. The origin and history of the Primitive Methodist Church . fully on themanifestation of Jesus Christ unto him. At parting I put into his hands the fullaccount of my own conversion and experience. I then took leave, but parted fromhim in sorrow, fearing he did not take sufficient notice, and I passed the day in SOURCES AND ORIGIN. 27 sorrow. But Gods thoughts were not as my thoughts, for Daniel afterwards toldme that when I was talking to him that morning, every word went through him. One could fain linger on that scene in the miners cottage, and on the walk and talkby the way, when one humbl
. The origin and history of the Primitive Methodist Church . fully on themanifestation of Jesus Christ unto him. At parting I put into his hands the fullaccount of my own conversion and experience. I then took leave, but parted fromhim in sorrow, fearing he did not take sufficient notice, and I passed the day in SOURCES AND ORIGIN. 27 sorrow. But Gods thoughts were not as my thoughts, for Daniel afterwards toldme that when I was talking to him that morning, every word went through him. One could fain linger on that scene in the miners cottage, and on the walk and talkby the way, when one humble soul brought to another sorely needing it the true-Christmas message—the manifestation of the Christ. And one could linger all themore willingly upon it, remembering that just then, the year 1800—perhaps thegloomiest year of the fast-dying century, was itself fleeting away with its grislyattendant shapes of war, famine, and tumult, into the dark backward and abysm oftime. It would be easy, under the stress of the notion of the dignity of history, to-. HARRISEAHEAD VILLAGE. The second building from the left-hand side is the Chapel built by Bourne,and now used as Wesleyan Sunday Schools. cavil at the introduction of such an incident into this book and grudge the space-devoted to its narration. But events are trivial or important as they are or are not-related to what is of abiding significance. Adjudged by this standard the Christmas-day conversation-sermon at Harriseahead was not trivial. That incident was thebeginning of beginnings—a runlet which fed the stream itself destined to be a tributaryof the broad river tending to the sea. Humanly speaking, the revival at Harriseaheadand much else came of that incident. Meanwhile, let sticklers for the dignity ofhistory ponder what good Cotton Mather has said :— A little man may do a great dealof harm ; and pray, why may not a little man do a great deal of good 1 It is possible-that the wisdom of a poor man may start a propos
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