. The origin and history of the Primitive Methodist Church . his point we have had occasionally, because of the evidence, to assign thefirst opening of certain places to others rather than to Clowes, whom, perhaps, traditionhad credited with the pioneer visit. Herod, too, in his Sketches, though usuallycareful and precise in his statements, does, ag we have hinted before, write witha certain bias when W. Clowes is in question. Herod had a theory that he—Clowes—was not adapted to be a leading or pioneer missionary; but that he did his best work—which was excellent indeed—when he followed in the
. The origin and history of the Primitive Methodist Church . his point we have had occasionally, because of the evidence, to assign thefirst opening of certain places to others rather than to Clowes, whom, perhaps, traditionhad credited with the pioneer visit. Herod, too, in his Sketches, though usuallycareful and precise in his statements, does, ag we have hinted before, write witha certain bias when W. Clowes is in question. Herod had a theory that he—Clowes—was not adapted to be a leading or pioneer missionary; but that he did his best work—which was excellent indeed—when he followed in the track of others. Herod himselfwas one of Clowes converts, and he writes from his heart in saying of Clowes :— He was instrumental in bringing many souls to God. We believe no man inthe Connexion was the means of raising up more local and travelling preachersthan he ; and perhaps no one, comparatively successful, ever had fewer backslidersfrom among his converts. Perhaps this may be accounted for by the fact of his 406 PRIMITIVE METHODIST MARKET-PLACE, THIRSK. living in a great glory, by which he was the means of bringing a larger amount ofthe Holy Ghostupon, and into, the souls of his converts.—(p. 443.) This is high praise indeed; yet this eulogy is qualified, in one direction, by its beingpreceded by a statement of Herods theory:— But he could sail the best where the ice had been broken for him : and he
Size: 2112px × 1183px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookidoriginhistor, bookyear1906
