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. The origin and history of the Primitive Methodist Church . HflHHH^^^K^.^«3L.^^^I commenced ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^?b||whH»||^^^H at ^i to j^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^l^^^^^^^^^H Newark, in the vale of Belvoir,with an extensionto Grantham inLincolnshire; andto the north andwest of Notting-ham, in ancientSherwood Forest, as far as Mansfield, thoughits coming on the plan will be deferred fora time. Bulwell, Ilkeston, and Hucknall Torkard,as we have seen, have their place on the1817 plan, and though they were firstentered in 1816, before the vigorous concertedmovement in Nottinghamshire began,
. The origin and history of the Primitive Methodist Church . HflHHH^^^K^.^«3L.^^^I commenced ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^?b||whH»||^^^H at ^i to j^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^l^^^^^^^^^H Newark, in the vale of Belvoir,with an extensionto Grantham inLincolnshire; andto the north andwest of Notting-ham, in ancientSherwood Forest, as far as Mansfield, thoughits coming on the plan will be deferred fora time. Bulwell, Ilkeston, and Hucknall Torkard,as we have seen, have their place on the1817 plan, and though they were firstentered in 1816, before the vigorous concertedmovement in Nottinghamshire began, they may still be regarded as the early first-fruitsof that movement. Bulwell was missioned by invitation just as Derby was. SarahKirkland had attended the famous Whit-Sunday Camp Meeting in Nottingham Forest(June 2nd), when, if we are to believe the liberal estimate given, there were 12,000persons present at the camp meeting, and 1,500 at the lovefeast in the room in theBroad Marsh. She was quietly returning to Derby on the following day, and had got. HAMPHILL LANE, BILVVELL. Where Open-Air Services were held. THE PERIOD OF CIRCUIT PREDOMINANCE AND ENTERPRISE. 227 some twelve miles on her journey, when she was overtaken by a man on horsebackbearing an urgent message from a Mr. Turner for her to preach at Bulwell, a hosierytown, some four miles from Nottingham, that same evening. She at once turned backwith the messenger and preached to some hundreds of people from a cart fixed in themiddle of a field. Mr. Turner, it seems, had hoped to get the loan of the WesleyanChapel for the service, but his application to the trustees was unsuccessful, and henceother arrangements of a rough and ready character had to be improvised. Amongst themany converts at this service was Mr. Gent, a dyer, who, Herod tells us, fir&t openedhis house for preaching, and then in a few weeks got a large room prepared for worship. Within one month from her visit sixty persons joined the Primitive Methodis
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