. Memoirs of the life and writings of James Montgomery : including selection from his correspondence, remains in prose and verse, and conversations on various subjects . in the same locality. He * Near to Kingswood Old School stood for many years, perhapsit stands there yet, a large elm, known as Cennicks tree, be-cause under its shadow the preacher used in his fervid simplicityto address his hearers. More than seventy years afterwards, theRev. John James Montgomery, the only grandson of the good mannamed in the next page, was located as a Moravian minister atKingswood. ■{■ Cennick was a favou
. Memoirs of the life and writings of James Montgomery : including selection from his correspondence, remains in prose and verse, and conversations on various subjects . in the same locality. He * Near to Kingswood Old School stood for many years, perhapsit stands there yet, a large elm, known as Cennicks tree, be-cause under its shadow the preacher used in his fervid simplicityto address his hearers. More than seventy years afterwards, theRev. John James Montgomery, the only grandson of the good mannamed in the next page, was located as a Moravian minister atKingswood. ■{■ Cennick was a favourite with Whitfield, who thus describeshim : He is a truly great soul! One of those weak things whichGod has chosen to confound the strong. Such a hardy workerwith his hands, and such a hearty preacher at the same time, I havescarce known. All call him a second Bunyan. — Philips Zz/e awn?Times of Whitfield, p. 370. It was from an expression in a sermon ofCennicks that the Methodists in Ireland were called swaddlers. B .3 6 MEMOIRS OF JAMES MONTGOMERY. was received, February 9th, 1757, into communion withthe United Brethren at Ballymena, and soon afterwards. MORAVIAN SETTI-EMENr, GKaCE HILI,, BAt-XTMSNA, IRELAND. became a preacher among them. After visiting York-shire and Germany, under the direction of his religioussuperiors, he returned to Grace Hill; and on the 27thof December, 1768, married Mary Blackley*, thedaughter of a highly respectable member of the littlecommunity there ; whose wife Montgomery remembered ♦ Born Oct. 9. 1742, in Ahoghili parish. JOHN AND MARY MONTGOMERY. 7 as a grave and serious matron, who was accustomed toperform the office of holding the child at the font whenpresented to be baptized by a Moravian minister. Theissue of this marriage was, 1. Mary, who died August6th, 1771, when eighteen months old; and was thefirst grain sown in the Brethrens burial-ground atAyr. 2. James, the subject of these Robert, who became a provision dealer
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