. The origin and history of the primitive Methodist Church . m. WINDMILL HILL, WOODHOCBB EAVES Bui why dwell on these things? The power to appreciate natural beauty is largelya taste acquired within the last eighty years, and even if it were not so the bulk ofthose who flocked to \V<nuthouse Eaves Camp Meeting had something else to think ofthan the natural beauty and historic associations of their surroundings—though these,rich as they were, may have tended unconsciously to idealise the tradition of that daysproceedings which still survives. Scenery cannot save the soul any more than it can
. The origin and history of the primitive Methodist Church . m. WINDMILL HILL, WOODHOCBB EAVES Bui why dwell on these things? The power to appreciate natural beauty is largelya taste acquired within the last eighty years, and even if it were not so the bulk ofthose who flocked to \V<nuthouse Eaves Camp Meeting had something else to think ofthan the natural beauty and historic associations of their surroundings—though these,rich as they were, may have tended unconsciously to idealise the tradition of that daysproceedings which still survives. Scenery cannot save the soul any more than it cantv the hungry stomach. It was a Salvation-meeting that was held at WoodhouseEaves j for our fathers knew both the name and the thing itself long before theSalvation Army was thought of.* Some were bursting to declare the good news, and * Resolution of the Nottingham Quarterlya Salvation Meeting be planned at Stapleford. Meeting passed September 23rd, 1839: That THE PERIOD OF CIRCUIT PREDOMINANCE AND ENTERPRISE. 285 others came to catch the stimulus, and tas
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