Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Eminent Sinners

Tue 25 Aug 1752: I preached in the market-place at Kinsale. The next morning at eight I walked to the fort. On the hill above it we found a large, deep hollow, capable of containing two or three thousand people. On one side of this the soldiers soon cut a place with their swords for me to stand, where I was screened both from the wind and sun, while the congregation sat on the grass before me. Many eminent sinners were present, particularly of the army. And I believe God gave them a loud call to repentance.
In the evening I called sinners to repentance in the main street at Bandon. On Thursday and Friday the rain drove us into the market-house. Indeed, I hardly remember two dry days together since I landed in Ireland.