Northern primitive Methodism : record of the rise and progress of the circuits in the Old Sunderland District

BX83^?3ier?u bNORTHERNPRIMITIVE METHODISM.W. M. PATTERSON.Frontispiece.NORTHERNMETHODISM.PRIMITIVERise and of theA Record of the Progressin Old Sunderland District.Circuits theW. M. PATTERSON.By1909.LONDON : E. ALDERSGATE STREET.DALTON, 48/50,EMMANUELFOREWORD.what is called scientific ItThis book is not history.of the rise and ofis a statement progressjust simplein the North in it is butPrimitive Methodism; truth,a for the could havea of story, compilersummary greatsize. There arefilled several volumes of this sections,such as theof the old Sunderland Districtindeed,and theDales, Carlisle,Cleveland, original Darlington,North ShieldsandNewcastle,Hexham, Sunderland,ofCircuits which could each a booksupply bulkyinterest.engagingThe of the condensation which had to beseverityto the work into the allottedpursued get present spacehave made it inartistic inmay bald, lop-sided,scraggy,and from the nature of the recital theplaces ; veryuse of the same terms and was inevitphrasesfrequentable. and character sketchesDescriptive writing beingan earnest effort has been made to save theimpossible,volume from a mere of statistics. Forbeing compilationwant of also as well as for other reasons thespacecritical element had to be andexcluded, everythingwhich men and movements have contributed to theflow of connexional has beengeneral expansion broughtinto prominence.will be haveMany correspondents disappointed. Theythe s fullest Itcompiler ...