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notice, it was pointed out in defence that the person 

 spoken of as having failed to receive spiritual good 

 at the church was not the same as the one spoken 

 of as having become converted at the "little chapel." 

 This was true enough, and should not have escape 

 his notice ; still, as Mr. Morris observed, the fact 

 remained that the one first spoken of did not receive 

 benefit from attending church, while the second 

 spoken of did receive benefit from attending the 

 " little chapel," and thus the main point referred to 

 was left untouched. The editor further suggested, 

 though he did not lay stress upon it, that the word 

 " chapel " might have been meant for a Church of 

 England one ; this, however, as Mr. Morris pointed 

 out, could hardly have been intended by the writer, 

 but the contrary ; and on this he proceeded to ex- 

 plain what the exact meaning of the word " chapel " 

 is, and quoted John Wesley's own words in which 

 he warned his people not to call the houses where 

 they assembled anything else but preaching-houses. 

 He further added that he disliked the term " place 

 of worship," which might apply equally well to a 

 heathen temple or a Mohammedan mosque, and 

 although the expression " House of God " did not 

 meet the case altogether, he preferred it to the 

 other. This incident, insignificant though it may 

 seem, is sufficient to show the way in which he dealt 

 with points of this kind that casually came across 

 his notice. Had he felt it necessary, he would have 

 taken ten times the trouble he did to correct what 

 appeared to him erroneous. 



