. The origin and history of the primitive Methodist Church . is being held in Chester. In theirclairvoyant vision they see the great congregation, and witness its enthusiasm. The thought of that Conference, andwhere it is being held, carries thememory back to the toils, struggles,and successes of the far-back pioneerdays. Vanished forms reappear;scenes of which they were part arere-enacted. Then the mind revertsto the present, swiftly crossing thegulf of seventy years, and reveriepasses into the anticipation of theMasters Well done ! and thelast quiet resting-place. In 1894those two silent fig
. The origin and history of the primitive Methodist Church . is being held in Chester. In theirclairvoyant vision they see the great congregation, and witness its enthusiasm. The thought of that Conference, andwhere it is being held, carries thememory back to the toils, struggles,and successes of the far-back pioneerdays. Vanished forms reappear;scenes of which they were part arere-enacted. Then the mind revertsto the present, swiftly crossing thegulf of seventy years, and reveriepasses into the anticipation of theMasters Well done ! and thelast quiet resting-place. In 1894those two silent figures were thesole remaining links with theearliest days of Cheshire andShropshire Primitive Methodism—links soon to be sundered. Bothwere born and died within the areaof the old Burland Circuit, Avhichthey lived to see embracing somefifteen circuits. Both had a longworking day ; their sun took a widecircuit, but at last it sank to thehorizon amid its own lengtheningshadows : • 13e the day weary, or be the day long, At length it rinuvth out to THE BATEMAN MEMORIAL. 558 PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHUKCIF. From Sea to Sea. We have now reached a point when, for a moment, details may be lost sight of, anda wider survey taken of what has already been accomplished. In a lecture on Mow Cop, once delivered by James Broad in Mow Cop Chapel, hereferred to the famous Cord aWell, situate not far fromwhere he stood, that neverran dry even in the severestdrought of summer. Hestated how the desire tookhim to ascertain where theoverflow of this well madeits way. The stream, hefound, soon divided, each
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