The life and times of the Rev. John Wesley, M.A., founder of the Methodists. Vol. 2 (of 3)Tyerman, L. (Luke)
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The life and times of the Rev. John Wesley, M.A., founder of the Methodists. Vol. 2 (of 3)
Tyerman, L. (Luke)
Methodism; Wesley, John, 1703-1791
NOTES:—^1 Foundery. ^2 Spitalfields. ^3 Snowsfields. ^4 Wapping.
^5 Sadler’s Wells. ^6 The chapel in West Street, Seven Dials. ^7
Westminster. ^8 Days of week. ^9 John Fenwick. ^{10} Robert Swindells.
^{11} Joseph or John Jones. ^{12} James Deaves. ^{13} Perhaps James
Jones. ^{14} Christopher Hopper. ^{15} John Edwards. ^{16} Charles
Wesley. ^{17} Deptford, Charles Perronet. ^{18} John Haime, or John
Haughton, or John Hampson. ^{19} William Roberts. ^{20} Christopher
Hopper, or William Roberts. ^{21} Joseph Cownley. ^{22} Thomas
Mitchel. ^{23} Deptford, Thomas Mitchel. ^{24} John Wesley. ^{25}
Thomas Walsh. ^{26} Jacob Rowell. (See _Methodist Magazine_, 1855, p.
224.)
We thus find seven preaching places in London, of which Sadler’s Wells
theatre was one; sixteen preachers were employed, and thirty-seven
sermons preached during the week the conference held its sittings.
The writer cannot refrain from giving another Methodist curiosity
belonging to 1754. In his nearly complete set of society tickets,
many are remarkable; but one, issued in the present year, is without
a fellow. The ticket was given, by John Hampson, senior, to Otiwell
Higginbotham, a man of considerable property, who lived at Marple, near
Stockport, and, evidently, was intended to serve, not for one quarter
merely, but for four. With the exception of a single line being
substituted for a plainly ornamented border, the following is a copy:—
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ _“To him that overcometh will I grant │
│ to sit down with Me on My throne, even │
│ as I also overcame, and am set down │
│ with My Father in His throne.”_ │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ _March_ 25, 1754. _Otw^{ll.} Higginbottom. J. H._ │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ _June_ 25. │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ _September_ 29. │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ _December_ 25. │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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