CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER L 

 Boyhood: 1819-1836. ^Et. 1-16. 



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Birth and parentage — Childhood — Bristol College — Bristol Institution 

 — Shells — Music — The Cathedral—Bristol Riots — Prepares to be 

 an optician — Choice of the ministry — Professor F. W. Newman 

 — His father — Sunday school ... 1 



CHAPTER II. 



College Life : 1 836-1 841. JEt. 17-21. 



Edinburgh University — College at York i his tutors — Unsettlement 

 of opinions — Friends at Leeds — The Minster — College Repository 

 — Sunday school — Mr. W. H. Herford's reminiscences — Fire at 

 the Minster — Declines a lucrative offer — His first preaching — 

 His father's death — Theological studies — Removal of the College 

 to Manchester — Revisits York — Invitation to Stand — University 

 examinations ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 14 



CHAPTER III. 



Ministry at Stand: 1841-1846. Mr. 21-26. 



Begins his ministry — Sermons — Travers Madge — Ordination services 

 — Sunday school — Visits a drunkard — Takes the Teetotal pledge 

 — A catch- — Distress in Lancashire — Tea-meeting : ' ' First Annual 

 Statement" — Joseph Barker — British Association at Manchester — 

 His sister Susan at the parsonage — The Turn-out — Walk from 

 Buxton — Bible Society — Joseph Barker at Bury : Teetotal anni- 

 versary : the ' ' Christians : " Peace Meeting: the Communion — 



