The Autobiography of a Wesleyan Methodist Missionary; (Formerly a Roman Catholic) Containing an Account of His Conversion from Romanism and His Recept

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1856. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XI. Extracts From Journal--Allusion To The State or Europe And Of China--Railroad Demonstration At Saint John, N.B.--Movements In The United States--Extracts From Journal. Sunday, July 24, 1854.--Congregation very good in the forenoon, all seemed to listen attentively while I endeavoured to expound and enforce, Heb. xi, 7. May all that heard become heirs of the righteousness which is by faith. Preached at the Ledge in the afternoon, and in the evening at Saint Stephen. Evening congregation remarkably attentive. Text, Luke ix, 42. July 31.--Our congregations continue to be very good. The chapel is full at every service. The people seem to hear with attention, and I try to preach with all simplicity and patience, and plainness of speech. My language was at my first coming among this people, considered a little too elevated, and my style a little too descriptive; but I have succeeded in greatly modifying these peculiarities, so that the least informed of the people can mark, learn, and inwardly digest what they hear. August 16, 1854.--Europe is just now in a very unsettled state; its peace is in imminent danger of being disturbed, not by revolutionary attempts, not by the oppressed nationalities of Italy, Poland, or Hungary struggling for freedom; but by the ambitious designs and movements of the Czar of Russia. He longs to annex European Turkey to his already overgrown empire. Acquisition and aggression have distinguished the policy of this nation from the days of Rurik, down to the present time. Sweden, Finland, Poland, Turkey have all felt the influence of its cupidity, and the weight of its power. The old continent was never in a more unsettled state than it is at present. Italy is writhing in anguish under the iron yoke of Austria. Sicily is ...