Here it is, Sunday in Salisbury! We walked over to the Salisbury Methodist church to worship with them. It was a very nice service and they even let the leader of our group have a moment at the microphone to explain who we are and where we are from. It was a communion service and was very nice. The sermon was a very good one and the woman who did the preaching was filling in for the regular pastor on the circuit while he is on “holiday.” The church hung beautiful water colors that had been painted by a church member with the history of Francis Asbury on them. He served as the priest for this congregation before he was sent by John Wesley to the US. They served us tea and homemade cookies prepared by the children. It was a congregation not unlike many of our churches in the US- lots of retired people and a hand full of young people. Their hospitality was lovely and we all had someone to talk to after church. We returned to the college for “a traditional Sunday roast” for our lunch.
After lunch we loaded up the “coach” and went to the resort city of Bath. It was an interesting city with a lot of beautiful architecture and Jane Austin’s home. Many people on our tour went through the Roman bath houses but a couple of adventurous ladies and I went on the bus tours and got an overall view of the city. We then ate dinner in a famous tea house called “Sally Lunn’s” who served outstanding buns. The food was much like all the food we have eaten in this country-hearty, simple fare. John Wesley came to preach in this city and the leader of the city tried to run him off. He was a famous fop who had made his money gambling before he was appointed to lead the city. Needless to say, he didn’t appreciate the messages JW was giving and tried to stop him. It didn’t work though. Also, they mentioned on the tour that JW was one of the people who was trying to keep these port towns from participating in the slave trade. It made me proud of him.
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