. The origin and history of the primitive Methodist Church . orge Shaw, pp. 196-7, where stories of his loyalty are given. E E 2 420 PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH. rousing sermons, and sometimes could denounce as sternly as a prophet of , the late Kobert Ducker, who was a native of Burnham in the Isle of Axholmeand be^an his long ministry of forty-nine years in Scotter Circuit and GainsboroughBranch, has written of Braithwaite : He seemed to me more like one of the oldprophets than a man of his times. This feature of his character comes out in thestory of the missioning of Appleby, in J
. The origin and history of the primitive Methodist Church . orge Shaw, pp. 196-7, where stories of his loyalty are given. E E 2 420 PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH. rousing sermons, and sometimes could denounce as sternly as a prophet of , the late Kobert Ducker, who was a native of Burnham in the Isle of Axholmeand be^an his long ministry of forty-nine years in Scotter Circuit and GainsboroughBranch, has written of Braithwaite : He seemed to me more like one of the oldprophets than a man of his times. This feature of his character comes out in thestory of the missioning of Appleby, in June, 1819. Appleby is a pleasant village ofWinterton Circuit, lying between Brigg and Winterton. The Wesleyans had dis-continued holding services in the village, probably because of the quiet pressure—notto be distinguished from persecution—brought to bear upon the householders by thoseof higher social standing. Braithwaite took his stand on the basal stonework of theold village cross, and began to sing. While the service was proceeding, the steward of. AHLKIiY CHURCH. tin- -ill- came up, and iii an imperious tone ordered the preacher to desist. His orderno! in- al once obeyed, he tried to pull the preacher down, and not succeeding in hisattempt, 1. fetched a crowbar from the blacksmiths shop, and, with the help of twomen, began to prize the stones from under the preachers feet. At last, to save himselffrom falling, Braithwaite had to step on to the road. But when every one deemed himeffectually silenced, after pausing a moment with closed eyes, he shot a glance at thethree pei ecutoi which tin, fixed them, and said in solemn tones:—People ofAppleby, mark my words, if any one of these three men die a natural death, thenGod ? til n. !•? preach here today. They think they have prevented the truth ti, l»it they have not, for Cod will raise up a cause in this- THE PERIOD OF CIRCUIT PREDOMINANCE AND ENTERPRISE. 421
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