Note 646 — Chapter XXVI · LAST DAYS ON EARTH. 1784–1785. (continued 2)

The inscription, given at the end of Wesley’s “Life of Fletcher,” is slightly different. In an unpublished letter, to Mrs. Crosby, dated August 16, 1788, Mrs. Fletcher wrote: “What was written on my dear’s tomb was different from my directions, though done with a good design to mend my language. I saw it not to be as good as my own, and had it altered” (then follows the inscription). “Compare this with that in Mr. Wesley’s ‘Life,’ and give Mr. Downes a copy of the right one. Every one was much pleased with the change; and, indeed, I was never at ease till it was done; but there were so many anxious to have it right that they spoiled it.”