Monday, April 17.--l left Leeds in one of the roughest mornings I have ever seen. We
had rain, hail, snow, and wind in abundance. About nine I preached at Bramley; between
one and two at Pudsey. Afterwards I walked to Fulneck, the German settlement. Mr. Moore
showed us the house, chapel, hall, lodging-rooms, the apartments of the widows, the single
men, and single women. He showed us likewise the workshops of various kinds, with the
shops for grocery, drapery, mercery, hardware, and so on, with which, as well as with
bread from their bakehouse, they furnish the adjacent country. I see not what but the mighty
power of God can hinder them from acquiring millions as they 1) buy all materials with
ready money at the best hand; 2) have above a hundred young men, above fifty young women,
many widows, and above a hundred married persons all of whom are employed from
morning to night, without any intermission, in various kinds of manufactures, not for
journeymen's wages, but for no wages at all, save a little very plain food and raiment; as they
have 3) a quick sale for all their goods and sell them all for ready money. But can they lay
up treasure on earth and at the same time lay up treasure in heaven?
-->> Mercery was the production of fine cloth-- silk, linen, fustian. A profitable business.
The Journal of John Wesley
-->> Mercery was the production of fine cloth-- silk, linen, fustian. A profitable business.
The Journal of John Wesley
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