Carol Arnold's Reviews > The Journal of John Wesley

While I do not regret reading this book, it was a hard read. It is his journal. No one writes a journal to entertain but to remember. It was very interesting in the beginning referring to his trip to America and comments on his mother's child-rearing technique. After that, much of it was in the form of we went "somewhere" and preached on a certain scripture at such and such a time to a crowd of so many people (usually in the thousands, with NO microphone!). He often preached to large crowds at 5:00 in the morning!!! He would frequently preach three times a day. The places he mentioned were for the most part, totally unknown to me. All this made for hard reading, but as I said, I do not regret reading this journal. It is the amazing story of God's provision and protection. When his horse stumbled, neither he nor the horse was seriously injured. When people were throwing stones and trying to break into the house he was in, he would be protected. He was as healthy at 80 as at 40. It is an amazing thing to see what God can do through and for a faithful, dedicated servant!