. The origin and history of the Primitive Methodist Church . Mr. Nealis said not only to have secured theland, superintended the erection, andseen after the completion and due con-veyance of the chapel to the Connexion,but to have also worked in the quarriesgetting the stone, to have begged the leading of all the materials, and often fed theworkmen from his own humble larder. Apart from the -fact that Wirksworth will always attract attention from its associationwith Mrs. Evans—the Dinah of Adam Bede —who lived and died here, it hasother claims on our regard. Since 1820, when it was first missi
. The origin and history of the Primitive Methodist Church . Mr. Nealis said not only to have secured theland, superintended the erection, andseen after the completion and due con-veyance of the chapel to the Connexion,but to have also worked in the quarriesgetting the stone, to have begged the leading of all the materials, and often fed theworkmen from his own humble larder. Apart from the -fact that Wirksworth will always attract attention from its associationwith Mrs. Evans—the Dinah of Adam Bede —who lived and died here, it hasother claims on our regard. Since 1820, when it was first missioned, it seems to havebeen favoured with a succession of loyal and sturdy adherents. Joseph and HannahFrost opened their house for the first preaching-services as well as for the entertainmentof the ministers. One of the first converts was their daughter, of whom a well-writtenmemoir from the pen of Philip Bown appeared in the Magazine for 1822. The accountthere given of Temperance Frost is not without a certain degree of psychological interest, MM 2. WlilKSWORTH CHAPEL. 532 PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH. inasmuch as this young woman of thirty-two was deaf and dumb, and yet seems notonly to have been very intelligent, but to have had quite remarkable power in expressingher religious emotions to the edification of others. Ible, which stands on the first plan of the Winster Circuit and is now connectedwith Wirksworth, has a chapel with a history. In the year 1824, says an olddocument now before us, God put it into the hearts of the inhabitants to build anhouse for Him. They employed their horses, also on the work ; the stone and lime werebrought together, free of expense; consequently only a debt of £40 remained when itwas completed. Previous to the erection of this little Bethel, the same documentinforms us, a shelter had been provided by W. Buxton who, when the chilling windswhich sweep over these hills became too severe for the people to endure the open-airservice, opened hi
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