. The origin and history of the Primitive Methodist Church . sh ordered the constable to put him in th« stocks. It so happened that the stocks THE PERIOD OF CIRCUIT PREDOMINANCE AND ENTERPRISE. 239 were broken, and the constable said so. Ought not the parish to be fined for nothaving the stocks in proper order? gaily inquired Jackson. The question irritatedthe clergyman, who ordered the constable to detain the preacher in custody all night;and the order was obeyed. At Cotgrave all the pots and pans of the neighbourhoodseemed to have been brought into requisition for the purpose of drowning Ben
. The origin and history of the Primitive Methodist Church . sh ordered the constable to put him in th« stocks. It so happened that the stocks THE PERIOD OF CIRCUIT PREDOMINANCE AND ENTERPRISE. 239 were broken, and the constable said so. Ought not the parish to be fined for nothaving the stocks in proper order? gaily inquired Jackson. The question irritatedthe clergyman, who ordered the constable to detain the preacher in custody all night;and the order was obeyed. At Cotgrave all the pots and pans of the neighbourhoodseemed to have been brought into requisition for the purpose of drowning Bentonsvoice while preaching. At Bottesford, under the shadow of the stately towers ofBelvoir Castle, Benton met with a rough reception. As soon as he began worship inthe open air the bells of the church were set a ringing, a dog-fight was got up, a bigdrum beaten, and various instruments blown and clashed. All this babel of sound andconfusion failing of its purpose, rotten eggs, filth, and stones were flung at the preacher,who nevertheless stood his CASTLE. When, some time after, (April 2nd, 1818) John Harrison entered Bottesford, he wastreated in much the same way as Benton had been, save that there is no mention of theinstrumentalists, for the beater of the big drum iiad followed Benton about until he hadgot converted, and the band by this time had been broken up. Says Harrison, ofBottesford : — This place may be called Little Sodom, and I should be surprised if God didnot destroy it, was it not for the few righteous souls that are in it. I preached atnight, and met with much annoyance from the sinners of this place by their peltingus with dirt and rotten eggs in abundance, but I came off scatheless. 240 PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH. Yet in spite of High Church influence, Antinomianism, and mob violence, a flourishingsociety was soon gathered. A chapel was erected, and for many years Bottesford hasstood as the head of a station. One of its village chapels—T
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