246 MEMOIR OF WM. BRAMWELL. too common and fashionable vice. Often when an absent character has been attacked, he has said, 'Well, we cannot mend him by talking about him here; let us pray for him.' And sometimes he has risen from his seat, and declared his determination to leave the house if this evil were persisted in. "After all that may be said concerning his other qualities, nothing will be remembered by his numerous friends more readily, or for a longer period, than his spirit of prayer. He was indeed a man of God! His fluent, impressive, fervent, and successful addresses to God in the pulpit, the parlour, and by the side of the sick bed, with his sweet spirit of devotion, and his deep experience of the love of God,-marked him out as one who delighted to enter into his closet, and hold sweet communion with the Father of spirits." FINIS. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. MR. BRAMWELL's birth, parentage, and education-His fa ther's excellent instructions-Anecdote-The moral qualities of his youth-Early indisposition-His antipathy to settling in Liverpool-Bound apprentice to a currier. CHAPTER II. His convictions-His alarming distress of mind-His acts of austerity and mortification-The anguish of his spirit injures his health-He receives the sacrament for the first time-In that ordinance he obtains a sense of God's pardoning love-His great zeal for the honour of GodHe associates with the church singers, and loses much of the consolation which he had felt-He becomes acquainted with a man of piety-After many conflicts, he goes to hear the Methodists, and joins the society...... 15 CHAPTER III. The grief of Mr. Bramwell's parents when they heard that he had become a Methodist-His interview with the Rev. John Wesley-Perplexity of mind respecting his call to the ministry-He becomes the leader of a class and a local preacher-Fruits of his labours-Some account of the manner in which he received the blessing of sanctification-An extract on the same subject from the experience of the Rev. John Fletcher.. CHAPTER IV. Mr. Bramwell is called to supply the place of an itinerant preacher in Liverpool-He is recalled at the earnest request of his Preston friends-He commences business on his own account-Is again solicited by Dr. Coke to become an itinerant preacher-After some consideration, he embraces the offer, and begins to travel in the Kent circuit-His manner of life, and ardent desire for the conversion of sinners-He is again brought into doubt respecting his call to the ministry-Preaches at the place where seven men were executed-Remarkable dream... 32 CHAPTER V. Mr. Bramwell's marriage-Some misunderstanding with CHAPTER VI. His removal to the Dewsbury circuit-State of religion in that town and neighbourhood-He gives himself to prayer -The work of God begins to prosper-Ann Cutler is rendered useful in the revival-Great numbers convert- Mr. Bramwell's labours and success in the Birstal circuit- 3c CHAPTER VIII. Mr. Bramwell is stationed in the Sheffield circuit-A great revival in that town-His diligence in the work of the ministry-His acquirements and the manner in which CHAPTER IX. Mr. Bramwell's removal to the Nottingham circuit-Un- settled state of the society in that place-Great exer- tions to procure a place of worship-Remarkable an- CHAPTER X. He is appointed to travel in Leeds--His great popularity and usefulness-His qualifications for the ministry-Let- CHAPTER XI. CHAPTER XII. Mr. Bramwell's appointment a second time to Sheffield- His conduct and ministerial success-Remarkable an- CHAPTER XIII. CHAPTER XIV. CHAPTER XV. Mr. Bramwell's arrival at Leeds-His attendance on the CHAPTER XVI. |