. The origin and history of the Primitive Methodist Church . ,or rebuilt, with class andschool-rooms and other con-veniences, in 1846. This wasthe second chapel and secondsociety which Was raised up—a band of men and womenwhose hearts the Lord hadtouched, and who ardentlyworked for Him. This society was afterwards re-moved to Lincoln Street, thepresent chapel, named after its benefactor, The Samuel Hodge MemorialChapel. This gentleman (as also his son the lamented Alderman GeorgeHodge) has since entered into his rest, beloved and esteemed by all those whoknew him. He laboured in our midst as a
. The origin and history of the Primitive Methodist Church . ,or rebuilt, with class andschool-rooms and other con-veniences, in 1846. This wasthe second chapel and secondsociety which Was raised up—a band of men and womenwhose hearts the Lord hadtouched, and who ardentlyworked for Him. This society was afterwards re-moved to Lincoln Street, thepresent chapel, named after its benefactor, The Samuel Hodge MemorialChapel. This gentleman (as also his son the lamented Alderman GeorgeHodge) has since entered into his rest, beloved and esteemed by all those whoknew him. He laboured in our midst as a class-leader and local preacher, andsustained with commendable efficiency the various offices of the the Hodge family resided at Kilnsea, gainsayers who witnessed their hospitalityto the servants of Christ, were used scoffingly to predict that the bacon-preachers wouldsoon eat them up. But Gods blessing was on the industry and thrift and integrity of thesons of the household, and they prospered in the world, sufficiently, one thinks, to shut. KILNSEA CHURCH, HOLDEENESS.* * The view of Kilnsea Church in its dismantled state, here given, is from a sketch taken in 1826,by Mr. W. Little, of Patrington, afterwards reproduced in Poulsons History and Antiquities ofHolderness. THE PERIOD OF CIRCUIT PREDOMINANCE AND ENTERPRISE. 383 the mouths of all gainsayers; but the higher they rose in the social scale and the moreaffluent their circumstances became, the more did the Church of their choice benefit bytheir social and temporal advancement. From the earliest times, the policy of scatteringtheir fire was pursued by our fathers in Hull. Prayer meetings, well supported byorganised praying bands, were held in various parts of the town; tract distributingbands were hard at work; a sick visiting association, formed in 1830, by three youngmen, Samuel Hays, William Bentley, and John Parrott, afterwards of Leeds, at one timehad 330 members in its ranks ; open-air services were sta
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