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Why Wesley’s Carriage Stopped

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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 6, 1864

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 25, No. 2.

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Why Wesley’s Carriage Stopped

At one time, when Mr. John Wesley was traveling in Ireland, his carriage became fixed in the mire and the harness broke. While he and his companion were laboring to extricate it, a poor man passed in great distress. Mr. Wesley called to him and inquired the cause of his distress. He said that he had been unable, through misfortune, to pay his rent of twenty shillings, and his family were just being turned out of doors. "Is that all you need?" said Mr. Wesley, handing him ornamentation—"here go and be happy." Then, turning to his companion, he said, pleasantly, "You see now why our carriage stopped here in the mud."