. The origin and history of the primitive Methodist Church . . BANK, 1 George Street Chapel, now the Temperance Hall. Among those who constitutedthe first committee may be mentioned the names of Hulse, Fletcher, Vernon, Moore,and Adams. The ambition of the projectors of George Street Chapel did not lookbeyond this building. At the time it was looked upon as the tie phis ultra of PrimitiveMethodism in Chester. It was thought it would meet all requirements for a long timeto come, if not for ever. But twelve months had scarcely passed before it was found tobe almost ludicrously inadequate
. The origin and history of the primitive Methodist Church . . BANK, 1 George Street Chapel, now the Temperance Hall. Among those who constitutedthe first committee may be mentioned the names of Hulse, Fletcher, Vernon, Moore,and Adams. The ambition of the projectors of George Street Chapel did not lookbeyond this building. At the time it was looked upon as the tie phis ultra of PrimitiveMethodism in Chester. It was thought it would meet all requirements for a long timeto come, if not for ever. But twelve months had scarcely passed before it was found tobe almost ludicrously inadequate to its purpose. The teachers and scholars of itsschool werethemselves quite sufficient to fill it, without any other congregation, so thatservices had to be held in the chapel and the school at the same time. 554 PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH. If any one with the minds eye had seen finality written on the front of thefirst George Street Chapel, the time came when they saw it no longer. A growing. FIRST PRIMITIVE METHOUIST CHAPEL, CHESTER. church, like a crustacean, is sure in time to outgrow its accommodation, and to haveto look out for a bigger shell. So it was with the George Street Church. The timecame when its old habitat no longer sufficed, but was felt to be cramping and inadequate.(>nc more the church had to put forth a strenuous effort to provide roomier quarters.
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