The Origin And History Of The Primitive Methodist Church Volume 2 PDF Download

Excerpt from The Origin and History of the Primitive Methodist Church, Vol. 2 Experience, temperament and policy all combined to make Hugh Bourne publisher and pressman. His character had been shaped and a new direction given to his life by the printed word. Though naturally taciturn and, like NOIses, not elo(uent . but slow of speech and of a slow tongue, he was communicative through another medium than that of speech. All along he obeyed a pretty steady use to express himself in manuscript and type to externalise his own convictions and his impressions of the facts before him, as his life-long journaling, and his innumerable memoranda respecting past and current events clearly show. In all this he was the direct opposite of William Clowes, who was averse from the use of the pen. For him the inside of a printing-office had few attractions, yet, like Aaron, he Avas naturally eloquent, and could speak well. Moreover, as a practical man, Hugh Bourne knew what power there was in the press as an instrument of propagandism; and, as one of the founders and directors of a new denomination, he may have had the ambition to copy, in his own modest way, the example of John Wesley whom he so much admired who was one of the most voluminous authors and extensive publishers of his own, or indeed of. any, time. So Hugh Bournes publications ranged from a somewhat bulky Ecclesiastical History to a four-page collection of Family Receipts, which tells how to relieve a cow choked with a turnip, and how to provide a cheap and wholesome travelling dinner for fourpence. Whence, it will be seen, that the doings of Popes and Councils as well as the small details of domestic and personal economy, alike came within the purview of his printed observations. These characteristics and habits may be seen at work in Hugh Bourne even before 1811. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.