Monday, 22.--I spoke, one by one, to the society at Hutton Rudby. At eleven I preached
once more, though in great weakness of body, and met the stewards of all the societies. I
then rode to Stokesley and, having examined the little society, went on for Guisborough.
The sun was burning hot; but in a quarter of an hour a cloud interposed, and he troubled
us no more. I was desired by a gentleman of the town to preach in the market place; and
there a table was placed for me, but it was in a bad neighborhood; for there was so vehement
a stench of stinking fish as was ready to suffocate me, and the people roared like the waves
of the sea. But the voice of the Lord was mightier, and in a few minutes the whole multitude
was still and seriously attended while I proclaimed "Jesus Christ, made of God unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption" [1 Cor. 1:30].
The Journal of John Wesley
The Journal of John Wesley
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