. The origin and history of the primitive Methodist Church . pation, a branch—that Thomas King made his way when he began his ministryin August, 1819, just after the Nottingham Preparatory Meeting of which he had been U2 PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHUKCH. a lay-member. The success already reported in Scotter Circuit would naturally suggestthe desirability of missioning the adjacent part of the county, and there were goodreasons for making Market Rasen the first objective of the mission. Once more therehad been preparers of the way. According to Herod, Ann Carr and Miss Healandhad preached at Market R
. The origin and history of the primitive Methodist Church . pation, a branch—that Thomas King made his way when he began his ministryin August, 1819, just after the Nottingham Preparatory Meeting of which he had been U2 PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHUKCH. a lay-member. The success already reported in Scotter Circuit would naturally suggestthe desirability of missioning the adjacent part of the county, and there were goodreasons for making Market Rasen the first objective of the mission. Once more therehad been preparers of the way. According to Herod, Ann Carr and Miss Healandhad preached at Market Rasen, Caistor, Tealby and Walesby in the summer of may have been the reason why John Harrison, shortly after his appointment toHull, spent some ten days in preaching at some of these places. He crossed toGrimsby by packet on the 18th of May, and walked the twenty miles to Market Rasenafter four oclock ! Next day he formed a society of eight members—the nucleus ofthe Market Rasen branch and all that was to come out of it. During these ten days. MARKET KASEN MARKET-PLACE. John Harrison raited Middle Rasen and Nettleton, but especially Market Rasen and r, where the must interesting incidents occurred. It was at Market Rasen where ition of the rough and rowdy type seems to have played itself out so far as north Lincolnshire i- concerned ; for we do not meet with anything further north in the county quite as bad as the scene witnessed in the market-place on May 25th. There had been mutteringe of the coming storm at the service held in the same place on the previous Sunday morning. Timid friends, aware of the threatened interference, tried to di made John II mi on from carrying oui his announced intention of preaching on • pol on the Tue day evening. But he was not to be intimidated, and taking D8 d with him, he began the service. One ruffianly fellow soon made THE PERIOD OF CIRCUIT PREDOMINANCE AND ENTERPRISE. 443 himself particularly troublesome. He came up, making
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