. The origin and history of the Primitive Methodist Church . mas Cooper, Written by Himself. Thomas Millers Our Old Town. The 412 PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH. Churchmen. In its ancient Manor Hall, standing on the site of a still earlier building,lived the Hickmans who befriended the cause of religious liberty in the days of theStuarts. Probably the Separatist Church, founded in 1602, and presided over by JohnSmyth would occasionally meet in this historic building. For three or four years thischurch served not only Gainsborough, but the villages for miles around. WilliamBrewster, of Scrooby, and
. The origin and history of the Primitive Methodist Church . mas Cooper, Written by Himself. Thomas Millers Our Old Town. The 412 PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH. Churchmen. In its ancient Manor Hall, standing on the site of a still earlier building,lived the Hickmans who befriended the cause of religious liberty in the days of theStuarts. Probably the Separatist Church, founded in 1602, and presided over by JohnSmyth would occasionally meet in this historic building. For three or four years thischurch served not only Gainsborough, but the villages for miles around. WilliamBrewster, of Scrooby, and William Bradford, of Austerfield—who became governor andhistorian of New Plymouth colony—were members of this Gainsborough Church, andtravelled to Sabbath worship some ten or twelve miles, crossing the river by ferrywhere now it is spanned by Westons famous bridge. For the convenience of thescattered members, a second church was founded at Scrooby, of which Richard Clyftonwas the pastor and John Robinson the teacher. Puritan sentiments were fermenting. THE TRENT AT EAST FERRY, SHOWING PART OF OWSTON FERRY. strongly on both sides of the Trent in those days, and fines were levied on the moreprominent leaders—amongst the rest, on Brewster. Desiring for themselves fullerfreedom to worship God these sturdy Puritans made two attempts to reach the coastof Holland. The first was unsuccessful, but the second, which was made in the springof 1609, met with a measure of success. This time the place of embarkation wasa lonely spot on the salt-marshes, somewhere between Grimsby and New Holland. Themen went to the rendezvous by land, and the women and children with their goodswent by water down the Trent and Humber. Each section of the emigrant party, it isinteresting to know, would skirt one of the sides of the early Scotter Circuit—the menprobably taking the most direct line through Kirton, Brigg, Ulceby, and thence to the THE PERIOD OF CIRCUIT PREDOMINANCE AND ENTERPRISE. 413 Humb
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