. The origin and history of the Primitive Methodist Church . ge Shaw, pp. 196-7, where stories of his loyalty are given. E E 2 420 PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH. rousing sermons, and sometimes could denounce as sternly as a prophet of , the late Robert Ducker, who was a native of Burnham in the Isle of Axholmeand began his long ministry of forty-nine years in Scotter Circuit and GainsboroughBranch, has written of Braithwaite : He seemed to me more like one of the oldprophets than a man of his times. This feature of his character comes out in thestory of the missioning of Appleby, in Jun
. The origin and history of the Primitive Methodist Church . ge Shaw, pp. 196-7, where stories of his loyalty are given. E E 2 420 PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH. rousing sermons, and sometimes could denounce as sternly as a prophet of , the late Robert Ducker, who was a native of Burnham in the Isle of Axholmeand began his long ministry of forty-nine years in Scotter Circuit and GainsboroughBranch, has written of Braithwaite : He seemed to me more like one of the oldprophets than a man of his times. This feature of his character comes out in thestory of the missioning of Appleby, in June, 1819. Appleby is a pleasant village ofWinterton Circuit, lying between Brigg and Winterton. The Wesleyans had dis-continued holding services in the village, probably because of the quiet pressure—notto be distinguished from persecution-—brought to bear upon the householders by thoseof higher social standing. Braithwaite took his stand on the basal stonework of theold village cross, and began .to sing. While the service was proceeding, the steward of. APPLEBY CHUKCH. the estate came up, and in an imperious tone ordered the preacher to desist. His ordernot being at once obeyed, he tried to pull the preacher down, and not succeeding in hisattempt, he fetched a crowbar from the blacksmiths shop, and, with the help of twomen, began to prize the stones from under the preachers feet. At last, to save himselifrom falling, Braithwaite had to step on to the road. But when every one deemed himeffectually silenced, after pausing a moment with closed eyes, he shot a glance at thethree persecutors which transfixed them, and said in solemn tones:— People ofAppleby, mark my words, if any one of these three men die a natural death, thenGod never sent me to preach here to-day. They think they have prevented the truthfrom being declared to you, but they have not, for God will raise up a cause in this THE PERIOD OF CIECUIT PREDOMINANCE AND ENTERPRISE. 421
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