Friday, September 25.--l was desired to preach at Freshford; but the people durst not
come to the house because of the smallpox, of which Joseph Allen, "an Israelite indeed," had
died the day before. So they placed a table near the churchyard. But I had no sooner begun
to speak than the bells began to ring, by the procurement of a neighboring gentleman.
However, it was labor lost; for my voice prevailed, and the people heard me distinctly. Nay,
a person extremely deaf, who had not been able to hear a sermon for several years, told his
neighbors, with great joy that he had heard and understood all, from the beginning to the
end.
The Journal of John Wesley
The Journal of John Wesley
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