The history of Methodism . low him to enter the house. Hap- 622 British Methodism pily for him his mother was brave as well as affectionate,and took him to a relative who had a farm in the Carse ofGowry. Thence he was guided over the mountains and waskept in a sequestered nook until midsummer. In Novemberhe ventured back to Brechin, and, though arrested, was soonset free. This adventurous youth was converted under Wesley atWest Street Chapel. When he was called to Epworth Circuitas a preacher he walked there, about a hundred and fiftymiles. On his first visit to Boston he was stoned and felled
The history of Methodism . low him to enter the house. Hap- 622 British Methodism pily for him his mother was brave as well as affectionate,and took him to a relative who had a farm in the Carse ofGowry. Thence he was guided over the mountains and waskept in a sequestered nook until midsummer. In Novemberhe ventured back to Brechin, and, though arrested, was soonset free. This adventurous youth was converted under Wesley atWest Street Chapel. When he was called to Epworth Circuitas a preacher he walked there, about a hundred and fiftymiles. On his first visit to Boston he was stoned and felledto the ground, but with sturdy determination to maintain theright he faced the unfriendly magistrates, proved himselfmore than a match for them, and three of the rioters had tobeg his pardon, promise good behavior, and pay the last we find Alexander Mather president of the Confer-ence in 1792, the first Scotchman to hold that office. Thusdid the young rebel of Culloden become the very embodi-ment of law and CHAPTER LXVIII Selina, Countess of Huntingdon Aristocratic Amazons at the House of Lords.—Wesley and Mrs. Pendarves.—- Saint Selina.—A Famous Duchess. — HoraceWalpole and His Circle. DURING the stormy debates in the House of Lords in1738 on the depredations of the Spaniards it was re-solved to exclude ladies from the galleries of theHouses of Parliament. This led to a strange scene, which isthus racily described by the witty Lady Mary Wortley Mon-tague : At the last warm debate in the House of Lords itwas unanimously resolved there should be no crowd of un-necessary auditors ; consequently the fair sex were excludedand the gallery destined to the sole use of the House of Com-mons. Notwithstanding which determination a tribe ofdames resolved to show on this occasion that neither men norlaws could resist them. These heroines were Lady Hunting-don, the Duchess of Queensberry, the Duchess of Ancaster,Lady Westmoreland, Lady Cobham, Lady Charlotte Edwin,L
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