other, quite from sea to sea. But where are the men of renown who built them and who once made all the land tremble? Crumbled into dust! Gone hence, to be no more seen till the earth shall give up her dead!
The Journal of John Wesley
Monday, 12.—We rode (my wife and I) to Northallerton.
Wednesday, 21.—I preached at Nafferton, near Horsley, about thirteen miles from Newcastle. We rode chiefly on the new western road, which lies on the old Roman wall. Some part of this is still to be seen, as are the remains of most of the towers, which were built a mile distant from each other, quite from sea to sea. But where are the men of renown who built them and who once made all the land tremble? Crumbled into dust! Gone hence, to be no more seen till the earth shall give up her dead!
The Journal of John Wesley
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