. The origin and history of the primitive Methodist Church . t justice, and deserves Connexional re-habilitation. John Skevington was the son of that JosephSkevington of Loughborough, who Avas one of the repre-sentatives of the third circuit at the Preparatory to preach when in his teens, John was known• i- the boy preacher, and would have John Garner ashis contemporary on the Loughborough plan. Next, hebecame a travelling preacher, and in 1822-3-4 travelled JOhn bkevington. i imas Cooper denied being composer of either words or melody of The Lion of Bays the Bong

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. The origin and history of the primitive Methodist Church . t justice, and deserves Connexional re-habilitation. John Skevington was the son of that JosephSkevington of Loughborough, who Avas one of the repre-sentatives of the third circuit at the Preparatory to preach when in his teens, John was known• i- the boy preacher, and would have John Garner ashis contemporary on the Loughborough plan. Next, hebecame a travelling preacher, and in 1822-3-4 travelled JOhn bkevington. i imas Cooper denied being composer of either words or melody of The Lion of Bays the Bong firsl appeared in the columns of the Northern Star,3 and was understood to bethe composition of a Welsh female Chartist. A Leicester working man (Valentine Woolley) firsl setit to an air (or rather a fragment of the melody of a irleo). See letter r Cooper in Appendix toGamma ? Historj of the Chartist Movement. So if the Primitives borrowed the tune the(lhartiste had lour the same before them. The Lion of Judah is No. ::s in The .Mission llvumul. JEFFERSON.

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