Tuesday 18th June 1745
Being invited by the Rector of St. Mary
Week, (about seven miles from St.
Ginny's,) to preach in his church, we
went thither in the afternoon. I had not
seen in these parts of Cornwall, either
so large a church or so large a
congregation. |
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Tuesday 16th July 1745
About three I preached in St. Mary Week
church, on "Repent ye, and believe the
Gospel" (Mark 1.15). |
Monday 15th September 1746
A guide, meeting us at Camelford,
conducted us to St. Mary Week. It was
the time of the yearly revel, which
obliged me to speak very plain. |
Sunday 26th July 1747
I preached at Tamerton church in the
morning; Mary Week, in the afternoon,
and St. Ginny's in the evening. |
Sunday 1st September 1751
We were well buffeted both with
wind and rain, in riding from thence
(Tresmere) to John Turner's, where the
congregation was waiting for me; and we
had another season of solemn joy in the
Lord. |
Sunday 2nd October 1757
I rode to Mary-Week. A large
congregation was gathered there, many of
whom came seven or eight miles. The
house stands in the midst of orchards
and meadows, surrounded by gentle rising
hills. I preached on the side of a
meadow newly mown, to a deeply attentive
people. |
Monday 29th September 1760
Being invited, by the Minister
of Mary Week, to preach in his church, I
crossed over the country, and came
thither about four in the afternoon. The
congregation was large, considering the
weather, and quite attentive and
unconcerned. |
Monday 27th September 1762
I rode to Mary Week. It was a
kind of fair-day; "Tend the people were
come far and near for wrestling and
other diversions; but they found a
better way of employing their time, for
young and old flocked to church from all
quarters." |
