THE NORTH RIDING PROJECT

Upon the rugged and engaging beauty of the hills, the dells, the waterfalls – theme of many a romance and many a song – we cannot linger.  We are concerned for the moment about the fashioning of obtuse and unlovely characters into saints of God and heralds of salvation, accomplished there in a manner almost miraculous.

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Again and again this community of ironstone miners has been moved mightily by the Holy Ghost.  Many men, women, and youths were converted, and the whole region seemed to be transformed.  Instead of swearing and drunkenness, singing and praying went on everywhere, down the mines as well as in the homes and streets.  Men and lads were so eager to know the truth that the old Bibles were taken from the school into the mines.

Patterson/Methodism