. The origin and history of the primitive Methodist Church . arVj Days of Primitive Methodism in Bull. By Jane Garbutt. THE PERIOD OF CIRCUIT PREDOMINANCE AND ENTERPRISE. 427 the promise were beginning to have its fulfilment—They that turn many to right-eousness shall shine as the stars for ever and ever. The villages of old Scotter Circuit are full of memories. Here, for example, isWildsworth, a little village on the hanks of the Trent where, in 1821, a curious littlechapel was built on a piece of waste ground near the river. With this village cause,the family of Airy, so well known throughou
. The origin and history of the primitive Methodist Church . arVj Days of Primitive Methodism in Bull. By Jane Garbutt. THE PERIOD OF CIRCUIT PREDOMINANCE AND ENTERPRISE. 427 the promise were beginning to have its fulfilment—They that turn many to right-eousness shall shine as the stars for ever and ever. The villages of old Scotter Circuit are full of memories. Here, for example, isWildsworth, a little village on the hanks of the Trent where, in 1821, a curious littlechapel was built on a piece of waste ground near the river. With this village cause,the family of Airy, so well known throughout the circuit, was early associated. AtWest Ferry and Kir ton Lindsey chapels were built before the close of the year was at Kirton, lying under the brow of the Lincolnshire Wolds, where WilliamSanderson, to use his own phrase, nestled down after his superannuation. Here hespent in an almost idyllic manner the remaining twenty-two years of his life, cultivatinghis ample garden, enriched as it was with ilowers contributed by friends in the various. W. SANDERSONS COTTAGE^ KIRTON. parts of the country he visited for special services ; for, until 1865, it was true of himas he said, that his speaking parts were as good as ever, but his going parts weredisabled. Then when the seizure came, it took the form of aphasia, and the onceready and eloquent man would smilingly look at you, hopelessly lost for the commonestword. With his garden, a few good books, as long as might be the means of grace,and not forgotten by his friends, he quietly awaited the summons which cameApril 3rd, 1874, only some six weeks before, John Flesher, his closest friend, alsoreceived his call. It was here, or hereabouts, too, that the shattered William Lonsdale,the Weardale convert of Sanderson, came to die (1863), and where William By water,ex-Missionary Secretary and famous chapel-builder, spent the closing years of his life, 428 PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH. though lie died in 1869, at Cote Houses, th
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