Welsh Journals

THE TREASURY. No. 34. OCTOBER, 1866. Price 2d. U%1\ at it, mxtr alfoaga at it" |@^HE followers of John Wesley, especially while he lived, ?dy(inwere remarkable for their unfla unflagging zeal and perse- ivering efforts in the cause of the Great Master, and when ashed one day by what magic he had rendered his follow¬ ers so efficient, he is said to have replied, that the great secret consisted in this, that they were " all at it* and always at if." Acting upon this principle, it is said that, every fresh member was set to work at once, and kept at work. There was some¬ thing found for every one to do, and such was the system of responsibility which was established, that they had to do it. Excuses would not pass for services with John Wesley. Nat one in all the ranks was suffered to remain idle. If there was but one talent, it was employed. The feeblest among them were not allowed to plead their incompetency to the task assigned them; and in the matter of giving, while the rich were required to give of their abundance, it was made the duty of the poor to aid the cause, at regular and brief intervals, out of their pittance. This was indeed a noble motto, and had it been faithfully carried out by the followers of Wesley, and by all the churches of our land, it would have effected a mighty change in the moral and spiritual aspect of our country long ere this; o;:r deserts would have blossomed as the rose, and our waste places would have become as the garden of the Lord. For had this motto been persistently pursued, we should have no sluggards in our churches—no drones in our hive—no idleness in the