A short history of Independent Methodism : a souvenir of the hundredth annual meeting of the Independent Methodist Churches, 1905 . i»7^i^SS^iift^&Si*»<»^r»<w/. BARNOLDSWICK. be saved. He skilfully manipulated his subject so as tocompare the old Methodist body to the old ship, which ofcourse was sound and seaworthy, but held out noprospect for the seceders. This caused no consterna-tion, but rather amusement, and became the talk ofthe village. One of the preachers, who preached thefollowing Sunday in the cottage found a text, which hethought would be a .suitable one for a reply sermon. I
A short history of Independent Methodism : a souvenir of the hundredth annual meeting of the Independent Methodist Churches, 1905 . i»7^i^SS^iift^&Si*»<»^r»<w/. BARNOLDSWICK. be saved. He skilfully manipulated his subject so as tocompare the old Methodist body to the old ship, which ofcourse was sound and seaworthy, but held out noprospect for the seceders. This caused no consterna-tion, but rather amusement, and became the talk ofthe village. One of the preachers, who preached thefollowing Sunday in the cottage found a text, which hethought would be a .suitable one for a reply sermon. Itwas And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there l6o COLNE AND NELSON DISTRICT. shall be no loss of any mans life among you, but that ofthe ship. This, of course, delighted the people, who foundthat nothing serious was to happen to them, but only the ship, and they decided to go forward. From this time,one of the places was dubbed the Old Ship and the otherthe New Ship. God blessed their labours, their numbers increased, andspiritual life was apparent amongst them, so much so, thatthey decided—poverty notwithstanding—to endeavour tobuild a place of
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