. The origin and history of the primitive Methodist Church . o silent,crestfallen man they dragged to the Guildhall. As far as appearances went, the•constables mkdit have been the misdemeanants whom Wedgwood and his friends were 256 PKIMITIVK xMETHODlST CHURCH. escorting to prison ; for out of the heart of the crowd, every moment becoming bigger, there arose the strains of thehymn— Wicked men I scorn to fear Though they persecute me here. The hymn with its note of defiancewas the triumphant finish of theirservice. Arrived at the Guildhall,Wedgwood had to sit in theprisoners chair with a man to
. The origin and history of the primitive Methodist Church . o silent,crestfallen man they dragged to the Guildhall. As far as appearances went, the•constables mkdit have been the misdemeanants whom Wedgwood and his friends were 256 PKIMITIVK xMETHODlST CHURCH. escorting to prison ; for out of the heart of the crowd, every moment becoming bigger, there arose the strains of thehymn— Wicked men I scorn to fear Though they persecute me here. The hymn with its note of defiancewas the triumphant finish of theirservice. Arrived at the Guildhall,Wedgwood had to sit in theprisoners chair with a man to guardhim, as though he had been a high-wayman. As he sat there we mayhe sure he had no self-pity, nor needwe pity him. He took it all smilinglyand in good heart, and as he casthis eye towards the door where thecrowd was surging like a rising tideagainst a rock, he thought almostgleefully how his arrest was throwing(Srrantham into commotion and howit would all contribute to the further-ance of the gospel. His attention,however, was soon recalled to his.
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