. The origin and history of the Primitive Methodist Church . THE PERIOD OF CIRCUIT PREDOMINANCE AND ENTERPRISE. 268. ROBERT PARKS. was the Market Cross we know so well. But persistence had its reward, andat length a room was secured, which we take to have been the Old Granary atthe Blue Sheep, standing at the corner of Harleston Koad and Wharfe Road, sincepulled down for the construction of the railway. To assist in the extensive missionarylabours undertaken by the Branch, Robert Parks—a convert duringa recent revival at Barkstone, his native village—began hismissionary labours, July, 1835.^ H
. The origin and history of the Primitive Methodist Church . THE PERIOD OF CIRCUIT PREDOMINANCE AND ENTERPRISE. 268. ROBERT PARKS. was the Market Cross we know so well. But persistence had its reward, andat length a room was secured, which we take to have been the Old Granary atthe Blue Sheep, standing at the corner of Harleston Koad and Wharfe Road, sincepulled down for the construction of the railway. To assist in the extensive missionarylabours undertaken by the Branch, Robert Parks—a convert duringa recent revival at Barkstone, his native village—began hismissionary labours, July, 1835.^ His first days work was tomission Barrowby near Grantham, and Wolsthorpe near Bel Parks became one of the best-known ministers in the oldNottingham District (1836-73). He had a clear voice, an imposingpresence, and was an evangelical and popular preacher and platformspeaker. We see him now at the start of his ministry enduringhardness ; for while in this district he met with a good deal ofpersecution, travelled long journeys, and preached scores of sermonsin the open air. Bottesford and Grantham
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