Wesley recounted his Aldersgate experience in his journal: "In the evening I went very unwillingly to a society in Aldersgate Street, where one was reading Luther's Preface to the Epistle to the Romans.
Wesley menceritakan pengalaman Aldersgate dalam catatan hariannya: "Di sore hari saya pergi dengan sangat enggan ke suatu perhimpunan di Aldersgate Street, tempat seseorang membacakan Pengantar Luther untuk Surat kepada Jemaat di Roma.