John Wesley at Bath.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 13 June 1890, Page 2

John Wesley at Bath.

A PERSONAL DESCmiPTIOK BY HORACE WAIiPOItt. '\ ■■■■•• ■">'"" -_f ir: Tn the autumn of 1766* Horace W»l---pole arrived at Bath irom Twickea- 1 -b ham. He was at Lady Huntingdon's Chapel the Sunday morning when John Wesley, reached hia -h-tt/^e^ , ( mon there (his brother . J»<T .voV untered, hut his,dpettine>v«f .gffcig! /';, favour) and thus described the- Tiervice. " r Tbev ha<Kboys. and" gifhr," he wrote, V with charming ybiees who Rang hymns to Scotch, ballad tunes. Th«-re were two**agles- wikh red oushiors for the parfroir and ClerY, behind them nielhree' ~ stepsT " in the niidst of which ']m a third « eagle for the pulpit Scarlet arm chairs to all three' On either side a balcony for elect ladies'; thiT rtjrt. of the congregatibnjit (m-Joans: We* ' ' ley himself is a clean, elderly man, fresh coloured, his hai* smoothly combed with a little imipso_ . pucion) of curl at the ends, as cvi* dently an actor kt. i^mpk'fi The congregation .were mean, except -the few from curiosity, and wae* be"hot.rable women, among them tbe Countess of Buch-n pire ■ (Eiskin's mother) carrying a pure, rosy, vul: gar face to heaven." Beau Nash one day... demanded of Wesley the authority ty which he acted, itffirmiog that hie preaching was contrary to law, and ., that people were being frightened ,; ef « ' their wits. ' ,'" '.'...'.' . .... «« Sir," replied Wesley, <• Old jrau ' ever hear me preach V\ fifi. J ••No," said the XingOf, Bath. " How. then can ybu judge of what you never heard"? "**; "By common .report;"' ; replied .Nash. '."' ' '.*!.. '•'*■'■"■ " Sir " said Wesley, «« U not jtmr name Nash ? I dare «iot M*^ of you by common repbrt* { ' ' It js 'stated that tha -oalfrrofctr monies thereupon driwed "it; best to withdraw Temple W - , fi' • . „!r ., /"