. The origin and history of the Primitive Methodist Church . Tunstall plan of 1819. Hugh Bourne and the rest of the Tunstall preachers musthave been familiar with this pleasant town. His eye must often have rested on the THE PERIOD OF CIRCUIT PREDOMINANCE AND ENTERPRISE. 535 * pride of the Peak, as its citizens call the towering spire of Ashbourne Church. Itwas here Hugh Bourne bought the tracts for the Hulland Tract Mission, which hecausally connects with the raising up of the first two female travelling-preachers. Normust we forget John Kides hurried flight from Ashbourne to escape arrest fo
. The origin and history of the Primitive Methodist Church . Tunstall plan of 1819. Hugh Bourne and the rest of the Tunstall preachers musthave been familiar with this pleasant town. His eye must often have rested on the THE PERIOD OF CIRCUIT PREDOMINANCE AND ENTERPRISE. 535 * pride of the Peak, as its citizens call the towering spire of Ashbourne Church. Itwas here Hugh Bourne bought the tracts for the Hulland Tract Mission, which hecausally connects with the raising up of the first two female travelling-preachers. Normust we forget John Kides hurried flight from Ashbourne to escape arrest for preachingfrom some ones doorstep. It requires an effort to think of John Ride as running away from anything, but— . . those that fly may fight again,Which he can never do thats slain, and we remember how Paul made a somewhat hasty flight from Damascus before hebegan his ministry. But we have not yet quite done with Belper, for the simple reason that its missionaryenergy was not confined to the early years, even to suit the exigencies of a theory. So,. ASHBOURNE CHURCH. just when the era of consolidation was opening, it renewed its youth and began yet it is but fair to say, many other circuits would have been glad to do the like,only they could not. There was no hinterland—not any piece of no-mans land —for them to annex. They had got the portion of territory that naturally fell to them,and so were circumscribed and hemmed in, and, perforce, had to make the best of , while most other circuits were settling down to the founding of schools and thebuilding of chapels, and were dividing and sub-dividing themselves in order the betterto consolidate their local interests, Belper Circuit had both the opportunity and the willto do a little more real mission-work. There was a bit of unopened country lying awayon the borders of Notts, and, by laying hold of this, the geographical hiatus would befilled up and the borders of Belper Circuit march with those of Chester
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