Excerpt from Early Methodism in Shropshire As far as I have been able to ascertain it was in 1761 (just 131 years ago) that John Wesley first came to Shrewsbury w1th a view of rousing the inhabitants of this ancient town from their spiritual lethargy. The very graphic record of this visit is contained in his journal under the date of Monday, March 16th, and must be given in his own words. Having reached Wednesbury, he says I intended to rest two or three days; but being pressed to visit Shrewsbury, and having no other time ...
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Excerpt from Early Methodism in Shropshire As far as I have been able to ascertain it was in 1761 (just 131 years ago) that John Wesley first came to Shrewsbury w1th a view of rousing the inhabitants of this ancient town from their spiritual lethargy. The very graphic record of this visit is contained in his journal under the date of Monday, March 16th, and must be given in his own words. Having reached Wednesbury, he says I intended to rest two or three days; but being pressed to visit Shrewsbury, and having no other time, I rode over to-day, though upon a miserable beast. When I came in, my head ached as well as my side. I found the door of the place where I was to preach surrounded by a numerous mob. But they seemed met only to stare; yet part of them came in almost all that did (a large number) behaved quietly and seriously. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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