The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-16
JOHN WESLEYS POCKET DIARY
~ POSSESSION Of BISHOP HENDRIX
NOW ~ SAVANNAH.

SOW ~ SAVANNAH.
The only known Copy OF the diary
IN Extstence-fsivrs Interesting
Details Of we-iey's Daily Life and
work While H~sident Of snvan-
nnh-A Specimen Page showing
weslcy's system Of Contractions.
An EnEltshman's Estimate Of the
Value of the Noiume-ni-hop Hen
dirk TO visit the scenes of Wcs-
Iey's work and Visits.
Bishop Eugene u. Henrik OF Kansas
+ City. VINO Is iu Savannah on visit 20 his
daughter. Mfs. wauug. has Ia his posses
sion a small and uuostcntatous duodeclmo
volume that IS OF peculiar interest 20 sa-
vannaniAns in general. and 10 those OF
the Methodist falth especially. Il is no
ieas than the oreiua. pocket diary OF
John Wesley written hy DAYS and hours.
and covering tho psrlod ~ his work In
this country between May T.. 1926. ana
Fob. u. 1851.
While This period 81 times does not cover
the entire length or Wes.cys eoiourn In
Georgia. u covers tho greater part wcs-
Iey arrived IN Georgia Feb 6. 1876. and
.en for England Dec. 2 1871. Speaking
% hts departure FOR England. Wesley
says ia his published journal: Friday.
Dec q 1885, ! shook of the dust OF my
feet and left Georgia after having
preached tho gospe. there mot as I ought.
out as I was ab.el one year ana nearly
nine months" Having first seen tHc
aEht os day al Epworih. Ia England on
FaH
years old when be entered upon his mis-
siouary lahors 100 Georgia. But coming
back again to his httle pocket journal.
wesley nLed up only about tWo-thlrds
OF each page so on reaching the end Of
thc book be turned back again and be-
gan % utilize the blank spaces. showing
his economic and frugal surn OF mind
Elsewhere is reproduced one Of the plges
~ his pocket journal. giving an exact
ine smile reproduction Of hts entries.
Wesley found his pocket journal Of great
assistance 90 him iu after years. as Il fur
nished him with the data which he SUBJ
sequenuy expanded into more elaborate
details and formed che basis OF several
OF his Published works
TO give an idea Of the diary Il "a nee
ce-ary 60 show only one page showing
Ncslcy's fac simile entries and, IN pareu-
thesis an explanation OF them. The page
is dated sept .. i76. and Is as follows.
sept. O. Tn. Thursday.
- Pr m" (At 4.i5 o'clock in the
morning private prayers and medi,auon)
O. "br. D." CAT breakfast on bread
z. "wr. 10 b. s." tAt wrote letters 70
Brother Samuel.
g. cir" CAT s wrote letterO
2. wis" cat visited sick parishioncrs).
10. "ntev." CAT 10 interview with mag1s-
trutc of Savannah.
a. %. PAR (At II prayed for parish).
ssfFIfuFaT fAs O. .asua.H az. Hrsfraaa
l. "rtm.' CAT returned FOR medita-
uonl.
O. wis" Cat ? visited parishioners).
g. wis"
g. IT, ps." at read prayers
O. poem IT." lAt wrote poem ana re-
tired TO closeO
G. ~ Y. Reck" cat visited Mr.. Van
Reck
z erp r." at read prayers and cx-
amined 80 y Ohirty-hve present at
prayers)
s. ~. v Reck" cat visited Mir Van
Rec0. !
o 'utr" (uuknown) "a p" CAT 90 /
urayeD.
Each entry is distinctly made but wes-
ley used his own system OF shorthand
writ ng. wich was desisnsd TO meet the
demands Of his own eye and consequently
Go order 20 ascertain what many or MS
entries mean d Is necessary 90 consTue
them ln the light Of his pub ished works
Scattered through the book is found IRE
qucut mention OF ailments" showing
tuat Wesley was not unacquaiuted with
sunering in his own person. Again ana
again De- Is seized with "cholick.' which
ne sometimes spells with the "h" and
sometimes without Attention ls urst
called TO his suffering from "choiick" o.
May g. i1a6 when the maiady was no
doubt aggravated by mental anxiety ana
agitation. since he writes on this date
thar he met with trouble by refusing TO
bapIze a child because the mother re-
fused 90 have it Dipped. "tacept in cases
of extreme necessity" - "at wedding
feaets" Wesley lbstained from spl ituouf
liquors. unl consequently few entries or
THIS kind appear iu hls pocket journal
on ono occasion De took some eri.ifs
ana water 20 cure his ohoick" but he
added cell 81 not IN faith" Whenever
any changes were mlde in his s,r ty
frugal diet ne noted the fact. and occa-
s,ouaty g. found such entries as coffee
aud "olstcrs" Frequently he complains
81 shocking headaches" "dysentcry'
"bons" aud "nauseg.' on one occasion he
had an attack OF st Anthcuy's Or -
which "-marted much" Sometimes nc
complains o. not being abe 90 sleep On
account % attacks from nocturnal in
scots" FEELING trees" walking AMI
mailing pole" are frequently iottrd down
as his pastimcs and diversions,
Under date 81 Dec 49, l7G certain per
sonal rules are inscribed on one OF the
av-lcaves OF his pocket Journal as fol-
lows:
FIRST. TO be more watchful before an5
ln prayer.
second To strive more 20 be thank
ful for what ! eat
Third. CNot plain enough 20 make out)