. The origin and history of the Primitive Methodist Church . May 28th, 1887. Also The Story-of an Old Case of Persecution Retold, by Rev. T. Home,Aldersgate Primitive Methodist Magazine, 1899, p. 195. 74^ PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH. a deistic master-potter named Stephenson—was threatening to crush camp meetings andget the leaders of them punished by means of the Conventicle Act, we can understandHugh Bournes movements. We can see he was not friijhted with false fire, orindulging a whim, but simply taking precautionary measures when, having secured thepromise of the ground from a freeholder, he
. The origin and history of the Primitive Methodist Church . May 28th, 1887. Also The Story-of an Old Case of Persecution Retold, by Rev. T. Home,Aldersgate Primitive Methodist Magazine, 1899, p. 195. 74^ PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH. a deistic master-potter named Stephenson—was threatening to crush camp meetings andget the leaders of them punished by means of the Conventicle Act, we can understandHugh Bournes movements. We can see he was not friijhted with false fire, orindulging a whim, but simply taking precautionary measures when, having secured thepromise of the ground from a freeholder, he trudged to Lichfield and back inorder to get the ground licensed for worship. He was told, however, that the licencecould not be granted unless a building were erected on the site. Accordingly, at anexpense to himself of some thirty pounds, he got a wooden tabernacle erected, togetherwith two smaller tents. W. Clowes assisted him in the purchase of crockery; a stockof provisions for the expected strangers was laid in; then he got a preachers licence for. AUDLEM. himself from Stafford, and, having done all he could, he finished by affixing a publicnotice on a board, warning all and sundry that the ground and erections being dulylicensed for worship, any one disturbing the worshippers would render himself liableto penalty. Mow Cop second camp meeting was held on July 19th. As its design was tocounteract the wake of the ancient parish of Wolstanton, which included Tunstall anddistrict, it lasted three days. We need not describe the services further than to say thatlike those of the first camp meeting they were largely carried on by auxiliaries from SOURCES AND ORIGIN. 75 a distance. Clowes was present, but tells us he laboured little. James Nixon,however, was not only on the ground but threw himself heart and soul into theservices: I was, with many others, says Clowes, greatly struck with the solemnityand power which attended his ministrations. Camp meeting No. 2 was, as we hav
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