The autobiography of a Wesleyan Methodist missionary (formerly a Roman Catholic) containing an account of his conversion from Romanism and his reception into the Wesleyan ministry; also, reminiscences of nearly twenty- five years' itinerancy in the North American provinces, &c

Front matter

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CORNELL

UNIVERSITY

Dedication

My deliverance from error — the blessings of pardon, acceptance with God, and adoption into His family — my position and standing in the Christian ministiy — and a prospect of an abundant entrance into glory everlasting — all these, through the grace of God, do I owe to reading The Bible, and to the preaching of Wesleyan ministers. Therefore, to express my reverence for the one, and to record my obligations to the other, I inscribe this volume to the Ministers and Preachers of the British North American Conferences, praying that the Great Head of the Church may render them increasingly successful in their endeavours to propagate Biblical Truth, and to spread Scriptural Holiness throughout the land.

THE AUTHOR.

December, 1855.

Preface

All the statements contained in the following pages are substantially correct. There are among the reminiscences one or two slight discrepancies, arising chiefly from a blending of different occurrences, and from a mere anachronism. The information which would have corrected these mistakes, arrived too late to be available ; but as no interest is affected, nor any principle compromised, neither explanation nor apology is necessary. I have not spoken unkindly or reproachfully of any one ; for while I have conscientiously denounced systems and doctrines, which in my opinion are contrary to the Word of God, I have abstained from every thing personal, and have endeavoured to speak " the truth in love," remembering that " urbanity will often lend a grace to actions that are of themselves ungracious."

December, 1855.