Saturday, 4.--l found uncommon liberty at Edinburgh in applying Ezekiel's vision of
the dry bones. As I was walking home, two men followed me, one of whom said, "Sir, you
are my prisoner. I have a warrant from the Sheriff to carry you to the Tolbooth." At first I
thought he jested; but finding the thing was serious, I desired one or two of our friends to
go up with me. When we were safe lodged in a house adjoining to the Tolbooth, I desired
the officer to let me see his warrant. I found the prosecutor was one George Sutherland,
once a member of the society. He had deposed, "That Hugh Saunderson, one of John Wesley's
preachers, had taken from his wife one hundred pounds in money and upwards of thirty
pounds in goods; and had, besides that, terrified her into madness; so that, through the want
of her help and the loss of business, he was damaged five hundred pounds."
The Journal of John Wesley
The Journal of John Wesley
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